MK5 Golf GTI
General => Random Chat => Topic started by: dajonic on November 05, 2010, 04:20:17 am
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Have I missed something...has there been a budget in the last 24 hours?? Filled up the car earlier today £62 or £124.9 a litre. It went up 3p in the last 2 days. Might be time for a diseasel :scared:
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I know what you mean, filled mine up yesterday... £126.9 per litre :surprised: :surprised:
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LAAA LAAAA LAAAAAAAAA LAAAAAAAAAAARRRRR...... I CANT HEAR YOU..................
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i put £10 a month in my tdi :signLOL:
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i put £10 a month in my tdi :signLOL:
But I can hear your engine from my house!
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£1.16 a litre down south.
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i put £10 a month in my tdi :signLOL:
But I can hear your engine from my house!
put the kettle on when you hear me coming :signLOL:
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put the kettle on when you hear me coming :signLOL:
Now there's a statement. :surprised:
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£1.16 a litre down south.
........95 ron?.
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£1.28 for V-Power at a motorway service station earlier this week....£71 to fill up!
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..............& it's going to get worse when the v.a.t increase goes on it !!!!! :sad1:
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put the kettle on when you hear me coming :signLOL:
Now there's a statement. :surprised:
:laugh: you never miss a trick. :grin:
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Taxes by stealth, that's what it is with these petrol proces... :fighting:
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On my way to Scotland last week i saw one shell station at £1.28.9 :scared:
Darren
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1.32.9 for Vpower at the services on the M5 Sedgemoor!!
Glad I've got a E90 330D at the mo and a MK216V for track!
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At least I don't have to put 99 ron in any more :evilgrin:
Not fast enough to warrant it :sad1:
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This was the main reason why i sold my Golf 1.8T and bought a Diesel. My daily commute is a 70 mile round trip and was costing my up to £300 to £350 a month, loved the car but couldn't justify the running costs. Sold the Golf a couple of weeks ago and bought the Jetta to replace it. The jetta is a more comfortable drive and has more gadgets but it's no GTi!
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Typical British though... we are all complaining and moaning on here... but we never do anything about it
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This was the main reason why i sold my Golf 1.8T and bought a Diesel. My daily commute is a 70 mile round trip and was costing my up to £300 to £350 a month, loved the car but couldn't justify the running costs. Sold the Golf a couple of weeks ago and bought the Jetta to replace it. The jetta is a more comfortable drive and has more gadgets but it's no GTi!
What's the average MPG working out to be?
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Am I the only person on the site who doesn't care about the cost of petrol and thinks it's fairly inexpensive?
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Am I the only person on the site who doesn't care about the cost of petrol and thinks it's fairly inexpensive?
Nope, but then I don't do big miles...
I also work in the oil industry so if the increase is due to the oil price rising, it generally means a bigger bonus is coming :signLOL:
But yeah, when you consider the insane amount of effort it takes to get a litre of fuel to the pump vs say a litre of milk to the fridge ... its pretty damn cheap in the scheme of things.
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TBH You can't buy a GTI and then complain about how much it costs to run. According to my mfd I get 26.9 mpg round town which is naff really compared to a diesel but I knew this when I bought it and the smile that the car, even in standard form brings to my face when I drive it is priceless! :driver: :smiley: you could just buy a prius :signLOL:
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TBH You can't buy a GTI and then complain about how much it costs to run. According to my mfd I get 26.9 mpg round town which is naff really compared to a diesel but I knew this when I bought it and the smile that the car, even in standard form brings to my face when I drive it is priceless! :driver: :smiley: you could just buy a prius :signLOL:
You are right, you cannot buy one of these and complain about economy. I used my GTI to drive 800 miles per week and to be honest, it's not bad at all on fuel. I got between 30 and 36mpg average which probably does not work out any cheaper then my diesel! I get about 36mpg average in my 330cd but if you factor in the fuel cost difference (5p per litre here), the GTI is just as cheap to run!
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In general if you look at the cost over a mile it's not that bad. I think the AA says it cost an average of about 12p worth of petrol to drive a mile not including road tax, cost of car etc.
If you said to to some who had a push bike here's 40p to take me and 2 friends with our bags 2 miles down the road they'd tell you where to go.
Once were all driving electric cars we wont be able to moan about the cost of fuel. :smiley:
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Once were all driving electric cars we wont be able to moan about the cost of fuel. :smiley:
Maybe not, but we certainly WILL moan about the price of electricity as your electric bill will go through the roof when you're charging your car every night!
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Ah don't worry about electric prices we'll get on of those things you sit on the dashboard the charges your mobile phone but instead of connecting it to the phone it will go straight into the car. lol
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Typical British though... we are all complaining and moaning on here... but we never do anything about it
And what do you suggest we do??
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Typical British though... we are all complaining and moaning on here... but we never do anything about it
And what do you suggest we do??
Typical British though... we are all complaining and moaning on here... but we never do anything about it
And what do you suggest we do??
Ride naked on horse back in protest like lady Godiva!
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Typical British though... we are all complaining and moaning on here... but we never do anything about it
And what do you suggest we do??
I know what we could do, blockade the fuel depots like they did last time. :laugh:
Except I think they made that an act of terrorism or something similar as it effects the infrastructure of the nation so you'd find yourself inside being bummed by your new 'friend' quicker than a 'quiet' night at Michael Barrymores
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Its up to £1.209 for Tesco 99 here now, altho havent filled up for a few days so it might have crept up a little.
I dont really mind it tho, i dont do a lot of miles but if i do a longer trip i can just do it a little slower if i want, thats the beauty of these cars... get 20's for fun driving but can get high 30's if you're sensibly cruising along, its a real Jeckyl and Hyde car which i love!
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Its up to £1.209 for Tesco 99 here now, altho havent filled up for a few days so it might have crept up a little.
I dont really mind it tho, i dont do a lot of miles but if i do a longer trip i can just do it a little slower if i want, thats the beauty of these cars... get 20's for fun driving but can get high 30's if you're sensibly cruising along, its a real Jeckyl and Hyde car which i love!
Yeah ive just filled up £120.90 for 99.... not too bad esp when youve got 5p off a litre!! :grin:
Rich
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Yeah ive just filled up £120.90 for 99.... not too bad esp when youve got 5p off a litre!! :grin:
Rich
Feck me that's dear. :laugh:
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Blockades dont work.... the only way it will maintain its cost is if the government stop hiking the fuel taxes up! Which isnt gonna happen... fuel will just get more and more expensive, and unfortunately theres not a lot that can be done!!
Rich
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Yeah ive just filled up £120.90 for 99.... not too bad esp when youve got 5p off a litre!! :grin:
Rich
Feck me that's dear. :laugh:
NOt bad for 99RON tho... 80p would be idle tho :sad1:
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117.9 with my Tesco 5p off Voucher aswell just now, woohooo, saved myself £2.31 :jumpmove:
That buys me a free Breakfast roll instead :laugh:
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£1.28 for V-Power at a motorway service station earlier this week....£71 to fill up!
....Shell term a "fill up" as anything over 25 litres, so the trick to maximise your V-Power points (and more fuel vouchers) is to only fill up just over 25 litres each time and not run down to empty and fill to brim.
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£1.28 for V-Power at a motorway service station earlier this week....£71 to fill up!
....Shell term a "fill up" as anything over 25 litres, so the trick to maximise your V-Power points (and more fuel vouchers) is to only fill up just over 25 litres each time and not run down to empty and fill to brim.
That would be a good trick if I collected the points :grin:
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Didn't David Cameron say he was going try and stabilise fuel costs? Or something along them lines?
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£1.28 for V-Power at a motorway service station earlier this week....£71 to fill up!
....Shell term a "fill up" as anything over 25 litres, so the trick to maximise your V-Power points (and more fuel vouchers) is to only fill up just over 25 litres each time and not run down to empty and fill to brim.
That would be a good trick if I collected the points :grin:
.... :surprised: There's no reason not to collect the points if you regularly use V-Power. You just ask for a membership card and get your card swiped whenever you buy V-Power. Set your preferences to 'points for fuel' and you'll automatically receive vouchers by post. Depending on your mileage you might get a free tankful in a month. Even a tenner's worth helps. The free quarterly glossy mag is quite good too.
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you'll automatically receive vouchers by post.
Robin, I've been collecting points for over a year and have accumulated 2000 points to date. Yet not one voucher or mag. All of the details are correct. I've had to fire off an email because I'm fed up.
Though I'd still continue to use V-power because there's no Tesco petrol stations nearby - otherwise I would have used them.
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Like you Stealth I have over 5500 points but no vouchers. I have emailed them to see whats going on. :fighting:
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you'll automatically receive vouchers by post.
Robin, I've been collecting points for over a year and have accumulated 2000 points to date. Yet not one voucher or mag. All of the details are correct. I've had to fire off an email because I'm fed up.
Though I'd still continue to use V-power because there's no Tesco petrol stations nearby - otherwise I would have used them.
i have similar beliefs stealth, I have had my shell card for almost 2 years and i finally got my vpower card last week, woopwoop, but in that time i have only once received vouchers and they only contained a wapping £5 off fuel, and i do on av 12-14k miles currently at 20mpg in my cayman so i certainly guzzle it, either its not very good or there getting lost in the post :confused:
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For those people moaning about people moaning about how much it costs to run a car you need to read the first post again...i'm moaning about the price of a litre of petrol and not the running costs or mpg. If you spent nearly £4k a year on fuel you wouldn't like it either.
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Surely they are linked :confused:
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For those people moaning about people moaning about how much it costs to run a car you need to read the first post again...i'm moaning about the price of a litre of petrol and not the running costs or mpg. If you spent nearly £4k a year on fuel you wouldn't like it either.
....I've never bothered to calculate what I spend a year on fuel - What's the point if you enjoy the car?
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For those people moaning about people moaning about how much it costs to run a car you need to read the first post again...i'm moaning about the price of a litre of petrol and not the running costs or mpg. If you spent nearly £4k a year on fuel you wouldn't like it either.
....I've never bothered to calculate what I spend a year on fuel - What's the point if you enjoy the car?
So true.... i will spend approx 5-6K this year! I knew this before i bought my GTI. If i hadnt been determined to have one I would be spending half that in my old diesel.... but wheres the fun in that??
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£1.28 for V-Power at a motorway service station earlier this week....£71 to fill up!
....Shell term a "fill up" as anything over 25 litres, so the trick to maximise your V-Power points (and more fuel vouchers) is to only fill up just over 25 litres each time and not run down to empty and fill to brim.
That would be a good trick if I collected the points :grin:
.... :surprised: There's no reason not to collect the points if you regularly use V-Power. You just ask for a membership card and get your card swiped whenever you buy V-Power. Set your preferences to 'points for fuel' and you'll automatically receive vouchers by post. Depending on your mileage you might get a free tankful in a month. Even a tenner's worth helps. The free quarterly glossy mag is quite good too.
I don't use Shell regularly because my nearest one is about 20 miles away. So not much point in me having a loyalty card (although I didn't know they did them so might get one next time I'm in a Shell garage so I can claim a handle of points over 20 years :grin:)
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I was finally contacted by Shell who state they will look into my case.
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So does anyone reckon fuel will dip below a pound again? Or I am being too optimistic? :sad1:
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Well if you were the government or oil company and you were selling just as much if not more petrol @ £1.20 a lt as you were @ 99p a lt would you put the price down?
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Well if you were the government or oil company and you were selling just as much if not more petrol @ £1.20 a lt as you were @ 99p a lt would you put the price down?
It's very political, in short fuel is inelastic. But more people would buy the fuel at 99p because they'd make that journey in the car instead of the bus etc. Also the government has gone all out on this CO2 BS so cutting the price would be admitting it is a lie (which it is).
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Well if you were the government or oil company and you were selling just as much if not more petrol @ £1.20 a lt as you were @ 99p a lt would you put the price down?
....I forget the actual figures but for every litre we buy at the pump the oil company only makes a few pence and the lion's share is stolen by the govn'ment.
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Well if you were the government or oil company and you were selling just as much if not more petrol @ £1.20 a lt as you were @ 99p a lt would you put the price down?
....I forget the actual figures but for every litre we buy at the pump the oil company only makes a few pence and the lion's share is stolen by the govn'ment.
yeah it is something like 85p per litre in duty alone - and that is without drilling, refinement and transportation costs - then everyone in the supply chain has to have a piece of the profit, so price ain't going down any time soon. :sad1:
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Lets get real..... it will not fall again... it will get progressively more expensive!
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Lets get real..... it will not fall again... it will get progressively more expensive!
......and then when everyone is forced into the devil that is diesel, they will make diesel even more expensive to use :fighting:
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Well they have already done that to an extent, because diesel was cheaper than petrol until everyone and their dog bought TDI'S!
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The other factor that makes quite a difference is the currency markets. Oil is bought and sold in dollars and there was a little bubble earlier in the year where the dollar cost didn't change much but value of the dollar did (fell iirc) and it pushed petrol up quite a bit...
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As some of you may know, I've been driving an EV we've been developing at work for the last few months, using my GTI only on weekends or whatever... I had to fill her up for the first time in a few weeks, and was shocked, almost £60 for 40 litres! :surprised:
EV makes more and more sense.
Once were all driving electric cars we wont be able to moan about the cost of fuel. :smiley:
Maybe not, but we certainly WILL moan about the price of electricity as your electric bill will go through the roof when you're charging your car every night!
Assuming I've used a full charge throughout the day (for my commute there and back, I only use about 60%) then recharging the battery overnight works out to approximately 50pence a night. That's my normal drive cycle (drive to work - then to home - then charge overnight) and whatever way you look at it, it's helluva lot cheaper than a petrol or diseasal.
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Sorry Neo but......
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Sorry Neo but......
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We ran our EV and our E-REV series hybrid at the Brighton to London Future Car Challenge over the weekend... I drove the EV. Managed to overtake a couple of diesels! :signLOL:
(our E-REV won the award for best E-REV incidentally :laugh: )
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Lets get real..... it will not fall again... it will get progressively more expensive!
......and then when everyone is forced into the devil that is diesel, they will make diesel even more expensive to use :fighting:
They already have. Diesel os already 4-6p more expensive than petrol and the fuel economy isn't that much better on modern diesels than petrols so it really makes very little difference whther you drive a petrol or diesel these days... the government isn't going to let you drive a car cheaply!