Dan295
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Originally posted by Paul_J
rarely filled up to the brim (why pay to carry excess weight in fuel).
whaaaaaa? full tank all the way. even on hench motorway trips, thats like buying a 330ml bottle of coke because it fits in your pocket better than carrying a big bottle
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mattk
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Originally posted by Mike B
Just worked it out as an average since getting my van and it's about £400 a month which gets me 3200 mles.
Edit: and the not filling up due to extra weight is pointless it just means more time out of your month spent at the petrol station, plus traveling to and from the petrol station. I used to do that when I first passed my test, putting a tenner at a time in, soon got bored when I was in the petrol station everyday, sometimes even twice a night 
I put £50 a time in, pretty much puts it on half a tank, I then see how long I can make it stay between a half and a quarter, If my light comes on before wednesday afternoon, Its time to get grumpy 
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harrisp
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I put in around £400 a week in fuel fuel card FTW
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Gary
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Originally posted by Dan295
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Originally posted by Paul_J
rarely filled up to the brim (why pay to carry excess weight in fuel).
thats like buying a 330ml bottle of coke because it fits in your pocket better than carrying a big bottle
You carry about 1.5L bottles of coke? 
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Paul_J
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Originally posted by Gary
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Originally posted by Dan295
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Originally posted by Paul_J
rarely filled up to the brim (why pay to carry excess weight in fuel).
thats like buying a 330ml bottle of coke because it fits in your pocket better than carrying a big bottle
You carry about 1.5L bottles of coke?
he probably carries a 2.0L bottle mate 
Imagine walking around the shops all day lugging a 2.0 litre bottle around because you were thirsty and refuse to spend the premium.
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Dione J
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Tesco Momentum Fuel with 5p off voucher FTW!
Only use V-Power now in emergencies 
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Dan295
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Originally posted by Paul_J
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Originally posted by Gary
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Originally posted by Dan295
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Originally posted by Paul_J
rarely filled up to the brim (why pay to carry excess weight in fuel).
thats like buying a 330ml bottle of coke because it fits in your pocket better than carrying a big bottle
You carry about 1.5L bottles of coke?
he probably carries a 2.0L bottle mate
Imagine walking around the shops all day lugging a 2.0 litre bottle around because you were thirsty and refuse to spend the premium.
im not so sure you get it, its ok though. im just off for a shit need to get rid of some weight as im walking to the shops later
[Edited on 15-11-2011 by Dan295]
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Mike
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It's not an extra 15 kg all the time, it's an extra 15 kg until you start it up then it starts diminishing until the extra £20s worth has gone and then you're evens again. Is it really worth the effort of more petrol station visits for the sake of what in the end, realistically my or may not be pennies difference?
Edit: Nice one Paul, delete your post so mine makes no sense
[Edited on 15-11-2011 by Mike B]
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Dan295
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Originally posted by Mike B
It's not an extra 15 kg all the time, it's an extra 15 kg until you start it up then it starts diminishing until the extra £20s worth has gone and then you're evens again. Is it really worth the effort of more petrol station visits for the sake of what in the end, realistically my or may not be pennies difference?
agreed, he doesnt really get it though. it must be excess weight, we should all have race cells
[Edited on 15-11-2011 by Dan295]
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Ben G
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i do a tank a week, which at the moment is about £50 for approx 300 miles.
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Paul_J
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Originally posted by Dan295
agreed, he doesnt really get it though. it must be excess weight, we should all have race cells
Now you get it  corner weighted for optimum commute route.
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mike56gte
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£0 for the next year for me.
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Dan295
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Originally posted by Paul_J
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Originally posted by Dan295
agreed, he doesnt really get it though. it must be excess weight, we should all have race cells
Now you get it corner weighted for optimum commute route.
oh please, the only thing you know about corner weighting is the corner of the desk to pay after someones done it for you
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Jay
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Originally posted by Dione J
Tesco Momentum Fuel with 5p off voucher FTW!
Only use V-Power now in emergencies
Tesco do 15p a litre off you can use 3 at a time now
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Ben G
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need to spend £150 to get the 15p off though.
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Ben G
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sainsburys are currently doing 10p off per litre when you spend £60 btw.
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Hammer
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YES a thread I can wave my willy at as I live with my parents
I spend approx £250 a month in petrol for my 3 AND A HALF LITRE V6 PETROL ENGINE.
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All Torque
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YAAAAAAAAAAY!
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Paul_J
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quote:
Originally posted by Dan295
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Originally posted by Paul_J
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Originally posted by Dan295
agreed, he doesnt really get it though. it must be excess weight, we should all have race cells
Now you get it corner weighted for optimum commute route.
oh please, the only thing you know about corner weighting is the corner of the desk to pay after someones done it for you
If you couldn't tell that was a joke, then your extensive knowledge of corner weighting cars has clearly effected your ability to detect sarcasm on the internet.
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Daveskater
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Lots of internet here, I think everyone needs to calm down a bit.
Anyway, I fill up twice a month and do about 600 miles-ish. Filling to the top means you can work out the mpg for each tank
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I like you Dave, you are a man of men
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Dave's maybe capable of a drive-by cuddle
Look at my pictures
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scottyp1989
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I spend roughly£240 a month and get around 6/700 miles to that
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Eck
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quote:
Originally posted by Dan295
quote:
Originally posted by Paul_J
rarely filled up to the brim (why pay to carry excess weight in fuel).
whaaaaaa? full tank all the way. even on hench motorway trips, thats like buying a 330ml bottle of coke because it fits in your pocket better than carrying a big bottle
So you walk the streets with a big bottle of Coke to save cash? I never brim mine either, but at the same time the petrol station is on my way to work so I'm not losing much stopping off.
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Rich H
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Van - does depend on what jobs I have that week (ie. how many are local) but average around £300 per month in diesel. £60-ish a tank.
Car - depends on how often I go to see the G/F per week and where we go etc, but now around about £180 per month £60ish per tank of V-Power. Certainly feeling the running costs of the car now I'm using it a lot more!
On a side note, my car will only run properly on V-Power, it runs like a bag of shite on Momentum and is down by about 40 miles per tank over V-Power!
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Half Pint
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£12 every 7 days in my little scooter...
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Nath
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About £20 a week.
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