MK5 Golf GTI
General => Random Chat => Topic started by: no golf clubs at all on April 29, 2010, 04:17:20 pm
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Just filled up...circa 55 litres....£70.01p :sick: and for that I get about 330 miles IF i drive like I would if I had a citreon c1....IF I drive like I have a Mk5 GTI, I get about 250miles....
to say I am sickened is an understatement, particularly where the oil companies, Shell/ BP etc have just announced record profits once more... :fighting:
think i will be cycling into work soon :sad1:
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Why im getting a bike instead of an R32 now! Bus lanes so less stop starting and better mpg.
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i started cycling this month. i only live 1.4 miles from work! :signLOL:
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Get over it, guys. Costs of everything is always going up or fluctuating. You'll be complaining about the bank rate and your mortgages next. There's simply no point making yourself miserable about it :smiley:
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i started cycling this month. i only live 1.4 miles from work! :signLOL:
Sod that i mean one of these
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^^ i was quoting no golf clubs! :booty:
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Get over it, guys. Costs of everything is always going up or fluctuating. You'll be complaining about the bank rate and your mortgages next. There's simply no point making yourself miserable about it :smiley:
there is if your skint like me! :P
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LOL Good man Jules!
I have both, the Mk5 GTi and a 08 plate ZX6R :)
The bike was bought when i had a boring company car for my speed fix, now i've got the choice of both :)
Another plus is that i've recently moved and now have a 10 minute walk to work instead of a 20mile drive each way which is saving me a fortune too - good job when Super last night cost me 124.9 !!
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BP p!sses me of the most! they charge 1.30.9 at my local for ultimate (97 RON) but V-POWER 8 miles away is 1.20.9 (99 RON) so i have to do a 16 mile round trip to get petrol! :angry015:
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Did i read the oil companies only make 1p a litre ??? Obviously because of the high volume sold... 1p x trillions of litres a year :jumping:
Its the tax tax tax what your paying for... then VAT on the fuel you've bought :signLOL:
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LOL Good man Jules!
I have both, the Mk5 GTi and a 08 plate ZX6R :)
The bike was bought when i had a boring company car for my speed fix, now i've got the choice of both :)
Another plus is that i've recently moved and now have a 10 minute walk to work instead of a 20mile drive each way which is saving me a fortune too - good job when Super last night cost me 124.9 !!
Cant wait :laugh:
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Its the tax tax tax what your paying for... then VAT on the fuel you've bought :signLOL:
....Precisely, Rich!
Joe hasn't cottoned onto that yet, it seems.
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Oil companies dont make much on the fore-court, its a matter of pence with most of the cost coming from tax as Rich said. Teh oil company record profits are made from exploration and other activitivities and products they crack off of the crude.
The cost of our petrol is affected by two factors, the diesel cost is inflated due to the over-demand for diesel now-adays, as our aging refineries dont produce as much diesel as required, as when they were built diesel wasnt used in commercial vehicles in the volume it is today. And if you remember that petrol used to be cheaper than diesel, that was due to over production as people switched to diesel. But the lazy yanks figured out they could import our refined petrol cheaper than they could import crude and refine it so started buying our petrol excess inflating the petrol price again! :fighting:
And then the goverment tax us every which way on the small amount that petrol actually costs, not sure if people remember the last oil crisis iirc the goverment made an extra 50million in tax than expected due to price increases, and then still increased the tax to raise even more. :fighting:
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Think yourself lucky, I've filled up 3 times in the last week! :scared:
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Guys, as pointed out already, it's the tax thats the issue, 63% of the price of a litre of premium unleaded is tax and 61.2% on Super unleaded (taken from AA Fuel report for April http://www.theaa.com/onlinenews/allaboutcars/fuel/2010/april2010.pdf (http://www.theaa.com/onlinenews/allaboutcars/fuel/2010/april2010.pdf),) then add 17.5% VAT on to that and just do the math on what the treasury is taking in Fuel Duty.
So if the fuel companies are making a couple of billion on world wide profits how much do you think the UK Government is taking in revenue !!!!!!!
Pays your money and takes your choice, I just wish they would maintain the highway infrastructure to a higher standard.
just my 2p
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It was £1.30.9 last time for super (BP Ultimate) near where I work. It's getting a bit silly tbh, as over the last three weeks it's been a continuous rise.
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this is one of the main reasons i didn't trade my gttdi in for a R32 last year...the price of fuel and the tax on it are just craxy
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this is one of the main reasons i didn't trade my gttdi in for a R32 last year...the price of fuel and the tax on it are just craxy
....I know it's easy for me to say, but don't let the taxing barsturds grind you down. If possible, make other financial sacrifices if you really enjoy your car fun.
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Due to my increased driving now, this was one of the main reasons why I sold my GTI.
I used to go through a tank of fuel in just under a week, and it was costing me approx £50 to fill up.
I bought myself a 1.9TDI now - no fun driving, but Im saving tons of money.
Its been almost 2 weeks since I filled the tank, and 500 miles later, Im just under the half tank mark! I feel as though the car is running on air at the moment as Ive not popped into my local Shell garage for a while - it seems like I havent filled up for absolutely ages! Guess I was used to popping into the petrol station so often before!
As I said, no fun driving at all, but Im happier that Im saving a ton of money on fuel/tax/insurance.
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I wouldn't swap for diesel. No way. I'm planning something though... those of you who know about my line of work may hazard a guess :rolleye:
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It is getting a bit of a joke now tbh! I remember when I had my ED30 a few years ago it was approx £55.00 to brim it. The S3 is costing between £75.00 - £80.00 at the moment! That is a massive hike in a short space of time! When you fill up 2-3 times a week it really does make a difference! :surprised: :scared:
Im not complaining thought I would'nt have it any other way, tried having a diesel and hated it! :fighting:
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I wouldn't swap for diesel. No way. I'm planning something though... those of you who know about my line of work may hazard a guess :rolleye:
....What? To get your Karmann Ghia roadworthy? To mount that extra machine gun on your WW2 bike?
Hmm.. probably gonna be something that only farts silently :sad1:
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I wouldn't swap for diesel. No way. I'm planning something though... those of you who know about my line of work may hazard a guess :rolleye:
....What? To get your Karmann Ghia roadworthy? To mount that extra machine gun on your WW2 bike?
Hmm.. probably gonna be something that only farts silently :sad1:
Karmann and bike will both certainly be part of the mix! (the Karmann is still in bits though). But dead on about the silent thingy... makes sense for commuting to work and back.
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This is a depressing topic, but are the politicians debating about fuel costs and why they wont stop raping us? :sad1: