petrol prices

When I brim my Fiesta I only get maximum 37 litres into it despite it being rated as a 42 litre tank. I don't doubt its a 42 litre tank I just suspect the fuel gauge is not very accurate.
 
What a difference the area makes.

Round where I live diesel is around the 130.9 mark.

Started working in Watford last week and its around 128.9.

Wonder where I'll be filling me tank up from now on? :p
 
Rosbif said:
When I brim my Fiesta I only get maximum 37 litres into it despite it being rated as a 42 litre tank. I don't doubt its a 42 litre tank I just suspect the fuel gauge is not very accurate.
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I very much doubt you completely drain the fuel tank even if your car ran out of fuel there would most likely still be a few litres left in the bottom of the fuel tank..
 
Heh I paid 123.9 for Tesco 97 which wasn't too bad I guess. Certainly cheaper than BP Ultimate at 139.9 250m down the road anyway :)
 
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to be fair, while i dont like higher prices im starting to think petrol isnt really expensive at all.


45litres petrol £55 (300miles)
night out drinking £80 (and that's probably LESS than 1litre of "real" alcohol, rest is mixer).


Or lets Drive to Gatwick 80miles (i did this sunday), around £15 petrol? compare that to tube to Victoria £6, Standard train to Gatwick £25, so roughtly £30 lets say?...oh and this would probably take 2hours sitting next to random people smelling there BO... I think id rather drive me car thanks.
 
Overlag said:
to be fair, while i dont like higher prices im starting to think petrol isnt really expensive at all.


45litres petrol £55 (300miles)
night out drinking £80 (and that's probably LESS than 1litre of "real" alcohol, rest is mixer).


Or lets Drive to Gatwick 80miles (i did this sunday), around £15 petrol? compare that to tube to Victoria £6, Standard train to Gatwick £25, so roughtly £30 lets say?...oh and this would probably take 2hours sitting next to random people smelling there BO... I think id rather drive me car thanks.
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Different story when you live in a rural area and need to drive 20 miles a day to work and back. You often don't have the option of working closer to home and public transport is a mess.

In that situation you really feel the effect of fuel - it's not a luxury but a daily essential, no less than electric or food.

Thankfully I live in an urban area and can cycle to work easily so driving is just being lazy, if the cost ever bothered me I'd stop but I know not everyone is in my situation.
 
I've only just started driving are real distances again in the last few weeks.

Had to drop the kids up to my mother for a weekend on a campsite, cost me a bleedin tenner just to get there and back!

I'm going back to a veg motor the first chance i get. (i'm a tight wedge)
 
lol just heard some funny news, my boss was in leeds yesterday for some business meeting he had and went in to town for lunch and had his whole fuel tank empted cops reckon it was syphoned out lol not sure what the fuel tank size was but it was a big old bmw :p so is fuel going to be more nickable than the cars themself lol
 
steveo said:
lol just heard some funny news, my boss was in leeds yesterday for some business meeting he had and went in to town for lunch and had his whole fuel tank empted cops reckon it was syphoned out lol not sure what the fuel tank size was but it was a big old bmw :p so is fuel going to be more nickable than the cars themself lol
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I've heard a few cases of holes being drilled in fuel tanks and all the fuel drained out.
 
Mostly truckers, happened to several Tesco lorries apparently, my mate whos a delivery driver was pulled over by a trucker asking where the nearest tesco petrol station was as he had had his tank drilled.
 
No. Fuel is only really likely to ignite if it's a vapour, it will ignite as a liquid but it requires considerably more heat / pressure than it does if it's a vapour.
 
Yes and it may continue to slide due to 2009 predicted to have a lower oil consuption level than 2008. Then with cheap oil the consumption will rise aswell as the oil price and it'll keep going in circles.
 
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