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Nothing new here, just filled up as usual with V-Power which is normally 105.9 (was last saturday) and went this morning and was 109.9
I can't believe it. The 105.9 wasn't bad considering but now its just got worse! I can't afford to stick £20-£30 worth in to only get like 18 or 27 litres of fuel!
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I can't believe it. The 105.9 wasn't bad considering but now its just got worse! I can't afford to stick £20-£30 worth in to only get like 18 or 27 litres of fuel!
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Originally Posted by pani_k
I can't afford to stick £20-£30 worth in to only get like 18 or 27 litres of fuel!
Option 1) Dont use your car
OR
Option 2) Dont moan
Actually, you have 3 options
Option 3) Do something about it!!
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Although I think theres a 4th option & I think your going to chose option 4
Option 4) Continue to use your car, continue to moan about the price of fuel & not do anything about it
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I'm going to have to shut up and put up arent I!! I refuse to put ordinary unleaded in anyway but just as well since recently cos of the fuel uproar the garage is normally out of unleaded and diesel too
V-Power remains but at extortionate prices! I remember V-Power 101.7 a few months back at the same garage!
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V-Power remains but at extortionate prices! I remember V-Power 101.7 a few months back at the same garage!
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Originally Posted by pani_k
I'm going to have to shut up and put up arent I!! I refuse to put ordinary unleaded in anyway but just as well since recently cos of the fuel uproar the garage is normally out of unleaded and diesel too
V-Power remains but at extortionate prices! I remember V-Power 101.7 a few months back at the same garage!
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V-Power remains but at extortionate prices! I remember V-Power 101.7 a few months back at the same garage!
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Originally Posted by pani_k
I'm going to have to shut up and put up arent I!! I refuse to put ordinary unleaded in anyway but just as well since recently cos of the fuel uproar the garage is normally out of unleaded and diesel too
V-Power remains but at extortionate prices! I remember V-Power 101.7 a few months back at the same garage!
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V-Power remains but at extortionate prices! I remember V-Power 101.7 a few months back at the same garage!
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Originally Posted by GTi_iTG
Originally Posted by pani_k
I'm going to have to shut up and put up arent I!! I refuse to put ordinary unleaded in anyway but just as well since recently cos of the fuel uproar the garage is normally out of unleaded and diesel too
V-Power remains but at extortionate prices! I remember V-Power 101.7 a few months back at the same garage!
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V-Power remains but at extortionate prices! I remember V-Power 101.7 a few months back at the same garage!
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Originally Posted by pani_k
Originally Posted by GTi_iTG
Originally Posted by pani_k
I'm going to have to shut up and put up arent I!! I refuse to put ordinary unleaded in anyway but just as well since recently cos of the fuel uproar the garage is normally out of unleaded and diesel too
V-Power remains but at extortionate prices! I remember V-Power 101.7 a few months back at the same garage!
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V-Power remains but at extortionate prices! I remember V-Power 101.7 a few months back at the same garage!
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i remember filling my mum's car up with petrol for about 74p a litre, must have been 6 or 7 years ago though. fuel is stupidly expensive...just hit £1 a litre of petrol for me...to buy as a consumer cos the govement put so many taxes on it and then taxes on the taxes!!!! it only costs about 25p to get a litre to the pump! the govenment is trying to price people off the road but trouble is we need our cars as public transport is absolute shite apart from in major cities.
we really need to do something about it but it requires ALL of us and noone seems to care enough anymore!
we really need to do something about it but it requires ALL of us and noone seems to care enough anymore!
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Originally Posted by andyt
should try being a self employed courier mate, i dont moan i just cry every day i fill up
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Originally Posted by andyt
should try being a self employed courier mate, i dont moan i just cry every day i fill up
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I must be one of the few people who doesn't complain about fuel prices, saying that though £60's worth of diesel lasts me over a month ![Pthbbbb](https://passionford.com/forum/images/smilies/smile045.gif)
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I must be one of the few people who doesn't complain about fuel prices, saying that though £60's worth of diesel lasts me over a month ![Pthbbbb](https://passionford.com/forum/images/smilies/smile045.gif)
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Originally Posted by littlebrownbike
My Mondeo does 65mpg at the moment, boy am I going to have a heart attack when I eventually switch to a petrol V6 or V8. I even think a Fiesta 1.25 is bad on fuel ![Surprised](https://passionford.com/forum/images/smilies/bigcry.gif)
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ka's are actually quite shite on fuel. i can get 38-39 mpg out of my 1.6 escort withought really trying. if i try hard enough i will get over 40. my mate has a ka and only gets bout 38 max and thats trying really really hard!!!!
having said that when i put my foot down it drops
having said that when i put my foot down it drops
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wish my escort was that quick.
mind you i have had an indicated 129 out of my mum's old 1.8 petrol focus before some saab driver decided he'd drive into the back of me at 50mph and wrote it off
loved that car, drove it for my first 2 years on the road
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loved that car, drove it for my first 2 years on the road
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I did a roughly a 12-13 mile round trip today and put about £5 of v power in already had some fuel but was town driving and I was giving it a bit of welly now and again and fuel gauge in the same position it was before I filled up
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I must be one of the few people who doesn't complain about fuel prices, saying that though £60's worth of diesel lasts me over a month ![Pthbbbb](https://passionford.com/forum/images/smilies/smile045.gif)
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Originally Posted by littlebrownbike
The mondeo does 30mpg at 135mph, I will miss my eco-friendly high speed cruising
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Originally Posted by littlebrownbike
I did have some NCT5's mate but they had so much grip I kept going through wheel bearings, back on the Toyo 888's now, not as much fun but much cheaper in the long run.
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You will never get the fuel price down in the UK.
It is the governments way of forcing you off the road and on the bus/train.
They don't want you in your car on a road network they have to maintain but can slowly force you to use train/bus all privately owned and once this gets to dear you will be on foot or bicycle, This is there ideal result then they will tax footpaths and bike ways.
Cheap fuel is just not going to happen ever again.
Why do you think so many people on this forum now have left the UK.
If you have a skill use it to get out.
It is the governments way of forcing you off the road and on the bus/train.
They don't want you in your car on a road network they have to maintain but can slowly force you to use train/bus all privately owned and once this gets to dear you will be on foot or bicycle, This is there ideal result then they will tax footpaths and bike ways.
Cheap fuel is just not going to happen ever again.
Why do you think so many people on this forum now have left the UK.
If you have a skill use it to get out.
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i have the ability to get sunburnt, do you think they'll accept that as a valid resson to move to aus mate
our vans use about half a tank of diesel a day on average, but we've got 12 so that means we put in roughly £2k of fuel in a week at our depot
there are roughly 80 vans in our company, and we do the least amount of mileage as we are mainly in and around london, so there are guys out there who do a tank a day and then some
so if you even base it on an average of 3/4 of a tank of juice per vehicle per day that equates to roughly £20k a week on just fuel alone
we won't be getting a bonus this christams, and i don't think we'll be getting anything above an inflation based pay rise this year either ;(
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our vans use about half a tank of diesel a day on average, but we've got 12 so that means we put in roughly £2k of fuel in a week at our depot
there are roughly 80 vans in our company, and we do the least amount of mileage as we are mainly in and around london, so there are guys out there who do a tank a day and then some
so if you even base it on an average of 3/4 of a tank of juice per vehicle per day that equates to roughly £20k a week on just fuel alone
we won't be getting a bonus this christams, and i don't think we'll be getting anything above an inflation based pay rise this year either ;(
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The ability to get sun burnt LOL Takes about 10mins here at moment and its like it from 6am to 6pm. 32*c here today. You get out of bed sweating and go to bed sweating. By christmas day the sea will be like a very warm bath.
If you towel dry you work up a sweat, hahaha At least I am only 100mtrs from the beach
About 52p a lt here at moment and you want to here them winge but they all drive V8 autos all noise and not a huge amount of go.
Its not all good some roads maybe 40km long and dead straight but the road surface is terrible here in QLD
If you towel dry you work up a sweat, hahaha At least I am only 100mtrs from the beach
About 52p a lt here at moment and you want to here them winge but they all drive V8 autos all noise and not a huge amount of go.
Its not all good some roads maybe 40km long and dead straight but the road surface is terrible here in QLD
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