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[TheBoy]

Back when petrol was £1.35 a litre, I managed to get over £90 in my estate one evening.

I think its still around that price here (at the BP, anyway).

Mine was rarely filled until it needed it, so always around 72-74l, so frequently hit the £99 cut off limit on the Omega...   ...and at one point I was filling it 3 times or more a week.  Hence it got LPG'd

The Jag has similar issues with Pay at Pump limits.

[TheBoy]

Actually, the BP price might be for lorry fuel, as thats all I use now

[dave the builder]

At full my range is 350 miles on the dash
I top up £60 ish per week which gives 250 miles,
 23.5 MPG so 24 pence per mile, £3000 P/a
petrol is about £1.20 L here £5,50 gallon

[STEMO]

At full my range is 350 miles on the dash
I top up £60 ish per week which gives 250 miles,
 23.5 MPG so 24 pence per mile, £3000 P/a
petrol is about £1.20 L here £5,50 gallon

So mine is almost exactly twice the figures you quote. I'm very used to running around based on those figures, I think I'd be very unhappy to have to go back to a big petrol car.

[Migv6 le Frog Fan]

I think Ii have the best of both worlds, or as close as a pauper can get. C**o averages around 60mpg, I actually averaged a genuine 67 over a tankful in the first lockdown.
The Omega is about 24mpg, but only drive it 3500 miles a year, and enjoy every minute of it. 

[Raeturbo]

I think Ii have the best of both worlds, or as close as a pauper can get. C**o averages around 60mpg, I actually averaged a genuine 67 over a tankful in the first lockdown.
The Omega is about 24mpg, but only drive it 3500 miles a year, and enjoy every minute of it. 

                Same here, I have the lpg Astra which returns 100 miles per tenner, and the Evo at around 45 per tenner on petrol ( although this can be about 12 miles per tenner on track ) In the Omega I get around 60 miles per tenner lpg.

[dave the builder]

At full my range is 350 miles on the dash
I top up £60 ish per week which gives 250 miles,
 23.5 MPG so 24 pence per mile, £3000 P/a
petrol is about £1.20 L here £5,50 gallon

So mine is almost exactly twice the figures you quote. I'm very used to running around based on those figures, I think I'd be very unhappy to have to go back to a big petrol car.

I'd like the MPG to be better obviously 
My 93 carlton 2.0 petrol with older cav 2.0SEH engine in did 32ish MPG
drove that 10+ years and sold it for more than I paid for it 
had the Omega getting on for 3 years, It hasn't lost any value in depreciation 
It's comfy and suits my needs ,RWD, big boot for my tools etc

If I was driving something that did double the MPG ,I could have saved £4500 on fuel
I Bet your Astra has probably dropped similar or more in depreciation 

Swings and roundabouts

there's a Zafira B and astra sitting dormant I could use , I don't want too 

[STEMO]

Bought my astra 3.5 years ago for around £8K, with 20,000 miles on it. I've put about 55,000 miles on it and I'd probably get £4-4.5K for it now. So I'll let you work out whether, with depreciation, it's cost me more or less than your petrol omega. Bet it's more.

[dave the builder]

Bought my astra 3.5 years ago for around £8K, with 20,000 miles on it. I've put about 55,000 miles on it and I'd probably get £4-4.5K for it now. So I'll let you work out whether, with depreciation, it's cost me more or less than your petrol omega. Bet it's more.

depends how you want me to present the figures
you've done 55,000 miles and lost £4,500 in depreciation
8.2 pence per mile depreciation
me zero pence per mile depreciation 

per 3.5 years
your 55,000 miles cost 12p  x 55000 = £6,600 in fuel
my pro rata 10,500 miles in 3.5 years cost 24p x 10,500  = £ 2.940 in fuel
if i did 55.000 fuel would be £13,200    but I don't 

I do less miles in a car that suits my needs
you do more miles in a car that suits your needs

If I was doing 18 thousand odd miles PA, i'd LPG my Omega
at 3000 mile PA ,it's not worth LPGing it

Mrs Builder's astra H 1.6 petrol estate does 8,000 miles PA, @ 40 MPG also no depreciation ,14 pence per mile
Bro's astra 1,7 CDTi does 3,000 miles PA 55 MPG also no depreciation ,10 pence per mile

"swings and roundabouts" "horses for courses "

 

[STEMO]

Bought my astra 3.5 years ago for around £8K, with 20,000 miles on it. I've put about 55,000 miles on it and I'd probably get £4-4.5K for it now. So I'll let you work out whether, with depreciation, it's cost me more or less than your petrol omega. Bet it's more.

depends how you want me to present the figures
you've done 55,000 miles and lost £4,500 in depreciation
8.2 pence per mile depreciation
me zero pence per mile depreciation 

per 3.5 years
your 55,000 miles cost 12p  x 55000 = £6,600 in fuel
my pro rata 10,500 miles in 3.5 years cost 24p x 10,500  = £ 2.940 in fuel
if i did 55.000 fuel would be £13,200    but I don't 

I do less miles in a car that suits my needs
you do more miles in a car that suits your needs

If I was doing 18 thousand odd miles PA, i'd LPG my Omega
at 3000 mile PA ,it's not worth LPGing it

Mrs Builder's astra H 1.6 petrol estate does 8,000 miles PA, @ 40 MPG also no depreciation ,14 pence per mile
Bro's astra 1,7 CDTi does 3,000 miles PA 55 MPG also no depreciation ,10 pence per mile

"swings and roundabouts" "horses for courses "

So, pro rata, my depreciation + fuel, is still less than just your fuel, and the depreciation costs will get smaller on mine the longer I keep it.
As a comparison, Opti's depreciation costs would buy an omega, an astra and a Caribbean holiday.

[Doctor Gollum]

289ppm was the total cost for 135,000 miles over two years in my Seat Altea.

That is literally everything: deposit, finance, insurance, servicing, tyres, repairs, tax, depreciation, fuel.

£46,568, of which £20,250 was fuel, £10,000 was depreciation and £8,528 for the finance...

That's the hidden cost of motoring, and why the Omega was such good value for money...

[Marks DTM Calib]

Generally putting just over a fiver of juice into Woosh a week (economy 7 overnight charging) for about 200 miles use and the Velar is getting about 2/3 of a tank of diesel (£40) for around 325 miles of use.