Just had my first 3 figure fill-up

[Olly755]

Old BMW e36, super unleaded and a near empty tank.

Cost? £103.46

We're doomed.

I'm off for a lie down.

[Mike]

£48 of Diesel to fill my tank tip top yesterday from the red :) be good for 500+mile.

[MattBrown]

At £1.22 its 84.5 litres.

Must be one hell of a tank lol

I would CRY having to put that much in, dads uses £90ish to do 300 miles lol

[Mike]

Fúck your petrol engines ive got TDi outside lol lol

[Adam]

Costs of fuel atm, im seriously tempted by a new motor with a modern tdc/cdti engine.
Was quite impressed the other day with my gf's dads new Seat, pulls like foook from like 800rpm lol

[Cle]

fuel here is 1.35 for diesal and 1.31 for petrol

[Mazz]

The Audi is getting on for £85 for a tank full :( But it'll 600 miles easy just tootling to work etc, on a run its 700+ miles of win!

[General Baxter]

At £1.22 its 84.5 litres.

Must be one hell of a tank lol

I would CRY having to put that much in, dads uses £90ish to do 300 miles lol


80ltr tank + its runs on the expensive super stuff :)

[Angus Closier]

Old BMW e36, super unleaded and a near empty tank.

Cost? £103.46

We're doomed.

I'm off for a lie down.

Got the wrong car mate, vag derv ftw!!

[General Baxter]

Got the wrong car mate, vag derv ftw!!
why you thing i got rid of my beemer,

id be putting that in every 2 weeks to do 20miles a day lol

[Angus Closier]

why you thing i got rid of my beemer,

id be putting that in every 2 weeks to do 20miles a day lol

FAIL.....haha You could buy another car with the money you save!!!

[draper]

thank god petrol prices dont effect me, i only ever put £20 in

[General Baxter]

thank god petrol prices dont effect me, i only ever put £20 in

every day you get less and less lol

[draper]

meh, i walk to work lol

[Mazz]

:p

[Hobbit]

and I'm putting a bigger petrol lump in the Omega next week lol I wonder if I can get sub 22mpg

[Asa-James]

£75 to brim the cav, and if i'm lucky i'll see 400 miles out of it

[dj_wudgey]

Old BMW e36, super unleaded and a near empty tank.

Cost? £103.46

We're doomed.

I'm off for a lie down.

buggar me id be going for a lie down aswell!! my dads trooper isnt cheap to fill he hates having to fill her up when she's empty lol

[Hayley]

Ive only got a little 1.5 turbo and its costing me over £60 to fill the tank. I get about 350 miles out of it if im careful. Im seriously seriously tempted to get rid and buy a diesel.

[Lee H]

Corsa takes about £45 to fill but haven't filled it since VAT increase so will hold a little more now. Get nearly 300 miles though, XE's are ok for some things.

MR2 turbo only holds just shy of £40 super unleaded, only gets me 150 miles max though!!

[General Baxter]

buggar me id be going for a lie down aswell!! my dads trooper isnt cheap to fill he hates having to fill her up when she's empty lol
ha my patrol had the 200ltr extended tank,

so thats 270ish ltrs, that was fun to fill it, the attenent use to shut the pump off around £150 as they though it was leaking lol

[dj_wudgey]

sod that as much as petrol goes up ill never have a diesel!!!

[General Baxter]

you will one day, when the babys and the morgage comes along lol

[draper]

halfway there already lol

[dj_wudgey]

hey ive got a baby boy and have bills to pay!!! and im looking for a xe corsa family car lol ill never have a diesel lol

[General Baxter]

you will when theres no petrol left

diesel or electric, ummm lol

[draper]

theres plenty of petrol for our lifetime, even in this country ;)

[Mike]

sod that as much as petrol goes up ill never have a diesel!!!

More fool you then lol lol lol

[Pistol Pete]

sod that as much as petrol goes up ill never have a diesel!!!
:tard: :wtf:

[John]

This country sucks donkey balls!

[General Baxter]

there will be anarchy this year in the uk, simple

[John]

Iirc the uk has by far and away the highest petrol prices in europe, why? The next lowest price was just over the equivalent of £1 per litre which was france i think.

[General Baxter]

ill be happy with £1 per ltr tbh

you think, lower the prices of diesel, everything else in prive goes down

[robertdevlin69]

petrol over here is 1.43 euro per litre
diesel is around 1.38 per litre

[dj_wudgey]

ha my patrol had the 200ltr extended tank,

so thats 270ish ltrs, that was fun to fill it, the attenent use to shut the pump off around £150 as they though it was leaking lol

lol madness!! man id be gutted at £150 a time lol i wont have a 4x4 though so ill not be looking at that kind off figures lol

and baxter i agree mate we need anarcy to sort this sh*t out lol

[General Baxter]

lol madness!! man id be gutted at £150 a time lol i wont have a 4x4 though so ill not be looking at that kind off figures lol




try 265ish ltrs at £1.35 lol

[dj_wudgey]

sod that lol

[Derick-Sport]

lol and i thought it was bad running an x16xe corsa! wont be going any bigger anytime soon

[draper]

there will be anarchy this year in the uk, simple

dont count on it. expect lots of 'talk' about it tho over the internet and in pubs ;)

the student bums showed that protest/rioting doesnt solve anything, it simply gives more ammo to the media agaisnt 'broken britian' (even tho there the ones who are mostly to blame imho)

[Jack]

my 2.0 got better MPG than my 1.2 lol


theres plenty of petrol for our lifetime, even in this country ;)
We'll never run out of oil, ever. Its just it will get to a point where its prohibitively expensive. Like I said to Hayley the other day, most people would probably spend their last few ££'s on a few litres of petrol rather than food. At what point do you stop using your car? £60 to fill the tank? £100? £500?

...And the word is [large US defence/aviaton company] will want me to drive to Bristol and back twice a week for work. 10k a year, just going to Bristol and back, how about you slam that sideways up your rear end? :)


[edit] Anyway, isn't it tomorrow VAT goes up?

[Asa-James]

From what I know, vat went up on the 1st, fuel duty goes up tomorrow (4th) and there's another fuel duty increase in April, all in totalling an extra 4 or 5p a litre on what we are already paying.

[Hoochie]

my 2.0 got better MPG than my 1.2 lol
[edit] Anyway, isn't it tomorrow VAT goes up?
Yes jack it is tomorrow, I brimmed my tank this morning £52 to fill the 206...

Edit to add....fuel duty not VAT.... :0)

[Jack]

Just looked it up, other way round - duty was the 1st, VAT is tomorrow.

VAT on top of duty is rediculous, we're paying a tax on being taxed. In what sensible world would that make sense?!

Anyway. Heres to £1.50 by the end of the year lol


[edit] By the way, just to get your juices flowing, average price in Jan 2009 was about 88p according to this:
http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/50375000/gif/_50375050_fuel_prices_466gr.gif
Crude oil today is about $92 a barrel. Wanna guess how much it was in Jan 2009?






.....yeah, about $90 a barrel. Anyone got a spare £3bn I can invest? I've got a sure fire net gain income idea :d

[Joe Richardson]

diesel cars suck donkey cock lol

I reckon this will be the year of mass protests,fuel protests like few years ago,the government have really ****ed up this time,expect more sences like the student protests !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[phazer]

Yep VAT increase from midnight. Queue lots of buggering about with various computer systems and software to make sure the increase is there and that the old rate works for pre 4th invoicing etc

Glad I'm off until next week lol

[L14MNP]

1100cc petrol Fiat FTW!

[phazer]

diesel cars suck donkey cock lol



They do but I've got a 170bhp version so it's not all bad and I've knocked around a third off my fuel bills (may be nearer half) since the VXR went.

[Joe Richardson]

1100cc petrol Fiat FTW!

but then borderm kicks in,when your rightfoot is pushing so hard into the floor because you have no power lol

[Joe Richardson]

They do but I've got a 170bhp version so it's not all bad and I've knocked around a third off my fuel bills (may be nearer half) since the VXR went.

i have to admit some dervs pick up like fules now,but there still nasty

[mk1nova_rich]

diesel cars suck donkey cock lol

I reckon this will be the year of mass protests,fuel protests like few years ago,the government have really ****ed up this time,expect more sences like the student protests !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The previous Government ****ed up big, this one has to try and sort it all out...which is why they are getting all the flak. Labour's way of carrying on was to keep writing out the cheques and worry about paying them back later.

[General Baxter]

well BHS the yard i work at requre more units to go to the stores, there getting rid of 20 of them, due to the cost of everything, so when things dont turn up in stores to sell, erm..................

iv just gone blank lol

[General Baxter]

diesel cars suck donkey cock lol


when you got 180bhp, 400FtLb in a van, you shock a lot of people lol

[L14MNP]

but then borderm kicks in,when your rightfoot is pushing so hard into the floor because you have no power lol

It's surpsingly fun lol! Had it showing 110 today. maybe a ton then? lol With more to go. Also smoked some geezer in his mk1 Mondeo who thought the little car would let him undertake it. lol

Great round the twisties too and will always return 40+ MPG, Awesome bang for buck man! lol

[L14MNP]

when you got 180bhp, 400FtLb in a van, you shock a lot of people lol

Some 2.5TDi VW van was level pegging with my mates 2003 Range Rover Vouge the other week. That was funny! lol

The kid was made up with his new warp speed work van! lol

[Joe Richardson]

It's surpsingly fun lol! Had it showing 110 today. maybe a ton then? lol With more to go. Also smoked some geezer in his mk1 Mondeo who thought the little car would let him undertake it. lol

Great round the twisties too and will always return 40+ MPG, Awesome bang for buck man! lol

a ton,bet the engine was screaming lol

[L14MNP]

5.5K in 5th. She loves it lol

[Jack]

Iirc the uk has by far and away the highest petrol prices in europe, why? The next lowest price was just over the equivalent of £1 per litre which was france i think.
Not so (http://www.drive-alive.co.uk/fuel_prices_europe.html), in fact its a common misconception. Judging by that table, we're actually slap bang in the middle.

[sparkie1401]

£73 b4st3rd quid to fill the laguna up, and its the most mundane drive ever and £472 to insure it, at 20 yrs old i long to have a car n insure it for £130, now im 30 n im still getting robbed!!!!!!!!!!!! i wasnt my youth back lol

[SRimon]

Mines £35 even now - will do 400 miles if i try! 1.3 Diesel Fiat 500 FTW

[General Baxter]

Mines £35 even now - will do 400 miles if i try! 1.3 Diesel Fiat 500 FTW

for the money you save, is it worth it lol

[SRimon]

No

[Mike]

Not so (http://www.drive-alive.co.uk/fuel_prices_europe.html), in fact its a common misconception. Judging by that table, we're actually slap bang in the middle.



What is a complete con is the oil tankers consitently waiting out at sea all around the UK coastal ports waiting for reserves to get low, which drives the price up, then they land there load & fcuking coin it in!!!

That IS a fact.

[L14MNP]

What is a complete con is the oil tankers consitently waiting out at sea all around the UK coastal ports waiting for reserves to get low, which drives the price up, then they land there load & fcuking coin it in!!!

That IS a fact.

Word. That is annoying to 11!

[Benn]

I don't mind my car off the road saves fuel money. Fill the Mrs's Ka to the bring and was £38.15 (as to finish on a odd) Its 1.18ish down here.. Living is the Souf is great.

[Tanya.]

you will when theres no petrol left

diesel or electric, ummm lol


Message from Burgo cuz he's lazy lol

How can there be no petrol but still diesel?

[Jack]

There won't be as both come from the same barrel of crude. So when the petrol runs out, that means the crude will have gone which means no derv either.

.....UNLESS you can stockpile derv by using less of it, watering it down with bio oils etc. Mind you, you can water petrol down too with biobutanol and suchlike, in fact you could pretty much run a car on biobutanol quite happily if its warm lol

Tankers sitting offshore is amusing. I remember being in Cornwall during one price spike and there was a queue of about 5 of them sat off the lizard, not moving an inch :mad:

[Bubba]

Tankers sitting offshore is amusing. I remember being in Cornwall during one price spike and there was a queue of about 5 of them sat off the lizard, not moving an inch :mad:

there were 6 but we stole one ;)

[dj_wudgey]

diesel cars suck donkey cock lol

I reckon this will be the year of mass protests,fuel protests like few years ago,the government have really ****ed up this time,expect more sences like the student protests !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

i agree joe they do suck donkey penis lol

and i hope so matey hopefully if people protest/riot it will make them lower the prices!! id be game for a good protest!!!

[draper]

i can jst se wudgey in the SR out side number 10 handing over our petition lol

[dj_wudgey]

nah i wont be in the sr i dont want to risk driving her round london with the phsyco caby's ect lol!! ill be in a nova though lol

[Stuart]

There won't be as both come from the same barrel of crude. So when the petrol runs out, that means the crude will have gone which means no derv either.

.....UNLESS you can stockpile derv by using less of it, watering it down with bio oils etc. Mind you, you can water petrol down too with biobutanol and suchlike, in fact you could pretty much run a car on biobutanol quite happily if its warm lol

Tankers sitting offshore is amusing. I remember being in Cornwall during one price spike and there was a queue of about 5 of them sat off the lizard, not moving an inch :mad:


problem with biofuels is there is only so much land for food crop and fuel crop.... so you either have cheap fuel (for a short while as apparently if you farmed the ENTIRE land mass of the UK you would still only make enough boifuel to last 6 months iirc) or cheap food. The other product will rocket in price :(

The bonus of a diesel is that you could run it on coal dust lol

[dj_wudgey]

that would be a problem but id say cheap fuel!!!

[Stuart]

I assume you dont like to eat then..... tbh I'd sooner feed myself and not die than drive a car (if we are in that level of situation)

[MK999]

I assume you dont like to eat then..... tbh I'd sooner feed myself and not die than drive a car (if we are in that level of situation)

Keep car and farm roadkill, job done.

[Gareth_C]

I think its rubbish. I understand the current govermant are trying to play catch up and sort the previous goverments mess out but it seems like its always the motorists that get hit first cause there an easy target.
I just feel lucky that its the company I work for pick up my fuel costs, Which at £80 every 500miles isnt good

[MK999]

I think its rubbish. I understand the current govermant are trying to play catch up and sort the previous goverments mess out but it seems like its always the motorists that get hit first cause there an easy target.
I just feel lucky that its the company I work for pick up my fuel costs, Which at £80 every 500miles isnt good

It's not that bad in the grand scheme of things tbh, 40 litres at 1.20 = £48 and that gets me around the same in a very lightweight car, with a less than 1600cc diesel engine and it needs to be a decent smooth drive to manage that.

[Stuart]

I think its rubbish. I understand the current govermant are trying to play catch up and sort the previous goverments mess out but it seems like its always the motorists that get hit first cause there an easy target.
I just feel lucky that its the company I work for pick up my fuel costs, Which at £80 every 500miles isnt good

erm VAT is on stuff that non driers buy too ;)

plus the student hippies arent all motorists, and the govt deparmental folks wont all be motorsits too...

Have to say, the motorist hit has come late in the game so far

[Jack]

problem with biofuels is there is only so much land for food crop and fuel crop....
You can grow algae in water though, and over 2/3 of the planet's surface is water. Captain Birdseye might lose his income but I'm not a great fan of fish anyway lol

[Dan]

I havent read any of this, just thought i would say for the comedy value the ops title should say finger, the views of this post would be triple what they are now lol

Carry on

[Hayley]

You can grow algae in water though, and over 2/3 of the planet's surface is water. Captain Birdseye might lose his income but I'm not a great fan of fish anyway lol

I cant ever see this becoming a reality TBH. You would surely still need a huge area to grow it and it must affect the local habitat etc.. blah blah. I would love to see a day when we are all using algae to fuel our cars but its not going to happen in my lifetime I bet

[Stuart]

hate them all you want but the 'future' is electric vehicles and nuclear power stations (along with a smattering of hippy wind farms and tidal crap)

[Jack]

I'm all for Nuclear power, but all it needs is one virus from t'interweb* or a lapse in security** and boink, there goes the computers controlling the reactor or boink, mr jihad gets some free radioactive material.

* yes, they are lol
** security in most places in the UK is dire tbh, and considering most of them will be owned by the French, do you really think they'll care if Hinkley Point goes up and wipes Bridgwater off the map?




....come to think of it, thats probably a good thing. lol

[edit] As for electric power cars, I still think they'll take a LONG time to catch on fully. Sure, the masses of Mondeo owners will switch over no problem, but I'm sorry I rather like my Celica and there's no electric option for that now is there? Plus its bound to take a while before they become affordable (I mean <£5k), plus the cost of infrastructure which will no doubt be either a) subsidised by the government - so higher taxes - or paid for by higher cost of cars/electricity. Direct replacement fuels are a much more logisitcally-viable option in terms of public takeon, but its just the research and development that needs work.

[edit again] And I'm sure they'll find a reason to keep bumping electric prices up all the time anyway lol

[burgo]

There won't be as both come from the same barrel of crude. So when the petrol runs out, that means the crude will have gone which means no derv either.

yes that is what i was getting at jack

[MK999]

well they come out entirely different spectra of the distillate, so it depends entirely on the rate of use, however if you consider all the freight/farm/sea vehicles that use it, once more road cars with diesel engines pop up I wouldn't be surprised if that goes before petrol.

[dj_wudgey]

I assume you dont like to eat then..... tbh I'd sooner feed myself and not die than drive a car (if we are in that level of situation)

i like to feed myself but im only 5 foot 4 and between 8-9 stone so i dont eat that much so id be fine lol