A "normal" amount to spend on fuel these days each month?

[DanielJames]

morning all

noticed my current account was a bit dry this morning, checked my statements and I had given Mr Shell £313 last month for his v powers.

I'm in shock to be honest, I thought I went once a week and spent roughly £50, so £200 a month! Guess not.

How do you compare?

[typer0612]

DanielJames said:

morning all

noticed my current account was a bit dry this morning, checked my statements and I had given Mr Shell £313 last month for his v powers.

I'm in shock to be honest, I thought I went once a week and spent roughly £50, so £200 a month! Guess not.

How do you compare?

What car do you run?

[DanielJames]

typer0612 said:

What car do you run?

Integra Type R DC2

Average around 31mpg - I guess most people have 60mpg diesels these days, but then I don't have £299 finance leaving my bank each month either

[Slickus]

£350 a month, commute from Southampton to Reading each week day.

[Lee540]

£160 minimum a month if I don't use the car at the weekends..

2009 Audi A3 2.0 TDi 170, 20 miles per day, 5 days a week.

Book says 56mpg.. load of crap!! Be lucky to see 40mpg!

[skyrover]

4.0 litre jeep
18-19 mpg average

Spend about £60 on fuel and average around 200 miles a month

Edited by skyrover on Wednesday 6th February 11:04

[Dr Interceptor]

I spend a lot more than that

Business spend is around £200-250 per week - split between 3 company vehicles (two vans and a car - all small diesel engines).

Personal spend on the Merc, is around £60 per week, and in the summer it costs £160 to fill the Stag and Jensen with V-Power, which probably lasts 2 weeks if the weathers good and they're being used.

[B3ALP]

3.3 Alpina, I average £100 a month.

[C.A.R.]

Lee540 said:

£160 minimum a month if I don't use the car at the weekends..

2009 Audi A3 2.0 TDi 170, 20 miles per day, 5 days a week.

Book says 56mpg.. load of crap!! Be lucky to see 40mpg!

Not surprising really. A commute that short needs a small petrol-engined car to be economical.

Basically, you bought the wrong car.

20 miles a day x 253 working days (in 2013) = 5,060 miles worth of commuting.

My commute is 45 miles in total, every day.

I average 53mpg, out of an old diesel French car. Approx. 2 tanks worth will last 4 weeks, so I spend between £170-200 a month on fuel.

[Coldfuse]

Between 120-140 if im being good in the integra. I only do 8 or so miles a day and don't really go out during the week.

The S2000 is only a summer car and is usually just used for weekend blasts. But those could be 100 miles or more.

[Big Fat Fatty]

I (half) fill the tank once a week at £40 each time, so about £160/200 a month.

It'll average roughly 30mpg which isn't that bad for a mid size car with a mid size engine but I only do about 12k a year.

[Zod]

£400 a month and my mileage is low.

[B3ALP]

Zod said:

£400 a month and my mileage is low.

Small price to pay

[Champhill]

£200 per month and my mileage is low too; wish it were for the same reason as Zod

[Lee540]

C.A.R. said:

Lee540 said:

£160 minimum a month if I don't use the car at the weekends..

2009 Audi A3 2.0 TDi 170, 20 miles per day, 5 days a week.

Book says 56mpg.. load of crap!! Be lucky to see 40mpg!

Not surprising really. A commute that short needs a small petrol-engined car to be economical.

Basically, you bought the wrong car.

20 miles a day x 253 working days (in 2013) = 5,060 miles worth of commuting.

My commute is 45 miles in total, every day.

I average 53mpg, out of an old diesel French car. Approx. 2 tanks worth will last 4 weeks, so I spend between £170-200 a month on fuel.

Bought the car first, then I moved house.. had same job for last 6 years. My annual mileage is now quite low, but due to holidays, random trips etc.. I've managed to do 4k since July 2011.

[Bear Phils]

I fill my weirdly small 30 litre tank and that'll do me a week an a half, so per month about £100 - 110 on fuel. Thank you, tiny commute.

[DanielJames]

Hmm, seems pretty normal then, for Pistonheads at least

As a percentage though, hopefully I'm not alone here either, that's over 30% of my income on fuel

[Truckosaurus]

A few year's back I worked out I was filling my Saab 9-5 twice most weeks, once to cover the commute to work (5x 25miles each way) and then again at the weekend as I'd often go to a race meeting or visiting friends/family that was the best part of 100 miles each way.

So at between 6 and 8 fills a month at around £50 a go (year 2000-ish prices), no wonder I was skint, I dread to think about doing it at 2013 prices.

Now I tank of dull diesel often last 2 or 3 weeks

[Wills2]

£400 per month, get most of it back though (thank god!)

Edited by Wills2 on Wednesday 6th February 11:34

[HustleRussell]

Over the winter months, between £100 and £150 goes into my 525i per month. However during the racing season (April-September) it'll average more like £270.