petrol prices

[Duke]

Paid 111.9 for petrol earlier today in Brighton which was quite cheap compared to some other places.

 

[[TW]Fox]

Come on, £46 to fill a car is hardly a lot of money. Its costing me around £62 a week!1 I would be happy with £46

£79.85 today for me.

 

[greengiant]

£79.85 today for me.

Must be quite a big fuel tank in your BMW?

 

[[TW]Fox]

70 litres of VPower.

 

[OllyM]

Not the way it works, he is on a company fuel card, as am i. Its going to get harder and harder to justify doing low 20's MPG-wise if we keep seeing these rises.

Indeed

Must be quite a big fuel tank in your BMW?

70 litres in the E39 - I wish mine was bigger, if anything, for longer range. I've filled up twice this week and have less than 1/4 of a tank left now, so will need to fill up again tomorrow on my way out.

 

[ZoomZ]

What bothers me most about the rising fuel cost is what are the elderly going to do while living on a fixed income .

It dosnt bother me much but it will really hurt ppl that only have x amount of money every month to spend on fuel to get to work .

 

[The Edge]

Come on, £46 to fill a car is hardly a lot of money. Its costing me around £62 a week!1 I would be happy with £46

It is when you were spending £40 not very long ago. It's suprising how quickly these little incresed add up in percentage terms. .

 

[Locky]

A cool 17 quid to fill my tank

 

[Duke]

A cool 17 quid to fill my tank

Lawn mower?

 

[brid]

What bothers me most about the rising fuel cost is what are the elderly going to do while living on a fixed income .

It dosnt bother me much but it will really hurt ppl that only have x amount of money every month to spend on fuel to get to work .

How much do the elderly need to drive?

They also get free bus passes and can theoretically get anywhere they want in the UK gratis.

 

[chaparral]

A cool 17 quid to fill my tank

even my motorbike costs more then that to fill up (22ltr tank)

 

[norm]

What kind of MPG does a superbike get?

I read the Suzuki GSX-R1000 only gets 40 MPG on average. A lot lower than I expected given its massively reduced weight vs a car.

 

[clv101]

I think you'll be lucky to get 40mpg on a big bike.

 

[DJMK4]

£1.31 a litre of diesel it only hit £1.30 2-3 days ago.

 

[chaparral]

What kind of MPG does a superbike get?

I read the Suzuki GSX-R1000 only gets 40 MPG on average. A lot lower than I expected given its massively reduced weight vs a car.

I use to get less then 40mpg on my Yamaha R1 (roads in france,,,not guernsey)

(maybe get 40mpg at 60mph on a motorway)

 

[Bear]

How much do the elderly need to drive?

They also get free bus passes and can theoretically get anywhere they want in the UK gratis.

He doesnt live in the UK and I doubt they get bus passes in the US although I could be wrong

 

[Housey]

I put over £120 in today, and I put £60 yesterday too.

 

[233]

lol was it only 5 1/2 years ago

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/business/2616645.stm

30 dollars a barrell for oil and fury at unleaded going up by 2p to 74.9p/litre


i would give my left man bit to be paying that a litre just now

 

[233]

FFS thats a 60% rise in 5 1/2 years

 

[The_Dark_Side]

How much do the elderly need to drive?

They also get free bus passes and can theoretically get anywhere they want in the UK gratis.

How much of your driving do you NEED to do?

I guess the percentage is around the same.