Latest Petrol Rises : How are you coping?

hougtimo

Well, petrol here has now hit 118p per litre for the Bank Holiday.

How are these further rises affecting you & how are you coping? How are you povisioning for further rises?

It has hit me fairly hard, as I am now spending nearly £80 a week on petrol I need my car for my business so less journeys isn't really an option right now. I'm also avceraging 47mpg so it's not a case of an uneconomical car either!

Thanks to this site, SliceThePie is now paying about half of my petrol costs per week, and I hope to increase this. But - it is a lot of extra work just to be able to get to and from work!

Just want to know how it is affecting other people here

Belnahua

Pretty bad, I live 50 miles round trip from work. There's no public transport; and cycling isn't an option either.

So all in all, it's costing me best part of £150 a month just for petrol; never mind the roads are so bad here, I get through tyres and suspension like sweeties. Then to make matters worse Mrs Belnahua works 60 miles in totally the opposite direction, with the same problems. So that's about £400 in fuel between us.

I get so sick and tired of the green lobby jumping up and down with glee.

We can't move house, we cannot change job (well not without changing career!), we can't buy a newer car, we can't use a cycle, and there's no public transport, and as we're remote, car sharing isn't viable either.

savemoney

I have to fill up tonight £30 last me about a week I dont use car much accept for working takeway. I use my car for working evenings as a takeway driver. I dont make a lot of dosh, I do enjoy the job but the increase in petrol really makes me think twice now. I managed to get a small increase in wages £5 per week but I drive about 150+ miles a week (4 nights 3x3 hours and 2x4 hours) last night I did 50 miles.

I dont get an extra whether its in town or worse a large council with some private housing estate 3 miles away from out of town and whats worse it takes time and my own cost and it seems most of my calls are out there now. I really think the boss should charge customers more only a £1 del or free over £12 sometimes I have to travel 5 miles for on call, and I dont get a lot on tips only about a 3rd customers tio which makes a BIG difference to my costs.

PasturesNew

savemoney wrote: »

I have to fill up tonight £30 last me aboiut a week I dont use car much accept for workin takeway. I use my car for working evenings as a takeway driver. I dont make a lot of dosh, I do enjoy the job but the increase in petrol really makes me think twice now. I maanged to get a small increase in wages £5 per week but I drive about 150+ miles a week (4 nights 3x3 hours and 2x4 hours) last night I did 50 miles. I dont get an extra whethers its in town or worse a large council with some private housing estate 3 miles away from out of town and whats worse it takes time and my own costs and it seems most of my calls are out there now. I really think the boss should charge customers more only a £1 del or free over £12 sometimes I have to travel 5 miles for on call, and I dont get a lot on tips only about a 3rd customers tio whihc makes a BIG difference to my costs.

I think most people assume the delivery person is employed by a takeaway.

I only found out there was another way of it being done when I worked with a guy 18 months ago who does it. He gets £15/shift, £1/delivery and a free chinese meal.

The people who tip/no-tip don't realise that you only get paid £1 to make their delivery.

savemoney

I get paid £4 an hour plus £1 delivery plus £10 bonus if I do a full week 4 nights. I dont get paid holidays, I knows its only part time work But costs of running a car is a lot. Last night I did 54 miles I got paid £34, and I made about £7 in tips. I am very friendly but not a lot of customers tip ( use to get more tips but I think people are holding back). I work solid all night with no breaks etc. I am not complaining about tips/holidays or even hard work. Its just the sheer cost of driving and I drive very carefully and service car reguarly etc

I also have to pay for calls to customers if they dont answer door, admittedly its not much and I try and not do it

mcduff16

Hello

I started cycling to work (16 miles round trip). I figured i saved about £14 pounds last week, so hopefully the weather will hold on. Petrol prices are getting ridiculous!

dexterlevi

Unfortuanatly we have the fuel duty increase looming in the autumn so it,s only going to get worse.You would think with the current credit crunch hitting us all quite hard, that Mr messers Darling and Brown could win some valuable brownie points and scrap the idea.Won,t hold my breath though?

ifonlyitwaseasier

well if there was a bus that went anywhere near my work at a time that meant i'd be in on time i'd be happy, but i'd have to get the bus at 6 am to get to work a half hour late (two and a half hours to get 5 1/2 miles!!) and i know i could walk it but there is no pavement for about two miles of it and as it's along a busy a road, i'm loathe to do it.

so OH and i are car sharing on days when he is in early but thats only 2 days a week

and i've heard from a medical friend (key workers get told early!) that there might be a petrol shortage in a couple of weeks so heres a heads up for you all

Noozan

savemoney wrote: »

I get paid £4 an hour plus £1 delivery plus £10 bonus if I do a full week 4 nights. I dont get paid holidays, I knows its only part time work But costs of running a car is a lot. Last night I did 54 miles I got paid £34, and I made about £7 in tips. I am very friendly but not a lot of customers tip ( use to get more tips but I think people are holding back). I work solid all night with no breaks etc. I am not complaining about tips/holidays or even hard work. Its just the sheer cost of driving and I drive very carefully and service car reguarly etc

I also have to pay for calls to customers if they dont answer door, admittedly its not much and I try and not do it

We pay the delivery drivers £5 an hour, plus they get the delivery fee which varies between £1.00 and £3.00 depending on how far it is (up to 3.5 mile radius) They also get a free meal too. The drivers usually average £60, before tips. Whereabouts are you? We struggle to find reliable drivers!

The Shell garage just down the road from us has raised it's prices 3 times in the last 7 days! It's currently 124.9 a litre for diesel.

savemoney

I live near York.

My main gripe is because I can travel 4-5 miles for one call I only get £1 of which it can take up to 20-25 minutes of my time, I dont mind so much if 3-4 calls in same place as it can make it worth while.

I spend on a full shift about £6-£7 on petrol only so my tips just about cover that but I do have the cars running costs. Had 4 new tyres this year, and I need a new exchaust £280 which I cant afford

I am reliable, never missed a day off since starting 18 months ago, I dont even go on holidays now as they cant get a replacement. They have had other drivers but they dont last long. When I started there was 3 drivers and I got paid £6 an hour now there are two they save money on wages and I work harder because I get paid per call. If all calls were close by it wouldnt be so bad. The dossy woman who takes orders doenst knwo the area so I can sometime cover one end of town and the other if I dont tell her.

I paid £111.9 for unleaded last night £30 which will last a week

Noozan wrote: »

We pay the delivery drivers £5 an hour, plus they get the delivery fee which varies between £1.00 and £3.00 depending on how far it is (up to 3.5 mile radius) They also get a free meal too. The drivers usually average £60, before tips. Whereabouts are you? We struggle to find reliable drivers!

The Shell garage just down the road from us has raised it's prices 3 times in the last 7 days! It's currently 124.9 a litre for diesel.

steady__eddie

Unlike the majority of other posters, my round trip to work is only about 4 miles and at the begining of the year, I shyed away from diesel when it had just strayed north of £1/litre. I salvaged a bicycle which had been destined for the tip and "enjoy" cycling to work at 10 to 6 every morning. After taking into consideration the time it takes to get the car out of the garage and through drive gates, it takes me less time on my bike. In addition to this, the increased exercise has forced me to decrease my tobacco consumption considerably. On the downside however, I have fallen into the David Cameron/Boris Johnson mould of non P.C. cycling (hope there are no press photographers lurking). My diesel consumption is now down to £10/month and the car is only used once a week to take her who thinks that she must be obeyed shopping. Were it not for this, i would not be grieving over the couple of hundred quid that I have got to shell out for insurance at the end of this month.
I realise that I am in a fortunate position and have sympathy for others whose demand for fuel is inelastic.