£58.20 to fill a mini :o
It's getting proper bloody stupid.
I put a fiver of petrol in my tank to thin out the oil. I was appalled to see that equated to 3.something litres, I'm very glad I don't have to fill the tank with diesel!
Tell me about it. I borrowed a van from work at the weekend on the basis that I paid for the fuel I used. 3/4 of a tank cost me £97 :s
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The last time I borrowed a van it was to pick up a futon from Southampton, probably a 20-30 mile round trip I'd say. The van was so economical though that when I returned it the next day I didn't have to fill it up at all again since the bar hadn't moved :xD
try driving a 3 tonne 2.8td :o/
Luckily our work vans are filled on-site, would hate to see what they're returning though MPGwise
I sue a website called Fuelly to keep track
http://www.fuelly.com/driver/jrwilko/colt-ralliart are the stats for my Colt
Jaimz :rock:
EDIT: That side was showing in UK gallons before but seems to have changed :/
I assume it's down to you to remember to put the data in for that site to work ?
thats the same price as i saw a citroen bx at the local motor auction go for after sales tax and that had petrol in it too ::)
Quote from: andy[tek] on January 18, 2011, 16:28:20 PM
thats the same price as i saw a citroen bx at the local motor auction go for after sales tax and that had petrol in it too ::)
I wish auctions were still this cheap down this way. By the way Andy, you really should have just bought that car, could have easily made a profit on that selling to a scrapyard or through ebay = more profit, thats if your being serious and not just bashing the BX, if the latter you need to watch out certain people round here love BX's! :muttley:
I've started going down south again for diesel (20 mile journey)
Works out at £1.10 a litre for diesel.
Cost me about £70 to fill my diesel usually around 50 liters.
I'm glad I run on veg oil.... did Newcastle to Essex then back to Newcastle last week... in a big box van... van is 3.5 ton when empty, and I took 3 ton of meat down with me.... so it drinks it....
total diesel cost.... less than a fiver ;)
I put in £20 in my Focus yesterday at BP, I think it was £1.29 there and that only covered just over the 1/4 mark. Also I noticed right after filling up, it only came to 15.29 litres.
Too right it's getting ridiculous. I remember when I had my old 205 3 years ago and £15 nearly covered 1/2 a tank.
I've been strongly considering getting rid of my 1.6 petrol Focus and getting a TDCi Focus instead. Don't get my wrong my 1.6 is excellent for economy on long motorway journey (I calculated on my last trip I was getting 42mpg) but at the moment where I am commuting to/from work on the M1 & A roads on weekdays and always getting stuck in long que's of traffic/jams it's killing my fuel consumption. I calculated the other day that at the moment I am only achieving 31-33mpg at the most.
I cover 12,000 miles/year on average now which I think is just enough to see the benefit of the great fuel economy from a diesel. I have calculated as well that if I do achieve roughly 50mpg from a diesel then I would be saving just over £5 a week (I currently spend £25 of fuel a week at the moment).
What do you guys think?
Liam
Quote from: Liam on January 20, 2011, 19:43:46 PM
I put in £20 in my Focus yesterday at BP, I think it was £1.29 there and that only covered just over the 1/4 mark. Also I noticed right after filling up, it only came to 15.29 litres.
Too right it's getting ridiculous. I remember when I had my old 205 3 years ago and £15 nearly covered 1/2 a tank.
I've been strongly considering getting rid of my 1.6 petrol Focus and getting a TDCi Focus instead. Don't get my wrong my 1.6 is excellent for economy on long motorway journey (I calculated on my last trip I was getting 42mpg) but at the moment where I am commuting to/from work on the M1 & A roads on weekdays and always getting stuck in long que's of traffic/jams it's killing my fuel consumption. I calculated the other day that at the moment I am only achieving 31-33mpg at the most.
I cover 12,000 miles/year on average now which I think is just enough to see the benefit of the great fuel economy from a diesel. I have calculated as well that if I do achieve roughly 50mpg from a diesel then I would be saving just over £5 a week (I currently spend £25 of fuel a week at the moment).
What do you guys think?
Liam
Depends. Usually you'll pay a premium for a diesel version of a car, so you might not save any money after all.
I can testify to Diesel economy tho, I've got a 206 HDi and I pretty much drive everywhere at 100% and it never goes lower than 38mpg.
Quote from: Edd on January 20, 2011, 23:56:27 PM
Quote from: Liam on January 20, 2011, 19:43:46 PM
I put in £20 in my Focus yesterday at BP, I think it was £1.29 there and that only covered just over the 1/4 mark. Also I noticed right after filling up, it only came to 15.29 litres.
Too right it's getting ridiculous. I remember when I had my old 205 3 years ago and £15 nearly covered 1/2 a tank.
I've been strongly considering getting rid of my 1.6 petrol Focus and getting a TDCi Focus instead. Don't get my wrong my 1.6 is excellent for economy on long motorway journey (I calculated on my last trip I was getting 42mpg) but at the moment where I am commuting to/from work on the M1 & A roads on weekdays and always getting stuck in long que's of traffic/jams it's killing my fuel consumption. I calculated the other day that at the moment I am only achieving 31-33mpg at the most.
I cover 12,000 miles/year on average now which I think is just enough to see the benefit of the great fuel economy from a diesel. I have calculated as well that if I do achieve roughly 50mpg from a diesel then I would be saving just over £5 a week (I currently spend £25 of fuel a week at the moment).
What do you guys think?
Liam
Depends. Usually you'll pay a premium for a diesel version of a car, so you might not save any money after all.
I can testify to Diesel economy tho, I've got a 206 HDi and I pretty much drive everywhere at 100% and it never goes lower than 38mpg.
Don't forget Diesel insurance is up more than regular Petrol car insurance due to insurance companies working out everyone is trying to save money on fuel.
Oh yeah I forgot about an increase in insurance, I'm 6 months into this policy and my insurance has already just gone up from £55 a month to around £65 a month now as I have had to increase my average mileage on the policy!
I will do a new quote on a diesel Focus.
Thanks all - Liam
Be aware that if you do a lot of short runs here and there, town driving, etc then you will not really see any benefit to diesel, the benefits come on long motorway drives where you can tank along at a considerable mpg without lots of stop/start business. I can get to Newcastle from Portsmouth on a tank (quite heavy footed) in 5 hours, but nipping less than a mile round the corner to drop the missus off five times a week can move the bar considerably what with starting from cold, etc (diesel engines no likey cold)!
I have to fill mine up soon, I drive it a couple of miles twice a week now and that's it, haven't filled up for months :-X
Will be £65 I reckon. :thumbdown:
Solution: Get a motorbike! No only cheaper to run but you don't get stuck in traffic. Just ingore the comments about death, cold and inconviance thats bound to follow :P
Quote from: Clock'd 0Ne on January 21, 2011, 10:32:13 AM
Be aware that if you do a lot of short runs here and there, town driving, etc then you will not really see any benefit to diesel, the benefits come on long motorway drives where you can tank along at a considerable mpg without lots of stop/start business. I can get to Newcastle from Portsmouth on a tank (quite heavy footed) in 5 hours, but nipping less than a mile round the corner to drop the missus off five times a week can move the bar considerably what with starting from cold, etc (diesel engines no likey cold)!
I got a motor-heater on mine :) makes a lot of difference on gasmilage and lifespan of motor.