the liquid gold thread "PETROL"

[Biker Biggles]

Cant see anything getting better either.Just look at the turmoil in the oil producing parts of the middle east.Agreed whatever happens they will always need to flog us oil,but I can see the price going up a lot over the next few years.And we have already squandered the oil we had in the north sea to bankroll the last twenty years worth of excess here at home.

I can still get diesel at home for £1.29 in Lincoln it's £1.33 at the cheapest...

Costs me £45 to fill from empty I get about 400miles to the tank, travelling to Lincoln and back every weekend is taking it's toll on the wallet...

yea i remember when it was a tenna to fill a bike now its £20 if you fill up once a week its manageable but if you fill up 3x??

i too have cut out pointless journeys.

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Get yourselves a 125

I spend about £9.00 a week on fuel which fills my tank and stretches to 200 miles (with about 10-30 on reserve). It only used to cost £7.50 a tank so 9 is taking the mick! I dare not even contemplate getting a bigger bike atm, I'll have a heart attack the first time I fill up!

[dizzyblonde]

Originally Posted by Viney

Its affecting me a lot and has been for a while. Im on a very tight budget at the moment. Really since it jumped avove a quid a litre it has stopped my pleasure riding and its even now stopped me from commuting on the bike. I'm away on the bike this weekend to Wales, but i have saved up for a couple of months to enable this. As an example. The dya i bought the sv (02.12.00) it cost £10.20 to fill it up, last time i filled it, it was £19.10 of standard UL.

As for the car, it hurts. over £80 to fill up and round town which is most of my driving, thats £340 mile'ish (2.0L '97 S40) Most of my friends live a fair distance from me, and 'popping' to see them has been reduced which is a pain. Ok maybe not all down to fuel, but that combined with my limited funds, doesnt help.

My next car WILL be an oil burner thats for sure. I wont downsize but look for a 2.5L+ diesel. BMW 330cd is what i will seek.

Exactly what a lot of people are feeling Viney. When it starts to affect if you get the bike out or not, its make folk feel damn downhearted. I too remember when I could fill up the SV for a tenner, I don't even know how much it costs these days!
TBH its not even worth pulling them off SORN, purely because of the size of the potholes round here

We're looking to consider a big diesel, Skoda Octavia, or a new Fabia vRS estate, maybe when Peg finds his millions I'll have my Yeti Its rediculous how much more mileage we can get out of them, and indeed the much cheapness of the road tax!

[dizzyblonde]

Originally Posted by missyorkie_chris

LISTEN PEOPLE, I HAVE THE ANSWER!



























Get yourselves a 125

I spend about £9.00 a week on fuel which fills my tank and stretches to 200 miles (with about 10-30 on reserve). It only used to cost £7.50 a tank so 9 is taking the mick! I dare not even contemplate getting a bigger bike atm, I'll have a heart attack the first time I fill up!

ere lady....I remember when it cost £3.50 to fill my 125!

[Viney]

If i rode to work, it would be one and three quarter tanks a week (210 mile ish) that including just the wear and tear on the bike is around £160 a month. Its £150 on the train and i can fall asleep and not die...just end up in Stanmore which i did the other morning!)

Originally Posted by dizzyblonde

ere lady....I remember when it cost £3.50 to fill my 125!

DOn't you mean 3 shillings and 5pence?

[Viney]

It used to cost me £3 to fill the scooter back in '98/99. That was 3.5 days worht of fuel...but it was a scooter.

[Mr Speirs]

Petrol/Fuel is the new housing market. Over inflated prices to falsely inflate the economy.

Apparently inflation is up from a level not seen since Nov 08. Pretty much all down to the 20% VAT rise and the rise in fuel duty.

The governments done a good job right?? The figures say so

Anyway its vastly short sighted. The cost of fuel goes up, the price of everything goes up. Everything needs to be transported somewhere by lorry/car/boat/plane. As fuel costs rise small businesses fold, people get laid off from big businesses to counter balance the extra cost in fuel.