Petrol Price

[E CLASS]

£1.40 a litre is already on the cards soon.

Not taking into account the issues in the Middle East - it had been predicted that drivers will be paying £8.00 a gallon come the summer 2011.

I think this is the beginning of the end for big engined cars a la 1970's.

Thoughts anyone?

 

[Burger]

Letter from George Osborne

Do you suppose they misspelled his name deliberately?

Regards,

 

[steve333]

Well for someone that bought a 5.5ltr v8 last october thats not the best news(although not unexpected)).The real problem is that if fuel prices do reach the forecasted prices then everything else will go up inline which in turn will affect everyone(not only big engined petrol drivers).

 

[EdmundIJones]

Errr, I decided just yesterday that the diesel Volvo XC90 I test drove was under powered so I'm now in the market for a T6 twin turbo model!
I know petrol is going up and I also know it will come down again in a while (years maybe). The diesel has a premium of about 1.5K on it over the petrol, that’s a lot of miles I need to drive before I break even.

 

[E CLASS]

Well for someone that bought a 5.5ltr v8 last october thats not the best news(although not unexpected)).The real problem is that if fuel prices do reach the forecasted prices then everything else will go up inline which in turn will affect everyone(not only big engined petrol drivers).

You'll just be hit that much harder...

 

[E CLASS]

Errr, I decided just yesterday that the diesel Volvo XC90 I test drove was under powered so I'm now in the market for a T6 twin turbo model!
I know petrol is going up and I also know it will come down again in a while (years maybe). The diesel has a premium of about 1.5K on it over the petrol, that’s a lot of miles I need to drive before I break even.

When has petrol ever gone down in price?!

 

[E CLASS]

5.5 V8

10,000 mpa

22mpg ave

£1.50 per litre

£3,500 in round figures to buy the fuel.

Eeeek

 

[steve333]

You'll just be hit that much harder...

Thankfully i only do about 6-7k max(in the v8)so could be worse,it's the weekly shopping bill were most people will see a difference.

 

[steve333]

5.5 V8

10,000 mpa

22mpg ave

£1.50 per litre

£3,500 in round figures to buy the fuel.

Eeeek

Thats about £2,300 a year(£195 ish a month)based on £1.50 a ltr for me then.

 

[Sp!ke]

I spent 6k in fuel last year just getting to work and back... getting to the point where I need to get my firm to allow me to work from home a couple of days a week.

 

[E CLASS]

Errr, I decided just yesterday that the diesel Volvo XC90 I test drove was under powered so I'm now in the market for a T6 twin turbo model!
I know petrol is going up and I also know it will come down again in a while (years maybe). The diesel has a premium of about 1.5K on it over the petrol, that’s a lot of miles I need to drive before I break even.

Remap the diesel for the power.

What you'll lose in depreciation on the T6 will far outweigh the premium on buying the diesel.

Nobody wants a used T6 unless they are cheap.

 

[renault12ts]

when has petrol ever gone down in price?!

2009.....

 

[E CLASS]

You know what I'm saying...petrol is only going one way and thats up.

 

[Scott_F]

2009.....

And for how long ?

Unfortunately the only trend is an upward one.

 

[E CLASS]

Thats about £2,300 a year(£195 ish a month)based on £1.50 a ltr for me then.

You are getting 30mpg on average??? No way??

I think you need to do a brim to brim test!

My wifes low mileage '04 1.2 Clio manages an average of 35mpg.

 

[renault12ts]

You are getting 30mpg on average??? No way??

I think you need to do a brim to brim test!

My wifes low mileage '04 1.2 Clio manages an average of 35mpg.

He only does 6-7k miles pa.

 

[steve333]

You are getting 30mpg on average??? No way??

I think you need to do a brim to brim test!

My wifes low mileage '04 1.2 Clio manages an average of 35mpg.

Nope-22mpg,6-7k a year

 

[E CLASS]

Average petrol price

 

[renault12ts]

In real terms petrol is cheaper now than it was 35 years ago.

 

[steve333]

In real terms petrol is cheaper now than it was 35 years ago.

Thank god i never owned a v8 35 years ago then