trip meters

Resettable mileage displays

Trip meters are resettable odometers that measure distance traveled on a specific journey rather than a vehicle's total mileage.

Most cars have two trip meters, allowing drivers to track different intervals—one for a current tank of gas, another for total vacation distance.

I reset the trip meter when I filled up to calculate my fuel economy.

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gas mileage · reset button · distance · kilometers · resets · dashboards · vehicles · instrument cluster · calculation · fuel economy · fuel gauge · temperature gauge · check engine light · navigation system · route planner · map · digital display · compass

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measurement permanence

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Vehicle distance recorder

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Familiarity
Top 500,000
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Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G