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Post by JMW on Jun 21, 2022 11:36:55 GMT 1
I guess we all bitch about it but today I noticed is was £2.05 a liter for Shell V-Power at the pump.
I mean, really……!
So my two little fuel cans hold around 6 ltrs each give or take.
Over £24 to fill 2 plastic cans - wtf!
Both cans now empty after topping up the R1 and Mille R and we only went for a short spin yesterday.
Fuel is now a luxury commodity
Insane
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Post by chrisg on Jun 21, 2022 13:27:00 GMT 1
I had just under 1/2 tank in my car, so ive filled up. It cost just short of £90 😲
I find myself travelling slower and using my right foot a little less. It does make a big difference, but boring.
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Post by vectisitch on Jun 21, 2022 14:47:33 GMT 1
The cost of fuel to the forecourt has gone down yet they still keep putting it up.
Trouble is people won't stop buying it to force them to drop the price. So they have us by the googlies. The will to stand up and fight has been taken out of us over the years. Why actively go out and protest at the forecourts when you can post on Facebook about how horrid it all is, then get on with your day??
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Post by billbott on Jun 21, 2022 14:48:57 GMT 1
Filled up my GPZ900 last weekend: £41 !! In a bike. The weekend before I stopped at £30 in my LC and it wasn't full. I dread filling up my car when i start using it again!!
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Post by evochris on Jun 21, 2022 15:11:17 GMT 1
Put £36 in the MV today, don't think I have put more than £20 in the past.....ridiculous. I reckon I will be using the the little MBX125 soon.
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Post by midlifecrisisrd on Jun 21, 2022 15:26:46 GMT 1
Not filled a bike but diesel is ridiculous
Filled my works Mondeo last week and it took £117 😳
Thank God I'm not paying
It will be getting worse for me though. The Mondeo engine management light came on on the way home Sunday night. Called the garage Monday, they said it would be a week till they could book it in but if I dropped it in they would at least try to do a diagnostic so they knew what to order
Called the lease company for a hire car to get dropped at the garage
Went to see what I'd got in the dodgy game of hire car roulette and was happy to find a BMW M4 😆
I'll soon find out how thirsty that is 😬
Steve
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Post by geoffers997 on Jun 21, 2022 16:09:06 GMT 1
Put a full tank of super in my car in the middle of Spain the other week.
Once they’d deducted the government subsidy (a slightly more generous amount then in the UK of 20 cents a litre) it was just on €125. 😵💫
Last time I put that much fuel in anything it had Scania written on the front of it.
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Post by darboots on Jun 21, 2022 16:23:28 GMT 1
I knew we'd turned a point when the Tesco Pay-At-Pump maximum purchase of £99 no longer fills my car. That was about 3 months back now. I think it's gonna top £135 now.
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Post by zed1015 on Jun 21, 2022 17:11:35 GMT 1
I guess we all bitch about it but today I noticed is was £2.05 a liter for Shell V-Power at the pump. Can hardly get E5 round here never mind any super. Most stations only have diesel and E10 now. I'm paying £2.05 for E5 ( which they are now cheekily labeling as super ) and have to ride over 10 miles to get it. Went to the Farmyard this weekend and had to carry a gallon with me for the return trip top up just in case there was non at Malton.. |
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Post by JMW on Jun 21, 2022 17:38:35 GMT 1
Put £36 in the MV today, don't think I have put more than £20 in the past.....ridiculous. I reckon I will be using the the little MBX125 soon. MBX125 - no way… blaaaast form the paaaast Have you plugged off the ATAC chamber yet or gutted the pipe? |
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Post by stanlc7189 on Jun 21, 2022 17:45:02 GMT 1
I NEVER fill my car. It costs more in fuel to drive a car with a full tank than one that's half or even a quarter full. Why lug all that extra weight around for local use?
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Post by JMW on Jun 21, 2022 17:49:49 GMT 1
Because you might be driving a long way???
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Post by stanlc7189 on Jun 21, 2022 17:57:20 GMT 1
Because you might be driving a long way??? My post specifically referred to local driving where there are many more acceleration / deceleration operations. |
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Post by wassy06 on Jun 21, 2022 19:12:53 GMT 1
Driving the motorhome to Goodwood tomorrow it’s a 600 mile round trip for me @24mpg ( about the same as an LC ).
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Post by muttsnuts on Jun 21, 2022 19:46:58 GMT 1
Driving the motorhome to Goodwood tomorrow it’s a 600 mile round trip for me @24mpg ( about the same as an LC ). I can hear your wallet squealing from here Steve   wonder if they will be driving slower at Goodwood to save fuel ? |
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Post by wassy06 on Jun 21, 2022 21:56:31 GMT 1
Driving the motorhome to Goodwood tomorrow it’s a 600 mile round trip for me @24mpg ( about the same as an LC ). I can hear your wallet squealing from here Steve   wonder if they will be driving slower at Goodwood to save fuel ? Too right the pension is getting some stick but at least I’m on free eye tests and prescriptions now ! They might have to looking at the weather forecast  |
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Post by bare on Jun 21, 2022 22:18:03 GMT 1
Funny that..... Listened to a neighbor complain that his RV (motorhome) cost ~ 250$ to fill up last June.
Currently it was almost 800$
Cheaper to fly and stay at a decent Hotel.
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Post by evochris on Jun 22, 2022 10:31:55 GMT 1
Put £36 in the MV today, don't think I have put more than £20 in the past.....ridiculous. I reckon I will be using the the little MBX125 soon. MBX125 - no way… blaaaast form the paaaast Have you plugged off the ATAC chamber yet or gutted the pipe? Its an import so has all of its 21bhp and micron fitted  sweetest 125 engine out there and loves to rev.....hilarious   MB1 by chris tring, on Flickr |
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Post by tonyd123 on Jun 22, 2022 12:34:35 GMT 1
Time to get my Derbi moped back on the road |
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Post by dc on Jun 22, 2022 13:53:35 GMT 1
I wouldn't suggest people go out of their way to do hypermiling but from the looks of it, the majority of folk I see have no thought of saving fuel and don't care how much fuel they use but winge about it. Not directing that at anyone here because I think on the whole, with our interest and generation comes a good amount of common sense. It is possible to employ a few techniques which are useful and things which people would do during a driving test anyway. Adjusting speed and looking ahead rather than ploughing up to the stopped vehicle ahead and braking. Not sitting in the car with the air con on texting etc. Plus, that annoys everyone around and happens by a school nearby every day but I suppose someone else pays the bill and they need to keep cool.
But regardless of what you can save by being sensible, it's still costing a lot run things. Just buying a gallon for the mower and trimmers seems mad when you see it rack up on the pump.
When was the last time you stopped dead on the price you wanted, it's roulette now 😂
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Post by chrisg on Jun 22, 2022 16:54:28 GMT 1
Im in the process of joining Costco. They sell diesel and petrol with anywhere between 5 and 10p per letre less. Think its £33 for the year, so depends on your mileage. They do sell lots of other stuff as well. www.costco.co.uk/membership |
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Post by steve63 on Jun 25, 2022 8:29:35 GMT 1
Judging by the amount of traffic on the M3 last week no one is too bothered about the price of fuel in England.
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Post by stevesmith on Jun 25, 2022 9:50:17 GMT 1
Judging by the amount of traffic on the M3 last week no one is too bothered about the price of fuel in England. Same as yesterday - absolutely herendeous M3 North bound was a slow crawl all the way the the A34.... |
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Post by shandyboy on Jun 25, 2022 21:17:53 GMT 1
£130 to fill van with Densil FFS
In 2008 its was 1.28 per litre Today its nearly £2.00 per Litre, however its £20.00 a barrel cheaper now for oil than in 2008
Goverment getting there money back for the Billions they gave away
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Post by geoffers997 on Jul 2, 2022 13:05:48 GMT 1
Ten days ago E5 was euros €2.18 a litre (thats with the government 20 eurocent discount) in my local BP in southern Spain.
Just gassed it up again at euros €1.95.
With petrol seemingly going up daily in the uk I’ll ship the bike down and sit it out here.
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Post by veg on Jul 2, 2022 13:08:18 GMT 1
Wife’s new car arrived yesterday and obviously no fuel, so I filled it up for her. 100 lt tank and diesel nearly £200 🥹
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Post by midlifecrisisrd on Jul 2, 2022 13:15:41 GMT 1
Wife’s new car arrived yesterday and obviously no fuel, so I filled it up for her. 100 lt tank and diesel nearly £200 🥹 That's what you get for buying her a transit van 😆 Steve |
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Post by veg on Jul 2, 2022 13:35:06 GMT 1
Pmsl 😁 I wish.
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Post by stusco on Jul 2, 2022 14:14:41 GMT 1
I bought a litre of castrol gtx for my van £25 !
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Post by steve h on Jul 2, 2022 14:27:03 GMT 1
Wife’s new car arrived yesterday and obviously no fuel, so I filled it up for her. 100 lt tank and diesel nearly £200 🥹 100ltr tank? My Van is 75ltr.... What the heck needs a 100ltr tank? A chelsea gas guzzling tractor? That should infuriate the extinction rebellion fwrt heads!  |
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