How much do you spend on petrol?

purplecow1977

Or maybe a better question would be to ask how many km does your car travel for say €50?

Mine only travels about 500km for €50. Is this really bad?
What can I do to improve fuel consumption?

Mint Sauce

purplecow1977 wrote: »

Or maybe a better question would be to ask how many km does your car travel for say €50?

Mine only travels about 500km for €50. Is this really bad?
What can I do to improve fuel consumption?

Depends. If you drive a 1.0 yes it is.

If its a 2-3.0 then probably not.

purplecow1977

Sorry, I should have specified. It's a 1.4 petrol.

Alanstrainor

Mine does less than 500km on a €90 fill. And usually it's a good bit less! But i have a heavy right foot!

ABajaninCork

I spend about E20 weekly/every 10 days, depending. Does me for about 250km. I've got a 1.2 Fiesta.

Mint Sauce

purplecow1977 wrote: »

Sorry, I should have specified. It's a 1.4 petrol.

I drive a 1.4. €70-80 gives me between 500-600km, most weeks atleast half to 3/4 of my driving is town based, sitting in traffic. without knowing what your daily drive is, that figure does not sound to bad compared to mine.

Idbatterim

only ones that will make a real difference other than the obvious are majorly read the road ahead and slow down...

purplecow1977

ABajaninCork wrote: »

I spend about E20 weekly/every 10 days, depending. Does me for about 250km. I've got a 1.2 Fiesta.

Currently I'm commuting 100km each day (50km both ways) so I'm feeling the extra difference I suppose.

My car was never great on fuel anyway.

Up until recently I just put petrol in whenever I needed it and never really noticed how much I was getting out of €50 or whatever so just starting to notice now and it seems to be 100km - €10. Was just interested to see how it compares with others.

And like you Alanst, I have a heavy right foot I fear!!!

BNMC

€60 per week. Drive 300 miles per week to work. Nissan Almera 1.5.

Good or Bad?

SCOOP 64

So thats 310 miles for €50, sorry km still mean nothing to me!

i dont know ,is that bad?

purplecow1977

Mint Sauce wrote: »

I drive a 1.4. €70-80 gives me between 500-600km, most weeks atleast half to 3/4 of my driving is town based, sitting in traffic. without knowing what your daily drive is, that figure does not sound to bad compared to mine.

I'm travelling back roads for 50km with a lot of stops/turns/roundabouts. I am guilty for accelerating too quickly probably also.

magic123

35 E every 2 weeks.and drive 300 miles.nissan almera 1.5 ....goes on lpg

Zoney

purplecow1977 wrote: »

Or maybe a better question would be to ask how many km does your car travel for say €50?

Mine only travels about 500km for €50. Is this really bad?
What can I do to improve fuel consumption?

Similar to what I get, maybe slightly more. I'd say I get about 450 km for €50, but that's mostly long distance with only a small amount of urban driving (not in heavy traffic). 1.6 litre petrol engine.

Stick to max speed on the motorway and speed up/slow down plenty on the older N roads, so not the best economy.

Covering enough variety of locations that I avoid more expensive pump prices.

purplecow1977

Zoney wrote: »

Similar to what I get, maybe slightly more. I'd say I get about 450 km for €50, but that's mostly long distance with only a small amount of urban driving (not in heavy traffic). 1.6 litre petrol engine.

Stick to max speed on the motorway and speed up/slow down plenty on the older N roads, so not the best economy.

Covering enough variety of locations that I avoid more expensive pump prices.

Yes I suppose that's helpful also. Wasn't there a website before which listed cheap pumps? On my commute I've seen one station 1.62 for 1L petrol and another for €1.57. 5c per L is noticeable if you're filling your tank every week!

V.W.L 11

€50 a week on a 1.6 petrol engine,approx 5-600kms a week sometimes more depending on where i drive,a few weeks back it took just under half a tank dublin to cork nearly all motorway driving

KwackerJack

Eh about €120/140 to and from work (6 days)

Kinnegad to city centre

2.0 T Volvo S80 Manual

Edit: at 157.9 €20 will get me approximately 80 miles safely.

purplecow1977

V.W.L 11 wrote: »

€50 a week on a 1.6 petrol engine,approx 5-600kms a week sometimes more depending on where i drive,a few weeks back it took just under half a tank dublin to cork nearly all motorway driving

That's sickening really isn't it?

SCOOP 64

Found €1.57 today cheapest around.

http://www.pumps.ie/index.php

€1.54 esso d8

jaffa20

Wouldn't this depend on the price/litre? I guess around 235 miles for 50euro in my TT.

purplecow1977

KwackerJack wrote: »

Eh about €120/140 to and from work (6 days)

Kinnegad to city centre

2.0 T Volvo S80 Manual

Wow. How do you cope with such expenses? I've just come from a 6km daily commute to a 100km daily commute and the time difference to my day to factor in the drive is a definite eye opener, let alone the cost!

BNMC

KwackerJack wrote: »

Eh about €120/140 to and from work (6 days)

Kinnegad to city centre

2.0 T Volvo S80 Manual

Edit: at 157.9 €20 will get me approximately 80 miles safely.

Fuck that!

Markcheese

I find I get way better mpg driving say from cork city down to west cork, (not the greatest roads, lots of towns) than driving cork to Dublin.....
The difference is about 30 miles an hour... , doing 75 /80 miles an hour drinks fuel compared to 55 60 , even with a lot more stop start ect... Driving a reasonably well kept 00 fabia 1.4 ....

KwackerJack

purplecow1977 wrote: »

Wow. How do you cope with such expenses? I've just come from a 6km daily commute to a 100km daily commute and the time difference to my day to factor in the drive is a definite eye opener, let alone the cost!

I like my petrol cars, drink once a month if even that , don't smoke or spend money on crap so my money goes on the car and bike.

I really need a diesel but always prefered petrol.

I will be looking to buy a used kia Sorento Auto in the new year but even that only get 30mpg average.

Smaller car be financially better but i pay all my bills etc so as i said all my spare cash goes on a nice car and the bike.

SCOOP 64

KwackerJack wrote: »

Eh about €120/140 to and from work (6 days)

Kinnegad to city centre

2.0 T Volvo S80 Manual

Edit: at 157.9 €20 will get me approximately 80 miles safely.

€120/140 a week to work ,don't how you do that on minimum wage:D

Scortho

Getting around 130 miles out of 20L for the last week on long runs.
On short fun runs I'd get about 80 to my 20 L. Now to get it down to 60 miles to 20 litres!

KwackerJack

SCOOP 64 wrote: »

€120/140 a week to work ,don't how you do that on minimum wage:D

Who said i was on minimum wage

its called Money Management

MuppetCheck

purplecow1977

Is that an app?

ARGINITE

~290 Miles to a full tank (61 Litres) on a motorway journey without lots of traffic.

MuppetCheck

purplecow1977 wrote: »

Is that an app?

Yes, fuel log on android.

Truckermal

I fill my car for work every 3 weeks which costs just over 80 euros and I do a 24 mile round trip 7 days a week, Avensis daysul.

KwackerJack

Those apps are great......except when the woman doesn't recoded the required info :mad:

purplecow1977

KwackerJack wrote: »

Those apps are great......except when the woman doesn't recoded the required info :mad:

Ah don't blame us women! She was probably thinking of the 1,001 things she had to do when she got home, including making your dinner :P

KwackerJack

purplecow1977 wrote: »

Ah don't blame us women! She was probably thinking of the 1,001 things she had to do when she got home, including making your dinner :P

Ah suppose, she has to concentrate on not crashing so I can hardly ask her to read the Mileage to :P

V.W.L 11

purplecow1977 wrote: »

That's sickening really isn't it?

time for a push bike

purplecow1977

KwackerJack wrote: »

Ah suppose, she has to concentrate on not crashing so I can hardly ask her to read the Mileage to :P

Haha :-) Poor women drivers always gettin' a bashin'!!! I'll say nothing! :rolleyes:

Thanks for the input everyone. I don't feel too bad about my beloved car now! :-) Although she is a bit too thirsty for my liking!!

Max Power1

€0 per week on petrol

about €100 every 8-12 days on diesel though, which gets me about 750-850km per tank, depending on the frequency of my use of sport mode!

smoking_kills

About E80 a week, gets me 300 miles per tank. 270 if I'm late some mornings Thankfully the drive to work is short

biko

purplecow1977 wrote: »

Or maybe a better question would be to ask how many km does your car travel for say €50?

Mine only travels about 500km for €50. Is this really bad?
What can I do to improve fuel consumption?

In only a few months time the price of fuel will have changed again. Calculating fuel consumption using euro isn't going to work.
You can instead figure out what MPG your car does. This measurement will be consistent over time.

Donnelly117

I spend about €30 a week with a Monday to Friday 25 mile round trip and a few short spins at the weekend.
Costs €80 to fill the tank (50 Liters)
Trip computer says my average is 33.5 mpg... which seems to be accurate enough. I have seen the instantaneous consumption gauge down at 7 mpg at times though...

jimgoose

I spend about €50 per-week on petrol, as it happens. About 250km.

pavelpro

Around 320 per month for 2 cars
200E on petrol and 100-120E on diesel per month
1st car 1.4tsi 300km per week
2nd car 1.9tdi 200-250km per week

No option to change for public transport as wife traveling (Blanch to Dundrum) on 1.4 petrol and I most of the commute driving kids to football trainings and games (Blanch to Coolock)

Max Power1

would ya not use the diesel rather than the petrol for doing most miles? That would reduce the fuel spend a bit

Carson10

Drive 2003 1.4 Golf. I can get on long Journeys about 800KM from a full tank which costs about €85.

My normal weekly driving, I spend about €40s worth. As I live beside my work, and most other driving is just spins and pleasure.

No need for a diesel. I get the same mileage as my friend with a 1.9tdi golf and he pays about €400 extra a year on road tax for the privelage of a Diesel.

YbFocus

It's very close to 100km to €10 if driven easy. Usually that isn't achieved though.
My usual spend is €90-100 a week.
gets about 900km in or around.

jimgoose

pavelpro wrote: »

Around 320 per month for 2 cars
200E on petrol and 100-120E on diesel per month
1st car 1.4tsi 300km per week
2nd car 1.9tdi 200-250km per week

No option to change for public transport as wife traveling (Blanch to Dundrum) on 1.4 petrol and I most of the commute driving kids to football trainings and games (Blanch to Coolock)

That sounds to me like a thirsty little brute for a 1.4??

pavelpro

jimgoose wrote: »

That sounds to me like a thirsty little brute for a 1.4??

Touran 1.4TSI 7.5-8L per 100km (35-37MPG) in summer and 9-10L per 100km in winter (30MPG).
I would be happy to change for the diesel but wife only drive automatic and i dont think with the loan i would achieve any savings here.

The option i am considering is Nissan leaf for her and keep diesel car for me.

dgt

Jaypers I never knew so many cars on here ran on actual currency :rolleyes:

jtown

1.6 Petrol
Odometer 4th July 172576
Odometer 3rd Sept 173844

Total spent €175
Total mileage 1268

Is that good?

Max Power1

dgt wrote: »

Jaypers I never knew so many cars on here ran on actual currency :rolleyes:

Ah yeah sure it only runs on €50 notes! Feels like it anyway :P

Markcheese

Max Power1 wrote: »

would ya not use the diesel rather than the petrol for doing most miles? That would reduce the fuel spend a bit

Tried that once,no power and couldn't turn the engine off, upped my spend as I wasted a full tank of diesel and had to pay someone to get it out....
(yes I Was/am that dope)