Car Fuel Costs

[SimonMac]

I actually enjoy the commute in the main - just under an hour with the negoriated working hours, and stunning scenery. As the roof is all glass, I was bathed in lovely morning sunshine with the radio cranked up loud! Just getting rather hacked off at the sudden rise in fuel. I was spending around £8 when I started the job, but £30 - !!!!!!!!!! May well drive like a granny with the trucks tomorrow. Can't wait to get my car back, makes £14 look rather reasonable.

Stunning scenery?! Its ******* Af-brad-istan?!

(The irony of this is as of the weekend I am moving to live there lol)

I paid 130.9p, and £30 a day is my norm, I need a new car

[Churchill]

Stunning scenery?! Its ******* Af-brad-istan?!

(The irony of this is as of the weekend I am moving to live there lol)

I paid 130.9p, and £30 a day is my norm, I need a new car

I think Wilmslow is talking about the scenery from Junctions 21 to 23 on the M62.

[Wilmslow]

Stunning scenery?! Its ******* Af-brad-istan?!

(The irony of this is as of the weekend I am moving to live there lol)

I paid 130.9p, and £30 a day is my norm, I need a new car

Indeed, but, the drive over the hills is pretty amazing. It feels like I m driving into another country as soon as I get off the M606 though!

[OwlHoot]

I think Wilmslow is talking about the scenery from Junctions 21 to 23 on the M62.

The farm under the motorway? God, that must get nippy in winter!

[Churchill]

The farm in the middle of the motorway? God, that must get nippy in winter!

FTFY.

[Platypus]

I'm sure I paid 149.7 from a small village garage the other day. I thought it cost a lot to fill the tank but didn't think much more of it.

[BoredBloke]

It’s about time that they updated the whole 40p/25p a mile thing. At £1.40/l. At the 25p point, over half the amount claimed goes on fuel

e.g. = car does 50 mpg means that it does 11 mpl (4.54 l /gallon)
11 miles @ 25p = £2.75
1l = 1.40
2.75 - 1.40 = 1.35 to pay for wear and tear/depreciation etc

So if you do 20k miles per year
at 40p for 10k you will buy 10000/11 litres of fuel (909) costing £1272 giving you a 'profit' of 4000 -1272 = 2728

at 25p for the other 10k, it will still cost you £1272 giving you a 'profit' of 2500 - 1272 = 1228

so your total 'profit' is 2728 + 1228 = £3956 to cover all your other costs!

if your car only does 45, then this profit drops to 3672