Petrol/Diesel

Kaise

Went to london for the weekend and drove down from bristol.

I took the car to save money, as the train was nearly £75 for a return.

I drove sensibly and under the limit all the way there and back and saved a fair amount of fuel compared to my "stick foot to fllor" mode i usually do!

But on the way back i stopped at the services and had to pay £1.40 per litre for petrol! Like seriously, wtf!!!

cat_with_no_tail

Not sure I follow? It's £1.42 at the garage near me.

How much is it near you?

unixnerd

Aviemore 1.38 for petrol and 1.45 diesel. We're normally dearer than major towns. But I was shocked at the prices on motorway service stations last time I needed one.

soy_sauce

1.30 for petrol and 1.36 for diesel in Aberdeen Shell gas station, so it would be cheaper from asda

V5ade

I filled up on Friday: £87, it lasted 186 miles. I'm glad that I live close to work now or it would be expensive.

I took the cycle rack of the family car on Sunday to help improve the MPG

gilesjuk

Motorway filling stations are always a good 8-10p dearer than petrol stations.

The rationale being they have a captive audience, nobody on the road is going to want to leave the motorway and have a 1-2 mile detour to find a petrol station.

Monkeypump

Diesel is between £1.36 and £1.40 near me - Asda gets a lot of by fuel money these days!

Unless you can't avoid it, never buy fuel at the services - always more expensive.

V5ade wrote:

I filled up on Friday: £87, it lasted 186 miles.

Crikey, what do you drive?

lhoward1976

Monkeypump wrote:

V5ade wrote:

I filled up on Friday: £87, it lasted 186 miles.

Crikey, what do you drive?

Or what the hell did you fill up with?

Ocassionally, I feel the urge to buy a more "enjoyable" car to drive, but the 80 mile commute and fuel prices tend to stop that...

Andy

soy_sauce wrote:

1.30 for petrol and 1.36 for diesel in Aberdeen Shell gas station, so it would be cheaper from asda

Shell is always the cheapest near me. Usually a penny or two cheaper than Tesco or Asda.

Kaise

1.30 in bristol for petrol!

i just think its a bit of a sickener as i know as well as most people that about 50% of that is tax. i'd be quite happy with a fuel strike but i think everyone has just given up.

soon its going to be unaffordable to use a car at all! I am starting to dislike this country for the tax i pay and what i actually see for the money i pay!

Im not saying is a Con/Lib Dem/ Labour government at fault in particular, just a government thing on the whole!

Aggieboy

Try using this to get the best prices.

Arkady001

20€ bought me 12 litres on Saturday and that was the cheapo 95-ron crap...(makes the engine stammer a bit - i usually put 98ron in but that pump was closed).

This is getting out of hand...

Where are my stabilisers?

95-ron crap

95 RON ain't crap, what the hell are you driving

bwfc4eva868

£1.28 a litre for normal 95 Ron stuff here at Shell or £1.35 for 98 shell V power or whateve its called these days. All i know is my bike seems to like the expensive juice as it seems to run smoother with it.

77 mpg

Anonymous

unixnerd wrote:

Aviemore 1.38 for petrol and 1.45 diesel.

You're being done mate. Aviemore was the last place I put diesel in my car, and it cost me 1.40 per litre of diesel.
The guy behind the counter really liked my hat though, so maybe he gave me a discount.

Anonymous

V5ade wrote:

I filled up on Friday: £87, it lasted 186 miles.

Are you driving a jet fighter or something? £74 in mine in Aviemore, did me a good 560 miles. Which I still consider to be daylight robbery.
at £87 for 186 miles, I think I'd have committed suicide.

Arkady001

Where are my stabilisers? wrote:

95-ron crap

95 RON ain't crap, what the hell are you driving

2008 Ford Mustang GT 'Bullitt' Limited edition.
4.6 V8 @ 350ps

Anonymous

What does @350ps mean?

cooldad

It's German for HP. But American HP, not manly British Bhp, so more like fat bloated Mcdonalds power.

Rich9

£1.40 near me for diseasel. £80 will get me 500+ miles if I'm careful

Where are my stabilisers?

2008 Ford Mustang GT 'Bullitt' Limited edition.
4.6 V8 @ 350ps

That sounds like quite an engine! What's the minimum octane fuel it will take? Just out of interest, because my car has a 3.0 265bhp engine and it say's on the cap it'll take lower (and higher) than 95. I wouldn't put lower than 95 in though because that's the standard, but I ain't paying for 98 when it's designed to run ok on 95... Plus, if I started putting in 97/98 I might decide I like it and then I'll be super poor at todays prices!

Anonymous

Hang on, hang on hang on.
4.6 litre, V8, with only 350 BHP? What the....
Has the cylinder head gone on it or something?

jj1048

yeehaamcgee wrote:

Hang on, hang on hang on.
4.6 litre, V8, with only 350 BHP? What the....
Has the cylinder head gone on it or something?

I'd say that's not bad for an american V8 meeting current emissions standards. The 4.6 V8 in the MG ZT260 only kicked out, wait for it, 260 HP; I think that was a ford engine too.

Where are my stabilisers? wrote:

That sounds like quite an engine! What's the minimum octane fuel it will take? Just out of interest, because my car has a 3.0 265bhp engine and it say's on the cap it'll take lower (and higher) than 95. I wouldn't put lower than 95 in though because that's the standard, but I ain't paying for 98 when it's designed to run ok on 95... Plus, if I started putting in 97/98 I might decide I like it and then I'll be super poor at todays prices!

Nice, BMW 330i? My 3.0 only has 215; I get 300 miles out of £70.

Where are my stabilisers?

Hang on, hang on hang on.
4.6 litre, V8, with only 350 BHP? What the....
Has the cylinder head gone on it or something?

Does that mean it's all grunt and no action?

Where are my stabilisers?

Nice, BMW 330i? My 3.0 only has 215; I get 300 miles out of £70.

Nearly right, it's a baby beemer (130i)

And I promise never to mention it on this forum ever again... There have been some scary rows about said german car maker and their owners :oops:

jj1048

Where are my stabilisers? wrote:

Nice, BMW 330i? My 3.0 only has 215; I get 300 miles out of £70.

Nearly right, it's a baby beemer (130i)

Nice motor .

Yeah, I've read those threads :roll: ; I've currently got a jap car but I'm thinking of getting a 1 series diesel later this year.

V5ade

Monkeypump wrote:

Diesel is between £1.36 and £1.40 near me - Asda gets a lot of by fuel money these days!

V5ade wrote:

I filled up on Friday: £87, it lasted 186 miles.

Crikey, what do you drive?

The most unreliable M3 in existence (£13k of engine work in the last 14 months!)

lhoward1976 wrote:

Monkeypump wrote:

V5ade wrote:

I filled up on Friday: £87, it lasted 186 miles.

Crikey, what do you drive?

Or what the hell did you fill up with?
Ocassionally, I feel the urge to buy a more "enjoyable" car to drive, but the 80 mile commute and fuel prices tend to stop that...

Ultimate from the local BP. It's nothing compare to the tyre bill, £1k for a set of 4 and the rears only last 6k miles. My son's going to be gutted when I trade down to something more affordable.

Arkady001

yeehaamcgee wrote:

Hang on, hang on hang on.
4.6 litre, V8, with only 350 BHP? What the....
Has the cylinder head gone on it or something?

You're not familiar with American cars then?
It takes the Yanks three times the displacement to get the same power as the Japanese get from a 2l 4-cyl.
But it's deceptive. All of that power is delivered low down in the range - above 120mph, everything goes past me - even a 1.8 Mondeo. The GT has all the aerodynamic characteristics of an East German Tower Block - above 130mph, everything starts to get very wobbly indeed. Not for nothing do racers put hood-pins on these cars - several people have lost bonnets at high speed (for the Yanks, high speed is 80mph+)
I've swapped out the suspension for a sports-based package equivalent to the package installed in the FR500 cars http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ford_Mustang_FR500 that race against Porsches and M3s in the European FIA GT3 series, but a bit more civilised.
Before that it handled like a bouncy castle in a North Sea gale...Now it handles like a big european sports car and corners very well - just as well as my local playground is the Sauerland and the sub-alpine switchbacks round here can be a lot of fun. Winterberg (winter olympic sports venue) is only an hours' drive away.

But from 0-60, nothing gets close. My mate in Reading has a 2009 BMW M3 cabrio and he was most upset to find I beat him to the 1/4 mile every time - another 100ft and he goes part me like I'm parked, of course, but that's not what these cars are designed for.
On normal roads virtually nothing will get away from me in a standing start - Actually there is - I spotted a 2010 Mustang GT in town today and that has the new 5.0l V8 engine pushing out 480ps.
My 350ps is about 325bhp in English money, but it's not an exact science - RWHP vs Flywheel HP blah, blah, blah...
Torque is where it's at and the GT has more torque than the BMW M3 which has a significantly higher BHP.
Considering this car only cost the equivalent of £15,000 brand new (when I bought it the exchange rate was $2.10 to the £), you have to spend an awful lot of money to get performance that comes close...

Oh yes, and it looks and sounds bloody awesome...

Where are my stabilisers?

Yeah, I've read those threads Rolling Eyes ; I've currently got a jap car but I'm thinking of getting a 1 series diesel later this year.

They're nice cars, go for it !

Arkady001

Where are my stabilisers? wrote:

2008 Ford Mustang GT 'Bullitt' Limited edition.
4.6 V8 @ 350ps

That sounds like quite an engine! What's the minimum octane fuel it will take? Just out of interest, because my car has a 3.0 265bhp engine and it say's on the cap it'll take lower (and higher) than 95. I wouldn't put lower than 95 in though because that's the standard, but I ain't paying for 98 when it's designed to run ok on 95... Plus, if I started putting in 97/98 I might decide I like it and then I'll be super poor at todays prices!

Originally it had variable timing so would accept everything from 90-100ron.
I've since done some work on the engine and had it chipped (three tunes & handset from BamaChips at American Muscle in the US) so that it only uses 98-100ron fuel.

Anonymous

V5ade wrote:

The most unreliable M3 in existence (£13k of engine work in the last 14 months!)

OUCH :shock:
That's more than all the cars I've had in over ten years added together. I don't know whether to be jealous or sorry for you

Arkady001 wrote:

You're not familiar with American cars then?

Not in any depth, no. I grew up with bikers who were always trying to get more and more and more power from engines between 750CC and 1100CC