Working out petrol costs

Runningfast

Hi,

I have to drive 800 miles (mix of motorways and winding country Roads, West Coast Scotland) in a couple of weeks and been asked to give someone a lift.

To budget they have asked roughly what the costs of the fuel will be so we can split it. The truth is I have no idea what it will cost or how to work it out.

Car is a 2L Vauxhall Insignia (Diesel).

Anyone know of any good websites or calculators to use? or have an idea how much this would roughly costs? I don't track the MPG or fuel use on my car so have no idea what I normally use, I just fill up as and when.

mchale

About 20 gallon of diesel

chrisw

800 miles at 40mpg = 20 gallons

Diesel average £1.30 per litre x 4.54 = £5.90 per gallon

Total Cost = 20 x £5.90 = £118

forgotmyname

Fill the tank up and they pay half and when you add more they pay half, simples???

[Deleted User]

And then factor in MOT, insurance, wear and tear, cost of the vehicle, your driving time

mark5

800 miles would be 5-10% of a lot of drivers annual mileage.

I would want a bit more than just half the fuel costs but that’s me, rough guess I would say diesel would cost about £140-150 for the trip, I would ask for a minimum of £80 personally, I don’t think £100 would be unreasonable to ask for though.

Apodemus

craig1123 wrote: »

And then factor in MOT, insurance, wear and tear, cost of the vehicle, your driving time

I read the OP as suggesting they were doing the journey anyway and simply giving someone else a lift. If so, then they would be helping towards the costs if they simply contributed to the fuel and perhaps paid for a coffee stop or two.

Different scenario, though, if the OP is only doing the journey to take the other person there and back, at which point all the additional costs might come into play.

mark5

Apodemus wrote: »

I read the OP as suggesting they were doing the journey anyway and simply giving someone else a lift. If so, then they would be helping towards the costs if they simply contributed to the fuel and perhaps paid for a coffee stop or two.

Different scenario, though, if the OP is only doing the journey to take the other person there and back, at which point all the additional costs might come into play.

At 50% of fuel costs only, the passenger would come out of it a lot better off than the op though.

Going on my own cars running costs there’s another £350 in there on top of fuel costs, based on percentage of annual mileage.

neilmcl

mark5 wrote: »

At 50% of fuel costs only, the passenger would come out of it a lot better off than the op though.

Going on my own cars running costs there’s another £350 in there on top of fuel costs, based on percentage of annual mileage.

Going on the HMRC approved mileage rates which is supposed to take into account the full cost of motoring, incl. wear & tear, depreciation etc, an 800 mile journey at 45p per mile would be £360.

martinthebandit

There is some really miserly people on here!

OP tell the person that your giving a lift to it's going to use £120 of diesel and see how much they offer.

Your going to be spending it anyway.

unholyangel

neilmcl wrote: »

Going on the HMRC approved mileage rates which is supposed to take into account the full cost of motoring, incl. wear & tear, depreciation etc, an 800 mile journey at 45p per mile would be £360.

And the rate for passenger payments is 5p per mile....or £40

But OP should check their insurance policy - some will become invalidated if you accept any payment from passengers. Others will only become invalidated if there is any element of profit/financial gain to it.