Fuel up/down again

w1lliam said:
Since i sold my lpg'd bmw i havent been to the local business that provided all my fuelling needs which at the last time i filled up was at £0.49pl. However today i was driving past and had a look at the price and i was shocked, it was now at £0.70pl. A 40%ish increase! There be rage somewhere.
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I'm quite tempted to get my Jeep LPG'd. Apart from the initial cost and the fact that it isn't worth a huge amount more than the conversion, it would be just my luck that I get the conversion done and LPG costs go through the roof. I reckon I'll roughly save £20 a tank.

Fuel is becoming an issue irrespective of whether your overall finances can cover the costs. If it wasn't such a problem for most people, my Jeep would be worth twice as much as it is now - my first Jeep went to a chap in Bulgaria. He bought them in the UK drove them around for a bit and sold them for a hefty profit as fuel was cheap.
 
Blackhawk47 said:
How about contracting so you can offset your earnings against tax on travel expenses?
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Watch out everyone, Mr 'Contractor' is here to completely miss the glaring issue in the post :D

The guy can't even do basic Maths, he'd be no use as a contractor.

He could get temp data entry work though and call himself a contractor ;)
 
pah things are looking up for me anyway :)

change of contract has considerably cut the dead miles the poor taxi shed is covering a day and i now pass the cheapest petrol station in glasgow twice a day now :) 127.9p for derv *** :)
 
[TW]Fox;18222036 said:
I take you missed probably one of the most amusing threads of last year in GD? :p
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no i didn't

i just don't feel you need to bring it back up to try and belittle others. I know you dont feel the need to be an internet hardman, so why act like it ?
 
MrLOL said:
no i didn't

i just don't feel you need to bring it back up to try and belittle others. I know you dont feel the need to be an internet hardman, so why act like it ?
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I just thought it was amusing that in a thread where some guy reckons he cant do 20 miles to work because of fuel prices so instead he must work for £6 an hour instead of £22k somebody pipes up that the answer is to go contracting :D
 
MrLOL said:
collateral damage i suppose.
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Indeed, you will understand when you get here.

First time you do it, that's the hardest. I don't give a post if you're thread'n Wyatt Erp or Jack the Ripper. Remember that guy in Texas? The guy up in that tower that killed all them people? I'll bet you green money that first little black dot he took a bead on, that was the bitch of the bunch. First one is tough, no foolin'. The second one... the second one ain't no Mardis Gras either, but it's better than the first one 'cause you still feel the same thing, y'know... except it's more diluted, y'know it's... it's better. I threw up on the first one, you believe that? Then the third one... the third one is easy, you level right off. It's no problem. Now... damn... now I do it just to watch their posting style change.
 
I get 300 miles out of a full tank in the Fiesta (40l), works out at 34 mpg avg. That's my combined figure, probably closer to 25 in town and a bit below 40 on a steady cruise. Saving money in depreciation and low running costs too - FIESTA BEST CAR IN WORLD LOL!
 
mattyprice4004 said:
68L in a 306?! Wow :D
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I think it is, seems the tanks quoted as 60L on parkers, but pretty sure you can get more in than that as it must go up the filler neck too. (Parkers also thinks it takes 8.5 seconds to get to 60!)

Filled it up tonight, cost me £76 for 56L at Tesco using their 99 Momentum.

Cruising at 30 in 6th maxxing my MPGZ YOOO! ;)
 
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