Fuel up/down again

Fuel trickled back down to under $4 a gallon here \o/ Has gone down about 40c a gallon in the last month :)
 
£80.26 to fill mine up with unleaded which sucks but mileage is not bad, about 560 miles.

I remember once, a very long 12~ months ago a fill up would have cost me closer to £60.

Oh well!
 
Call me crazy, but I think we are heading for a slower more prolonged recession soon.

Food costs are rising, fuel prices are shooting up, lots of young people unable to secure a home therefore money wasted on rent. Rising insurance costs, rising energy prices, rising taxes with less help for middle income families. Rising costs of transportation (£1500 for a rail pass for 6 months WTF)

All this and little growth to show for it, average wages are stagnating. When will we be tipped over the edge?

I think the private motoring age has peaked, there was an article on the bbc how private car numbers actually fell at some point.
 
Brookert said:
Call me crazy, but I think we are heading for a slower more prolonged recession soon.

Food costs are rising, fuel prices are shooting up, lots of young people unable to secure a home therefore money wasted on rent. Rising insurance costs, rising energy prices, rising taxes with less help for middle income families. Rising costs of transportation (£1500 for a rail pass for 6 months WTF)

All this and little growth to show for it, average wages are stagnating. When will we be tipped over the edge?

I think the private motoring age has peaked, there was an article on the bbc how private car numbers actually fell at some point.
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News sources said interest rates are expected to rise to 5.5% starting in Novemember, ouchie ontop of what you just said.

I'm kind of glad I'm in the public sector now, see me through till it's all over :eek:
 
A typical fill up with the light on costs £85 in the 535d. However...

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If I am very low on fuel and the price is £1.45 pl or so, I can top £100 for the fill-up :\
 
Clarkey said:
If you're getting 750 miles out of it you can't complain too much though. That's better economy than I get in a tiny low power hatchback.
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750 miles from the tank is optimistic - I had just finished my mainly M25 60 mile journey home, refilled, and saw that as I drove down the road from the garage. It actually went up to 753 briefly! Based on typical fuel consumption I can get ~550-650 miles between refills (38-45 MPG). To get 750 to a tank it'd need to be a long, steady drive and 49 MPG!

But yes, either way, it's quite impressive from a 1735 Kg 350 HP automatic!
 
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