Up Goes the Fuel...

[1275midget]

But will it stop you driving?

I don't do many miles, though I have been using the 22mpg landy a lot less....

Not going to stop me until it gets so I can't eat instead of driving.

I've certainly noticed people driving at 60 on the motorway rather than 70. And a lot less classics out and about than this time last year.

What's everyones vie on this?

[Minxy]

Well it’s never bothered me in the past and it certainly won’t stop me doing what I have always done but we have ‘rationalized’ of late in that our second vehicle, an old petrol Honda CRV, has just been replaced with a Polo diesel. £30 tax as opposed to £210, twice the MPG and I got £60 refund on the insurance that I had taken out a fortnight ago. We shall keep our main car, another Honda CRV but a new diesel model, because we tow a caravan and as a main car it’s a good all rounder. Old car wise I shall not change what I do at all. To some extent I see my ‘classic’ mileage as entertainment and i think compared to some hobbies its relatively cheap entertainment at that.

[MG Mal]

We have an Ocativa for a main car, and I have an 827 for work.

Currently the price of fuel makes little difference between the fuel cost's of either car to fill them.

I also have a TD5 defender, which I have limited to towing only as its the only thing I have rated to tow my trailer.

Will I change the landy for some thing else?

We shall have to see.

Our other classics all have full tanks at present, so wont be an issue for a while.

mal.

[Willy Eckerslyke]

I may actually get around to removing the Rover P6's cooling fan and fitting an electric one, like I've been meaning to for months...

I only use the Land Rover for towing or heading to beach for driftwood, so that doesn't bother me. Wood is fuel, so it justifies the diesel anyway.

[TerryG]

convert to LPG! 75.9 i paid last night.

[mr rusty]

The triumph is generally in the low 20's mpg so it's never really been the choice for my motorway commute! I'm certainly looking at every journey now- it's costing me a lot just to get to work and back and it's now considerably more expensive to use tha car than public transport would be.

I'm seriously considering now getting rid of the daily drive Rover- I've worked out that in fuel it costs me around £120 a month just in getting to work and back: that's the cost of working in East London but living in Essex, I'm quite happy to spend the time commuting because I get to live in a 4 bedroom house rather than the 2 bedroom flat I would be able to afford if I lived near work.

however...........a weekly season ticket from Epping to Leytonstone is about £90, monthly it's less, and it's only a 25 - 30 min cycle ride from my house in harlow to Epping station, depending what way the wind blows, I ride the bike every day for fitness purposes ( I can't abide the gym, I'm a crap swimmer, and I really really hate running..... ) so doing the miles by bike wouldn't be a problem. Leaving the car there is not an option anyway because station parking is so expensive and the car park is full by 6am, the bike however is free.

Trouble is the overall journey time would be increased substantially.................the Rover owes me nothing, it's worthless, but I still have to buy fuel, tyres, oil, brake pads, tax, insurance, etc etc for it, I reckon it costs me at least £200 a month overall, and the economic tipping point is getting closer!

[TerryG]

Have you had a look to see what the cost of an LPG kit would be for it? With that sort of weekly mileage it shouldn't take too long for it to pay itself off (plus if you want to swap the car you can always remove the kit and with minimal replacement parts fit it to another car.

[Martin Evans]

As I cycle to work, it won't make much difference so far as my own fuel costs are concerned. However, it will have effects, such as increased carriage costs (Fuel surcharges) on items we send out from the shop and in a wider sense, if people are spending more on fuel, they have less spare money. Then there is the increased cost of items in the shops, which all have to be transported.

This surely represents the folly of being so dependant on having to move so many people and goods all the time. In South Wales, employment is more and more concentrated in and around Cardiff, so every morning, there is a mass exodus down to Cardiff, followed by a return journey each evening. Some are talking about introducing "Metro" style rail links (Shame they ripped up all the east west running lines) to enable people to get to work; I think it would be better to bring work to the communities. Some see electric cars and trains as the answer but seem to be overlooking the fact that the electricity still has to be generated (A wind turbine inside the Assembly building might generate some power). I think things have become far too centralised and areas need to be a bit more self sufficient. Maybe if fuel keeps going up, they will have to be

Ofcourse much of the pump price of fuel is duty (Does anyone know how much as a percentage ), so this suggests the government are happy to keep the price high.

[Mitsuru]

I was having bas mpg with the wornout 2.0 L sohc original engine of the neon, and the lpg kit went (front end)

So a better engine is being fitted even if it's a 3.3 v6 push rod engine, I'll replace the front end kit of the Lpg afterwards
lpg 80.9p
petrol 130.9p

[TriumphDriver]

lpg 80.9p
petrol 130.9p

You really believe HMG will leave it like that?
remember diesel used to be cheaper too....