New type of fuel gauge [Archive]

taxi

29-04-2008, 12:31

http://www.talkphotography.co.uk/gallery/data/500/post-929-1209421052.jpg

I wished my wallet filled up as quickly as my fuel gauge goes down :lol:

birdy961

29-04-2008, 12:54

:( Sadly true :'(:D

Marcel

29-04-2008, 14:16

LOL Genius!

R8JimBob88

29-04-2008, 14:39

Dont remind me. I'm driving to scotland in May, 250 miles there and 250 back. Plus what ever i'll be doing in the week i'm there. I'm paying 114.9p at the mo

grumpybadger

29-04-2008, 15:09

I average that mileage a week!

Matt Sayle

29-04-2008, 15:19

:lol: Love it!

Snake Man

29-04-2008, 15:35

Brilliant. New avatar. ;-)

Techno-Geek

29-04-2008, 15:59

Should get a little car then tut tut All you boys with your big cars :lol:

Big isn't always beautiful :lol:

you want a 1.1 mate :thumbs:

JumboBeef

29-04-2008, 17:19

No, you want a V8 on LPG, currently only 48p per litre *very big grin smilie*

Techno-Geek

29-04-2008, 17:21

V8 on LPG hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm mmmmmmmmmmmmm chocolate :lol:

whitewash

29-04-2008, 17:26

i just want rid of a government that isnt doing anything to prevent the rapid (and grossly unfair) fuel inflation, more than likely on 'green' issues, however if i lived in london or anywhere else that has a good public transport link id quite happily use it and leave the car at home, sadly i dont, public transport is on the whole utter ***** outside cities, so i have to use my car, me and probably 80% of the populus......

aparently BP and shell have recorded record profits from the start of this year as well......

mattyh

29-04-2008, 17:33

I average that mileage a week!

Yep... me too :'(

Should get a little car then tut tut All you boys with your big cars :lol:

Big isn't always beautiful :lol:

you want a 1.1 mate :thumbs:

Or work for a company that pays my fuel for my 2.5l Turbo Diesel Navara :woot:

digitalfailure

29-04-2008, 17:44

Should get a little car then tut tut All you boys with your big cars :lol:

Big isn't always beautiful :lol:

you want a 1.1 mate :thumbs:

Come back and tell me that after you've done a big run in a 1.1 :eek:

Diesel is 1.19 here :( and the big fuel companies have made billions in just 3 months :annoyed:

Techno-Geek

29-04-2008, 18:01

Come back and tell me that after you've done a big run in a 1.1 :eek:

We used to go to London and back every weekend and it was fine for that :lol:

digitalfailure

29-04-2008, 19:18

i said a big run :D

Dogfish_magnet

29-04-2008, 21:09

No, you want a V8 on LPG, currently only 48p per litre *very big grin smilie*

I've got the LPG kit - Just need to fit it :D

dod

29-04-2008, 21:32

I've got both ends of the spectrum here, a megane that's averaging about 55 mpg and a Navara which isn't.

mattyh

29-04-2008, 21:34

Ooh... which Navara have you got?

inaneredstripe

29-04-2008, 22:01

wanna borrow my daughters 1.0 micra.
mind you my 900cc yamaha is a bit more fun.
according to the bumf it averages 46 mpg. ive done 50+ on a long slow(ish) run.never worse than 42.and more power than my 1600 escort.
0-60 5ish i think.
my little old crappy honda does 60+mpg.

purpleclouds

29-04-2008, 22:57

I dont get it....oh its a driver joke :p ;)

dod

30-04-2008, 06:23

Ooh... which Navara have you got?

A "sport" :) Having said that it's the wife who drives it all the time, I'm hardly ever in it

NathanJT

30-04-2008, 06:29

I still find it comical when people blame the oil companies. If you think their profits are high, just consider how much the gov. are making with their 70 odd percent taxation!

As I've said before though, they do have a war to pay for ;)

richmond

30-04-2008, 12:43

Based on £1.07 pl

http://i43.photobucket.com/albums/e386/daidoh/Ricardos%20Place/petrolpricesdiagram.gif

NathanJT

30-04-2008, 13:14

Lets not forget that the VAT is on top of the duty, so that would be a taxed tax! You couldn't make it up!

Snake Man

30-04-2008, 21:27

Lets not forget that the VAT is on top of the duty, so that would be a taxed tax! You couldn't make it up!

That is the bit that really ****es me off. It's the same with alcohol and cigarettes.

taxi

30-04-2008, 21:46

oooppss think I started something here :shrug:

I have to agree with you all on the duty/vat thing though its a killer.

JumboBeef

01-05-2008, 06:35

The cost of oil is bonkers, including heating oil (for those of us who live in the sticks and have oil fired central heating). Heating oil was about 15p/litre about five years ago, around 35p last year, currently 50p! :gag:

LPG is great: I don't know why more people don't use it. Our V8 Disco runs on LPG (48p). LPG kits start at £300 or so for older (simpler) cars ~ we'd save that in not much over a couple of months at today prices.

whiteflyer

01-05-2008, 10:38

As for BP and Shell, we must remember they are OIL companys not petrol companys. They make a huge part of their profit selling oil that is used in nearly everything you can think of like plastics and so on, petrol is more or less a waste product left over after refining all the other uses out of oil.

Fuel cost are high because of TAX TAX TAX don't blame BP blame BROWN

purpleclouds

04-05-2008, 17:44

Fuel cost are high because of TAX TAX TAX don't blame BP blame BROWN

Very true!! And considering the process petrol goes through, from expeditions to find it in the first place, through to your forecourt £1.10 a litre is cheap compared to lets say, bottled water!!

Doesn't bother me in the slightest not owning a car though :D

JumboBeef

04-05-2008, 18:50

I saw diesel at 123p today........

Woodsy

04-05-2008, 21:20

lol! That pic in the OP is awsome :D

Splog

05-05-2008, 21:54

I saw diesel at 123p today........

I saw it at 124.9p :eek:

Davec223

05-05-2008, 22:19

I saw it at 124.9p :eek:

holy c**p I am averaging 800 miles a week, All I can say is thank christ it is a company car and that I don't have to pay the fuel bill

mattyh

05-05-2008, 22:51

:agree: :D

birdy961

06-05-2008, 08:41

holy c**p I am averaging 800 miles a week, All I can say is thank christ it is a company car and that I don't have to pay the fuel bill

Same here mate:(

Forecasts say that it may hit 160p by summer, bloody hope not :bang::bang:

Marcel

06-05-2008, 08:45

Thats ridiculous.
I honestly don't mind minimal increases.
When my wife was paid monthly, we used to top up once a month roughly, so a couple of pence on a litre, was what, a £1 at the till? Thats fine and dandy TBH.
But it's going up by a penny or so a day, or at the very least a few pence a WEEK.

When I got this car (my first diesel) a couple of years ago, I started working out mileage and recording how much fuel I put in it every week.

14/03/06 it was 94.9
then by 11/02/07 it was down to 86.9

Now it's whooshed back up to 119.9 (what it is at our local Tesco...I assume Asda is still 117.9 or 118.9)
With the independants (or Esso's etc) even dearer.

birdy961

06-05-2008, 08:53

Davec223

06-05-2008, 14:28

Filled up this morning @ £119.9 lets hope £1.60 doesn't happen, I wonder how many people will lose their jobs due to that, especially reps.

:eek:

whitewash

06-05-2008, 17:00

saw a garage that was 106.9p for unleaded yesterday in preston, although the local garages up here seem to tag on atleast a penny every week!

whitewash

06-05-2008, 17:02

Doubt if i would get a wage increase too match:( This is gonna bite a lot of people hard:shrug:

considering the bosses at work didnt even give us 'cost of living' this year........

Davec223

06-05-2008, 18:47

Scary

Currently costs around £80-90 a week for approx 800 miles, if it hits 160p that is going to add another £30-£40 pr week.
Doubt if i would get a wage increase too match:( This is gonna bite a lot of people hard:shrug:

I know I didn't plus the lose of the 10p tax bracket plus the sting of everything else going up in cost I reckon that I am at least £200 a month worse off than I was 2 years ago and I know that my salary has not gone up that much

Flashman

06-05-2008, 19:03

Websites like petrolprices.com (http://www.petrolprices.com/) are worth checking before you fill up... every penny helps!

Flashy

whitewash

06-05-2008, 21:29

but traveling 20miles out of the way sort of negates that though doesnt it!

damned if you do, damned if you dont!

birdy961

07-05-2008, 07:58

Might get a 1% rise if lucky, not going to cover the rising costs though, may be time to find a job closer to home:shrug:

Flashman

07-05-2008, 08:21

may be time to find a job closer to home:shrug:

Do what I do and work from home... my journey to work consists of walking down the stairs in the morning, not a lot of petrol involved in that! :D

birdy961

07-05-2008, 08:23

Do what I do and work from home... my journey to work consists of walking down the stairs in the morning, not a lot of petrol involved in that! :D

I wish, have actually started to work a bit more from home though, I think it may become more commen if you are able as more firms slowly come round to treating their workers with a bit of respect :lol:

EdinburghGary

07-05-2008, 08:33

Dont remind me. I'm driving to scotland in May, 250 miles there and 250 back. Plus what ever i'll be doing in the week i'm there. I'm paying 114.9p at the mo

What you driving

NorthernNikon

07-05-2008, 08:51

Websites like petrolprices.com (http://www.petrolprices.com/) are worth checking before you fill up... every penny helps!

Flashy

Cheers Keith! Good to know that when I filled up at the Pool Bridge Garage on Sunday I couldn't have got it cheaper elsewhere! :)