The budget-bleeding me dry!

[keith]

Time to get a diesel?

I have been driving buy a garage outside of dundee and in the last few weeks diesel went up by 5p a litre on a friday they put it up 1p then monday it goes back down 1p so as far as the duty and tax is concerned then its  a pain but the owner there is a  . I refuse to fill up with diesel at any other garages apart from morrisons asda and tesco. Murcos are the dearest and thats if they are giving you the full litre

[rich83]

Nah. It could go up to £2 and I'd still drive the GTI! 

So then why keep such a close eye on fuel prices?

[stealthwolf]

Observation.

[RedRobin]

Nah. It could go up to £2 and I'd still drive the GTI!  

.... x 2  

The only reason I've looked at the pump price recently has been becuase of this thread!

[stealthwolf]

Ditto. The main reason I keep a spreadsheet of MPG is to gauge for any problems. In my old fiesta, I kept records of fuel use and found the car seemed to lack power at one point. This was backed by a drop in MPG which then lead to further investigations and a repair.

Ditto with the MK5. The car didn't feel down on power much but at one point the MPG dropped below expected for my style of driving. It turned out to be a faulty coil pack. The drop in power wasn't immediately noticeable and it was only through MPG logs that I found it out.