Petrol prices whats going on?
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vikingaero said:
Quadratica said:
I bought an EV a year ago, saved about £800 on petrol, £300 on servicing, £180 VED, lost £200 ins and have not had to visit a petrol station.
If you only saved yourself £800 on petrol, then you don't really travel anywhere do you?! It kind of reinforces my view that many EV owners WFH, barely go out and pay £xxx per month for a premium car they rarely use.To that point, what's anyone whinging about petrol prices for at all? One fill up a month in a car with a decent fuel range will cover that. Yeah, there's outliers doing 50k miles a day without a break (hence why they can't ever consider an EV) - but for most people, in an avg car doing avg mileage, monthly fuel is way less than £100/month.
As for rarely using cars - isn't that true for all cars? They (mostly) sit for 98% of the year going nowhere.
tigger1 said:
Average UK mileage is about 7.5k per year now isn't it?
To that point, what's anyone whinging about petrol prices for at all? One fill up a month in a car with a decent fuel range will cover that. Yeah, there's outliers doing 50k miles a day without a break (hence why they can't ever consider an EV) - but for most people, in an avg car doing avg mileage, monthly fuel is way less than £100/month.
As for rarely using cars - isn't that true for all cars? They (mostly) sit for 98% of the year going nowhere.
Well, that may be true for a decent chunk of the population, however I know people (myself included) that spend well over £200 a month on fuel to get to work. To that point, what's anyone whinging about petrol prices for at all? One fill up a month in a car with a decent fuel range will cover that. Yeah, there's outliers doing 50k miles a day without a break (hence why they can't ever consider an EV) - but for most people, in an avg car doing avg mileage, monthly fuel is way less than £100/month.
As for rarely using cars - isn't that true for all cars? They (mostly) sit for 98% of the year going nowhere.
I currently work away from home, living away Mon-Fri. My commute is 130 miles each way, and it has been for 18 months.
I've also previously had a 25 mile daily commute each way, which would give reason for a fill-up every week. I very much doubt I'm alone in this!
People are 'whinging' about fuel prices because it can form a significant chunk of their outgoings every month.
Whilst the AVERAGE mileage may be low (taking your word for that, I don't think you'd deliberately misinform), do we have details for the range of results? Is the lowest 1k, with the highest being 100k?
BornRageFree said:
tigger1 said:
Average UK mileage is about 7.5k per year now isn't it?
To that point, what's anyone whinging about petrol prices for at all? One fill up a month in a car with a decent fuel range will cover that. Yeah, there's outliers doing 50k miles a day without a break (hence why they can't ever consider an EV) - but for most people, in an avg car doing avg mileage, monthly fuel is way less than £100/month.
As for rarely using cars - isn't that true for all cars? They (mostly) sit for 98% of the year going nowhere.
Well, that may be true for a decent chunk of the population, however I know people (myself included) that spend well over £200 a month on fuel to get to work. To that point, what's anyone whinging about petrol prices for at all? One fill up a month in a car with a decent fuel range will cover that. Yeah, there's outliers doing 50k miles a day without a break (hence why they can't ever consider an EV) - but for most people, in an avg car doing avg mileage, monthly fuel is way less than £100/month.
As for rarely using cars - isn't that true for all cars? They (mostly) sit for 98% of the year going nowhere.
I currently work away from home, living away Mon-Fri. My commute is 130 miles each way, and it has been for 18 months.
I've also previously had a 25 mile daily commute each way, which would give reason for a fill-up every week. I very much doubt I'm alone in this!
People are 'whinging' about fuel prices because it can form a significant chunk of their outgoings every month.
Whilst the AVERAGE mileage may be low (taking your word for that, I don't think you'd deliberately misinform), do we have details for the range of results? Is the lowest 1k, with the highest being 100k?
Your mileage is far from normal (the only word I can find to describe commuting 60k miles er year is miserable, Jesus)! You can moan about fuel prices, but JohnnyAverageMileage isn't spending a great wedge on petrol each week.
BornRageFree said:
tigger1 said:
Average UK mileage is about 7.5k per year now isn't it?
To that point, what's anyone whinging about petrol prices for at all? One fill up a month in a car with a decent fuel range will cover that. Yeah, there's outliers doing 50k miles a day without a break (hence why they can't ever consider an EV) - but for most people, in an avg car doing avg mileage, monthly fuel is way less than £100/month.
As for rarely using cars - isn't that true for all cars? They (mostly) sit for 98% of the year going nowhere.
Well, that may be true for a decent chunk of the population, however I know people (myself included) that spend well over £200 a month on fuel to get to work. To that point, what's anyone whinging about petrol prices for at all? One fill up a month in a car with a decent fuel range will cover that. Yeah, there's outliers doing 50k miles a day without a break (hence why they can't ever consider an EV) - but for most people, in an avg car doing avg mileage, monthly fuel is way less than £100/month.
As for rarely using cars - isn't that true for all cars? They (mostly) sit for 98% of the year going nowhere.
I currently work away from home, living away Mon-Fri. My commute is 130 miles each way, and it has been for 18 months.
I've also previously had a 25 mile daily commute each way, which would give reason for a fill-up every week. I very much doubt I'm alone in this!
People are 'whinging' about fuel prices because it can form a significant chunk of their outgoings every month.
Whilst the AVERAGE mileage may be low (taking your word for that, I don't think you'd deliberately misinform), do we have details for the range of results? Is the lowest 1k, with the highest being 100k?
asfault said:
Quadratica said:
I bought an EV a year ago, saved about £800 on petrol, £300 on servicing, £180 VED, lost £200 ins and have not had to visit a petrol station.
I don't worry about getting my car burned or spray painted on by the very people that pushed EVs in the first place Funky Squirrel said:
andrewpandrew said:
Can someone explain this comment for me?
In the USA some people that are upset with Elon Musk are burning and vandalising privately owned Teslas.They used petrol as an accelerant because electricity didn’t do the job so well.
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/31/europe/tesla-cars-f...
ashenfie said:
I spend £30 a month on petrol as these days I work from home. The largest expense is the cost of the car and insurance. It does make me wonder if taxing by the mile makes sense to move the tax burden to those using the roads?
Yes, but those who do 20,000 miles a year won't like that 
It's how this debate always goes; I'd be quite alright with the NZ system of road tax and basic insurance being built in to the cost of fuel, plus strict limits on what foreign drivers can bring in. However if I did high miles I might think differently.
donkmeister said:
ashenfie said:
I spend £30 a month on petrol as these days I work from home. The largest expense is the cost of the car and insurance. It does make me wonder if taxing by the mile makes sense to move the tax burden to those using the roads?
Yes, but those who do 20,000 miles a year won't like that It's how this debate always goes; I'd be quite alright with the NZ system of road tax and basic insurance being built in to the cost of fuel, plus strict limits on what foreign drivers can bring in. However if I did high miles I might think differently.
Saleen836 said:
donkmeister said:
ashenfie said:
I spend £30 a month on petrol as these days I work from home. The largest expense is the cost of the car and insurance. It does make me wonder if taxing by the mile makes sense to move the tax burden to those using the roads?
Yes, but those who do 20,000 miles a year won't like that It's how this debate always goes; I'd be quite alright with the NZ system of road tax and basic insurance being built in to the cost of fuel, plus strict limits on what foreign drivers can bring in. However if I did high miles I might think differently.
I'd argue that every car, BEV/PHEV/ICE needs to pay a standard amount to pay for the registration/keeper process. Why should a BEV have free VED even though we have to pay for the DVLA (apart from to promote the adoption of EV).
Going back to fuel prices, the Asda near work is 123.7p which is pretty cheap compared to some areas.
Saleen836 said:
DodgyGeezer said:
don't worry we'll be OK Rachel from accounts has pledged to make sure the 'British people' are insulated from any Israel/Iran fallout
Working well, noticed yesterday local BP diesel up by 1ppl and Esso 15 miles away diesel up by 3ppl Saleen836 said:
DodgyGeezer said:
don't worry we'll be OK Rachel from accounts has pledged to make sure the 'British people' are insulated from any Israel/Iran fallout
Working well, noticed yesterday local BP diesel up by 1ppl and Esso 15 miles away diesel up by 3ppl Gassing Station | General Gassing | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff