MK5 Golf GTI

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Title: What's your fuel spend per month?
Post by: Mingle on January 04, 2012, 09:58:12 am
I know this is different for everybody, but I was just wondering what fuel cost people on here are living with.
As my fuel spend per month is £280 is it time to go to the dark side and get a diesel :s my mpg is around 30
Title: Re: What's your fuel spend per month?
Post by: GTsport on January 04, 2012, 10:07:50 am
Usually about £160 - £240 per month.

1200 - 1800 miles.

But im on the dark side you speak of  :smiley:
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Post by: berg on January 04, 2012, 10:10:25 am
you have to cut your cloth accordingly, i like to think would never have to turn to the darkside but I only work 3 miles from my house.

if circs changed and i had to drive into the city everyday then I daresay the Gti would become too expensive to run. Only you know what your budget is and what your annual mileage is?

On th eplus side if you could stretch to an early MK6 GTD am sure would be a great car to soften the blow with
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Post by: liver on January 04, 2012, 10:11:58 am
about £350 - £400 a month

should really have a diesel but dont think i could get one

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Post by: rich83 on January 04, 2012, 10:33:10 am
Gotta be around 400ish i would think...  :laugh:
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Post by: Marshall on January 04, 2012, 10:37:19 am
Anything between £380 and £420 but this also includes the wifes diesel Leon too.

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Post by: Tamiyoman on January 04, 2012, 10:46:13 am
£70 average per month, averaging 30mpg in the Ed30, only do around 330 miles per month.

I work from home, so most of my mileage is accumulated with visiting friends on jaunts upto manchester, otherwise its just pretty much going to local golf club and back 3 days a week (4 mile round trip)
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Post by: Beddie on January 04, 2012, 11:19:34 am
£400-450 a month  :driver:
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Post by: Nodz on January 04, 2012, 11:27:32 am
Depends how much I'm at work but normally average £140 a month (2tanks) but when I have a week or 2 off I can easily do that in a week lol
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Post by: Deako on January 04, 2012, 12:01:26 pm
About £30 per month.  :grin:

Walk to work. Last time i filled up the tiny little 35 litre tank on our Fiat 500, it lasted 2 months.
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Post by: SteveP on January 04, 2012, 12:26:29 pm
December was £800 for me, so a quiet month  :sad1:
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Post by: chungster on January 04, 2012, 12:35:58 pm
December was £800 for me, so a quiet month  :sad1:

 :surprised:

That's mad Mr P.

I budget for around £300 a month.  :driver:
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Post by: micaerin on January 04, 2012, 12:37:18 pm
about £280 every 4 weeks. usually 300 miles per tank, not great but it is a GTI
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Post by: Gene Hunt on January 04, 2012, 12:54:24 pm
£80.00 a month just going to work & back & general town use. :grin:
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Post by: Andy on January 04, 2012, 12:58:10 pm
 mine as been nothing for 6 months :happy2:
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Post by: sub39h on January 04, 2012, 01:14:50 pm
used to be bugger all, around £150 a month. i can see my work from my window so only ever drove to the gym and supermarket (i don't have time for friends atm  :sad1:)

BUT i've just started going out with someone and she lives quite far away so the trips to see her will soon increase my tally no doubt lol
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Post by: Degudodger on January 04, 2012, 01:26:46 pm
anywhere between £240-£300 a month.  :sad1:
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Post by: Mingle on January 04, 2012, 01:33:51 pm
sh*t a brick £800 a month you could prob have a Audi r8 on tick and a fait 500 to knock about in for that :D

what hurts aswell is looking to sell my gti and I will prob loose a sh*t load if I sell :( the price of these motors have dropped off a cliff!!! And with petrol prices only set to rise it's loose loose loose,
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Post by: S800BRN on January 04, 2012, 05:30:05 pm
I'm only home 2 weeks of each month.
Usually need to fill her up twice so cost monthly roughly £150.
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Post by: stealthwolf on January 04, 2012, 05:38:02 pm
I usually fill up every 7-10 days but depends on driving style. If I were strict enough and stuck to 60mph on motorways and A-roads, reckon I could go almost two weeks without filling up.

At the mo, it's around £280 worse case scenario.
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Post by: Poppa Dom on January 04, 2012, 05:41:03 pm
£350 per month average - though the last quarter has been a heavy one - got a nice fat V Power voucher for just under £20 though  :happy2:
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Post by: rdfcpete on January 04, 2012, 06:13:37 pm
Was doing £50 of Tesco Momentum doing circa 240 miles a week average (4x£50 = £200 a month).

Recently started using full tanks @ £73 or so and pushing 400 miles brim to brim from a tank of mixed driving, which results in filling up every 12 days or so which I think will work out cheaper, despite spending more in one go and driving a little longer with the extra weight etc...

It's a massive play off at the moment and will only get worse and ever more present on peoples minds I'm sure :stupid:
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Post by: Ifti on January 04, 2012, 06:17:31 pm
On average I cover around 1100 miles per month.

With my ED30 it used to cost me around £250 per month.
I then moved to the dark side and now spend around £120 per month, covering the same miles.

Drive isn't the same, but I'm happier knowing how much I'm saving, not just with the fuel, but with the tax, insurance, and so on.

One day I'll buy a M3 as a weekend car though   :wink:
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Post by: Oli on January 04, 2012, 06:50:41 pm
You dont want to know!
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Post by: Hurdy on January 04, 2012, 07:52:39 pm
December was £800 for me, so a quiet month  :sad1:

Is that in the Polo GTI too Steve?  :surprised: I know you have a pretty big commute though.
Title: Re: What's your fuel spend per month?
Post by: Tfsi_Mike on January 04, 2012, 07:54:31 pm

Been back in England 3.5 weeks.  Ordered a new shell card when we arrived as my vpower card hasn't been used for aaaages.  Have 200 points already  :scared:
Title: Re: What's your fuel spend per month?
Post by: Hurdy on January 04, 2012, 07:55:55 pm
Around £150-£200 a month.

The Polo GTI saves a bit with it's better fuel consumption, but I only have to do 4.5miles to get to work too.  :smiley:
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Post by: Resonance on January 04, 2012, 08:14:35 pm
Normally between £230 and £280 a month in the ED30, thinking of going to a nice Audi A4 TDI to save on fuel in the future!
Title: Re: What's your fuel spend per month?
Post by: SteveP on January 04, 2012, 08:28:10 pm
December was £800 for me, so a quiet month  :sad1:

Is that in the Polo GTI too Steve?  :surprised: I know you have a pretty big commute though.

Yep at least 3 tanks a week of V Power at £64 a tank.
Title: Re: What's your fuel spend per month?
Post by: rich83 on January 04, 2012, 08:35:42 pm
December was £800 for me, so a quiet month  :sad1:

An i consider my mileage and fuel bill a bit silly..  :scared:
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Post by: SteveP on January 04, 2012, 08:39:55 pm
Used to be over £1k with the Stage 2+ Edition 30 at the peek of the fuel prices  :stupid:
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Post by: rich83 on January 04, 2012, 08:47:09 pm
Thats nuts.....  serious milage there Steve.
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Post by: Deako on January 04, 2012, 08:49:03 pm
Insane Steve. I'd definitely relocate if that was my commute. It would near damn bankrupt me. I hope you get paid seriously handsomly for the distance covered. Although, i somehow think you would not be driving that far if you were not.
Title: Re: What's your fuel spend per month?
Post by: SteveP on January 04, 2012, 08:50:26 pm
Thats nuts.....  serious milage there Steve.

It's 160 miles a day with the last 30 being in London traffic.
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Post by: Kregiel on January 04, 2012, 08:59:14 pm
150 a month - I do 800 miles per month
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Post by: gazbutS3 on January 04, 2012, 10:05:29 pm
was about £550 a month untill I got the Bora TDI as a daily, now more like £280 :happy2:
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Post by: Frodo-anni on January 04, 2012, 10:07:38 pm
My anni pd a tank would last me 3-4weeks only do 100-125 miles per week, current run about megane scenic 1.6 £90 p/month.

When the 2.0t arrives i have no idea, not alot i hope  :laugh: Ive budgeted £200 p/month, so if i do max 150 over a full week i should be ok.
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Post by: will130787 on January 04, 2012, 10:25:28 pm
Between 400-450 in the gt tdi that's now been replaced by a Leon cupra r so we will see, its been 150 since Xmas eve

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Title: Re: What's your fuel spend per month?
Post by: winrya on January 04, 2012, 10:38:46 pm
I'm quite lucky as the GTI is only used for pleasure so i use anywhere from £30-£50 a month :drinking:
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Post by: itismebigd on January 04, 2012, 10:50:28 pm
my daily drive to and from work is 30 miles so 150 a week=£320 a month on fuel driving quite sedated lol,but if i use on my days of i can probably add another £100 but hey ho its a Modded Gti  :driver:
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Post by: Golfgirl on January 06, 2012, 03:06:48 pm
I spend around £350 per month :sick:
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Post by: dodds-gttdi on January 06, 2012, 03:17:00 pm
I spend, on average, £150 per month. That's two full tanks of Shell diesel and anywhere up to 1200 miles a month.  :smiley:
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Post by: dodds-gttdi on January 06, 2012, 03:18:29 pm
I spend, on average, £150 per month. That's two full tanks of Shell diesel and anywhere up to 1200 miles a month.  :smiley:

Ooh, just work that out to be a little over 50mpg. Smug? Who? Me? 180 bhp and 300 lbs/ft? My car? Uhuh!!  :P
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Post by: GTsport on January 06, 2012, 03:21:35 pm
I spend, on average, £150 per month. That's two full tanks of Shell diesel and anywhere up to 1200 miles a month.  :smiley:

Ooh, just work that out to be a little over 50mpg. Smug? Who? Me? 180 bhp and 300 lbs/ft? My car? Uhuh!!  :P

Dont gloat, the Diesel police will get ya  :fighting:

 :signLOL:
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Post by: Upperoilcan on January 06, 2012, 03:22:01 pm
I only spend around £100/120:00 per month...
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Post by: ub7rm on January 06, 2012, 04:20:14 pm
About £200-250 a month. 
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Post by: Saintsteve on January 06, 2012, 04:22:46 pm
currently about £40 a month  :signLOL:
Title: Re: What's your fuel spend per month?
Post by: dodds-gttdi on January 06, 2012, 06:53:47 pm
I spend, on average, £150 per month. That's two full tanks of Shell diesel and anywhere up to 1200 miles a month.  :smiley:

Ooh, just work that out to be a little over 50mpg. Smug? Who? Me? 180 bhp and 300 lbs/ft? My car? Uhuh!!  :P

Dont gloat, the Diesel police will get ya  :fighting:

 :signLOL:

 :signLOL: Na, Im a good driver (a.k.a law abiding). Well, most of the time.  :innocent:
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Post by: dub singh on January 06, 2012, 10:13:22 pm
£60 a month.. without my sounds

£120 a month with my sounds in..  :ashamed:
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Post by: Gez G on January 06, 2012, 11:38:19 pm
About £500 per month.
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Post by: rdfcpete on January 07, 2012, 12:07:18 am
currently about £40 a month  :signLOL:

The Hyundai doesn't count Steve  :P
I bet that's 1000 miles from £40 too  :wink:
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Post by: Mk5 GTian on January 07, 2012, 06:17:33 am
210-280 a month. Cheap at half the price! (never quite got that saying?  :confused:)
Title: Re: What's your fuel spend per month?
Post by: Saintsteve on January 07, 2012, 09:08:57 pm
currently about £40 a month  :signLOL:

The Hyundai doesn't count Steve  :P
I bet that's 1000 miles from £40 too  :wink:

 :laugh:....no the Hyundai is using £25 every 10 days or 200 miles range from that amount..Still pretty cheap motoring comparing to the Ed30 :grin:
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Post by: Duke on January 09, 2012, 06:58:49 pm
Only fill up about once a month, so £70 a month for Tesco 99 SUL.
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Post by: Edition30 on January 09, 2012, 07:23:33 pm
£100-£120 and thats for a poxy 1.2 Corsa with a massive 85hp.
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Post by: John GT140 on January 09, 2012, 08:30:06 pm
£35 every 3 to 4 weeks in my dual fuel van per 290 miles and £70 in the golf gt 140 per month 550 to 600 miles
Title: Re: What's your fuel spend per month?
Post by: too hot on January 10, 2012, 07:53:09 pm
I`m currently going through £50 a week---£200 a month !!
Thats getting about 250 miles on £50 worth !!!
Title: Re: What's your fuel spend per month?
Post by: Tfsi_Mike on January 10, 2012, 11:00:21 pm

Kind of related;

http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,40469.msg476744.html#msg476744 (http://www.mk5golfgti.co.uk/forum/index.php/topic,40469.msg476744.html#msg476744)

 :happy2: