New car gas mileage standards for 2008

The EPA has updated the way they calculate gas mileage for all 2008 model year vehicles. The test uses much more realistic driving conditions, so the fuel economy for most cars dropped by around 2 miles per gallon. In addition to the definite numbers for highway and city driving, they provide ranges for each and a combined average. The EPA put up a really good web site at www.fueleconomy.gov that allows you to enter how many miles per gallon you're getting (by entering in when you buy gas, how many gallons you bought, and how many miles you drove) along with driving habits. Whenever you look at a car's gas mileage, you can see what people are actually getting for gas mileage instead of just what the EPA says. They've also estimated what the gas mileage of cars from 1985 - 2007 would be with the new standards. If you want to find information out about gas mileage, this is definitely the site to do it at!