Petrol goes up by 1p a litre today and the VAT increase kicks in next week .

Take your Coupes for a nice little drive today to see out the old year, enjoy, and fill her up! OK, you will use a little fuel, but you will save £2.50 on a tankful...

154.9 In Chelsea, most expensive in Britain.

Is this increase from midnight tonight?

I was going to leave it until tomorrow to fill the car up, but might do it today now

All three cars to the pumps today Tim.....it cost's nearly £90 to brim the Porsche from empty so that's definitely getting filled first.

Had already done the coupe ready for tomorrow, better do the Grande Punto too.

Ahh the joys of having a company petrol card for business and private use.

Just paid 123.9 a litre for 95 ron at Tesco.

I'm sure it was about 119.9 just a couple of weeks ago, so big increase and more increases to come.

[quote=Biggenz]Ahh the joys of having a company petrol card for business and private use. :

You can really get to dislike some people

Got a mate at work who earns much more then me and rides a bicycle to work.

I believe he thinks we (car owners) are bonkers.. i mean it kinda makes sense

Car cost + tyres + brakes + service + insurance + mot + road tax + petrol = MAD COST.. thats not even scraping OEM parts let alone doing mods..

If we all ditched our coops, would there be a forum?

that depends on a few things:

A: Are people trying to lose weight
B: Is Stan still in work
C: Has Mrs Stan still not discovered the forum
D: Did they create a philosophy section.

that depends on a few things:

A: Are people trying to lose weight
B: Is Stan still in work
C: Has Mrs Stan still not discovered the forum
D: Did they create a philosophy section.
E: Did Truffle "get" the flatmate?

that depends on a few things:

A: Are people trying to lose weight
B: Is Stan still in work
C: Has Mrs Stan still not discovered the forum
D: Did they create a philosophy section.
E: Did Truffle "get" the flatmate?
F: Did Proccy discover a new colour?

I filled up with V-Power today at 132.9p - that's £6.03 per gallon, which means my monthly fuel bill is going to be in the region of £350 - £400, JUST to get to work and back, before I do ANY private mileage

Getting silly now....

£350-£400!!! You'd be better buying a cheap diesel from a dealer on credit, you would still save money, preserve your beaut of a coop and you could sell the car when fuel prices drop (fat chance of that though!)

I've done these sums many times before over the years, but never at six quid a gallon, so let's see how it stacks up now.

Total mileage = 30,000

Coupe - 30mpg average (yes, really) = 1,000 gallons = £6,000

Right - if I bought a diseasel that could do say 50mpg - here's the costs:-

Coupe - 10,000 miles a year (I'd still use it for the long-haul business mileage) = 333 gallons = £2,000

Diesel hack - £1,000 (would be a bit rough, but its a possibility)
Insurance - £400 (all my NCB is on the Coupe)
Tax - £200
MOT - £50

Fuel - 20,000 miles @ 50mpg = 400 gallons @ £6.00 = £2,400

So - the diseasel would cost me around £3k a year to run, with maintenance and servicing on top - let's say £500 if I'm really lucky (it would still get through a couple of pairs of tyres a year, plus basic oil and filter changes)

On top of this, I'd still be running the Coupe at £2,000

Total cost - £5,500 (assuming nothing big breaks on the diesel) PLUS the cost of the car (in the first year) = £6,500

So - I'd be bored silly for 2/3 of my driving time, purely to save nothing in the first two years and then £500 a year thereafter. All it would take is for the diesel hack to cost £1,000 a year to maintain and I've lost all my saving

No thanks - sooner spend the extra £10 a week and use the Coupe

Oh well.....

Out here in Qatar its £5.62 for a full tank !!!!!

In Azerbaijan it's 38p a gallon

If I send you some jerry cans, say 10,000 of them, can you fill 'em up and ship 'em back matey?

I may be buying a thirsty Evo this week

You sir, have too much disposable cash. I'll take it off your hands.

Get the Evo Dan - it'll be great

You know me Phil, compulsive as ever!

Drove a GT-A today, great fun, definitely fit for a track. Worst case scenario, I enjoy it for a couple of months, maybe take it to a track day then sell it on, book value is more than my Jag tbh.

Mmm, maybe see if Flea can tweak it too?

You want my Jag Truff? For you, £6.5k cash and it's yours

A jaaaag? No thanks, no grey hairs here yet.

And i'd hate to give you even more spare cash.

Insurance - £400 (all my NCB is on the Coupe)

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Not if you change over to Neil willies.. Classic car insurance which means you can then use your NCB on another car And the coupe insurance should be less than what you are paying now so therefore saving money..

So who filled up a swimming pool of fuel and is now selling it on with a profit?

The Qataris.....

just filled mine up! £70 later! lol.

I saved about £60 a week on fuel when i started using a diesel instead of the coupe plus the tax is only £120 a year too.
I was doing the same mileage and the diesel saved me nearly the price of the leon in a year.

i run a diesel as a daily and have a petrol car for the weekends

ive had it 4 years only needed a alt and normal services
done over 120k since ive had it, its on 212k now

yes it is boring driving a diesel but when you get in your other car at the weekend it makes it even better and your not worried about braking it