Your Car?

[TWR]

Are you finding it harder each week to run your car with the cost of fuel?

[sherrardk]

I plan my week so that I don't use the car as much as I used to. It's a big car so I don't suppose it's that efficient and the price of diesel makes me want to cry - I never fill it to the top as it cost £90+.

[SIRandyraven]

I don't do many miles each week,
Take train to work and work from home.
Season ticket on train costs £4500 a year.
However we don't drink or smoke or gamble (other than stokes tips ), so my car is our luxury and I have not cut back on the miles we do. Still take trips to the coast most weekends for lunch (100 miles round trip).

[ChuckFickens]

I was thinking it was costing me a fortune even though I only live about 3 miles from work.... then I took it on a bit of a run out a few weeks back and realised I was getting about 15mpg from it..... Eeeeek! one quick clean up of the MAF sensor and it's much better now! (though still too damn expensive)

[Prudie]

TBH I put about £35 in a fortnight and have no idea how many less litres I get than say a year ago.

[4getmenot]

i walk most places including work

[sherrardk]

Mine is never more that a quarter full and if we go to the beach or something my husband puts a tank of diesel in (sucker!).

[ayabrea38]

I think it is working out cheaper to send the kids to school on the bus and let them walk home than Dad's taxi service.Still taken them sometimes,but the fuel costs are just silly.

[SIRandyraven]

Diesel CRV gives me 42 to 45 MPG (air conditioning off)

[sir.prize]

Visiting Harlech last week I saw a garage with Unleaded £143.9 and Diesel £143.9. That is clearly a rip-off.

[sherrardk]

Oh dear - just googled my car and it only does 36.7 mpg (combined - whatever that means).

[Quassia]

I don't have a car ... I buy a yearly any bus travel pass at over 600.00 ... paid monthly out of my wage through work.

[TWR]

They are rip off merchants Sir Prize, Yachi da, cymru am byth.

[JonnyBoy12]

Yes, I know you are all talking about cars, but can I just say something here. A friend of mine at work had a Royal Enfield Bullet 500 motorbike, and he claimed this did 91 mpg, if he drove it carefully. Would this vehicle be of any use to you, if you have a motorbike licence, that is?

Hope this helps.

[woofgang]

Car is an essential for us so we will economise elsewhere first.

[Barmaid]

If I try and forget I am driving the Indianopolis 500 I can manage 42 mpg on a long run but most of the time its more like 30mpg. however my car is shocking on short runs so we are now using my ancient but very economical peugeot for short distances. (school runs, shopping etc) Twenty quid lasts for ages in comparison to the day to day cars.

[ummmm]

No, not finding it harder but I don't drive too much.

I used the 6p off offer at Morrisons the other day. As I only fill up in pounds I didn't have a clue what I'd save. Put £20 in and saved 88p...wow

[wiggal]

We got a hire car last week while waiting for my OH company car (see my post in motoring!).
Currently showing as 29 MPG, which is pretty rubbish, especially compared to my 2ltr Megane that is at 34 MPG.

The hire car we have is likely to be going back tomorrow though as we want a replacement.... full tank did us less then 300 miles in the last week.. ouch!

[welshlibranr]

I spend at least half as much again in comparison with this time last year to do the same miles!.......very annoying!.........my pension does not really run to this increase!......have to cut back on other things to cover it!.................