Ian W
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quote:
Originally posted by GF-91
Is it worth me saying?
Do you have one other than saying we shoudn't moan about petrol prices?
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sc0ott
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petrol is the same price for every car but some cars use more of it than others. why should someone have to sell it to buy a cheaper car and the money left over to pay for petrol, lol.
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sc0ott
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bus passes are a rip off as well. train passes are the worst
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GF-91
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quote:
Originally posted by sc0ott
petrol is the same price for every car but some cars use more of it than others. why should someone have to sell it to buy a cheaper car and the money left over to pay for petrol, lol.
I know petrol is the same price for every car.
What I am saying is that if you were that bothered you wouldn't pay for it. You'd manage without it if you gave that much of a shit about it.
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Ian W
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If I could get the 35 miles to work where there is no public transport that takes less than 3 hours I would love it.
I hate driving to work and I hate how much of my salary goes on fuel but there is literally no choice other than look for a new job which i'm not prepared to do.
Your arguments not holding up mate 
[Edited on 27-05-2010 by Ian W]
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Graham88
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Yeah I'm not seeing the argument here either, would you like a spade for the hole you're digging?
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pow
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I'll echo Ian here, no way I could do my 20 miles in sub 1 hour without my car, and we are supporting the economy with our jobs. At the moment Gary your not paying anything back into this country. So yes, I need fuel, I couldn't live without for now...
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GF-91
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Originally posted by pow
I'll echo Ian here, no way I could do my 20 miles in sub 1 hour without my car, and we are supporting the economy with our jobs. At the moment Gary your not paying anything back into this country. So yes, I need fuel, I couldn't live without for now...
The fuck would you know about where my money goes? 
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16vKarlos
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PUBLIC TRANSPORT FOR ME
Weekly bus tickets for my area.
Partner and I - £9.50 x2 = £19 - 2 X Kids: 2 x £7.50 = £15 - Overall for the week = £34 - Year = £1768
Family Train tickets to london (24 trips a year (Family)) = £30 (Minimum ammount) x 12 = £720
Taxi's to the Rural place's that busses dont go - Unable to Quote - in Excess of £200 a year
Hope i havn't missed anything
MINIMUM Total so far - £2688
RUNNING MY CAR
Fuel = Week = £20 - Year = 1040
Years Tax £215
Insurance Per year - £460
M.O.T. - £19
Stamped Service every Year - £146
Total - £1880
This total DOES NOT include the price of the car.
As this is a one off payment I have divided what i have paid for my car by how long i have owned it for.
As my car was a straight swap a year ago the price did not rise. therefore i have owned it for 3 years (PLEASE SAY IF YOU DONT FOLLOW)
so what i bought my first car for - £2200 then divide that by 3 for how many years i have owned the car. plus the following year (which is the year you are budgeting for) = 4 years
I make it - £550
Total outgoings on a car per year for me is...... £ 2430
Sorry for the long story but for those of you that say public transport is cheaper.. G|o fuck yourselfs JOKING
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Andrew
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No matter what happens a lot of us have to pay the price of fuel to work. I cannot ever see fuel becoming so expensive people cannot afford it. Still, i'll run what ever vehicle is practicle and as cheap as possible to run.
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sc0ott
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quote:
Originally posted by GF-91
quote:
Originally posted by pow
I'll echo Ian here, no way I could do my 20 miles in sub 1 hour without my car, and we are supporting the economy with our jobs. At the moment Gary your not paying anything back into this country. So yes, I need fuel, I couldn't live without for now...
The fuck would you know about where my money goes?
do you have a job?
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sc0ott
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quote:
Originally posted by GF-91
quote:
Originally posted by sc0ott
petrol is the same price for every car but some cars use more of it than others. why should someone have to sell it to buy a cheaper car and the money left over to pay for petrol, lol.
I know petrol is the same price for every car.
What I am saying is that if you were that bothered you wouldn't pay for it. You'd manage without it if you gave that much of a shit about it.
but when your in the job you want and in this economy then most people dont have the choice as some of us have monthly bills. if i cared so much about petrol even though its a rip off then i wouldnt upgrade from a 1.0 corsa to a clio 182 to do 70 miles a day (95% motorway miles).
[Edited on 28-05-2010 by sc0ott]
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John
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The point of if you want petrol you shouldn't moan is an idiotic point.
I want to pay as little as I have to for everything, just because I can pay for more expensive petrol doesn't mean I want to/should have to.
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djgritt
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Registered: 1st Nov 07
Location: Dorset Drives: Focus ST / Hyundai i20N
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quote:
Originally posted by GF-91
I know petrol is the same price for every car.
What I am saying is that if you were that bothered you wouldn't pay for it. You'd manage without it if you gave that much of a shit about it.
I'm bothered by the price, but I still pay it.
I wouldn't manage without it atall - i need to get to work, and my work is across the whole country. Good luck trying to use public transport for it - its cheaper to buy the bloody fuel!
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Nic Barnes
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36 miles to quarter of a tank. 2 days work and back costs me probably over a ten spot. I could get the bus if i wanted to. I would rather have a direct expensive drive.
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A2H GO
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Registered: 14th Sep 04
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quote:
Originally posted by John
The point of if you want petrol you shouldn't moan is an idiotic point.
I want to pay as little as I have to for everything, just because I can pay for more expensive petrol doesn't mean I want to/should have to.
I was thinking exactly the same, all these people on the 'dont like it dont buy it' sound like MP's
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Nic Barnes
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yeah? But what else are you going to do about it?
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A2H GO
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Originally posted by Nic Barnes
yeah? But what else are you going to do about it?
Bugger all, don't mean we can't voice an opinion and moan about it.
Just because there is nothing that can be done, doesn't mean we can't be against it.
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Ingham
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113.9 at my ASDA  should be cheaper at Kitchens though..
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Tom
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I've just swapped the bus for a car, it's costing me more and probably only saving me about an hour a day but my god it's worth it!
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