How Much Do you Fill Up With The High Petrol Prices?

[Ralliart]

Hey guys, just wondering if you have reduced your spending on fuel lately since the petrol keeps on going up.

I used to spend $60 - $65 On Fuel a pw, when fuel was @ $1.23, now i spend between $50 - $65 on (Good Pay Week,)




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[nothin suss]

All the way every time.... Dont even look at the fuel prices!

LPG for the win! $40 a week for 350ish klm around town, cant complain!

[T-Pak Addict]

Originally Posted by nothin suss

All the way every time.... Dont even look at the fuel prices!

LPG for the win! $40 a week for 350ish klm around town, cant complain!

yeah same here LPG = win win. Just fill it up when I get near empty.
chuck $20 of the expensive stuff in from time to time when its cheap. Then every couple of months I give it a good run on petrol to empty the tank and start over again.

[lachymac]

Originally Posted by nothin suss

All the way every time.... Dont even look at the fuel prices!

LPG for the win! $40 a week for 350ish klm around town, cant complain!

thats the way... except i only use about $25 worth a week..

1978 falcon with a 4.1 at the moment.. get like 300k's out a 60 liter tank if i'm lucky hehe.. good thing it only costs me 60 cents a liter..

[Broomexr6]

Fill up whenever required, dont drive less

65-120L per week at $1.71 for vortex 95

[Sorted]

I filled up last night @ $1.35 per litre at my Local Servo, apparently its the cheapest in Melbs a fair few times, Wooooooooo Hooooooooo

[Becker_11]

Originally Posted by lachymac

thats the way... except i only use about $25 worth a week..

1978 falcon with a 4.1 at the moment.. get like 300k's out a 60 liter tank if i'm lucky hehe.. good thing it only costs me 60 cents a liter..

I used to drive a Falcon E-Gas sedan as a taxi and it is because the average joe has gotten on the LPG bandwagon that a daily fill for the owner has risen from $25 per day to between $40 - $45. In fact LPG has increased 40% in the past 12 months.

ORSMT

But there's no point carrying on when you own a fuel guzzling 6.
It's not the amount I use that gripes me, it's how it's paid for. I fuel Monday or Tuesday, so I miss the great 10 cent hit on the public. My gripe is for the masses that can't control the ripoff. And for the authorities that allow it.

I've just worked the Easter long weekend 4 shifts @ inflated Easter prices. I'm driving a Toyota Tarago van running BP Ultimate Unleaded 98 ron so it costs me around $85 - $95 a night. Fuel prices might fluctuate but our rates don't change it's a rip off.

Personally I usually fill up Friday arvo and it works out to about $85 each time. I don't restrict my personal driving due to cost.

[superroo]

yep to the brim each time. Don't have a choice in how much. Daily drive needs petrol. Usually about 50-60 litres per week

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[Deadman]

Nope.

[Chamelion]

When I was using ULP I would fill to the top each Wednesday before they jacked the prices up in the evening.

On LPG I now fill up when I run out. The only place to jack the price up alongside ULP is the woolies servoes. Typically 5cpl dearer from Weds morning until Friday.

[rodderz]

No... if I need fuel I'll fill all the way up.

If it's insanely expensive, I might put some in and fill up properly when cheaper, but generally stopping for fuel is one of those chores I absolutely get sick of, so when I do I make sure I fill to the brim. I'm surprised I dont run out, I always put it off and put it off and fill up when the needle is down to the "E" on the work ute or the DTE on the XT is nearly to 0

[benoxr]

Whenever I get fuel, it's a fill only. I couldnt stand getting say 10 bucks here and there. One stop for fuel approx every 5-7 days.

[Fev]

try to do it on tuesday night/wednesday morning. usually around 70-75 to fill up with 95oc

[wicksy]

yeh i use to chuck $20 in the xr8 would last 2 days if that now i fill it up and get over 400km a week in mackay

[FlipXW]

I dont let it get below a quarter. 1, Safest way to never ever run out. 2, Dont pick up any of the sh!t that settles on the bottom of the tank. When it gets there just fill it up. I'm going to use the same amount of fuel each week so might aswell do it in 1 stop rather than 6.

[Windsor220]

I've always just put $50 in when I need to fill up regardless of price. I only need to fill up every fortnight or so.

[TEaaron]

In the cortina I never put more than $20 because I like to keep the weight down.

In the merc I use to fill it up. $140+

I only ever use mobile 98 octane. Some times caltex 98.

I would rather have my car towed than put shell in it.

[xy500]

Originally Posted by TEaaron

In the cortina I never put more than $20 because I like to keep the weight down.

keep the weight down? :
you do know that petrol weighs about 740 grams per litre?
so for a full tank of say 60L thats 44kg?

if you run LPG its even less, about 500 grams per litre, and assuming you have a bigger tank - say 80L so thats 40kg.

not a whole lot in that - considering if you average the weight over the time you are driving, you are carrying an average of 25kg of fuel, not a lot of weight! less than your little bro or that alpine stereo with amps and massive woofers.

your more likely to cost yourself more money from consistently having less than a quarter of a tank, you are giving the steel in the tank more chance to oxidise (rust), if you have an electric fuel pump in tank you run the risk of burning it out quicker, picking up more crap from the bottom of the tank or even the possibility of your car not starting if you park on an incline (had this happen to our commwhore, the angle was only like 5-10 degrees, hopeless....)

also in a place like i do, where the fuel stations close at 8pm, if you decide you wanna go somewhere, you need to already have that fuel or you're staying home for the night.
I work at the servo and it just seems so silly to be coming into the fuel station almost everyday of the week for your 10 or 20 bucks, if your sucked in to buying anything while you there at the ridiculous prices they charge you're better off going to a fuel station as little as possible!

[RG]

When she needs fuel, she gets fuel.

[TEaaron]

Originally Posted by xy500

keep the weight down? :
you do know that petrol weighs about 740 grams per litre?
so for a full tank of say 60L thats 44kg?

if you run LPG its even less, about 500 grams per litre, and assuming you have a bigger tank - say 80L so thats 40kg.

not a whole lot in that - considering if you average the weight over the time you are driving, you are carrying an average of 25kg of fuel, not a lot of weight! less than your little bro or that alpine stereo with amps and massive woofers.

your more likely to cost yourself more money from consistently having less than a quarter of a tank, you are giving the steel in the tank more chance to oxidise (rust), if you have an electric fuel pump in tank you run the risk of burning it out quicker, picking up more crap from the bottom of the tank or even the possibility of your car not starting if you park on an incline (had this happen to our commwhore, the angle was only like 5-10 degrees, hopeless....)

also in a place like i do, where the fuel stations close at 8pm, if you decide you wanna go somewhere, you need to already have that fuel or you're staying home for the night.
I work at the servo and it just seems so silly to be coming into the fuel station almost everyday of the week for your 10 or 20 bucks, if your sucked in to buying anything while you there at the ridiculous prices they charge you're better off going to a fuel station as little as possible!

Hmmm, where to start with answering this idiotic reply of yours.

1: My car does not run on LPG, an extra 44kg is 44kg too much.

2: I don't have a alpine stereo system if you actually to read down at my signature.

3: if you botherd to look across to your left under my avatar you would see I live in Melbourne, dunno if you heard of it, but it aint a little town!

4: 250 crossflows do not run an electric fuel pump

5:Again if you actually botherd to look down at your moniter at my signature you would realize that the Cortina is NOT my daily driver.



So think before you go bashing the keyboard typing up some negitive rubbish.

[Zed7fiddy]

Impossible to adjust spending as i wont get as far then ill have to walk the 20ks to work

Instead im buying a bike and keepin my lancer and getting rid of the car, much cheaper on fuel

[JONESY_XR6]

All the way every fortnight.60-65L 120-140$$ 98 oct.

[Black XR]

To the brim every time. 80-150 ltrs a week sometimes more if I'm working a long way from home

[Geez Louise]

I filled up tonight...Got fuel for $1.33pl...Everywhere else it was $1.47pl

Filled up at Safeway so with the 4c coupon...ended up saving 18 cents a litre.

[asusdragon]

when the car comes out like 4 or 5 times a month, and i need fuel i will fuel it right up dont care bout price, but usually bout $85 to fill i think, then i use it then have to take it a few time more that month to get rid of the fuel sitting in the tank dont want it going off, with the ute well work pays for it so gets filled up when it need it price doesnt matter, but that usually round $65 to fill

[Unco]

i think this thread is about whether you have reduced the number of km's that you drive due to higher fuel prices rather than how much fuel you put in your car each time you stop for fuel...

or maybe i'm the only one that sees the original post differently.

either way, i think the thread title and the original post don't match.

if people need to drive to work, then how are they going to reduce the amount of fuel they put in???

i'm guessing OP's question is mainly aimed at those that go 'cruising' every night of the week. but since i'm not 17 anymore and i have better things to do in my spare time, my answer would be: no, i use the same amount of fuel regardless of price.

[exrtnz]

Same here a tank a week maybe even more depends on how much extra cruising I do on the weekends.

[Steffo]

I'm usually 20-45 but several times a week, because I don't have that much cash reserve on me usually. So I've also ticked 60-80 and 100 because it usually adds up to that much anyway.

[whiskieboy]

Its a Turbo Diesel Focus, it needs fuel every 740kms or every couple of weeks or so. The price doesnt vary enough to worry about it.

[sgt_doofey]

I just fill up when needed. The EL is on LPG, so that costs me about $35-$40 for my weekly travels, approx 500kms.
The Peugeot last cost me $80 to fill up due to the price of diesel being just under $1.50/L