Posted: 07 May 2008 at 9:10am | IP Logged

..but when did buying fuel become a major financial commitment?

I just filled up the car and paid £1.09 per litre for unleaded. This keeps up, I'm gonna have to sell my bloody house just to get off the driveway. Time was, (about 6 weeks ago..) I could put £10 worth of petrol in the tank and that would last me a week - week and a half at a stretch. I put a tenner's worth in on Sunday, and already I'm dry.

It's not as though we're using the car excessively either, we share a car, but we work at the same place so we travel together, we generally walk if we go shopping, to see my family etc...

I don't know why. But I blame Prez.

Posted: 07 May 2008 at 12:11pm | IP Logged

Casperuk wrote: get an electric car, but then electricity is bloody expensive too

Because electricity is supplied by a power plant which burns fuel!

Posted: 07 May 2008 at 12:25pm | IP Logged

Indeed, in fact the price difference between petrol and diesel means that unless you are doing lots of miles then its not worth the extra fuel costs.

He says as he is about to order a new 3 litre diesel car........

Posted: 07 May 2008 at 12:49pm | IP Logged

if i drive like a granny 10 quids worth of petrol will last 5 days

if i drive normal it lasts about 2 

Posted: 07 May 2008 at 12:58pm | IP Logged

Galvanise_ wrote: They need to start mass producing hydrogen cell fueled cars. Yes, its expensive at first, but its cheaper in the long run.

and cleaner for the environment, problem is the petrol companies own all the patents so that they can keep on selling they're precious oil.

Posted: 07 May 2008 at 1:01pm | IP Logged

Normalbenzin   1,47 €
Superbenzin     1,48 €
SuperPlus        1,55 €
and I think Diesel  was at  1,42 €

Prices from the cheapest of the 2 station on the way to court, this morning.

Posted: 07 May 2008 at 2:12pm | IP Logged

Using todays exchange rate, your cheapest 1.42 euros works out to £1.11 even more than what I paid this morning. Insane.