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edders23

Post subject: Re: Fuel duty

Posted: Sun Nov 20, 2022 1:11 pm

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My new car (not a taxi) is petrol but it surprises me how well diesels hold their value second hand

I too after 30 years of only ever driving diesels have switched to petrol partly because modern fuel emission systems are difficult to fix once they go wrong but also because worldwide diesel seems to be increasingly difficult to source and is consequentially becoming expensive

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wannabeeahack

Post subject: Re: Fuel duty

Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2022 7:43 pm

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If I had to buy a car now it would be a difficult choice

We do very few miles with maybe 2 long runs on holiday, so its a choice...

550 miles
55mpg diesel at £1.90/ltr
40mpg petrol at £1.65/ltr

probably not a lot in it

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x-ray

Post subject: Re: Fuel duty

Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2022 8:01 pm

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x-ray wrote:

There’s a garage near Whitchurch (Essar) which has its own tankers selling diesel for £167.9 at the moment. Luckily enough I pass by it twice a week and always fill up (I put a shot of millers ecomax in as well, works out at £1.50 a shot but I’m still saving the best part of £10 per fill)

£165.9 today

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wannabeeahack

Post subject: Re: Fuel duty

Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2022 8:18 pm

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I always fancied a XJ6 - had a Rover P5b (3ltr) - now might be the time before its too late

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Sussex

Post subject: Re: Fuel duty

Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2022 9:09 pm

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wannabeeahack wrote:

550 miles
55mpg diesel at £1.90/ltr
40mpg petrol at £1.65/ltr

I've done just under 10,000 in my petrol motor @ 43mph.

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edders23

Post subject: Re: Fuel duty

Posted: Mon Nov 21, 2022 10:12 pm

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Sussex wrote:

wannabeeahack wrote:

550 miles
55mpg diesel at £1.90/ltr
40mpg petrol at £1.65/ltr

I've done just under 10,000 in my petrol motor @ 43mph.

wow I couldn't be disciplined enough to keep my speed down that low on the motorway :lol:

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grandad

Post subject: Re: Fuel duty

Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2022 10:52 am

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edders23 wrote:

Sussex wrote:

wannabeeahack wrote:

550 miles
55mpg diesel at £1.90/ltr
40mpg petrol at £1.65/ltr

I've done just under 10,000 in my petrol motor @ 43mph.

wow I couldn't be disciplined enough to keep my speed down that low on the motorway :lol:

There are drivers round here that can't keep it that low around town.

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edders23

Post subject: Re: Fuel duty

Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2022 11:30 am

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grandad wrote:

edders23 wrote:

Sussex wrote:

wannabeeahack wrote:

550 miles
55mpg diesel at £1.90/ltr
40mpg petrol at £1.65/ltr

I've done just under 10,000 in my petrol motor @ 43mph.

wow I couldn't be disciplined enough to keep my speed down that low on the motorway :lol:

There are drivers round here that can't keep it that low around town.

where in Melton is there enough road between red lights to reach that speed !

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Post subject: Re: Fuel duty

Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2022 11:55 am

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edders23 wrote:

where in Melton is there enough road between red lights to reach that speed !

Wow, i knew prostitution was everywhere but too Melton? Really?

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grandad

Post subject: Re: Fuel duty

Posted: Tue Nov 22, 2022 2:20 pm

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edders23 wrote:

grandad wrote:

edders23 wrote:

Sussex wrote:

wannabeeahack wrote:

550 miles
55mpg diesel at £1.90/ltr
40mpg petrol at £1.65/ltr

I've done just under 10,000 in my petrol motor @ 43mph.

wow I couldn't be disciplined enough to keep my speed down that low on the motorway :lol:

There are drivers round here that can't keep it that low around town.

where in Melton is there enough road between red lights to reach that speed !

You would be surprised at the speed the boy racers get to on Norman Way.

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x-ray

Post subject: Re: Fuel duty

Posted: Tue Nov 29, 2022 10:58 pm

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x-ray wrote:

£165.9 today

Filled up here today,

Diesel £159.9
Petrol £137.9

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edders23

Post subject: Re: Fuel duty

Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2022 10:06 am

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x-ray wrote:

£165.9 today

Filled up here today,

Diesel £159.9
Petrol £137.9

Essar are an Indian company and so they are probably successfully bringing in laundered cheap Russian crude or are refining it in India and exporting to the UK

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wannabeeahack

Post subject: Re: Fuel duty

Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2022 6:43 pm

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edders23 wrote:

Essar are an Indian company and so they are probably successfully bringing in laundered cheap Russian crude or are refining it in India and exporting to the UK

hope its to standard or a lot of injectors, EGR valves an DPF's will be sold soon

does it smell of curry sauce? i recall WVO fuelled vehicles being followed by cats for the smell of fish frying...................

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x-ray

Post subject: Re: Fuel duty

Posted: Wed Nov 30, 2022 10:32 pm

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wannabeeahack wrote:

edders23 wrote:

Essar are an Indian company and so they are probably successfully bringing in laundered cheap Russian crude or are refining it in India and exporting to the UK

That’s why I always put a shot of millers ecomax in when I fill up here, as well as running it on vpower over the weekend.

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grandad

Post subject: Re: Fuel duty

Posted: Thu Dec 01, 2022 8:34 am

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wannabeeahack wrote:

i recall WVO fuelled vehicles being followed by cats for the smell of fish frying...................

How fast can these cats run and for how long?

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