You know when you've been here too long when.......

[Dunk1982]

I caught myself complaining about the price of a packet of the new Marlboro Filter Plus... 800 fils!? How much!

What are we at back home now?? 6 quid a pack? I'll keep me mouth shut!

[Chilli]

I know what you mean. In the Marina I could get 200 M lights for AED75....But nexto where I work, in the Intercontinental hotel....AED125. I almost didn't nut them.

[Hitch78]

I caught myself considering the MPG figures of two SUVs the other day, which is bonkers as petrol is cheaper than water and I have a fuel card anyway!

[yorky500]

Yes, but I still buy frpm supermarkets at 700 fils per pack, rather than the 800 fils from the petrol stations hahaha - yes, I am a Yorkshireman

[Chilli]

Hitch78 said:

I caught myself considering the MPG figures of two SUVs the other day, which is bonkers as petrol is cheaper than water and I have a fuel card anyway!

A fuel card you say ......think a PH meet at the services is due every Sunday morn @ 7.

[Ecosseven]

I have a company fuel card. It really annoys my friends back home when I tell them fuel costs around 20p / litre and then mentioned that the company pays for it as well!

Last time I was home it cost me almost £60 to fill a Ford Mondeo

[Chilli]

Ecosseven said:

I have a company fuel card. It really annoys my friends back home when I tell them fuel costs around 20p / litre and then mentioned that the company pays for it as well!

Last time I was home it cost me almost £60 to fill a Ford Mondeo

Quite. I had a Honda Civic on hire, and that cost IIRC AED55 to fill up. The BM is AED120. I'd hate to think what it would cost at home.

[Hitch78]

Chilli said:

Ecosseven said:

I have a company fuel card. It really annoys my friends back home when I tell them fuel costs around 20p / litre and then mentioned that the company pays for it as well!

Last time I was home it cost me almost £60 to fill a Ford Mondeo

Quite. I had a Honda Civic on hire, and that cost IIRC AED55 to fill up. The BM is AED120. I'd hate to think what it would cost at home.

Just change the AED for GBP and you'd be about there!

[Chilli]

Hitch78 said:

Chilli said:

Ecosseven said:

I have a company fuel card. It really annoys my friends back home when I tell them fuel costs around 20p / litre and then mentioned that the company pays for it as well!

Last time I was home it cost me almost £60 to fill a Ford Mondeo

Quite. I had a Honda Civic on hire, and that cost IIRC AED55 to fill up. The BM is AED120. I'd hate to think what it would cost at home.

Just change the AED for GBP and you'd be about there!

Damn... and almost all of that is tax.

[Marto]

£6.50 for a 20 of premium cigs
£1.12 p/l for 95 / £1.15 for 97.

You guys are breaking my heart!!

[Dunk1982]

Marto said:

£6.50 for a 20 of premium cigs
£1.12 p/l for 95 / £1.15 for 97.

You guys are breaking my heart!!

6.50!!!!!!!!!!!!!!???????????????

F that!! quitting when i get back... again.....

Filled up my nissan crap box today 4.100 BD about 7 quid! from empty as well

[Dunk1982]

You've been here too long when....

You catch yourself driving like a local.... i know i know!!!

[Chilli]

Dunk1982 said:

You've been here too long when....

You catch yourself driving like a local.... i know i know!!!

Funny eh? You spend months driving like you do at home, shaking your head at "the locals" but before you know it, you've joined them!

[Marto]

Dunk1982 said:

Marto said:

£6.50 for a 20 of premium cigs
£1.12 p/l for 95 / £1.15 for 97.

You guys are breaking my heart!!

6.50!!!!!!!!!!!!!!???????????????

F that!! quitting when i get back... again.....

Filled up my nissan crap box today 4.100 BD about 7 quid! from empty as well

£7!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You have just made my eyes bleed.

£85 for the M5 & £60 for the Tuscan.....

Brown's Britian!!!! Tax, tax and then some more tax!!.... More tax anyone?

[Asterix]

Dunk1982 said:

You've been here too long when....

You catch yourself driving like a local.... i know i know!!!

You've been here too long when....

You can accurately judge a nanosecond - it is the time difference between a traffic light going green and someone behind you beeing their horn!

[oilydan]

Pah, if you have time to honk your horn....it wasn't close enough to bother.

And what is all this 800 fils and 600 fils for cigarattes rubbish? It's 6 Dhs. 100 fils is a bloody Dirham.

[Marto]

Budget Special.....

3p fuel duty.... (its already up at around 120p/ ltr now), introduced in stages with the final penny hitting Jan 2011.

Fags up... Booze up...

Stay where you are lads.... !!

[AE82GT]

Agreed!! Just moved back from 'DU(Bankrupt)BAI' and i'm telling you this st hole is even worse than you could imagine. I thought Mid East paper pushing was bad, At least you can pay to have someone else do it or know someone or better still bribe someone.

The UK is a great place to be from, not to live in.

24 months and we're off to OZ.

[Dunk1982]

When you look at a white Land Cruiser and think, yeah not bad actually.. wonder what there like off road? Might pop along to the dealer and spec one out in white with the gold option pack.....