Petrol
Moderator: Dangerous Bob
The car we use the most is an older Diesel Fiesta which we run on Vegetable Oil. At the moment 20 litres of Veg Oil is £1 per litre. So, at current rates we're saving about £8 to £16 per fill depending how much we put in. (We can only get the oil in multiples of 20 litre containers)
Just be a nutter... life becomes much more exciting, and people won't expect anything more of you...
£85 last night at morrisons , certainly seems to be slowing people down !
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I remember seeing the litres going up faster than the pounds, not the other way round thats whats the shocking bit !
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I remember seeing the litres going up faster than the pounds, not the other way round thats whats the shocking bit !
Last edited by andrew on Tue May 10, 2011 6:56 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Diesel engines were invented to run on Peanut Oil.Raz wrote: Wow, does vegetable oil produce the same energy as whatever diesel is at the pump?
I can't drive due to medical reasons, but my wife says the Veg Oil (VO) gives the car a bit more kick... (improves performance)
We've not needed to modify the engine in any way, but newer diesels my need modification, possibly due to differences/changes in the injection system. This is why we keep our older 1.8 Fiesta as more than just the run-about.
At one time you had to pay a fuel duty if you drove more than 2.5K miles, but several years ago the Government changed that to 10K miles.
Every now and again we'll drop in a fuel system cleaner, Red X or something like that, or just a good mix of diesel and VO.
Tis good stuff.
Just be a nutter... life becomes much more exciting, and people won't expect anything more of you...
Driving home tonight the price of derv seems to be coming back down a bit....... about a week after the price of a barrel of oil fell a fair bit.....
Its still a one way trend though !
Its still a one way trend though !
Last edited by andrew on Wed May 11, 2011 5:59 pm, edited 1 time in total.
tbh if as a road user I could see where the extra money they rape us for went then I might be more inclined to not moan about it.
Road tax goes up, the state of the roads is bloody shocking.
Insurance goes up, I havent had any accidents.
Petrol goes up, I'm still using as much as I have done for a while and still drive the same car.
Road tax goes up, the state of the roads is bloody shocking.
Insurance goes up, I havent had any accidents.
Petrol goes up, I'm still using as much as I have done for a while and still drive the same car.
That puts the entire issue in a nutshell Trig.Trig wrote: tbh if as a road user I could see where the extra money they rape us for went then I might be more inclined to not moan about it.
Road tax goes up, the state of the roads is bloody shocking.
Insurance goes up, I havent had any accidents.
Petrol goes up, I'm still using as much as I have done for a while and still drive the same car.
I've done a 'Nelly on the Net' and found this article: <a href="http://www.thetaxguide.co.uk/what-does- ... y-for.html" target="_blank">What does Road Tax pay for?</a>
According to that article, and the follow-up discussion, we haven't paid any road tax since 1937. It was changed to Vehicle Excise Duty, which is more of a big pot for several types of taxes and spent where and as desired the Government choose.
Just be a nutter... life becomes much more exciting, and people won't expect anything more of you...
Claw wrote: Sadly, the next concern is how this is going to affect the company you work for that is providing you wth that card? How will this affect uour next pay review?
Essentially, if the van hasn't got any fuel, I can't do my job, which loses them more money than they're paying me - and I can't afford to run a vehicle on that scale in order to do my job. I can just about keep the missus' car running. They get the VAT back on the Diesel anyway - apparently as long as my tools are in the back, I'm "on call" and therefore every mile is a business mile Not that there's a lot of milage you can do over here, I'm in it all day every day and rarely do more than 20k a year.