Will £2+ per litre for diesel change your plans ?

[Imala615]

was going to Cornwall but £2 a litre that would be about near enough £200 each way for us so were looking at going to North Yorkshire or possibly further up Scotland where I can use my bus pass to get about

Lucky you ,cant use mine up there or in Wales

 

[Neil S]

Lucky you ,cant use mine up there or in Wales

I think it ridiculous that bus passes for us oldies can’t be used throughout the the whole of the U.K. mainland

 

[CamperJack]

Probably not going on so many long trips or even as many trips home to see family. At least until I graduate and get a "proper job" again.

It's a total joke and something should be done about it. Oil companies laughing all the way to their tax havens. Takes the p***.

 

[GMLS]

I'm trying to put a positive spin on my long wait for my new motorhome.Every month is £200 plus I would have spent but didn't so goes on the pot for when it turns up

 

[Wack]

FYI If you're anywhere south of Birmingham or North of Cornwall Esso supreme 99 contains no ethanol , it's what I'd be using if I wasn't in the North west , I point blank refuse to use e10, I know a few people who've had engine management lights on since it arrived

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[Guigsy]

20p extra per litre translates to roughly an extra £3 extra per 100 miles.

EDIT: Assuming ~30mpg.

 

[Trevor Wbm]

We've taken the view that everything we do the MoHo is frivolous and unnecessary, so we either pay up or park up.

 

[Wack]

20p extra per litre translates to roughly an extra £3 extra per 100 miles.

EDIT: Assuming ~30mpg.

If that was a reply to my post E5 is petrol, most motorhomes are diesel , I couldn't find an appropriate petrol thread so threw it in here

You do get more mpg with E5 so the difference isn't that great

 

[The Wino]

I think it ridiculous that bus passes for us oldies can’t be used throughout the the whole of the U.K. mainland

Why should a Londoner get a bus pass at 60 then use it in North Yorkshire where we don't get one until 66?

 

[EuroTrotters]

Interesting article in the Telegraph this morning showing how price of a litre of fuel is made up

Petrol: Wholesale 78p, Biofuel 12p, delivery & oil company 1.7p, retailer margin 3.5p, duty 53p, VAT 29.7p

Diesel: Wholesale 69p, Biofuels 18.9p, delivery & oil company 2.1p, retailer margin 11.2p, duty 53p, VAT 30.8p

So more profit for retailers on diesel…..

So the UK GOV are taking in appropriately £100,000,000 a day in duty and VAT per day from sales of road fuels .

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[InvictaMoto]

Why should a Londoner get a bus pass at 60 then use it in North Yorkshire where we don't get one until 66?

Totally agree. Have friends in London where I worked until December when I retired. I paid for travel and they simply nipped their bus pass.

 

[EuroTrotters]

If that was a reply to my post E5 is petrol, most motorhomes are diesel , I couldn't find an appropriate petrol thread so threw it in here

You do get more mpg with E5 so the difference isn't that great

One of our cars has to run on high octane. So that’s E5 for us.

 

[The Wino]

So the UK GOV are taking in appropriately £100,000,000 a day in duty and VAT per day from sales of road fuels .

It does give a feeling that they are complaining of excess profiteering whilst keeping quiet about excess taxation

 

[Plumb]

Don't see much option it's either stump up if you can afford it or alter your plans. We're going to France next month it won't stop us but we're lucky and can afford it. I think the government ought to do the same as Germany and reduce train and bus fares.

Never tried to get motorhome on bus or train ! No fuel is still good value eek!

 

[Neil S]

Why should a Londoner get a bus pass at 60 then use it in North Yorkshire where we don't get one until 66?

Maybe it should be uniformly the same age for everyone

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[Dawn B]

We'll be going a mile down the road to this.

 

[joe and sue]

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We'll be going a mile down the road to this.

And where is this please?
What is MH parking / staying over like ??
Stop teasing and fess up !!

 

[Dawn B]

And where is this please?
What is MH parking / staying over like ??
Stop teasing and fess up !!

It's our local private sailing club, sorry.

 

[joe and sue]

It's our local private sailing club, sorry.

Had to ask, looks great

 

[Badknee]

What pisses me off is the cheating oil companies that put the price up overnight for the fuel sat in their tanks. If they have for example 40,000 ltrs of fuel and put it up by just 2p a ltr that’s 80,000 p or £800. Multiply that be every garage they run it’s an absolute fortune for just altering the prices, no extra labour, nothing. Then a sniff of a barrel of crude going up and whammy we pay immediately but when it goes down we don’t gain anything.

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[Wack]

One of our cars has to run on high octane. So that’s E5 for us.

I don't trust the government, they're committed to removing older cars from the roads, E10 will speed that up, a friend has a 2008 VW, since E10 she's had an engine management light on, I told her to go back to E5 and it's gone out.

 

[Badknee]

We’re using an additive in ours.

 

[Cherub]

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We'll be going a mile down the road to this.

Like I said earlier in this thread, you don’t have to go far to find a nice place. Our next jaunt is just around 25 miles away.

 

[joe and sue]

Like I said earlier in this thread, you don’t have to go far to find a nice place. Our next jaunt is just around 25 miles away.

Yeah, this weekend trip is just 28 miles round trip, 1 gallon of diesel !!

 

[WESTY66]

Yes it will, I plan on buying a 12v pump and a length of hose

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[Figaro]

Yeah, this weekend trip is just 28 miles round trip, 1 gallon of diesel !!

56 mpg, you have a very economical motorhome

 

[Cherub]

Yeah, this weekend trip is just 28 miles round trip, 1 gallon of diesel !!

I going back to Johnshaven where I went every year as a child with my mum, dad and big brother. We stayed in a b&b back then. Just spoken to one of the ladies who run the campsite and it turns out it was her auntie and uncle we stayed with. We’re looking forward to a good blether. It’s a community run campsite and apparently lovely.

 

[sonny]

56 mpg, you have a very economical motorhome

Round trip

 

[Figaro]

Round trip

Should have gone to specsavers

 

[Bobby dazzler]

Do what you can while you can I recon my old hymer 312d only does low 20s to the gallon I recon but I will use it while ever I can afford it and before it's totally band by the green lobby. Off to Atlantic coast in France next month. All being well. No good being the richest man in the graveyard anyway

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