Quote from: Kev_mk3 on January 09, 2008, 12:57:20 PM
its ok for you guys! from my house - leman - home im going to use 4/5 tanks of petrol :( my dads diesel vectra will use 2 tanks - one there & one home

Wait until you put a 6.6 litre V8 in it - then you'll be crying into your wallet  ;)




(car below has aforementioned 6.6 litre V8 and is my normal Le Mans transport)

The 3 litre V6 I've been driving for the last three weeks was already a gas guzzler, damn happy I didn't have to pay for it myself (company car ;D)

Quote from: Steve Brown on January 09, 2008, 06:06:44 PM

Quote from: Kev_mk3 on January 09, 2008, 12:57:20 PM
its ok for you guys! from my house - leman - home im going to use 4/5 tanks of petrol :( my dads diesel vectra will use 2 tanks - one there & one home

Wait until you put a 6.6 litre V8 in it - then you'll be crying into your wallet  ;)




(car below has aforementioned 6.6 litre V8 and is my normal Le Mans transport)

I may moan about my humble 1.8 16v engine but I don't envy your fuel bills guys :laugh:

What's the news on the price of diesel in the UK at the moment, guys?  Knocking on 1.3€ here at the moment - which is as near as dammit £1 at the mo'. :(

£1.19.9 up here at the minute and petrols £1.16.9. Its costing me £57 a pop to fill my 2.0 A3 from near empty  >:(

955cc 12v triple, 130bhp at rear wheek ... . . . .. . 40mpg
170bhp at rear wheel ( blowed). . . . . 28mpg . . . .

it now cost £20 to fill m motobike. thats bloody stupid.

Friend of mine just returned from a few days in France - diesel's up to 1.37 - I think that is roadside price rather than supermarket.

It's pushing £1.20 around this area now at my nearest Sainsbury, and have seen it at £1.24, so still marginally cheaper in France.

Del

We're up to £1.25.9 for diesel in some parts of south west scotland. Its getting bl#ody silly now and im in a rural village and need my car most days.

Quote from: mike(liverpool boys) on April 24, 2008, 07:12:25 PM
We're up to £1.25.9 for diesel in some parts of south west scotland. Its getting bl#ody silly now and im in a rural village and need my car most days.

Mike, are you seeing much panic buying around your way now they've shut down Grangemouth?

Quote from: Robbo SPS on March 16, 2008, 11:01:57 AM
955cc 12v triple, 130bhp at rear wheek ... . . . .. . 40mpg
170bhp at rear wheel ( blowed). . . . . 28mpg . . . .

it now cost £20 to fill m motobike. thats bloody stupid.

170bhp 45mpg, Diesel BMW 320.

Costs me (or rather the company) £60 to fill up which I do often, using tesco to get the points, that are then used to buy my euro tunnel crossing to Le mans.

Everything comes back to Le mans!

Quote from: Steve Brown on April 24, 2008, 08:48:37 PM


Mike, are you seeing much panic buying around your way now they've shut down Grangemouth?

I am, it's ridiculous, you can't get hold of a jerrycan for love nor money. ;)

Seriously though, I had to visit 4 stations in Aberdeen while running on fumes, untilI found one with DERV.

$4.29 over here near Chicago.  Given the pound vs. dollar, that may seem cheap to you, but not for us.  When I bought my TDI it was $1.35/gal.  :P

Well it cost me a £100 to fill up the boss's Range Rover yesterday on the M62 Hartshead services, £1.27 :o

Unleaded was proces at 1.09 :-\

Simple bit of maths to cheer people up -

When diesel hits - £1.31.8 per litre

Then you will be paying  £6.00 per gallon!

or
7.63 EUR per gallon (1.68 EUR per litre)
or

In USA

$ 11.94 per imperial gallon (8 pints)
or
$ 10.42 per US gallon (7 pints)

and if your car does 30 mpg

that means it will cost you 20p per mile (thats just fuel)


So basically its not long before we all F@@ked

But its a good job we have a low inflation rate (yea right)

Quote from: Steve Brown on April 24, 2008, 08:48:37 PM

Quote from: mike(liverpool boys) on April 24, 2008, 07:12:25 PM
We're up to £1.25.9 for diesel in some parts of south west scotland. Its getting bl#ody silly now and im in a rural village and need my car most days.

Mike, are you seeing much panic buying around your way now they've shut down Grangemouth?

No panic buying here yet. I asked in the garage this morning if they were expecting any problems and they think it will be the middle of next week before we struggle for petrol.

They say the problem isn't really the workforce being on strike for a couple of days but the fact that it takes ages to get the refinary going again after its been shut down.