How much have you spent on fuel for 2022?

mchan68 · December 31, 2022

I was bored today and decided to do some math, and let me tell it's quite an eye opener. With costs of everything increasing during the last two years with the pandemic causing financial chaos for many households, I decided to add up the fuel receipts for both my wife and I. We both keep our fuel receipts and total it up at the end of the year just to keep informed on one component of our expense. Here it goes:

My wife drives a 2019 Ford Explorer Sport equipped with the 3.5L EcoBoost V6, now at 88K kms (55K miles). She is a service advisor for a Chrysler dealership. She drives 63 kms (39 miles) each way, to and from work, so about 126 kms (78 miles) each day, Monday to Friday. After adding up her fuel receipts for this year, I come up with a total of $7150 CDN.

I drive a 2021 Ford F-250 Lariat 6.7L Powerstroke CCSB 4x4 with about 27K kms (17K miles). I drive 23 kms (14 miles) each way, so about 46 kms (92 miles) each day, Monday to Friday. After adding up my fuel receipts for this year, I came up with a total of $4965 CDN.

Combined, that brings the total to $12115 CDN for both of our vehicles for this year. Keeping in mind I drive a substantially shorter distance than she does, and my total fueling costs were only less than hers by about $2G CDN and you get the idea of how much us diesel drivers are getting raped at the pumps these days. As of this post, regular gas is priced at $1.42/litre while diesel is priced at $2.09/litre.