£80 to fill up!

Conscript · 14 May 2011 at 22:59

DM said:
noi no dont get me wrong fuel is depressing there is however the bus

I wouldn't be surprised if that was even dearer :/

MissChief · 16 May 2011 at 01:30

Thread title very ironic. It actually was £80 to fill my tank with unleaded.

Duke · 19 May 2011 at 19:42

Tesco Momentum 99 down to 133.9 if you use their 5p off voucher.

Jjustme · 19 May 2011 at 19:48

£60 (super unleaded) fill up on a 1.4 Astra and expecting 260 odd miles

Liquidfox · 19 May 2011 at 20:11

Jjustme said:
£60 (super unleaded) fill up on a 1.4 Astra and expecting 260 odd miles

Why put SU in that, and what on earth are you doing to only get 260 miles out of it!? £60 of normal unleaded gets me around 300-350 miles in my 1.4 ZR :confused:

RenoRanes007 · 19 May 2011 at 20:11

MagicBoy said:
Downside : £62 to fill mine up the other day.

Downside? I wish thats all mine cost.

Jjustme · 19 May 2011 at 20:12

Liquidfox said:
Why put SU in that, and what on earth are you doing to only get 260 miles out of it!? £60 of normal unleaded gets me around 300-350 miles in my 1.4 ZR

I usually put normal unleaded in it.. but my dad went to fill it up this time.. and he though he'd put super in it

I did notice the difference though

And the car is only mostly used around town, at rush hour.

I'm averaging 28MPG so it's probably not even 260 miles

[TW]Fox · 19 May 2011 at 20:14

RenoRanes007 said:
Downside? I wish thats all mine cost.

You wish you had a smaller tank?

Unlight · 19 May 2011 at 20:28

Jjustme said:
I usually put normal unleaded in it.. but my dad went to fill it up this time.. and he though he'd put super in it

I did notice the difference though
And the car is only mostly used around town, at rush hour.

I'm averaging 28MPG so it's probably not even 260 miles

I think you're driving it wrong!

Jjustme · 19 May 2011 at 21:36

Unlight said:
I think you're driving it wrong!

No doubt, I think I will be much more cautious and caring of my car when I get something bigger

andicole0 · 19 May 2011 at 21:40

Over £100 now to fill up the truck

Andi.

[TW]Fox · 19 May 2011 at 21:45

andicole0 said:
Over £100 now to fill up the truck

And how much to fill the Nissan thing?

Fr0dders · 19 May 2011 at 21:48

Costs £100 to fill up my volvo too. Get some very funny looks at the petrol station when i do !

andicole0 · 19 May 2011 at 21:50

[TW]Fox;19178726 said:
And how much to fill the Nissan thing?

A little bit more now given how fast prices are rising :cool:

I was in Streatham yesterday and fuel is cheaper there.

Andi.

[TW]Fox · 19 May 2011 at 21:54

MrLOL said:
Costs £100 to fill up my volvo too. Get some very funny looks at the petrol station when i do !

a) You get funny looks filling a Volvo? Eh?
b) £100? It has the same size tank as mine and I've not been over £90 yet!

BoB3rt · 19 May 2011 at 22:11

Don't think I've ever brimmed the car, couldn't take how much it costs in one go!

Fr0dders · 19 May 2011 at 22:14

[TW]Fox;19178800 said:
a) You get funny looks filling a Volvo? Eh?
b) £100? It has the same size tank as mine and I've not been over £90 yet!

funny looks when paying £100 for petrol. Cashiers expect a big 4x4 or something and find an average looking saloon. You know what non car people are like

As for the tank size its 75 litres, plus the reserve + filler pipes etc.. Usually get about 77 litres in it.

[TW]Fox · 19 May 2011 at 22:15

I don't think I've ever managed to cram more than 69.8 litres into my 70 litre tank and that includes occasions when I've literally coasted into the fuel station on fumes

Geeman1979 · 19 May 2011 at 22:16

I think if my car took a £100 to to fill it id stop at £99 theres noway that buggers going into 3 figures out of my wallet lol.

Fr0dders · 19 May 2011 at 22:17

I've no idea what the reserve is.

I've tried to get from Gretna green to London Gatwick, back to yorkshire on a single tank before. I ran out on the way back and reached 0 miles with about 15 miles to go from our intended fuel stop in leicester. Managed 15 miles with it showing 0 miles remaining in that time. I estimate it must have at least a gallon reserve on top of the stated 75 litres.