ed
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I'm going to start running my car on Jet A1. 50p/litre 
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Russ
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roll on emission free cheap fuel tbh
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ed
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Originally posted by DaveyLC
This does alarm me because surely Diesel is cheaper to produce as being a heavy oil it is less refined than Petroleum and requires less crude oil for its production.
These days that argument doesn't pass. You're paying for the amount of energy that's in the fuel rather than how much it costs to produce. Fucking annoying 
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Rich H
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I'm going to get in with this before Tom does:
everybody should just drive ///M3's then you wouldn't have to worry about the price of diesel
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DannyB
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Fuel prices ful lstop are a fucking joke, and it's going to get worse, a lot worse. I got just under 60 miles to a tenner yesterday in a 1.6 Focus it's depressing.
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JaffaTB
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i get under 50 miles to a tenner with my 1.4 sri lol
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Graham88
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I got 75 miles to a tank lol
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whitter45
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Originally posted by Graham88
I got 75 miles to a tank lol
Really - I assume that was a track day but even so
i just dont know how people run high performance cars now a days
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Graham88
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Yeah was a trackday admittedly but it's not hard to get 150 miles to a tank on the road. Well I don't have a mortgage or anything, still live at home, do it whilst you can and all that. I don't understand how people have Evo's and a house on a normal job.
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dannymccann
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They deal on the side
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sand-eel
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Originally posted by 3CorsaMeal
Diesel realeases more carcinogenic stuff when burned, this fact is hidden from the public
the whole reason for getting rid of leaded petrol was a con
I've seen a graph, the pollution went flying down when unleaded started getting used.
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sand-eel
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Diesel is priced higher in this country because the vast majority is imported. As it costs nearly the lowest of all the fuels to make it would be much cheaper.
Just need more refineries in the uk.
[Edited on 03-03-2011 by sand-eel]
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richc
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quote:
Originally posted by whitter45
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Originally posted by Graham88
I got 75 miles to a tank lol
Really - I assume that was a track day but even so
i just dont know how people run high performance cars now a days
You have a brand new BMW.
Its probably worth 3 times what his Mazda is worth?
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sc0ott
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Does it really matter, they are all robbing cunts.
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Graham88
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Originally posted by richc
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Originally posted by whitter45
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Originally posted by Graham88
I got 75 miles to a tank lol
Really - I assume that was a track day but even so
i just dont know how people run high performance cars now a days
You have a brand new BMW.
Its probably worth 3 times what his Mazda is worth?
True! He probably loses more in depreciation than I spend on fuel, then again maybe not  
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AlunJ
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Originally posted by JaffaTB
i get under 50 miles to a tenner with my 1.4 sri lol
tell me about it, not that economical for a small engine 
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Matty W
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The only good thing to come out of the hike in fuel prices is people selling cars dirt cheap... but the goverment have tryed squeezing a bit of cash out of that too by giving out fines to anyone who buys them and doesnt sorn them
[Edited on 03-03-2011 by music1990]
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Gareth
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Its £75 to fill my 308 now although i can get 600 miles out of it, abit less for the evo but i only get 200 out of that
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whitter45
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quote:
Originally posted by Graham88
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Originally posted by richc
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Originally posted by whitter45
quote:
Originally posted by Graham88
I got 75 miles to a tank lol
Really - I assume that was a track day but even so
i just dont know how people run high performance cars now a days
You have a brand new BMW.
Its probably worth 3 times what his Mazda is worth?
True! He probably loses more in depreciation than I spend on fuel, then again maybe not
cost of a car doesnt come into it and i dont suffer from depreciation
i.e you can get a cheaper derv. All I am sayign is due to my circumstanecs of milage etc I could nto afford to run a car that did 20 something mpg
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Graham88
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That's the only reason I justify it is because it's basically just a weekend toy. Got a company van for the week & a Berlingo if I lose that. I'd never use my car for work it would cost too much
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daymoon
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50 miles to tenner :S
In two minds wether i should sell up or not 
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3CorsaMeal
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i'm hoping it will make the roads less busy, far too many people driving around willy nilly that aren't actually into cars.
also i would like to see people going back to smaller cars, my mum didn't need a people carrier for 3 three kids, people have them now with 1 kid or even no kids. Same with big 4x4's.
might also mean less wear and tear on the roads.
all in all its a good thing, am sure if its really a struggle for people they can easily find a way around it
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3CorsaMeal
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quote:
Originally posted by whitter45
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Originally posted by Graham88
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Originally posted by richc
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Originally posted by whitter45
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Originally posted by Graham88
I got 75 miles to a tank lol
Really - I assume that was a track day but even so
i just dont know how people run high performance cars now a days
You have a brand new BMW.
Its probably worth 3 times what his Mazda is worth?
True! He probably loses more in depreciation than I spend on fuel, then again maybe not
cost of a car doesnt come into it and i dont suffer from depreciation
i.e you can get a cheaper derv. All I am sayign is due to my circumstanecs of milage etc I could nto afford to run a car that did 20 something mpg
but you can spend hundreds of pounds a month just to own a brand new BMW, which no offence isn't anyones dream car.
i don't really know your job circumstances, it may be that you need a brand new car for that, although i thought you had a company car.
not picking an arguement, just keeping it real 
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whitter45
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quote:
Originally posted by 3CorsaMeal
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Originally posted by whitter45
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Originally posted by Graham88
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Originally posted by richc
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Originally posted by whitter45
quote:
Originally posted by Graham88
I got 75 miles to a tank lol
Really - I assume that was a track day but even so
i just dont know how people run high performance cars now a days
You have a brand new BMW.
Its probably worth 3 times what his Mazda is worth?
True! He probably loses more in depreciation than I spend on fuel, then again maybe not
cost of a car doesnt come into it and i dont suffer from depreciation
i.e you can get a cheaper derv. All I am sayign is due to my circumstanecs of milage etc I could nto afford to run a car that did 20 something mpg
but you can spend hundreds of pounds a month just to own a brand new BMW, which no offence isn't anyones dream car.
i don't really know your job circumstances, it may be that you need a brand new car for that, although i thought you had a company car.
not picking an arguement, just keeping it real
Jim - Since when I have i said its a dream car and the thread was not referenced to any particular car
All I was stating was that I dont know how people run evo's scoobys, Focus St's etc with petrol prices the way that they are
Does it really matter whether the car is 1 day old or 11 years old
and my circumstances are none of your business TBH
[Edited on 04-03-2011 by whitter45]
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3CorsaMeal
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Some people can afford the petrol as they might of sacrificed brand newnesss and a finance deal for an older and more desirable car.
I'm not saying you think the BMW is a dream car, but i don't think i'd be wrong to say its costing you a fair bit each month and its quite boring in terms of enthusiast following.
You'd have to earning well to be able to have a 1 day old scooby and afford to run it everyday.
you wouldn't have to be so loaded to own a 10yr old one and run it everyday, as your monthly car bills are repairs and petrol, not finance for a joyous moment that lasts a short while with a new car before its the same old daily drive that your still paying back 3-5yrs later.
some months my cars cost me nothing but the petrol
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