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JoelP - 31/3/10 at 09:29 PM

i just bought my first £100 tank of fuel. How the **** did all that fit in a vivaro?


dave1888 - 31/3/10 at 09:40 PM

I know the feeling i stopped at £95 as i couldn't bear the thought of putting more than £100 in the tank.


owelly - 31/3/10 at 09:40 PM

Did you just open a window and fill the van up to the roof??

I got £165 worth into the Range Rover....


nick205 - 31/3/10 at 09:55 PM

It's a worry

I noticed our local Tesco station had raised it's Pay @ Pump limit from £60 to £100 a few weeks back.

I've been kidding myself by putting £50 in a time and ignoring the fact I'm going back every other day


bi22le - 31/3/10 at 10:05 PM

wow, how many miles do you lot do!
I thought i did alot at 25k. I also have to pay london prices quite often.

I have a 59 plate focus diesel estate. I dont know what size tank but i can only fit 55 quid in it.


ReMan - 31/3/10 at 10:08 PM

quote:
Originally posted by nick205
It's a worry



Its fooking outrageous


eznfrank - 31/3/10 at 10:14 PM

I filled up the wifes iq, £32 what a rip off :-)


omega0684 - 31/3/10 at 10:22 PM

i drive a 1.9 cdti Astra and do 100 miles a day (50 to & 50 from work) ave fuel consumption on an average week is about 55-58 mpg over the whole tank, the most i've got from one tank is about 580 miles but i find im going to the pumps every 5-6 days.

owe tank of fuel costs me about £50-£55

[Edited on 31/3/10 by omega0684]


mangogrooveworkshop - 31/3/10 at 10:37 PM

The high top transit eats diesel at a rate of knots.......not seen how much it can take.


rf900rush - 31/3/10 at 10:38 PM

And there was me thinking of getting an old speed boat back on the water.
Main tank plus reserve tank 40gals. (180litres) total

Thats bu**ered that idear then.


iDENTITi - 31/3/10 at 10:44 PM

chevy g20 we have takes ~150litres or something rediculous.
It uses them at a rate of about 3mpg round town too..


Mark Allanson - 31/3/10 at 10:50 PM

My first ever FULL tank of fuel cost 67p - jeeeez


morcus - 31/3/10 at 11:09 PM

How?


iscmatt - 31/3/10 at 11:27 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Mark Allanson
My first ever FULL tank of fuel cost 67p - jeeeez


what did you fill it up?!?!


StrikerChris - 1/4/10 at 12:14 AM

how long will it last tho, just means your depressed less often...


t.j. - 1/4/10 at 05:48 AM

quote:
Originally posted by iscmatt
quote:
Originally posted by Mark Allanson
My first ever FULL tank of fuel cost 67p - jeeeez


what did you fill it up?!?!


Or..... how old are you Mark


speedyxjs - 1/4/10 at 06:05 AM

This thread has just made me much happier about filling up my car!

My tintop takes £70 and i thought that was bad


Danozeman - 1/4/10 at 06:23 AM

my 5 series did 90 quid to fill the tank a few months ago. Id hate to think what it would be now.


40inches - 1/4/10 at 07:46 AM

quote:
Originally posted by t.j.
quote:
Originally posted by iscmatt
quote:
Originally posted by Mark Allanson
My first ever FULL tank of fuel cost 67p - jeeeez


what did you fill it up?!?!


Or..... how old are you Mark


I had my first bike in 1965, it had a 2 gallon tank and cost 10 shillings to fill up (50p) or 5p a litre However I was an Engineering aprentice on £2.50 a week Ah! the good old days


boggle - 1/4/10 at 07:57 AM

and i thought 20 squids a week on fuel was bad......

am now dreading filling up the vectra on friday before my tip to detling


cd.thomson - 1/4/10 at 08:06 AM

I've never put more than £15 in my car at one time.

More fuel = heavier car = less fuel efficient


55ant - 1/4/10 at 08:39 AM

quote:

More fuel = heavier car = less fuel efficient + return trips to petrol station=?



i cycle. thats free.


02GF74 - 1/4/10 at 08:39 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Mark Allanson
My first ever FULL tank of fuel cost 67p - jeeeez


You youngster you.

My first fill up was a bale of hay and two bags of oats; cost 3 shillings.


cd.thomson - 1/4/10 at 08:42 AM

quote:
Originally posted by 55ant
quote:

More fuel = heavier car = less fuel efficient + return trips to petrol station=?



i cycle. thats free.


I cycle too... I dont have a car to put £15 in anymore!


hughpinder - 1/4/10 at 09:03 AM

The other halfs BMW 320d takes about £80 to fill it, but you can do 780 miles on that at 90 with 4 in and all our holiday gear

Hugh


dave107 - 1/4/10 at 09:10 AM

Back in the old day my wages were £9.45 a week, 3 gallons of petrol for a pound and every night in the pub quite a lot of beer (not saying how much) and saturday night at the disco and still some change left.


carpmart - 1/4/10 at 09:33 AM

The real worry I have is we will look back on threads like this in a years time and won't believe how cheap it was to fill up at ONLY £100 for a tank full.

I predict £1.50 per litre this time next year!


Mark Allanson - 1/4/10 at 09:40 AM

quote:
Originally posted by t.j.
quote:
Originally posted by iscmatt
quote:
Originally posted by Mark Allanson
My first ever FULL tank of fuel cost 67p - jeeeez


what did you fill it up?!?!


Or..... how old are you Mark



SO many questions, when I was 16, I had a Honda SS50 (later to become a SS70!), it had a tank holding about a gallon and it was the hottest summer we ever had!


iank - 1/4/10 at 10:41 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Mark Allanson
quote:
Originally posted by t.j.
quote:
Originally posted by iscmatt
quote:
Originally posted by Mark Allanson
My first ever FULL tank of fuel cost 67p - jeeeez


what did you fill it up?!?!


Or..... how old are you Mark



... the hottest summer we ever had!


1976? That was a hot one!


Vindi_andy - 1/4/10 at 11:00 AM

IIR my dad correctly 1975 was hotter than 1976 its just 1976 summer lasted longer


scootz - 1/4/10 at 11:13 AM

Don't worry guys... my dads started playing with hydrogen cells in his shed. I predict he'll have us motoring on the cheap by next tuesday!


iank - 1/4/10 at 11:27 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Vindi_andy
IIR my dad correctly 1975 was hotter than 1976 its just 1976 summer lasted longer


1975 was hot, but 1976 had the highest temperatures over time and the record for the UK in June (36.4C) (and the drought) I was in Kent and the pavements started melting.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/weather/features/understanding/1976_drought.shtml


iank - 1/4/10 at 11:27 AM

quote:
Originally posted by scootz
Don't worry guys... my dads started playing with hydrogen cells in his shed. I predict he'll have us motoring on the cheap by next tuesday!


If you hear a loud squeaky pop noise...


scootz - 1/4/10 at 11:29 AM

... you don't know my dad - it would be an almighty bang followed by an equally almighty "BUGGER"!


smart51 - 1/4/10 at 11:31 AM

I put over £40 in the Peugeot for the first time last week. I did drive about 40 miles after is said 0 miles to go though, and filled it to the brim. 36 litres of unleaded should last me 360 miles though or about 2 weeks.


JoelP - 2/4/10 at 05:07 PM

i always fill to the top because time is money, so may as well make as few trips to the petrol station as possible!


morcus - 2/4/10 at 06:46 PM

I brim my car once a week when I go to Tesco for my shopping, A full tank would probably last me most of a month buts just easier to keep it full.

Less risk of running out aswell.


Simon - 2/4/10 at 08:33 PM

I got £101 in the tank last time fuel costs were high.

!976........ ahhhh, parents decided it would be a good idea to go to Criccieth (North Wales) for a summer holiday in 1976.

Got there and it pee'd down every day. Said parents had to go and buy jumpers and coats as they'd left them at home as it had been so warm

ATB

Simon


davidinhull - 3/4/10 at 09:10 AM

quote:
Originally posted by iank
quote:
Originally posted by Mark Allanson
quote:
Originally posted by t.j.
quote:
Originally posted by iscmatt
quote:
Originally posted by Mark Allanson
My first ever FULL tank of fuel cost 67p - jeeeez


what did you fill it up?!?!


Or..... how old are you Mark



... the hottest summer we ever had!


1976? That was a hot one!




!976 - the year I was born, and I was starting to feel old til I read this!
I might have to stop putting 99octane in the skyline as it's getting so pricey!


jacko - 3/4/10 at 07:51 PM

Just been for diesel today £1.18.9 ltrs