have a car pool calculator
a car pool calculator where you can enter the amount and date you purchased fuel for the car, the calculator would split the bill according to the dates and number of people car pooling with you... that would be a very nice feature to add.
Sajin George
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We’ve discussed this kind of calculator internally a couple of times and haven’t yet figured out how costs should be broken down in a fair way. This would be nice to have, but I doubt we’ll have time to work on this in the near future. We’re a small team, so picking priorities is important :)
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Nicole
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I have a car (recently fully paid off) that my live-in partner borrows frequently. We generally split gas expenses, although if he uses my car for a longer day trip or something he will pay the full expense of any gas on that trip. However, this doesn't account for the fact that he has access to a car and the convenience of one and the de facto lifestyle of a car owner without having paid for one. If he didn't have it, he may have to rent or do car share occasionally, or may even think about buying a car. It didn't cost extra to add him onto my insurance (if it did he would've paid the difference) so I don't feel that addressing the fairness aspect through insurance help makes sense because if he didn't use my car I would still be paying the full insurance. I would love others' thoughts on how to address fairness. Is splitting gas enough?
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Nirmit Garg
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We are 4 friends who do car pooling. Each of us has to take his car on daily rotation basis. There are cases when only 3 go and at times only 2 go together. We want to leverage splitwise to track how many rides one owes on others.