Reply to: Car Fuel Costs

[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

[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.

[Churchill]

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

FTFY.

[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!

[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!

[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.

[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

[Scrag Meister]

I remember buying my car a couple of years back and thought that 1.24 was dire, then it dropped right off to 90p, now we are getting fooked at 1.40.

Petrol price graph for last few years

[Wilmslow]

Slow down.

Move closer to your permy job.

But most importantly, stop whinging. You made the decision to live in Wilmslow and work in Bradford.

If you can't afford the commute then tough sh!t.

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.

[darmstadt]

€1,59.6 at Montabaur (Superplus 98)

[Churchill]

Slow down.

Move closer to your permy job.

But most importantly, stop whinging. You made the decision to live in Wilmslow and work in Bradford.

If you can't afford the commute then tough sh!t.

Just put petrol in the car here in Swindon, Sainsburys at 129.9p per litre.

[Churchill]

I normally pay £14 a day for my diesel daily hack.

I am now suffering a Nissan Cube, with non existant aerodynamics, shaking away with cruise control on at 80 trying to eek out less than £30 a day petrol costs.

Feeling rather royally reamed.

Slow down.

Move closer to your permy job.

But most importantly, stop whinging. You made the decision to live in Wilmslow and work in Bradford.

If you can't afford the commute then tough sh!t.

[Wilmslow]

I normally pay £14 a day for my diesel daily hack.

I am now suffering a Nissan Cube, with non existant aerodynamics, shaking away with cruise control on at 80 trying to eek out less than £30 a day petrol costs.

Feeling rather royally reamed.

[Halo Jones]

Free UK fuel prices. 11,036 petrol stations covered - PetrolPrices.com

Cool - thanks for that

[conned tractor]

I passed a station last night which had £1.41 point something in Birmingham, but the local micro economy is booming here with such recent business successes as SKA skewing the local economy.