Anyone quitting driving in the new year ?

MikeS

recent petrol prices have gone above 120p a litre whilst crude oil per barrel is below 100$ a barrel some 45$ a barrel less than the 2008 peak of petrol prices
we got a VAT hike of 2.5% in january adding another 3p a litre on petrol

insurance companies have openly admitted that premiums will be rising anything between 30% & 100%

we already had a 2p increase per litre in stamp duty since march budget with another 1p a litre hike planned before next year's budget as planned by darling this year

so within the next 16 weeks expect another 4.5p a litre added to current petrol prices [per litre]

i think we are paying something like 20p more a litre for our petrol since the peak of 2008 which is shocking to say the least

http://www.nyse.tv/crude-oil-price-history.htm

that link says it all !

sorry about the doom mongering but it is getting beyond a joke the way this country is heading

Matt

I won't be.

MikeS

i am tired of petrol sucking up my disposable income

Matt

Me to, V-Power is now 130.9, however, nothing I do will change that. Since I've come off shift, my driving has increased from minimum of 7 time a month to and from work, to 5 times a week......mostly in rush hour. I'm now using half a tank a week!

Mark_Dj

Glad my car only gets used lightly, my girlfriend only works part time from Mon to Wed, then it's parked up all week, maybe out once more for shopping. We only live about 5 miles from her work, so it's parked up at her work til home time for her. I am using V-Power also, prices are nuts :crazy: . Would be better off with an electric car lol car.gif

Matt

I'm only 6 miles from work, so in the summer, I'll be doing a lot more cycling to and from work.

Mordoklej

My work is 3 miles from my home so petrol prices don't affect me very much. I do roughly 500 miles every month which cost me £120 (v-power or bp97.. they cost like £1.3/litre atm)

My wife's work is 7-8 miles away. She drives Toyota Aygo, but the car is economical, but not big enough so at some point we will be buying Volkswagen Polo BlueMotion for her.

Matt

Mordoklej said:
My wife's work is 7-8 miles away. She drives Toyota Aygo, but the car is economical, but not big enough so at some point we will be buying Volkswagen Polo BlueMotion for her.

That's the saving grace us, the wife's Smart is great for her getting to work and back. Costs her £30 to fill it, and that does two weeks. Insurance has also gone down £300 for this year.

gazzyd

I aint i didn't drive for about year already and hated it.
As my Coup aint ready to come out i aint bothered about running costs The Passat is great on Fuel so i'll stick to driving that for now 🙂

AceOdinn

No way!
My car it's my life 🙂

Our prices are rising too. Certainly they are much lower, but the wages are lower as well.
My work in 30 miles, and it's difficult to get there by other transport.

Mordoklej

Matt said:

Mordoklej said:
My wife's work is 7-8 miles away. She drives Toyota Aygo, but the car is economical, but not big enough so at some point we will be buying Volkswagen Polo BlueMotion for her.

That's the saving grace us, the wife's Smart is great for her getting to work and back. Costs her £30 to fill it, and that does two weeks. Insurance has also gone down £300 for this year.

I take my wife's car whenever possible. She gets 55mpg (Aygo 1.0 petrol), I get 25mpg (Astra 2.2). She pays £20/pa road tax, I pay £235/pa. She pays £320/pa (no NCD) for FC insurance, I pay £720/pa (4 years NCD) for FC insurance. Parts for Aygo are cheap, reliability is good. Perfect second car. The only problem is it's a 4-seater and boot is tiny. Polo BlueMotion will fix all that.

Matt

I can't take hers any more, as with her new job, she's able to drive to work everyday, rather than it being sat on the drive doing nothing. It did 1000 miles in 10 months, and has already done 600 in the last two since starting her new job.

BURT150

I wont be giving up my freedom.

It's just something we have deal with. It costs me 70quid a week in fuel and its anoying but as much as it costs to run my car, evryday i drive to work its earning me more money. Theres no alternative for me eather no busses or trains and im f**ked if im riding my bike to work :lol:

Somthings going to give in this country before long.

Sjdickso

I wont either nor looking at getting a more econimical car either at this moment in time.

poundy

😃

MikeS said:
recent petrol prices have gone above 120p a litre whilst crude oil per barrel is below 100$ a barrel some 45$ a barrel less than the 2008 peak of petrol prices
we got a VAT hike of 2.5% in january adding another 3p a litre on petrol

insurance companies have openly admitted that premiums will be rising anything between 30% & 100%

we already had a 2p increase per litre in stamp duty since march budget with another 1p a litre hike planned before next year's budget as planned by darling this year

so within the next 16 weeks expect another 4.5p a litre added to current petrol prices [per litre]

i think we are paying something like 20p more a litre for our petrol since the peak of 2008 which is shocking to say the least

http://www.nyse.tv/crude-oil-price-history.htm

that link says it all !

sorry about the doom mongering but it is getting beyond a joke the way this country is heading

my plan is to drive more!!! burn more petrol and drive even faster!! lol