Fuel

[matdodd]

On most new high pressure diesels its a bad idea to run bio diesel at all. its very difficult to prove the blend of bio you have used and the quality seams to differ greatly. from my experiance with Hdi engines you can be left with a bill of £1000-2000. O and its about this time of year when cars start geting towed in because they wont start due to the fuel turning to a semi solid in the tank!

[Chrislong]

The cost of fuel stinks. the cost of road tax & insurance stinks too.

We pick our cars and pay our bills. I have chosen to drive a car which I expect to cost me lots in fuel, tax and insurance, but I love the car. OK, I do moan about the escalating costs as it is wrong, and my large carbon footprint is not bothering me. But if I was ever in a position where I had to reduce my cost of living (e.g. loose my job, become a dad, bought a house etc), then id be buying a diesel of some sort, perhaps a Golf TDI50. if it bothered me more, a none-turbo small hatch diesel.

But I wouldn't be attempting to run it on cheaper fuel, personally. The cost of a repair bill, and the cost/hassle of me not getting to somewhere and hiring a car would then outweigh the reason for me downgrading if I ever was to do so.

Also, recently in the area of where I work (Radcliffe, very near to where Woody lives), they were pulling cars over and then escorting them to an area nearby, where they dipped tanks and thoroughly checked cars, filters etc. There were several car transporters there and several left/confiscated cars.... id image red-diesel being the first thing they'll check for..

[b4rs]

or you could illegally run your deisels on red deisel?

[racingdwarf]

Oh Yer, should have thought of that.problem solved.......just keep it to yourself eh

[b4rs]

what? dont even know wot your talking about?

[showtime]

Originally Posted by Chrislong

The cost of fuel stinks. the cost of road tax & insurance stinks too.

We pick our cars and pay our bills. I have chosen to drive a car which I expect to cost me lots in fuel, tax and insurance, but I love the car. OK, I do moan about the escalating costs as it is wrong, and my large carbon footprint is not bothering me. But if I was ever in a position where I had to reduce my cost of living (e.g. loose my job, become a dad, bought a house etc), then id be buying a diesel of some sort, perhaps a Golf TDI50. if it bothered me more, a none-turbo small hatch diesel.

But I wouldn't be attempting to run it on cheaper fuel, personally. The cost of a repair bill, and the cost/hassle of me not getting to somewhere and hiring a car would then outweigh the reason for me downgrading if I ever was to do so.

man after my own heart

my cars got a 90 litre tank & with super over £1.05 at the mo its a bit of kick in the bollocks every time i fill up! worst thing is i know i'll be back there in about 300 miles

i like having a big car with a big engine fully loaded with all the toys etc but its starting to get ridiculous now! it certainly puts a few quid onto the cost of every meeting

[PaulRotheram]

Things seemed to have dropped back to 'normal' (normal at around 92pence.. however normal that can be justified) here at the smaller garages. It is abit of a joke now, running my car takes up quite a big portion of my wage due to inflated costs on everything. Also insurance isnt my friend at over 2k for this year on a 1.6 escort.. sigh.

[Chrislong]

Wow Rothers, your being buggered by a large fist on that one..

Ive been lucky with fuel in that case, as I was due to fill up on Sunday and didn't know about the 2p per litre rise. Ive actually managed to get to work and back on the dregs and fuel light should be on soon, so Ive not actually lost out like I thought I might have.

2p per litre on 50 litres = £1 = about 45% of 1 pint of Carling. I'll be drinking plenty tonight.

[David Church]

Originally Posted by PaulRotheram

Things seemed to have dropped back to 'normal' (normal at around 92pence.. however normal that can be justified) here at the smaller garages. It is abit of a joke now, running my car takes up quite a big portion of my wage due to inflated costs on everything. Also insurance isnt my friend at over 2k for this year on a 1.6 escort.. sigh.

How much for insurance??????
Wow this makes me glad to be old!!! haha
Mine is £700, for any driver and its a commercial policy......

[showtime]

£402 fully comp on my group 20

i suppose once you factor in the £1500 saving on insurance over a younger driver on their boyed up saxo the 17mpg i get doesn't seem so bad after all

[Lee]

I paid £1.04 a litre today i was not a happy chappy. Especially as i do a 700 mile a week before i even think of going racing.

We are really being shafted with oil prices, the uk is the cheapest place in the world to refine fuel, but with the massive tax added it makes it just about the most expensive to buy it.

There is actually another 200+ years worth of oil in the north sea but companies like shell and bp pulled out as it is cheaper and easier to get it from russia/ azerbaijan. But shell are having a lot of problems right now with the russians and may be kicked out of russia as the government are trying to claim the oil is theirs.

I think if the MP`s sacrificed their second homes in london which we pay for and make people who can work do so then we could actually be paying less tax, live in a nicer country and be better off.

imagine that

[GRIFF55]

What group 20 you got and who insures it for that, you lucky man

[ashleyb4]

You fuel bill must be huge andy with your truck.


My mum always calls you MR RAC man. We love your truck its ace.

A

[Northy]

£253 insurance for me and the Mrs fully comp, and mines faster then yours Rothers!

G

[GRIFF55]

Um, Yeh, it cost a few quid to race at mid west or anywhere for that matter. Most prob about £70/£90 for a weekend. Might have to buy a small diesel car.
How can your mum cal my beauty an rac truck!!

[ashleyb4]

When you go racing you have the back on it and the local RAC man for around Oswestry has a truck exsactly the same.

A

[showtime]

Originally Posted by GRIFF55

What group 20 you got and who insures it for that, you lucky man

Audi S8
insured with Elephant


for some strange reason Elephant & Admiral (sister companys i think) are really good on the big Audis?
suits me

[racingdwarf]

Wow!! Azbr.....Azerbjian..........Azerbijan.........nop still can't spell it,Hat's of you must play a mean game of scrabble!!

I was talking to a chap that owns a local petrol station and what realy pissed me was the tax went up 2p the petrol companys (shell was the worst) seem to have bunged a few pence more on for the hell of it.In my local station it went up nearly 6p over night!....gits

I insure our landrover discovery es & my 56 plate nissan navara fully comp for about £650 I,m loving company insurance as I'm 32 I'd normaly get hit....HARD.

[tc2k]

63.7pence of the fuel is tax. So I really dont think this is the oil companies trying to bleed us dry when there making less than 1/3 that the government does on fuel at best

[PaulRotheram]

Originally Posted by Northy

£253 insurance for me and the Mrs fully comp, and mines faster then yours Rothers!

G

You're getting on abit now though