Amateurs! The Range Rover hold 105L of diesel meaning it is now over £200 to fill if I run it to empty. The McLaren manual says I have a 72L fuel tank but I've never managed to get more than 60L in it, even when the range is showing "---" so I just scrape in under the £99 pay at pump limit most of the time.
Fuel price discussion thread (was ‘chaos’)
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That's over a race weekend buddy, that's the race car, my truck and another support van
I'm temped to sell both of my cars, buy an eco banger and just give up cars as a hobby. EVs are already killing car culture anyway.
I suspect now that oil companies are getting away with these prices they are going to keep it there. The government cut fuel tax but they just take it as profit instead. Same with gas/electricity.
I suspect now that oil companies are getting away with these prices they are going to keep it there. The government cut fuel tax but they just take it as profit instead. Same with gas/electricity.
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Driving vehicles which get 26.5-30MPG, at current prices never mind if they increase I've come to the realisation I can cover the finance and fuel on something decently economical (50-60MPG) on the journeys I don't need a specific vehicle
better than just 100% of the money going out the exhaust pipe (even though in terms of monthly out goings I won't be any better off, possibly a little worse).I tend to drive my pickup a lot just because I like driving it when over half the journeys it doesn't really matter what I'm driving - at £160 a tank and with a bit of luck that lasts me a week that maths just isn't working any more :s
They finally upped the pump limit at our garage from 99 to 120, I thought great, I won't have to do two transactions, and I didn't but only just, they're going to have to up it more, £120 for 60 litres is a reality I never really thought would happen.
I never knew fuel pumps had a price limit on them
It's more the pay at pump limit set by the banks and the Petrol station itself.
Have you never even once filled up using Pay At Pump?!
Yes definitely seeing that here. 198.9 to 199.9 is the norm. Only the local village garage which has always been expensive has happily gone over £2 a litre with no ***** given.
Makes me wonder if they still have someone that comes to his window, asks how much he wants and puts the petrol in for him?
I believe they bought that in a few years back, as I remember there being a big song and dance on the news about how those who might not have £100 on their card wouldn't be able to purchase fuel.
Probably a bit of a non-starter these days, if your card doesn't have £100 on it, then you probably no longer can afford to drive.
Even the little village garages around here are pegged at 199.99 which is weird - they are usually 3-5p above the supermarkets, etc. nowhere around here seems to want to breach the £2 mark for some reason though I suspect it is coming.
Good luck to anyone using these roads today. I really don't see how this will help...
news.sky.com
'Serious disruption' to roads including M4 and M5 as protesters use go-slow roadblocks to target motorways over fuel duty
Roads across the country could see traffic jams as protesters call for a cut in fuel duty, with demonstrators targeting mostly three-lane motorways.
supermarkets don't want the stigma/bad publicity of selling above psychological £2/litre, hence their reticence (bbc aticle linked earlier)
additional lateral visibility from the high driving - ok, also I guess if you have site footware/clothing the interior is more hardwaring/practical than a saloon.
driving must need more concentration too (overtake videos you posted), like driving an HGV
ok - another benefit
if you need the load space, even occasionally I see the attraction, but otherwise not sure I understand that pleasure, with the driving dynamics and inertia the weight confers;
additional lateral visibility from the high driving - ok, also I guess if you have site footware/clothing the interior is more hardwaring/practical than a saloon.
driving must need more concentration too (overtake videos you posted), like driving an HGV
ok - another benefit
- > Pickup road tax is £275 for 2021/2022
- > Pickup benefit-in-kind is around £58.33 per month at the 20% BIK rate or £116.67 per month at 40% BIK rate
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It could be worse. 
Oh, and anyone driving in Stoke-on-Trent today, get ready for some major traffic jams. Because as anyone around here knows, due to the layout of the conurbation, a minor traffic problem in Baddeley Green can cause a major tailback in Trentham. So a go slow on one of the busienst roads is going to cause chaos this morning.
www.stokesentinel.co.uk
Sri Lanka energy minister warns petrol stocks about to run dry
The crisis-hit country's next shipment of petrol is not due to arrive until later this month.
www.bbc.co.uk
Oh, and anyone driving in Stoke-on-Trent today, get ready for some major traffic jams. Because as anyone around here knows, due to the layout of the conurbation, a minor traffic problem in Baddeley Green can cause a major tailback in Trentham. So a go slow on one of the busienst roads is going to cause chaos this morning.
RECAP: Fuel protesters carry out 'go slow' on A50 in Stoke-on-Trent
Protesters are set to drive at 15mph
www.stokesentinel.co.uk