The software we use for graphing isn't the most advanced in the world, so we're a bit limited in what we can do. I can see why a line graph would be good, but I think the bar graph works better for monthly totals—it's probably just a personal preference. As you add more months of fuel-ups the bars do get skinnier. Check out
my prius to see an example. They are comically large if you just have three months worth of data, but they work.