Don't buy your petrol in £'s !!

M4RKM

so you put £20 in your car in 1983, and then another £20 in the same car in 2008...

:-D

DGJsaver

superbigal36 wrote: »

Whats everyones problem ?
Petrol has not gone up in price.
In 1983 when I got my 1st car I put £20 petrol in my car.
Today when I went to the Garage I still put £20 in.
No Increase

Now that is what i call seriously good MPG

Is it a diesel.................?

StrawberryJam_2

phatbear wrote: »

My car takes about £60 worth a diesel and if i left this in one of those nice A&L 10% accounts I would get £6 interest in a year on this money, which is 12p a week, so if I keep my money in my account im saving myself 12p a week in lost interest,

you'll also get taxed :think: on your savings.

In all seriousness, buying your petrol in £s, litres, gallons, time standing filling up, any either way if you want save money, get a more efficient car.

OR

remove unused items - remove the spare wheel, unused seats, carpet, parcel shelf, any furnishings, cd player, sat nav, air freshner to lighten the load and dont forget to inflate your tyre pressure correctly, now that would just be stupid not to have correctly inflated tyres.

also remember to wear only shorts, light tshirt and sandals and you are on your way to saving a fortune _party_

also there are some money savers out there simply adding some straight vegtable oil (SVO) direct into their diesel tank, a litre of cooking oil off the shelf is slightly cheaper than at the pump.

phatbear

StrawberryJam wrote: »

you'll also get taxed :think: on your savings.

In all seriousness, buying your petrol in £s, litres, gallons, time standing filling up, any either way if you want save money, get a more efficient car.

OR

remove unused items - remove the spare wheel, unused seats, carpet, parcel shelf, any furnishings, cd player, sat nav, air freshner to lighten the load and dont forget to inflate your tyre pressure correctly, now that would just be stupid not to have correctly inflated tyres.

also remember to wear only shorts, light tshirt and sandals and you are on your way to saving a fortune _party_

also there are some money savers out there simply adding some straight vegtable oil (SVO) direct into their diesel tank, a litre of cooking oil off the shelf is slightly cheaper than at the pump.

You've miss quoted me i also said

" i have never ever worried about saving 12p on a £60 purchase before and anyone that does worry about such small amounts of money needs more help than the ladies and gents of MSE can ever give you."

I agree with the getting rid of excess weight, personally I always make sure ive had a shave and a poo before I get in my car, hell i've even been known to drive around naked just to save on 0.00001% of diesel, however you mentioned getting rid of of any excess furnishings therefore with this in mind Ive just removed the sideboard and chest of drawers I keep in the car, now my only problem is where to put all my stuff which was already in them ah well time for a re-think

all the best

the bear

Incapuppy

Going_Mad wrote: »

By being lighter footed combined with some car sharing I save about £600 a year on fuel - then by only buying what I need rather than filling up I improve cashflow by £30 at any one time.

I know the £30 doesn't seem much in isolation but combine this with 10 orther money saving techniques for the same amount and suddenly I have an extra £300 a month (to spend or save)

I have been giving this matter some thought as I feel sure there is a flaw in your argument, but please bear with me as I can sometimes be incredibly dense ;0)

Your first point I understand - you have, through car-sharing and various driving methods managed to save, on your reckoning, around £50 per month, which of course is great.

Where your argument falls down for me is where you say that by only filling up when you need to, you improve cashflow by £30 at a time (I am still with you here) but then you go on to say that you have this extra £30 a month to spend or save as you wish.

If your car uses £60 of fuel per month, it matters not if you put it all in in one go or you put £15 worth in on four separate occasions during the month. Improving cashflow means that although you retain cash in your pocket for a period if time instead of converting it all immediately to fuel in your tank, sooner or later you will need to use the same £30 for fuel.

I am therefore arguing that the £30 you say you have extra to spend or save each month is not really 'extra' or a saving at all, you have merely overcalculated the amount you need to spend on fuel by £30 per month.

Please can someone else confirm that my little mind has worked this out correctly, 'tis a lot for a bear of very little brain like myself to compute and I shall need to go and have a lie down for a while after all that effort ;0)

oxters

Quote:
Originally Posted by Going Mad
I heard it turned into Lambrini :-)

Quote:You're absolutely right - it was in the Bible somewhere



Was that where he said "give me a pitcher of water(or was it petrol?) and I will turn it into a pitcher of wine" ?

And the disciples said "Just put your money in the kitty like the rest of us"

This thread is better than the readers' letters in the Caravan Club Magazine and that's saying something.

Emily_Hall08

Murphy_The_Cat wrote: »

that was the trick, wasn't it ? filling up with fuel just BEFORE the light came on.

For anyone else out there, I've developed an unbeatable system (not patented yet) that will make a tank of fuel last indefinitely -- but its not an idea that I would pitch into the Dragons Den with

I don't have the patience to read through 9+ pages to see if you explained this....
What's the idea? I really wanna know :j

M4RKM

Emily... the OP thinks they can save money, by only filling up their tank once a week with what fuel they need, rather than filling the tank up full once a month....

oxters

Bet they go to Tescos every day as well and buy a small loaf and half a pint of milk!

JimmyTheWig

oxters wrote: »

Bet they go to Tescos every day as well and buy a small loaf and half a pint of milk!

It's different. Two half-pints of milk cost more than one pint of milk, so that would be a bad plan.
But there is no price-break on petrol.