How much money (£££) do spend a month on fuel?

[Slow]

When I was working I used to put £100 every Monday in. Any extra trips I did to collect cars or such would require additional fuel.

Now I'm in college simply can't afford to visit friends as much. 30ish mpg avg doesn't help. Living in the highlands it's a long way to go places especially when you don't live in town. I'm over 100 miles a week just to get to college and back.

[gizlaroc]

Slow said:

When I was working I used to put £100 every Monday in. Any extra trips I did to collect cars or such would require additional fuel.

Now I'm in college simply can't afford to visit friends as much. 30ish mpg avg doesn't help. Living in the highlands it's a long way to go places especially when you don't live in town. I'm over 100 miles a week just to get to college and back.

Is that a long way? I would guess that is pretty much the normal for many.

[Muzzer79]

My wife puts about £60 per month into her car.

I have a fuel card for mine.

[budfox]

Nothing in the Leaf (12k miles per year) and no more than £25/month in the Aygo.

[gizlaroc]

Devil2575 said:

Less than £50. I typically get 1-2 months from a single tank of diesel.

You were saying in the 'why do people buy expensive diesels?' thread that one of the reasons is your new diesel gets almost 50% better mpg than your older petrol.

So you're saving nearly £4 a week in fuel? I can see why you made the change now.

[Slow]

gizlaroc said:

Slow said:

When I was working I used to put £100 every Monday in. Any extra trips I did to collect cars or such would require additional fuel.

Now I'm in college simply can't afford to visit friends as much. 30ish mpg avg doesn't help. Living in the highlands it's a long way to go places especially when you don't live in town. I'm over 100 miles a week just to get to college and back.

Is that a long way? I would guess that is pretty much the normal for many.

For college? Not a huge distance no. But on a £19 a week travel allowance from college it doesn't really cover it.
For my £100 a week I was doing about 500 miles a week with no commute at the time.

[Blayney]

£200-250 I think usually

Let's see. 1st Oct last year it was on 87k. Now on 105k. That's 18k/year (less than I thought this year). Which is 1500 miles/month

I average 40mpg, so 37.5 gallons, which is ~ 170 litres. At £1.08/litre here that's £183/month. Well that has come down a lot from when fuel was £1.30/litre.

[CrgT16]

About £200 in diesel for me. I use both our cars my wife inadvertently misses the fill up station so when I need her car I the fuel light is on!! I always fill up to full tank... I don't know how she works that one out but it's always me paying the fuel!

[TVRJAS]

A quick check of my blog that I use on here says over 27 months : £137 in the TVR 25.7 per mile and £35 in the Primera at 15.5 pm.

Edited by TVRJAS on Monday 5th October 18:14

[towser44]

The joys of working from home and nursery for the daughter is a 2 min walk away, so less than £50 per month even with 1 or 2 weekend trips out a month.

[LouD86]

I get 400 miles to an 80 litre tank of Diesel, and do 600 miles a week. It hurts, but its a daily that tows too.

Weekend tow, 200 miles to 80 litres of petrol, but its a v8, and gets filled twice a month, who cares!

[Baryonyx]

About £200 a month, Jaguar XJ and motorbike combined. Next year when the Jag goes though, I'll probably be lucky to spend £100.

[giblet]

800-1000 miles usually which is £120. 4 tanks of LPG and then a bit of V Power as the car starts on petrol and switches over to gas when the engine has warmed up.

[kiethton]

Car is about £60-70pm, purely pleasure and about ~250 miles a month

Commute on the motorbike which gets me 240 miles for a £10.50 fill, so another £25-30 commuting - £85-£100pm so not too bad!

[somynameiswhat]

I really don't bother doing this accurately, I just add £20 for when I'm not going to go on the motorway. I add £20 maybe once or twice per week. If I'm using the motorway, then it doubles. I probably put about £200-300 a month on fuel.

[poing]

Roughly £250 a month which is a big drop after getting a more economical car.

Living in the sticks means everywhere is a long drive, 45 is miles a day to get to & from work, 45 miles (in the other direction) for a decent cinema etc. so it all adds up. It was a 100 mile round trip for lunch with my sister on Saturday, could have gone somewhere more local but it was a nice day!

[ZX10R NIN]

Between £300-400 a month for me that does include the odd trackday.

[Darko92]

£280 pm. One full tank a week for work. 100 mile a day commute

[gizlaroc]

somynameiswhat said:

I really don't bother doing this accurately, I just add £20 for when I'm not going to go on the motorway. I add £20 maybe once or twice per week. If I'm using the motorway, then it doubles. I probably put about £200-300 a month on fuel.

Why would you want to put fuel in 10 or 15 times a month? Why not just fill it up and do it 3 or 4 times?

[HannsG]

E46 M3 - Around 150 to 200 quid a month and it's a daily driver....

I do around 600 miles a month on my commute...