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for the first time in six years

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it makes a big difference to you and your disposable income, or not?

you will drive more, or no change?

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-35066242

Do you remember that blonde thread from a few years ago, when everyone got so angry about petrol prices? Was quite a big thread as I recall. Think "Chippy" from Leicester was prominent on it.

Jeez, them peeps were angry.

Never quite understood why. There's not a damn thing you or I can do about these things. 

yes i thought about that thread when posting this one. i remember the chap who got so irate, raj (?), certainly a leicester poker player

You can bet your bottom dollar that those same people wouldn't have made this thread whooping and cheering.

Personally it won't make a difference to how much I drive, but generally speaking, a price decrease makes me happy, and a price increase makes me sad :D

Don't pay for diesel, will get less nectar points if the price is lower so will actually be worse off  :D

The only thing that bothers me with the price of petrol is the amount of tax/duty that's lumped on to it.  That governments make vastly more from a product by simply imposing duties than the companies that produce and sell the product do doesn't seem right to me.   I almost feel sorry for smokers - £9.50 for a pack of ciggies is ridiculous!  When I worked in the newsagents as a young lad, I'm sure they were only £1.20!   The days of getting 200 on the trip back from Spain for a tenner is long gone!

Saying the above, clearly there's nothing I can do or can be bothered to do about it and I wouldn't like to think what we'd have to go without as a nation should we not pay money into the pot in this way.

Prices coming down is a good thing but I can't say 5p a litre (or whatever it is) will make any difference to me, but then I only drive a few miles a day.

That's the average, if you head out of London then a year ago most places were under a quid for a short while.

North Sea oil now well below $40 per barrel. With more Iranian oil to flow in 2016 it could get even lower

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petrol is going to get cheaper still, so more in your pocket but the obverse is the possibility of higher interest rates

I just bought BP shares and also a 2 litre engined car - one or other of them wins for me :)

Oil price rout sends inflation to lowest levels witnessed since Great Depression

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/economics/12058680/Oil-price-rout-sends-inflation-to-lowest-levels-witnessed-since-Great-Depression.html

Who here actually knows what the real MPG of their car is (as opposed to manufacturers figures) and how far they drive in an average year and how much a fluctuation of say, 25p per litre actually makes to their annual running costs?

I do obv.

My diesel routinely does 45 to the gallon pretty much without fail (500 miles to a tank) no matter what type of driving i do for the tank.  I do a tank a month on average.  So i am probably £350 a year better off since the peak in prices compared to now. 

Excellent nitty knowledge argue. I'm impressed.

What car BTW?

I get ~ 52 MPG depending on driving conditions and routinely do 500 miles per week.

It's the accountant in me.  Never leaves being a nit with ex's. I could tell you how much i spend on everything over a year as i have an expense book where i write down everything i spend on everything and have a relatively simple personal set of accounts on a monthly basis so i know where all my cash is spent.  Quite interesting to do if you never do it.  Made me severely cut back on my drinking/eating out when i realised how much i was spending a year instead of just casually spunking scores every other day.  I reckon i spend £500 a month less on average now doing this than what i did before i started recording it. 

Peugeot 307 110 HDI 2 litre diesel turbo.  Whatever the fuck that all means.  Not remotely interested in cars.  Paid £4000 in cash for this motor about 9 years ago and will just run it into the ground until it stops working.

That's why I'm impressed.The manufacturer quotes 53 MPG for that model with that engine but those figures are with all superfluous weight removed, and a 7 stone driver with a feather light accelerator foot on a totally smooth flat track on a windless day.

Does 45 mpg equate then to a fat bastard like me driving it in a relatively aggro fashion? ;D  TBH the car is always empty regarding additional weight and pretty much always only me in the car when driving.

I must admit you definitely get a bit of a boost when you fill up and you get change out of a bullseye.  Never thought i would see the day again.  Think it cost upwards of £80 to fill up once.  I was surprised when they said petrol is at its lowest price since 2009.  I thought it was a lot longer than that the last time it was £1 a litre.  Certainly feels like it.

Well it does if all the people who post the real MPG of that model to a site I use are also FB's that drive agro.

According to them, your car does 44/45 MPG so you are spot on.

As I say. I'm impressed.

Impressed that my car does 45 mpg or impressed that i know it does?

The MOT certificate is handy for annual mileage as the last 3 or 4 odometer readings are listed. Our two cars do 11k a year or thereabouts and they both doth 35mpg real world compared to 41mpg and 50mpg as the official numbers. The difference with the latter is it's only 2 months old so and is grin enducingly quick so I'm still driving it like I stole it.

22000 / 35 x 4.544 x 0.25 =  £714 a year saving for a 25p/litre drop.

Impressed that you know.

Wonderful. Another accountant?


What cars BTW? The latter would probably return 40 + but without the grin.

I always fill my car up in full every time and reset the mile counter to zero until i refill.  My mum always said it is a good way to check if your car is running smoothly to do that when i started driving and have always done it.  Never seems a hassle to do it.  Takes 2 seconds and it is just a habit now when i fill up.

Another lapsed one.

Nissan Note 1.6 Auto petrol.
BMW 335d Touring Auto diesel. Did manage 48mpg over 100 miles in it on the M40 when I was really trying - 65mph all the way, eco pro mode engaged etc. etc. It even has a mode that awards you stars for smooth acceleration and anticipation. Wasn't sure if I was driving or applying for a job at McDonalds.

Also managed 21mpg yesterday over 80 miles - that was much more fun  ;D

Lol. I just love that you guys know all this stuff. I thought it was just me.

My other car, (the one I converted to a camper) does 43 MPG but that drops to 32 MPG when I tow my lightweight bogey trailer.

Haha. What a great line.

The thing about filling your car up i just don't get why the vast majority of people don't just fill up their tank to the top.  I find it amazing how many people put in sub £10 amounts of petrol.  What a ball ache constantly going to the garage every other day to put £5 of petrol in your car.  How many people just always fill their car up in full and run it down to close to empty then refill?  Am i in the minority here doing this?

No. I've been filling up (at the cheapest garage of course) ever since I could afford to.

As we are on the subject of petrol and being a nit i started this thread the other day. 

Might be of use to any nits who are planning on spending big on xmas presents to get a free tank of petrol.

http://blondepoker.com/forum/index.php?topic=66484.0

I do the same, although running the car with the tank half full takes 25-30kg off the weight load which presumably makes a difference.
But lately I've been buying gift cards from Morrisons and maximising the benefit of the reward. B&Q, Amazon, Google Play and Ticketmaster. Max savings so far were 20p a litre, but that's £11 in my account rather than theirs.

Qashqai 1.4 Diesel N-tec, getting 42mpg for mostly urban driving, but have had 58mpg on proper trips with Motorway/A road driving.

That's great economy for a big car Dave. I'm told they are quite torquey too How do they get that sort of performance from such a small engine?

I find it so annoying when people just put in £10 of petrol or any amount that isn't full to the top. I've asked a few friends why they do this and they all say they can't afford to fill it up. They'll put more petrol in the next day and as far as I know they haven't received any income I those 24 hours.
There's no reasoning with them, it actually costs them more because they use petrol driving to the filling station more often.

It's witchcraft I think Tom.

I get about 46mpg from a mazda 6 which is way below what they claim it should do. 

I got much the same from an old mondeo that wasn't far off manufacturers figures, so I don't think it is my driving.