What's with the fuel prices! And cheap whisky, apparently ...

[gbb]

15 mile drive yesterday on E10, mostly motorway but a few miles of normal roads...

Not bad at all for a 2ltr petrol, mostly 60mph, temps outside help a lot .
A lot of cars missing on the roads IMO and lots that have slowed diwn a bit.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Not bad at all for a 2ltr petrol, mostly 60mph, temps outside help a lot .
A lot of cars missing on the roads IMO and lots that have slowed diwn a bit.

Outside temperatures will make your figures worse, the colder the fuel the denser it is, the more bang you get for your bucks, totally impractical but you should always fill up when it's as cold as possible.

But good if cars are slowing down, it's not something I've seen in the village, still getting overtaken when doing 30mph in the 30mph zone.

 

[Andy in Germany]

I looked at a petrol station yesterday, they were selling diesel at 1.88 €/Ltr which is about GBP 1.60. No idea if that's a lot as I have nothing to compare it to.

 

[deptfordmarmoset]

Outside temperatures will make your figures worse, the colder the fuel the denser it is, the more bang you get for your bucks, totally impractical but you should always fill up when it's as cold as possible.

But good if cars are slowing down, it's not something I've seen in the village, still getting overtaken when doing 30mph in the 30mph zone.

I get better figures when it's warm, even when using air con. (I never use air con on my own but I've been taxiing people around while it's been hot and I've been keeping an eye on how it affects fuel consumption.)

 

[vickster]

I looked at a petrol station yesterday, they were selling diesel at 1.88 €/Ltr which is about GBP 1.60. No idea if that's a lot as I have nothing to compare it to.

Much less than the UK, it’s about £2 a litre currently

 

[gbb]

Outside temperatures will make your figures worse, the colder the fuel the denser it is, the more bang you get for your bucks, totally impractical but you should always fill up when it's as cold as possible.

But good if cars are slowing down, it's not something I've seen in the village, still getting overtaken when doing 30mph in the 30mph zone.

Nah, every summer my fuel consumption improves, winter it worsens. Come winter, I'll be struggling to get 50mpg on the same run. Ive been doing the same run for 5 years, cold temps really hit consumption.
The fuel density sounds right, I've heard that but reality for me is a great deal more mpg in higher temps.

 

[fossyant]

I looked at a petrol station yesterday, they were selling diesel at 1.88 €/Ltr which is about GBP 1.60. No idea if that's a lot as I have nothing to compare it to.

Thats cheap compared to UK as we are still near GBP £2 for smelly diesel

 

[fossyant]

Beat to it by Vickster...

 

[fossyant]

Watch out, watch out, some smug leccy car driver will be along in a moment.

Me, however, cycled to work today. Zero cost.👅

 

[Illaveago]

I looked at a petrol station yesterday, they were selling diesel at 1.88 €/Ltr which is about GBP 1.60. No idea if that's a lot as I have nothing to compare it to.

Better pop over there and fill up .

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Me, however, cycled to work today. Zero cost.👅

I came out of my house & now working in the gazebo at the bottom of the garden, I took the short route, only did 5 miles instead of the 10 I sometimes do.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

I get better figures when it's warm, even when using air con. (I never use air con on my own but I've been taxiing people around while it's been hot and I've been keeping an eye on how it affects fuel consumption.)

Nah, every summer my fuel consumption improves, winter it worsens. Come winter, I'll be struggling to get 50mpg on the same run. Ive been doing the same run for 5 years, cold temps really hit consumption.
The fuel density sounds right, I've heard that but reality for me is a great deal more mpg in higher temps.

As I understand it/was advised the colder the air the better the bang & less fuel used, hence why sports cars try to get cold air into the throttle body, also fuel is denser the colder it gets. Potentially you get worse fuel in winter due to having to warm the engine up, also the air is denser so maybe it takes more to push through it, unfortunately I'm not a scientist just relating what I have been told which may or may not be brolacs.

 

[DCLane]

Watch out, watch out, some smug leccy car driver will be along in a moment.

Me, however, cycled to work today. Zero cost.👅

Smug leccy driver (or, hybrid) = me

But I did cycle to work today. Mainly because a) my work's car park is shut and b) with bike racks on the roof it won't fit.

But I bought a croissant with my coffee for the re-sit drop-in session that no-one's attended so far. At a discount, so 60p, but not quite a 'free' commute.

 

[vickster]

Smug leccy driver (or, hybrid) = me

But I did cycle to work today. Mainly because a) my work's car park is shut and b) with bike racks on the roof it won't fit.

But I bought a croissant with my coffee for the re-sit drop-in session that no-one's attended so far. At a discount, so 60p, but not quite a 'free' commute.

And you won the car in a competition so should be super smug (the smug leccy (aka Tesla) car drivers will however tell you that hybrids are crap )

 

[DCLane]

@vickster - I valued it yesterday just to see. WeBuyAnyCar, the sister company of Cinch, offered me £32,000 to buy back the £30,000 car they gave me in April