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Re: How much does gas/petrol cost where you live?
Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2012 4:24 pm
by BuZz
SquirlKiller wrote:BuZz wrote:~£1.40 a litre ($2.27 USD)
which is £6.36 a gallon ($10.33 USD)
$10 a gallon? i would sell my car if it went up to that price. is your vehicle fuel efficient? whats the MPG on yours? (or the UK equivalent, km/l?)
im not sure actually. tis a 2004 ford focus 1.6 zetec
Re: How much does gas/petrol cost where you live?
Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2012 4:31 pm
by asbo
Re: How much does gas/petrol cost where you live?
Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2012 4:35 pm
by BuZz
looks like im probably about 32 mpg
Re: How much does gas/petrol cost where you live?
Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2012 7:55 pm
by whufclee
God damn it, does that mean I've just purchased a bit of a guzzler? I just bought a little run-around off a mate on Saturday and that's a 2003 Ford Focus Zetec 2.0, oh well I didn't pay too much for it so I guess what I've saved on purchase price will go towards fuel costs.
Re: How much does gas/petrol cost where you live?
Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2012 8:08 pm
by spicemuseum
Geeba wrote:Devon and back last week... £135 in fuel...
I have to sell my car.. it was only averaging 29MPG!
Many of my regular* train journeys are ~40p a mile (that's about EUR 0.3 / km for those of you who live in that United States of Europe, or USD 0.6 / mile for those who live in the United States of God Bless Us All), so don't think you're getting out of it that way.
* "Regular" meaning "frequent" (in England), not "normal" (like in that US).
Re: How much does gas/petrol cost where you live?
Posted: Mon Sep 24, 2012 8:50 pm
by LudviG
Norway here. Unleaded 95 octane is about 15,60 nok per litre atm. Thats about £1,67 per litre.
Re: How much does gas/petrol cost where you live?
Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2012 5:41 am
by professor_jonny
whufclee wrote:God damn it, does that mean I've just purchased a bit of a guzzler? I just bought a little run-around off a mate on Saturday and that's a 2003 Ford Focus Zetec 2.0, oh well I didn't pay too much for it so I guess what I've saved on purchase price will go towards fuel costs.
just dont drive it like you stole it
it will save you on petrol.
the ztec motors are quite a good effecient motor if you keep the revs in check it may need the plugs leads and timing looked at?
if you are running in open loop control it might be your o2 sensor clogged up or reading high.
Re: How much does gas/petrol cost where you live?
Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2012 2:17 pm
by bigkidoz
Makes me laugh when i here the poms talking about gas guzzlers, i know the us vehicles are shrinking and engines becoming more fuel efficient but here the average family car is still 3.6/4ltr capacity or 5.4/6ltr V8 .
Re: How much does gas/petrol cost where you live?
Posted: Tue Sep 25, 2012 8:52 pm
by Geeba
All the big capacity cars will go eventually... Ferrari and other super car manufactures wont be making high capacity V12's any more due to legislation and emissions... plus you can get more power from turbo-chargers with way better economy
I did indeed own a 4ltr Falcon when I was in Oz.. still used to wind me up filling the thing up with fuel.. drove it the whole way round Oz and some, sealed roads and 4x4 tracks, dug it out of mosquito ridden river beds, and drove it through floods so deep the water came through the vents... great car! - most the aussies I knew ran rice motors, one had a Commodore but again moaned about it sucking juice and it spent most of its life in the garage...
Re: How much does gas/petrol cost where you live?
Posted: Thu Sep 27, 2012 3:35 am
by angel4b
$3.79/ gallon USD. This is why i walk to work
Re: How much does gas/petrol cost where you live?
Posted: Sat Sep 29, 2012 8:56 am
by ltdanno360
angel4b wrote:$3.79/ gallon USD. This is why i walk to work
yea its about the Same here Goes up And down from 4.00$ to around 3.89:o
Edit ;; As of today in October gas is around 5$
a gallon --- Crazy
