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How much do you spend on petrol/diesel a month?

  • 17-04-2011 7:33pm
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    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 658 ✭✭✭


    I was just thinking today about the amount myself and OH spend on fuel a month.

    I have a 1.2 litre petrol and spend 120 a month.

    OH has a 2 litre Diesel and spends 160 a month.
    Thats a whopping 280 a month of our income gone:eek:

    Just interested what others are spending on fuel too......


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,297 ✭✭✭joolsveer


    I have a van with 1.9 diesel engine and the OH has a 2.0 diesel car and we spent about €200 a month on fuel.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43 galwayash


    €60/week on petrol :eek: Insane I know but I travel from Dublin to Kildare for work everyday. The price I pay to live in Dublin :)
    My OH doesn't have a car so that's our total expenditure on petrol.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,167 ✭✭✭✭Berty


    I suppose between:

    €380 and €475 on Diesel

    Company car.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,006 ✭✭✭Shane732


    Don't have the new car a month yet but I reckon somewhere between €400 - €500 a month.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,144 ✭✭✭alanmc


    About €400 per month. Not too bad for a 3.5 V6 I think.

    Hoping to reduce this drastically for the summer months by using the Gixxer for work. :D


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  • Posts: 23,339 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    €240/month for less than 800 miles :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,810 ✭✭✭ergonomics


    I have a 1.4 litre and spend €160 on a month. The OH also has a 1.4 and spends about the same.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,006 ✭✭✭Shane732


    galwayash wrote: »
    €60/week on petrol :eek: Insane I know but I travel from Dublin to Kildare for work everyday. The price I pay to live in Dublin :)
    My OH doesn't have a car so that's our total expenditure on petrol.

    €60 a week is nothing. You should be very happy with that.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,006 ✭✭✭Shane732


    alanmc wrote: »
    About €400 per month. Not too bad for a 3.5 V6 I think.

    Hoping to reduce this drastically for the summer months by using the Gixxer for work. :D

    What are you driving?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,156 ✭✭✭✭Lemming


    350 miles/week, circa 1400 miles/month and spending about £140 / €160 per month.

    That's my commute to work, assuming I'm in the office for a five day week and don't end up working from home at all which occasionally happens.


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  • Closed Accounts Posts: 12,456 ✭✭✭✭Mr Benevolent


    Shane732 wrote: »
    What are you driving?

    Indeed. Honda Leg-end? 350Z?


  • Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 21,725 Mod ✭✭✭✭helimachoptor


    Was about 60 a week on a 1.0 corsa, starting a new job tomorrow with a company car not sure what type yet though but will expect to be putting a good bit more in


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,180 ✭✭✭Mena


    €500 to €600 or therabouts, but that's hers and mine combined.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,144 ✭✭✭alanmc


    Confab wrote: »
    Indeed. Honda Leg-end? 350Z?

    350Z. It's lighter on the juice than I thought it would be.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,985 ✭✭✭rocky


    55€/month, low mileage :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,181 ✭✭✭bryaner


    Shane732 wrote: »
    €60 a week is nothing. You should be very happy with that.

    Think you will find €60 a week is €60 more than nothing..


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,144 ✭✭✭alanmc


    bryaner wrote: »
    Think you will find €60 a week is €60 more than nothing..

    For a weeks worth of driving pleasure, it's quite reasonable. :p


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 43 galwayash


    bryaner wrote: »
    Think you will find €60 a week is €60 more than nothing..

    In fairness, I was paying €100 a week for petrol but I've moved closer to the n7 so am now saving on my weekly petrol bill! :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,181 ✭✭✭bryaner


    alanmc wrote: »
    For a weeks worth of driving pleasure, it's quite reasonable. :p

    Depends what you earn.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,489 ✭✭✭sh1tstirrer


    €340 with one car and 40 mpg.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,171 ✭✭✭af_thefragile


    About 100eur...

    My 1.4l Puma uses more fuel than it should...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,587 ✭✭✭✭guil


    i'd say i'd get by on around 100 per month, i only have to drive 6 km's to work


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,181 ✭✭✭bryaner


    About 100eur...

    My 1.4l Puma uses more fuel than it should...

    Agh jaysus do you still have the cat thought it was scrapped..


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 13,822 ✭✭✭✭EPM


    About €140 per week (2 tanks) usually just for the commute and evening driving. If I do something at the weekend that's more again. And I try to make the most out of my free time so you could add another 2 tanks for weekends. So that's about €700 per month on go go juice...oh dear...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,181 ✭✭✭bryaner


    EPM wrote: »
    About €140 per week usually just for the commute and evening driving. If I do something at the weekend that's more again. And I try to make the most out of my free time so you could add another €50 to that 2 out if 4 weekends. So that's about €650 per month on go go juice...oh dear...

    Ouchski..:eek:


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 13,822 ✭✭✭✭EPM


    bryaner wrote: »
    Ouchski..:eek:

    I looked at diesel receipts there and edited it...feel worse now...


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,587 ✭✭✭✭guil


    when i had a subaru it was at least 250 a week no joke


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,144 ✭✭✭alanmc


    EPM wrote: »
    About €140 per week (2 tanks) usually just for the commute and evening driving. If I do something at the weekend that's more again. And I try to make the most out of my free time so you could add another 2 tanks for weekends. So that's about €700 per month on go go juice...oh dear...

    Sounds like you're driving something V8ish. Either that or you're commuting from the south of France.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,445 ✭✭✭Absurdum


    alanmc wrote: »
    About €400 per month. Not too bad for a 3.5 V6 I think.

    same :(


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,570 ✭✭✭rebel.ranter


    €650 a month for two petrol cars. It would kill me to get a diesel but I might just have to consider it :(


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,201 ✭✭✭✭_Kaiser_


    About €400 a month at the minute in diesel + tolls :(

    2L TDI Passat with a just under 200km daily commute Monday to Friday. Mostly motorway driving but still adds up rapidly.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 13,822 ✭✭✭✭EPM


    alanmc wrote: »
    Sounds like you're driving something V8ish. Either that or you're commuting from the south of France.

    Lol, no and no. It's getting serviced 2 and a half months since it's last one too.

    Cork to Tip everyday, sometimes Carlow too and I suppose I don't drive in the most economical fashion either.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 5,731 ✭✭✭Bullseye1


    I used to spend around €300 a month but now I work from home 2-3 days so I'm down to €200 a month. What a waste of money. I really pity some of the higher milage people. With fuel prices going only one way it's not going to be easy.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 26,280 ✭✭✭✭Eric Cartman


    about 5-600 a month in diesel, 3-4000km a month roughly


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,144 ✭✭✭alanmc


    Absurdum wrote: »
    same :(

    Same car? Why the frowny?

    It's the first car I've ever owned that I don't mind shovelling petrol into. I love it.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,614 ✭✭✭BrianD3


    400-450 euro per month. High mileage in a 1.6 petrol.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,445 ✭✭✭Absurdum


    alanmc wrote: »
    Same car? Why the frowny?

    It's the first car I've ever owned that I don't mind shovelling petrol into. I love it.


    nah a Murano, frowning about the money!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,144 ✭✭✭alanmc


    Absurdum wrote: »
    nah a Murano, frowning about the money!

    Same engine ..... albeit tuned for torque rather than power. Carrying round the extra weight would make it a bit thirstier than the Zed though.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 393 ✭✭Gitb1


    used to spend about 240 a month on petrol in my 1.3 colt. Now spending a little less than 80 a month in diesel in my 1.5 megane


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,182 ✭✭✭alexlyons


    about 5-600 a month in diesel, 3-4000km a month roughly

    They're fairly big variations :P


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  • Posts: 23,339 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    EPM wrote: »
    So that's about €700 per month on go go juice...oh dear...

    :eek: That's .... I dunno....... very high :(
    Before I came back working in Cork work in Cashel was on the cards. Commuting that far every day didn't tickle my fancy.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,791 ✭✭✭JJJJNR


    doing 2300 km a month as a commute, I'm spending 330 euros just to get to work.

    Each time I have a fun moment in the car I throw 5 euros into the glove box.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 375 ✭✭unknownlegend


    Averaging 250 a month. Not bad considering... just a few long runs approx 150 miles each way.
    Have to keep 'recreational' driving to a minimum :-(


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,399 ✭✭✭PARKHEAD67


    MIRMIR82 wrote: »
    I was just thinking today about the amount myself and OH spend on fuel a month.

    I have a 1.2 litre petrol and spend 120 a month.

    OH has a 2 litre Diesel and spends 160 a month.
    Thats a whopping 280 a month of our income gone:eek:

    Just interested what others are spending on fuel too......
    About 80 a month.1.9 tdi.Maybe slightly less actually.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,373 ✭✭✭Brenireland


    200 a month at say 160KM a week.
    /I drive an old 97 Daewoo.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 2,399 ✭✭✭PARKHEAD67


    €650 a month for two petrol cars. It would kill me to get a diesel but I might just have to consider it :(
    The aul diesels arent as ****e as they used to be back in the day.Turbos and all now, and some of em are quieter than petrols;).


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,479 ✭✭✭✭bazz26


    Just over €300 a month with a 2.0 diesel. Used to be alot more but I work from home more often these days.


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 16,705 ✭✭✭✭Tigger


    daily car €270 diesel
    bikes €80 petrol
    weekend cars €90 petrol

    so about €440


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,234 ✭✭✭Ardennes1944


    1.4=€140 for me :)


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,619 ✭✭✭200motels


    Over 2000KLM a month about 260 euro.


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