Although I avidly/anally track the fuel consumption of both cars, I still found this article worth reading.... Enjoy!
I'm a student. Put 10 quid in, which is 7.2Litres in these petrol prices. Today I put £15 in, 10.8Litres."Average £38.81 topup"
Round here that's just over 27 litres - I always let the tank get low-ish before topping up so my average is 40 - 45 litres (45 is on the light).
I wonder if they also took into account wasted time travelling?
I never fill up, why carry all that extra weight about if you don't need to?
I never fill up, why carry all that extra weight about if you don't need to?
(in the days when NOTHING was open on a Sunday).
This combined with my car's ability to do 100 miles with the fuel light on means that its not really an issue.
If I pay 1p a mile more because of carrying extra weight and cover an average 12,000 miles a year it equates to £120 more in motoring costs. And you can do a lot with £120
i fill to the brim
A - less journeys to fill up.
B - once im full i dont have to think about it
C - car carries alot more momentum down hills and means less fuel to attack the otherside
D - I average about 100miles per 1/4 tank on my car, its pretty much spot on across somehow....
Ziggy
Back to the original question though, never go more than a mile for every 1ppl saving, 50L + is 50p a tank saving per 1ppl saving 2 miles driven is 22p, so only saving 28p by driving to get cheaper fuel.
You do to some degree to a point but if you consider a set of brake pads and discs might cost £40 and do 50,000 miles the cost is next to nothing 100,000 miles for a clutch 40,000 miles for a tyre they are all part of the cost of motoring and no one is going to calculate the exact cost per mile before deciding weather or not they are going to make a trip.But you have to also consider wear on tyres brakes and clutch etc etc
Ziggy
A, fair point
B, with half a tank you don't have to 'think about it'? You just follow the gauge as you would with any amount of fuel? At what point do you start thinking about it?
C, the more momentum you carry down hill the more weight to haul up the other side as a result the effect is cancelled out, Newton's third law
D, your fuelly sig suggests otherwise, about 85miles to a quarter tank which is 60miles less per tank than you claim?
This is the real point, If I drive 5 miles down the road to buy cheaper fuel and I save 2p per litre was all that time and effort really worth a 10 mile round trip really worth saving £1 on a tank
You do to some degree to a point but if you consider a set of brake pads and discs might cost £40 and do 50,000 miles the cost is next to nothing 100,000 miles for a clutch 40,000 miles for a tyre they are all part of the cost of motoring and no one is going to calculate the exact cost per mile before deciding weather or not they are going to make a trip.
When we say 'trip to the pump' who actually makes a special trip just for fuel? I know people do, but I tend to just stop at a station on my route to where ever I'm going. My 100mile reserve means I can also be a bit picky over where that is if the garage I'm passing is expensive. So I can plot where to stop once the light comes on.
Asda round this way like to set their prices at .7 compared to the usual .9 so when everyone else is 141.9 for diesel asda is 141.7 making it cheapest, if you're lucky you might save your self 10p on a fill up so really not worth going out of your way. For me it would get me just under a mile
This combined with my car's ability to do 100 miles with the fuel light on means that its not really an issue.
I calculated the difference in weight between £20 of diesel which I normally put in and a full tank to be about 25- 28Kg.
Because I track my fuel in an app called road trip I can see I have been the the pumps 9 times so far this year. (Stop once every week and a half)
Covered 2100 miles since 1st January so about 230 miles between stops
And in that time spent £215 on fuel (10.2p a mile)
I tend not to carry unnecessary weight in the car I'm not going to start unbolting seats but putting less fuel in each stop does have an impact and yes brimming the tank could cut down on the amount of stops I make but would probably increase my price per mile
If I pay 1p a mile more because of carrying extra weight and cover an average 12,000 miles a year it equates to £120 more in motoring costs. And you can do a lot with £120
It's nowhere near 1p a mile though. Probably not even a 10th of that
:yeahthat:It's nowhere near 1p a mile though. Probably not even a 10th of that