Cost of filling an average car has hit £100

There was a contributor on a phone in this morning.
He said that previously he filled up his tank for £85, and yesterday it cost £135

That level can’t be sustained surely?

Electric car anyone??

It cost me well over £100 last week to fill up the car and this week Ive spent £450 putting the minimum delivery of 500 litres in the oil tank which, if Im careful, should last until December. I feel Ive been run over by a bus. I need the car as there’s no public transport in the village. I am able to afford this but Im obviously not happy about it and wonder how folk less fortunate than I will cope even with promised Govt assistance.

Driving home from our daughters house on Monday, we passed a garage where price per litre was £1.93.We filled the car up at Sainsburys where the price was £1.69 per litre.

We have to use the car when we go out as we live in a semi rural location.The bus service is virtually non existent.We are much more aware of petrol prices now and also make sure we do any top up shops when we are out already rather than making another journey.

Fortunately we rarely use the car. We have shopping delivered. For any extra bits and bobs we need, we have several shops within walking distance. We also have bus stops, railway station within walking distance. I feel very sorry for people who are struggling with this.

My son changed jobs recently: lower salary but closer to home and more than offset by the saving on commuting costs.

I fill up at Texaco and the pump limit has always been £99.
I hope they increase it as it'll cost me more than that to fill from empty now. I'll just have to fill up from half-full more frequently if not. On Monday I thought I was just under half-full but it cost £82 to fill. Virtually all my mileage is business so I can't reduce that ?

Well I have taken to driving only when necessary, and at an optimum speed of 60 mph to conserve fuel. I regularly get 50+ mpg out of my old diesel Volvo, and I’m usually overtaken by those doing in excess of 70+ mph which uses a lot more fuel.

It’s surprising how much you can save by careful and considerate driving. Some people must be in too much of a hurry to add a few minutes to their journey time, or have plenty of cash to splash.

It’s very concerning. I try not to make any unnecessary journeys. I’ve made a conscious effort to reduce speed on motorway driving and keep at a steady 55-60mph for the best fuel economy. As in many modern cars, I can bring up the current fuel consumption on the screen. I can clearly see that it’s effective as the fuel consumption drops and and the average mpg rises when I reduce the speed.

My son and family were on holiday in the north of Scotland last week and passed a petrol station where fuel was £2.16p a litre. Fortunately they were able to ignore it. It wasn’t even a remote spot or the most northerly area.

For us, it's not so much about filling up our own car, as we don't drive that many miles per week.

But, it will whack up the cost of food and other goods still further, which impacts on everyone.?

In a way it's quite useful that my clutch is slipping and therefore I'm not going far! (I'm sorting it out after the MOT next week). And it's not just here that fuel prices are rocketing.
I heard from my Australian friends this morning who said it's happening there too.

To fill both of our cars up will cost in excess of £300.

I shall be walking more.

We have shopping delivered

The delivery charges will rise as well though.

I’m only making journeys when I need to call in 3/4 places on that trip. The group I voluntary drive for has some drivers considering leaving, our mileage rate is set by HMRC, so we can’t charge clients more, even if we wanted to.
MrJ is putting his prices up, no choice, as a ceramic tiler his materials are rising too.

henetha

In a way it's quite useful that my clutch is slipping and therefore I'm not going far! (I'm sorting it out after the MOT next week). And it's not just here that fuel prices are rocketing.
I heard from my Australian friends this morning who said it's happening there too.

Petrol in Australia today is only about £1.10 per litre when you convert the dollar to pounds (1.86$). As Australian pay is higher than ours, fuel price increases have nowhere near such a big impact on the average Australian as they are doing in the UK. If anybody knows anywhere in the world that has more duty on fuel than the UK I’d be surprised.

My son and family were on holiday in the north of Scotland last week and passed a petrol station where fuel was £2.16p a litre. Fortunately they were able to ignore it. It wasn’t even a remote spot or the most northerly area.

For some of us that is our local fuel station and we are glad to have it rather than a 50 mile round trip to Tesco fuel station.

That’s not a justification for petrol prices to be higher in rural areas though Tizliz. It’s very unfair that those of us that live out in the sticks and are forced to depend on our cars have to pay more for fuel than those who live in cities. It infuriates me, because where I live, thousands of tankers pass close on their way out from Milford Haven to the rest of the UK.

Yes they will Callendargirl. We have Tesco's. We have paid for their delivery saver which you pay 6 months in advance which we renewed in April. It means we can have as many deliveries as we like for this. Maybe we could help family and friends if they begin to struggle. We'll see what happens after the 6 months. Bus fares, taxi fares will also rise.

Very pleased that we ordered our electric car back in March! Due to arrive some time in July so we won't be filling up this one more than half way from now on.

Whitewavemark2

That level can’t be sustained surely?

Electric car anyone??

Yep, done that. Last month we did over 1000 miles (our average,) amount spent charging £ nil.
It has made such a difference to our outgoings.

DD1 has to use her car for and at work. We stopped off the other day to ‘top up her tank’ - it was £95! I wonder if the Card companies will put up the limit at the self service pumps, currently £99.99? She has to fill up in 2 stages.

Well it won’t affect me, as I never put more than £25 in….?

I guess it’s not so much the fuel we individually consume, but the knock on effect of raising the price of more or less everything we buy.
I think hard times are approaching and we will have to help each other as much as possible.
The days of cheap consumer goods and food has gone and I can’t see returning. Perhaps a good thing for addressing global warming, but at a huge price.

My car is currently costing me £75 for a full tank once a week. I'm just relieved that I've never wanted a big car.

hollysteers

Well it won’t affect me, as I never put more than £25 in….?

? might be sufficient to get you off the forecourt