car using soooo much petrol,help

Sjay

I got 43.5mpg from my 1.6l petrol auto 2008 focus on a recent 120 mile run on a mix of A roads and motorway. I did drive like my granny though - driving normally on the same route yields around 39mpg

Stigy

im-lost wrote: »

Yes, because that's how real life works :rotfl: relying on others for a lift when you have a car, really? you know people that do this? im sure they are in the minority, jogging 5 miles to tesco at 10pm for a pint of milk

Im sure all the things that the OP uses the car for can be condensed down in to a day or two, bettys birthday bash on Friday can be brought forward to Tuesday, just so the op can go to the carboot just before, to save a few quid in petrol.

Really some people live on a different planet.

I really don't see that was the point Kala was making. Nobody is suggesting a 5-mile jog or moving a Birthday Bash, are the they? Kala was saying that if you can walk/jog rather than take the car, why not do so? Same as if one can combine say two separate work commitments that would otherwise mean two separate journeys to one day if they're near each other, why not?

kalaika

Stigy wrote: »

...Kala was saying that if you can walk/jog rather than take the car, why not do so? Same as if one can combine say two separate work commitments that would otherwise mean two separate journeys to one day if they're near each other, why not?

That's exactly it. As I said above, a guaranteed way of reducing consumption is to use the car less, if it's possible to do so. Whether that's by walking etc instead of driving or just planning ahead to combine two journeys in to one, it will all help.

gardner1

goldilocks wrote: »

1600 cc.manual.typical mpg not sure,and driving is just local,but

so how do you know its costing you too much in fuel

s_b

gardner1 wrote: »

so how do you know its costing you too much in fuel

are you serious?
get outa here
how do you know? well you pay for fuel for starters
what do you do ? tell james to fill the blighter up and dont spare the horses

harveybobbles

I watched a chav in a 3.0i X5 at a petrol station last week putting £10 in lol.

s_b

harveybobbles wrote: »

I watched a chav in a 3.0i X5 at a petrol station last week putting £10 in lol.

a £5 buys just under 3 inches in one of those green cans
i still cant get over this:D

mikey72

harveybobbles wrote: »

I watched a chav in a 3.0i X5 at a petrol station last week putting £10 in lol.

I've done that. Forgot my wallet, I've had to spend the emergency MacDonalds money in the sunvisor just to get home.

harveybobbles

He had his wallet with him. Maybe the all of the other pound notes in there was to pay for other "fuel"

gardner1

s_b wrote: »

are you serious?
get outa here
how do you know? well you pay for fuel for starters
what do you do ? tell james to fill the blighter up and dont spare the horses

well unless op knows how many mpg he/she is getting