Has it really affected you?
- Thread starter dsb
- Start date
Have you all worked out the extra it costs you a month? Or is it because its £1.15 you think jeebus i must cut back
Its costing me around an extra £28 a month. Which to be honest isn't much more.
To be honest, we are lucky to be alive, if you where lying in a hospital bed with weeks to live you would glady pay £1.15 a litre to go on a 400 mile road trip.
Its costing me around an extra £28 a month. Which to be honest isn't much more.
To be honest, we are lucky to be alive, if you where lying in a hospital bed with weeks to live you would glady pay £1.15 a litre to go on a 400 mile road trip.
Last edited:
Soldato
- Joined
- 10 Oct 2006
- Posts
- 3,680
Not affected me yet looking at old statements it costs me £13 more to fill my car compared to May last year, I use 2 or 3 tanks a month so £39 extra at most a month.
Out of the other costs of living its the smallest increase I was suprised that for two of us and a our pet lab the food bill has went up almost £100 a month and the gas/electricity is up £50 a month compared to May last year. I can see why its hitting people hard if there mortgage deal expired etc you could easily in total be down almost £400-500 a month compared to last year.
Out of the other costs of living its the smallest increase I was suprised that for two of us and a our pet lab the food bill has went up almost £100 a month and the gas/electricity is up £50 a month compared to May last year. I can see why its hitting people hard if there mortgage deal expired etc you could easily in total be down almost £400-500 a month compared to last year.
Blimmin hell, where can i get 400 miles of fuel for £1.15!
In serious though, if you do what i do, which is fill the tank, run till empty, fill, repeat, then you notice in the fact it costs you a lot more to fill the tank, yet you are getting the same miles. Ive not been doing a solid comute over any prolonged length of time, but I do know that when I bough my Fiesta in 2006 I could fill the tank for £26. When it died 2 years later, it was costing £32. Each tank was about 250 miles depending on the lead-ness of my foot
Its much more evident if fuel is important to you, like my dad who drives 5000 miles a month around town, and funds the diesel himself
Soldato
- Joined
- 24 Oct 2002
- Posts
- 6,242
- Location
- Portsmouth
You're not really reading what people are posting are you. Obviously this being the motoring section most people are talking about petrol and diesel prices, but most people here saying they are having to watch what they spend are talking about the combined cost increase of fuel, energy and food.
All told that adds up to a lot of money. I think the p.o.v. really depends if you are independant with your own place and perhaps a family; OR if you are single, no spouses, living with parents etc. It's a massive difference that I suspect the latter people on this forum don't quite grasp.
Associate
- Joined
- 23 May 2005
- Posts
- 387
It could be worse you could be in the US.
I know they have far cheaper fuel than we have but we are used to expensive fuel, can you imagine what it would be like to have fuel prices double in 5 years, that has happened in the US.
Disclaimer: I have a company fuel card and don't notice fuel price changes.
I know they have far cheaper fuel than we have but we are used to expensive fuel, can you imagine what it would be like to have fuel prices double in 5 years, that has happened in the US.
Disclaimer: I have a company fuel card and don't notice fuel price changes.
Indeed, there's also a difference between what you can afford and what you want to spend on a specific thing. If you've got a full budget to manage, every extra £1 spent on petrol is something that you can't spend on something else, likewise food, rent/mortgage increases and so on. It all impacts the overall disposible income, and at the moment, because people aren't sure what prices are going to be like next week, they are watching what they are spending this week, just in case.
Soldato
- Joined
- 24 Dec 2004
- Posts
- 11,371
- Location
- Knowle, Solihull, UK
Not really
I do about 14,000 miles a year and my Astra is marginly more economical than my MG was
It's only really costing me about £6 a week extra with fuel at £1.15/l against £1/l which isn't all that much
What it has done, however, is I've been far more tempted to walk when going out for lunch at work (10 min walk) instead of being lazy and driving!
I do about 14,000 miles a year and my Astra is marginly more economical than my MG was
It's only really costing me about £6 a week extra with fuel at £1.15/l against £1/l which isn't all that much
What it has done, however, is I've been far more tempted to walk when going out for lunch at work (10 min walk) instead of being lazy and driving!
Does it effect me? Indirectly yes. Although I only pay for private fuel (diesel) which is a negligible amount, my business mileage has stayed constant for the last 4 years or so at around 85,000. Multiply this by 10 other engineers as well as delivery vehicles and other company car staff our fuel bill has rocketed, meaning less profits meaning smaller pay rises.
So yes it has effected me.
So yes it has effected me.
Field service as well Jez, for the gaming industry. Unfortunately I have a muppet of a boss who thinks that Felixstowe is only "a couple of minutes" from Cambridge and could I just "pop" into Biggleswade on the way
At weekends when I control, the mileage is cut by about 40%
Field service as well Jez, for the gaming industry. Unfortunately I have a muppet of a boss who thinks that Felixstowe is only "a couple of minutes" from Cambridge and could I just "pop" into Biggleswade on the way
At weekends when I control, the mileage is cut by about 40%
They cant be moaning about their fuel bills with management like that, christ :/
Soldato
- Joined
- 24 Dec 2004
- Posts
- 11,371
- Location
- Knowle, Solihull, UK
Now you mention that I was awfully lucky with my car
If it had been registered a mere two weeks later I'd be on the CO2 system - £270 per year! Thank goodness that it wasn't - very nearly bought a later car too. I always thought the changes were going to be for cars registered in 2006 onwards until the idiot Darling mentioned that it will be retrospective
If it had been registered a mere two weeks later I'd be on the CO2 system - £270 per year! Thank goodness that it wasn't - very nearly bought a later car too. I always thought the changes were going to be for cars registered in 2006 onwards until the idiot Darling mentioned that it will be retrospective
Soldato
- Joined
- 3 Jun 2005
- Posts
- 5,365
- Location
- West Sussex
Badly.