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[Del Boy]

There's a fair few active members on here, lets get a fuel protest going. Lets block up all the motorways, and sort this shit tip of a country out. £1.40.9 for petrol pretty much everywhere around Ashford it's beyond a joke.

[JamesV6CDX]

The thought of petrol went through my head yesterday when I filled up at Reading (Calcot) sainsburys for 139.9

A gallon at that price, is £6.36... so at 27.5 mpg, which I average in the Jag unless I'm 'playing' - that's only 23p per mile... so 100 miles costs me £23.

I agree £1.40 looks very high, but mile for mile, based on the above, that's really not that bad, in a big, V6 comfy car? 

Ultimately, if I had a smaller, 50mpg car, I'd be looking at 100 miles for around £12. Which is 12p per mile, and excellent value motoring.

I guess the price we're paying is largely because of our choice of big engined heavy cars? 

[albitz]

So the Jag is considerably more economical than a V6 Omega ?

[cem_devecioglu]

The thought of petrol went through my head yesterday when I filled up at Reading (Calcot) sainsburys for 139.9

A gallon at that price, is £6.36... so at 27.5 mpg, which I average in the Jag unless I'm 'playing' - that's only 23p per mile... so 100 miles costs me £23.

I agree £1.40 looks very high, but mile for mile, based on the above, that's really not that bad, in a big, V6 comfy car? 

Ultimately, if I had a smaller, 50mpg car, I'd be looking at 100 miles for around £12. Which is 12p per mile, and excellent value motoring.

I guess the price we're paying is largely because of our choice of big engined heavy cars? 

James , you need to continue this polyanna mod everytime there is an increase.. wait, soon you will see 1.70 like here

[Entwood]

Even cheaper on LPG ..... 

[paul.lovejoy]

i get about 21 mpg in the movano where the break they got the figure of 35mpg i dont know must have been a completley empty van with taped up joints etc like top gear took around nurburg and 21mpg is driving like miss daisey put your foot down a little and its more like 17mpg

[omega3000]

Pushing 1.44 here for diesel and 1.39 for petrol  BP of course 

[Del Boy]

The thought of petrol went through my head yesterday when I filled up at Reading (Calcot) sainsburys for 139.9

A gallon at that price, is £6.36... so at 27.5 mpg, which I average in the Jag unless I'm 'playing' - that's only 23p per mile... so 100 miles costs me £23.

I agree £1.40 looks very high, but mile for mile, based on the above, that's really not that bad, in a big, V6 comfy car? 

Ultimately, if I had a smaller, 50mpg car, I'd be looking at 100 miles for around £12. Which is 12p per mile, and excellent value motoring.

I guess the price we're paying is largely because of our choice of big engined heavy cars? 

I drive everyday a BMW 520d which averages currently  44.7 MPG, it's a heavy car, very comfy and quiet, it doesn't have a big engine and it's very good on fuel. That doesn't excuse the fact that the cost of fuel is outrageous. 

[albitz]

I would imagine the recent rises are due to the value of the pound dropping sharply against the $ and other currencies. I would imagine its going to get worse.

[STMO123]

Why, in Eire, is diesel cheaper than petrol?
Petrol €1.59, diesel €1.54.

[tigers_gonads]

Even cheaper on LPG ..... 

And LPG has just dropped by 3 pence a litre 

[Entwood]

Even cheaper on LPG ..... 

And LPG has just dropped by 3 pence a litre 

Not yet round here .. petrol has been £139.9 for about 2 months, LPG 73.68p since October for me  

[tunnie]

The thought of petrol went through my head yesterday when I filled up at Reading (Calcot) sainsburys for 139.9

A gallon at that price, is £6.36... so at 27.5 mpg, which I average in the Jag unless I'm 'playing' - that's only 23p per mile... so 100 miles costs me £23.

I agree £1.40 looks very high, but mile for mile, based on the above, that's really not that bad, in a big, V6 comfy car? 

Ultimately, if I had a smaller, 50mpg car, I'd be looking at 100 miles for around £12. Which is 12p per mile, and excellent value motoring.

I guess the price we're paying is largely because of our choice of big engined heavy cars? 

I get that equivalent from my 2.2   

[JamesV6CDX]

So the Jag is considerably more economical than a V6 Omega ?

No, the Jag is less economical than an Omega.

But I don't use my car for short journeys. The only Journey's it really does, are travelling between Gloucester, Aylesbury, and Reading, and is driven at a steady pace. Hence the 27.5 MPG that's been reading as my average on the trip computer over the last 2000 miles. I achieve this by cycling to work (4 miles) walking to shops/pub (less than a mile) and only really using the car for substantial journeys which are really necessary.

If that were a V6 Omega, I'm sure the economy would be the same.

[JamesV6CDX]

The thought of petrol went through my head yesterday when I filled up at Reading (Calcot) sainsburys for 139.9

A gallon at that price, is £6.36... so at 27.5 mpg, which I average in the Jag unless I'm 'playing' - that's only 23p per mile... so 100 miles costs me £23.

I agree £1.40 looks very high, but mile for mile, based on the above, that's really not that bad, in a big, V6 comfy car? 

Ultimately, if I had a smaller, 50mpg car, I'd be looking at 100 miles for around £12. Which is 12p per mile, and excellent value motoring.

I guess the price we're paying is largely because of our choice of big engined heavy cars? 

I drive everyday a BMW 520d which averages currently  44.7 MPG, it's a heavy car, very comfy and quiet, it doesn't have a big engine and it's very good on fuel. That doesn't excuse the fact that the cost of fuel is outrageous.

Okey Dokey, well diesel is obviously a little more than petrol, so say you're paying 145.9p for a litre of diesel, a gallon is £6.64. At 44.7MPG, that's almost bang on 15p per mile.

In more realistic terms, that's £15 for 100 miles average driving in your car.

I know fuel is more than it used to be - but I still don't class 100 miles for £15 in a comfy car as 'outrageous'?