Buying Fuel - Boring?

arielcohen

What about fitting the car with lpg? then you could run on lpg untill that was up and switch to petrol when needed.

Strider590

maninthestreet wrote: »

It only takes 5 mnutes to re-fuel and then pay for it.

Not if the daft bint in the Peugeot in front, is doing her entire weekly shop, drinking a fresh coffee and picking up cookies for the kids, before paying for her fuel..... :mad:

And yes, this is what happened to me yesterday, petrol station was very busy...... I chose to wait behind her car as the rest were all stood fuelling up, after 3 minutes I turned the engine off and sat leaning on my front wing, after a further 4 minutes she finally appeared!! I was NOT impressed!! :mad:
I prefer to brim it every 3-4 weeks at around £70 a go, instead of dropping in £3 and going through this !!!!!! every single day. :cool:

myhooose

Just be thankful you don't have to hang around bored waiting for an electric car to refill!

blacksta

crazyguy wrote: »

walking it would take 27 hours and 12 minutes on a flat surface
Drink plenty of red bull and I would say you could cut the time in half !

I hope the above includes a return leg - I am not sure you have factored in sleep, change of cloth, food and other stuff

almillar

I was gonna suggest LPG, along the OP's line of a bigger tank, would add 100 or so miles, but of course it's another tank to fill. What I'd do if I were you would be to switch straight to a diesel though - you actually do the mileage to justify it. The car you're looking for, sticking to the same size as your Focus, would be whatever has the best MPG AND the biggest tank. Golf diesels might fit the bill for example. Smaller cars might get better MPG, but will also have smaller tanks, bigger cars will have bigger tanks and slightly less MPG. You're definitely driving the wrong car though!

Stigy

blacksta wrote: »

With the Adapted tank - I will only be causing an inconvenience once a month - I am sure you can live with that -

It is focus petrol 1.6 with 50 litre tank - and i only do the trip 5 days a week ( out of that i spend at least 3 days attending petrol stations)

Chances are you'd only see that same person once in your life anyway, and then he'd want to kill you for taking so long!

lyndasharp

How about a diesel that runs on veg oil? Apart from the cold winters, when ours needs a bit of diesel mixed in to get it going in the mornings, it works a treat :-) Who needs petrol stations when you can just stick it in the trolley with your weekly shop, then top up at home at your leisure...

pinkteapot

blacksta wrote: »

I thought about that - but was advised on MSE that buying a diesel car was false economy ( Firstly you pay more for diesel car and cost of fixing car issues).

Diesels are economical for high mileage drivers.

http://whatmpg.co.uk/Ford%20MPG%20information.html

Ford Focus:

Petrol = 41.5mpg = 16.4 gallons for your weekly commute = £97 a week (assuming 130.9p a litre)

Diesel = 51.4mpg = 13.2 gallons = £81 a week (assuming 134.9p a litre)

Annual saving = £832

And that was using the 'combined' MPG figure. If your drive is primarily on motorway/A-road then the difference in MPG will be higher and the saving will be larger. If this is the type of driving you're doing then when you change your car, take the 'extra urban' MPG into account. You might want a rep-mobile such as the Mondeo. Built for motorway cruising.

jaydeeuk1

pinkteapot wrote: »

Diesels are economical for high mileage drivers.

http://whatmpg.co.uk/Ford%20MPG%20information.html

Ford Focus:

Petrol = 41.5mpg = 16.4 gallons for your weekly commute = £97 a week (assuming 130.9p a litre)

Diesel = 51.4mpg = 13.2 gallons = £81 a week (assuming 134.9p a litre)

Annual saving = £832

And that was using the 'combined' MPG figure. If your drive is primarily on motorway/A-road then the difference in MPG will be higher and the saving will be larger.

How much is the saving worth when you take in to account more expensive servicing, repairs and all the gallons of oil you'll burn?

Bigmoney2

jaydeeuk1 wrote: »

How much is the saving worth when you take in to account more expensive servicing, repairs and all the gallons of oil you'll burn?

And the extra tank will be classed as a modification and your insurance premium will increase as well