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18-02-11, 04:30 PM

V6 Freelander has a 86litre fuel tank so 86x£1:30 = £111:80

18-02-11, 04:34 PM

my beemer has a 63l tank and it is recommended to use the expensive fuel which is 1.40pl.....£88.20 for a full tank. thank frick i only use it to go to tescos once a week.

18-02-11, 04:34 PM

1.3 cdti corsa

Bri w · 18-02-11, 04:39 PM

Aye, times change lad.

I can remember gas lamps and trams first time around.

And weeks worth on the first bike cost 48p, and first pay packet was just over £9.

I've heard they got something called haryplanes that go in the sky with people in them.

Ey by gum, whatever next

18-02-11, 04:46 PM

Petrol came in gallons but not at todays price of £5:90 per gallon
When I were lad it were 5/3 for gallon Esso Golden

Just worked that back and it equates to 26.25pence per gallon---HOLY COW
how times have changed

18-02-11, 04:57 PM

At the price we were paying for in the 3rd week in January we used £11600 worth of fuel to go from Leeds to Tenerife and back, we operate 38 aeroplanes I'm so glad I don't pick up that bil!

Gazza77 · 18-02-11, 05:15 PM

I bought my first car in 1998, a 2nd hand Fiesta 1.3. I remember that it used to take just under £30 to fill it on my way home from work, and the cost was 57.9p per litre. That means that petrol is now approximately 2.25 times as expensive.

I bought my first house in 1999, and paid £33k for it. It's some time since I moved on, but I did notice it for sale recently for around £125k, which is approximately 3.75 times more than I paid.

Petrol might be heading upwards, but it's some way to go to match house price inflation over the last few years...

18-02-11, 05:24 PM

But at least if you buy your house you have something to show for it..

Gazza77 · 18-02-11, 05:27 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by speedplay

But at least if you buy your house you have something to show for it..

You have memories of travel if you buy fuel, although some will be far more memorable than others.

Personally, I'd quite happily go back to the prices of 98/99 for both, but it ain't going to happen.

tigersaw · 18-02-11, 05:27 PM

Petrol cant be too expensive, else traffic levels would fall. Its still cheap enough to do the school run, the most un nescessary journey ever.
I even doubt £2 a litre would make much difference.

18-02-11, 04:30 PM	#31
Dicky Ticker Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Fuel rant whinge moans hate fuel prices bah V6 Freelander has a 86litre fuel tank so 86x£1:30 = £111:80

18-02-11, 04:34 PM	#32
emcf Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Fuel rant whinge moans hate fuel prices bah my beemer has a 63l tank and it is recommended to use the expensive fuel which is 1.40pl.....£88.20 for a full tank. thank frick i only use it to go to tescos once a week.

18-02-11, 04:34 PM	#33
Reeder Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Fuel rant whinge moans hate fuel prices bah 1.3 cdti corsa

18-02-11, 04:39 PM	#34
Bri w Member Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Turre, Almeria Posts: 668	Re: Fuel rant whinge moans hate fuel prices bah Aye, times change lad. I can remember gas lamps and trams first time around. And weeks worth on the first bike cost 48p, and first pay packet was just over £9. I've heard they got something called haryplanes that go in the sky with people in them. Ey by gum, whatever next __________________ *"It's not the years in your life, it's the life in your years."* Currently - Fighting the urge... seen a nice Triumph America Previously - Honda CB125, Honda CB400-4 & BSA B40, Moto Guzzi 850, Yamaha RD250, Suzuki GT380, Kawasaki Z1B, Kawasaki Z650, Honda VFR, Triumph Street Triple R.

18-02-11, 04:46 PM	#35
Dicky Ticker Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Fuel rant whinge moans hate fuel prices bah Petrol came in gallons but not at todays price of £5:90 per gallon When I were lad it were 5/3 for gallon Esso Golden Just worked that back and it equates to 26.25pence per gallon---HOLY COW how times have changed

18-02-11, 04:57 PM	#36
Essex of Essex Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Fuel rant whinge moans hate fuel prices bah At the price we were paying for in the 3rd week in January we used £11600 worth of fuel to go from Leeds to Tenerife and back, we operate 38 aeroplanes I'm so glad I don't pick up that bil!

18-02-11, 05:15 PM	#37
Gazza77 Member Join Date: Nov 2005 Location: Hebden Bridge Posts: 520	Re: Fuel rant whinge moans hate fuel prices bah I bought my first car in 1998, a 2nd hand Fiesta 1.3. I remember that it used to take just under £30 to fill it on my way home from work, and the cost was 57.9p per litre. That means that petrol is now approximately 2.25 times as expensive. I bought my first house in 1999, and paid £33k for it. It's some time since I moved on, but I did notice it for sale recently for around £125k, which is approximately 3.75 times more than I paid. Petrol might be heading upwards, but it's some way to go to match house price inflation over the last few years... __________________ Formerly Blue K5 with added bits Then Triumph Sprint ST with scottoiler and R&Gs & TOR exhaust Now Benelli Tornado

18-02-11, 05:24 PM	#38
speedplay Guest Posts: n/a	Re: Fuel rant whinge moans hate fuel prices bah But at least if you buy your house you have something to show for it..

18-02-11, 05:27 PM	#40
tigersaw Member Mega Poster Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Llanwrtyd Wells Powys Posts: 1,146	Re: Fuel rant whinge moans hate fuel prices bah Petrol cant be too expensive, else traffic levels would fall. Its still cheap enough to do the school run, the most un nescessary journey ever. I even doubt £2 a litre would make much difference.

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