Cost of filling an average car has hit £100

I changed to self-charging hybrid 11 months ago but the petrol side of the car is a bigger engine than I had before so it didn't work out much cheaper to run than my previous car. Now with the petrol price hikes it's definitely more expensive.
I really struggle with public transport due to disabilities but I'm seriously considering applying for my free disabled bus pass to help cut down the cost a bit.

My car used to take £60 to fill, yesterday I got half a tank for £55. I simply don't go anywhere unless I have to...I only topped up as I have a CT scan tonight. My Grandson has to come to me now, or we meet up half way...

we have a hybrid so not too bad also we are close enough to Costco, their petrol is usually 10p-15p cheaper (not been recently) but the queues are horrendous. Can't avoid driving as disabled husband has to travel 120miles for his specialist once a fortnight but that's when the hybrrid comesinto it's own. 4 stations nearest to us were 185/195/196/195 yesterday evening.

We got rid of car 10 years ago as didn’t use it much …..I use my our bus pass..and bike..and walk. If necessary I use a taxi . Worked out it’s cheaper to use taxies ( about 30 a year) than drive a car! I never hardly have to resort to taxi though! And in 10 years I’ve gradually got thinner and healthier! Drop 3 stones without dieting. Love not having a car . Nor does my husband or my son…. Only my daughter drives, and then not til she absolutely needed to at the age of 40.

We’re temporarily living in town, which has meant we’ve not been using our usual amount of fuel, thank goodness. I took my car out to fill it the other day, as I’ve a long journey to make next week and prices were rising by the hour round here.

My youngest dd works hospital shifts. Normally, she drives but three of them are carpooling at the moment. That’s great from the POV of saving fuel but it means that none of them can do overtime at the end of the shift, because they’d be stranded, especially late at night. In any case, the buses are on strike. What a mess.

Our vehicle is a DS3 110 my husband at the moment puts in average £50 per week, millage 300 to 350 a week back and to work and the weekends. He drives carefully no booting it! Free road tax. Suits us.

GraceQuirrel

V3ra

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 ?

To save even more money don’t fill up the tank. The weight of a full tank is huge and you are literally paying to carry that around. Just fill to approx half a tank more frequently.

That makes sense as long as you don't drive far out of your way to get fuel. I've been filling right up since the craziness of September last year when there were problems with fuel deliveries. I had filled up to go on a longish journey for a family occasion just before the problem was on the news. I was lucky as there were huge queues the next day! Some of our relatives missed the event as they couldn't get fuel easily and were not able to travel!
The way fuel prices are rising if you only half fill, the next time it may have gone up again so you might have saved by filling all the way.
The government need to cut the tax on fuel. This is a major cause of the sky high inflation as all goods being delivered will increase in price as fuel prices increase. High inflation results in higher wage demands and higher increases to pensions and benefits, so if they reduce fuel costs they will make savings elsewhere.

It is something like £0.0025 in Iran!

OH bought an EV 2 yrs ago and charges on off peak, smiles all round here, at 5p / kWh a 240 mile charge costs just £4.

Don’t expect fuel prices to fall quickly, when the fighting in Ukraine does stop (it will), we will still not be trading with Russia for fuel. The current prices are high because it was refined fuel we were buying because our own refinery capacity is very limited.

It’s $2.10 at our local BP East coast Australia

My response was to Whitewavemark2 question. Why can't we edit our comments!

Yes ! I went electric last July. Fabulous car to drive.

V3ra

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 ?

To save even more money don’t fill up the tank. The weight of a full tank is huge and you are literally paying to carry that around. Just fill to approx half a tank more frequently.

Squawk! Woe, woe and thrice woe! What is Johnson doing about it?

It really worries me with the ever increasing fuel costs. I have to use my car to get to and from work. I live rurally with very little public transport, so that isn't an option.

My parents live 150 miles away, so again need to use my car to visit them. I have no idea how long I'll be able to visit as I just can't afford it.

Filled up yesterday at 1.80.9 per litre [ local Tesco ]. That has gone up 15p in just under 3 weeks. I filled up with less litres than I did 3 weeks ago, but it cost me £5.00 more!

Farzanah

Yes WW heard a manager of a Home Care company this morning saying she was having to give staff loans before payday to enable them to get fuel. She has already lost one carer because they cannot afford travel, and this of course has implications for hospitals trying to discharge patients with a care package.
Only tip of iceberg unfortunately. All public and private services will be affected.

Why not pay them mileage whilst they are travelling on company business

Yes WW heard a manager of a Home Care company this morning saying she was having to give staff loans before payday to enable them to get fuel. She has already lost one carer because they cannot afford travel, and this of course has implications for hospitals trying to discharge patients with a care package.
Only tip of iceberg unfortunately. All public and private services will be affected.

Carers who drive from client to client, have to pay for their own fuel. They are reporting that they can no longer afford to use their car, which makes sense as they are always on the minimum wage.

What a state we are in.

Confirmed GG.

Prices here in Spain are ranging between 1.85€ - 2.10€ per litre depending on whether it’s at supermercado or auto via prices.

It’s not just the U.K. that has exorbitant fuel prices

A full tank uses more fuel apparently.

DH filled his up a couple of weeks ago and his tank was not empty came in at £103 filled mine last week again not empty £75

hollysteers

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

? might be sufficient to get you off the forecourt

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.

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.