How are you going to pay for your fuel ?

BAILIFFCHASER

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itsnever2lateisit? wrote: »

In this household we have 2 cars
1 is a BMW powered diesel and Bio is a No - NO

The other is a Rover 600 with a 1980's vintage Perkins engine, 100% Bio no problem provided its not too cold

Anyone thinking of using Bio should consult their manufacturers data first, for some it voids the warranty, for others it just wont start because the flash point of Bio is too high for the glow plugs fitted

Oh and make sure that you have a receipt showing that duty has been paid. When the authorities notice your car smells like a burger van they immediately assume that you have been putting domestic veggie oil in

You can do a 10% diesel and 90% oil mix. Still cheaper than diesel @ 99p

BAILIFFCHASER

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itsnever2lateisit? wrote: »

In this household we have 2 cars
1 is a BMW powered diesel and Bio is a No - NO

The other is a Rover 600 with a 1980's vintage Perkins engine, 100% Bio no problem provided its not too cold

Anyone thinking of using Bio should consult their manufacturers data first, for some it voids the warranty, for others it just wont start because the flash point of Bio is too high for the glow plugs fitted

Oh and make sure that you have a receipt showing that duty has been paid. When the authorities notice your car smells like a burger van they immediately assume that you have been putting domestic veggie oil in

from july this year everybody has a personal allowance of 2500 litres of bio diesel. This si duty free. The thing is your limit actually starts when you are told by a official otherwise you are open to use as much as you want to in theory.

LuciferTDark

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I'm off out to mug old ladies for their pension to pay for my petrol.











No I'm kidding, not sure how much longer we can afford to run the car though, then I'll be pushing the missus in her wheelchair 3+ miles to go to Tesco as I'm not even going to think about struggling onto the bus.

ZTD

Agaton_Sax wrote: »

I remember when fuel went up to a £1 a litre previously and the haulage companies were up in arms ! Now the silence is deadly from that quarter Have they had a secret subsidy or something ?!

It was the small hauliers who were complaining. Either they've passed on the cost to their customers, or they've gone bust. The large hauliers don't complain - they win either way.

BAILIFFCHASER

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LuciferTDark wrote: »

I'm off out to mug old ladies for their pension to pay for my petrol.

No I'm kidding, not sure how much longer we can afford to run the car though, then I'll be pushing the missus in her wheelchair 3+ miles to go to Tesco as I'm not even going to think about struggling onto the bus.

I know i am going to push it a bit but why do you not get a toyota lucida(diesel). These run perfectly on veg oil with a 10% diesel mix when it gets cold.

Kaz2904

Where do you get bio fuel from then and what type of cars does it run in?
I saw that LPG is half the price of petrol but I can't buy it within a 5 mile radius of home/work so little point!

BAILIFFCHASER

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Bio diesel is vege oil/recycled oil etc and can be brought from supermarkets and runs in diesel only cars.

itsnever2lateisit?

BAILIFFCHASER wrote: »

Bio diesel is vege oil/recycled oil etc and can be brought from supermarkets and runs in diesel only cars.

Thats not strictly true, Bio Diesel is either waste or new vegetable oil which has been subjected to a process of filtration, titrilation and washing. I certainly would not put Mazola corn oil into my car without having undertaken these processes as a bi product of burning SVO is glycerene which is not good for the engine

oscar52

ZTD wrote: »

It was the small hauliers who were complaining. Either they've passed on the cost to their customers, or they've gone bust. The large hauliers don't complain - they win either way.

If I remember rightly, our democratic government at the time threatened to imprison them. Also, a certain Mr Williams who was one of the organisers of the protests now actively supports the Torys (cant remember if he got elected, know he was thinking of it.) - Which is the same party pretty much responsible for the cost of fuel being what it is - it was them that introduced the "Fuel Esculator".

Problem with fuel is the tax - we must be the only country that pays a tax rate of over 400% - and then when we add VAT, we effectively pay tax on tax.

lisa_martin_2

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Diesel is £1.20 here :-|