druand wrote:

Not giving away my age but when I had my first car (a side valve Morris Oxford) i got a few pence change from £1 when buying 4 yes FOUR gallons (18.2 litres) and 1 pint of oil. Oil consumption was about 100-150 miles per pint. Works out at 22p per gallon or just under 5p per litre for petrol.
Manufacturers would not consider oil consumption excessive unless it used more than 1 pint in 250 miles. This was the warranty guidline.

I used to keep a ten bob note (50p) in my glove box for emergency petrol - more than enough for 2 gallons (9 litres). Those were the days  1982 RR Classic-converted to 200TDi-gone
1992 RR VogueSE- converted to autogas-gone
2000 FL1 3dr (wife's)
1996 Disco 1 300 Tdi(gone)
2007 FL2 TD4 GS auto (gone)
MY 2011 SD4 HSE Automatic

You use to keep a ten bob note in your glovebox, wow,you were rich
I use to search mine and down the seats for any odd penny's for a packet of fags the day before payday

EYorkshire wrote:

You use to keep a ten bob note in your glovebox, wow,you were rich
I use to search mine and down the seats for any odd penny's for a packet of fags the day before payday

 1982 RR Classic-converted to 200TDi-gone
1992 RR VogueSE- converted to autogas-gone
2000 FL1 3dr (wife's)
1996 Disco 1 300 Tdi(gone)
2007 FL2 TD4 GS auto (gone)
MY 2011 SD4 HSE Automatic

I used to nick empty Newcastle Brown bottles from the back of the student bar and take them down the off-licence for a "refund". Petrol was about a half a crown a gallon, and you got sixpence a bottle.

A mate of my Dads used to do a lot of business in Holland infact he had a light aeroplane to get there in. He would buy flip-top grolsch bottles, fly them home and then get more for the empty bottle in his local offy than he paid for the beer in Holland  At work
At home

"I can't always believe facts I read on the web" - Charles Dickens

winner by default of the tractor vs caravan race

I have only 85 miles range in the tank
(must take the bitter pill soon and full up )
Will it hit the magic £100.00 to fill the tank when I do ?? Or $161.00 for any body across the pond )

to breach £100 you have to be stupidly low on fuel (enough set the engine into slo-mode) and even then you have to fill up at BP Wetherby at rip off prices  At work
At home

"I can't always believe facts I read on the web" - Charles Dickens

winner by default of the tractor vs caravan race

Yes bit it won't be long

chicken george wrote:

to breach £100 you have to be stupidly low on fuel (enough set the engine into slo-mode) and even then you have to fill up at BP Wetherby at rip off prices

Just seen the prices at Wetherby £1.46.9 or the posh one £1.53.9 Black Bess seen near Wetherby. p****d off with a Digital Keyboard Warrior

dunroof wrote:

Yes, and I can remember the days when a half crown would buy you a good horse and cart and you still had enough change to drink yourself silly on Ale and buy a return ticket on the Titanic, but tell the youth of today and they just don't believe you!

Any body seen an Ewe? I've lost one.

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Aye, just finished with her, I'll send her back all cleaned up ready for the next punter  ______________________
2011 Full Fat RR 4.4 TDV8
2012 FL2 SD4 Auto HSE
2013 Kawasaki Versys 650

£153.9 That's your £100.00 a tank ??

Make sure you swab her mouth if you've been French kissing her!

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I paid the 146, I nearly stopped at 1/2 tank due to the price but then though what the heck I'm here now might aswell fill up  At work
At home

"I can't always believe facts I read on the web" - Charles Dickens

winner by default of the tractor vs caravan race

There is tight and then CG! glad I dont have a penny up my bottom and live near you.

Quite right, fill up, it would have cost you more to ponce about finding a cheaper price.

I knew a chap once who proudly proclaimed that he only put a Fiver's worth of fuel in his tank whenever he went for fuel. He said he didn't want a thief to joy ride on a full tank of fuel. I did not understand his logic then and I don't now. Why inconvenience yourself so often on the off-chance that some scum might - just might - one day steal your car. I wonder how much he puts in at today's price per gallon.

Fill up and be done with it, and get on with being positive about life.