Filling up is a painful experience in England

Leg · 01-20-2011, 08:42 AM

This is filling the M3 up from a tank with 40 miles left in it. Bit blurry (they dont like you having your phone out on the forecourt) but if you cant make it out, that's £1.39.95 per litre and £82.15 worth of petrol.

jonasaurus · 01-20-2011, 08:48 AM

Mate I feel your pain. How many miles do you get out of a full tank on average?

creepy coupe · 01-20-2011, 09:02 AM

Wonder how the price of super will effect residuals on our M3's.

Leg · 01-20-2011, 09:21 AM

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Originally Posted by jonasaurus

Mate I feel your pain. How many miles do you get out of a full tank on average?

To be honest it isnt really a pain, I dont care. If I did I wouldnt have bought it. As its a keeper (as is my Works Mini) then residuals and cost of running are irrelivent. They pay me back in bundles.

Business and property for making money, cars, wives and kids for blowing money. Thats the way the world keeps turning.

I get 18mpg normally which rises to probably about 21mpg on a run. At that stage when I had been opn the motorway for around 300 miles it read about 325 miles after that fill up.

I would happily pay £2.50 a litre rather than give in and run a dirty diesel. Although I do commute 60 miles 4 times a week in the Works Mini (that gets a heady 29mpg, wooo).

MVF4Rrider · 01-20-2011, 09:25 AM

Keep in mind your gallons aren't equal to ours.

PKL · 01-20-2011, 09:27 AM

How much did this tank cost in $US?? I'm too lazy to figure it out...

330CIZHP · 01-20-2011, 09:27 AM

Wow! That is a lot of dough for gas.

I hear so many local people whine and complain about gas prices here, but I guess we should still consider ourselves lucky since in Alberta we pay 0.96 cents per liter for Octane 91 (European Octane 95) and ~ $1.02 for Octane 94 at Husky (European Octane 100).

creepy coupe · 01-20-2011, 10:08 AM

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Originally Posted by 330CIZHP

Wow! That is a lot of dough for gas.

I hear so many local people whine and complain about gas prices here, but I guess we should still consider ourselves lucky since in Alberta we pay 0.96 cents per liter for Octane 91 (European Octane 95) and ~ $1.02 for Octane 94 at Husky (European Octane 100).

It's ok for you

as you only have to go out in your back yard and squeeze some sand

L-Altos · 01-20-2011, 10:36 AM

UK£ 82.15 = 131.19 U.S. dollars

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Originally Posted by PKL

How much did this tank cost in $US?? I'm too lazy to figure it out...

Chowster · 01-20-2011, 10:37 AM

His tank was about $132 USD.

So jealous of the $0.96/L for 91 premium in Alberta... I paid $1.35/L yesterday for Shell 91 in BC.

Leg · 01-20-2011, 10:51 AM

That was for Shell V-Power by the way.

One of my marketing guys is 22, he has a 1998 Vauxhall Corsa. You can pick them up for £300 or, in our "M3" world, 3.5 tanks of petrol or one rear tyre. LMAO!

Psylight · 01-20-2011, 12:50 PM

HOLY HELL. That is mad expensive....I just paid $54 USD for a fill up this past weekend! Shell V-Power 91.

GregW / Oregon · 01-20-2011, 03:55 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Leg

This is filling the M3 up from a tank with 40 miles left in it. Bit blurry (they dont like you having your phone out on the forecourt) but if you cant make it out, that's £1.39.95 per litre and £82.15 worth of petrol.

Currently in the $3.30s/gal. range here ($0.88/liter) but is predicted to be near $5.00 by the end of next year. China and a lot of other developing countries are increasing demand without an increase in supply.

mdosu · 01-20-2011, 04:51 PM

1 British liter = 1.136 quarts

so you're paying 5.60 pounds per 1.136 US gallon, which comes to $7.83 USD per US gallon.

Doctor J · 01-20-2011, 04:57 PM

wow that`s a lot

tlr · 01-20-2011, 05:02 PM

Wow, and I thought I had it bad switching from a 30+ MPG Honda Civic to a 16 MPG M3

montreal red · 01-20-2011, 05:07 PM

its crazy how expensive fuel is in europe. we're so lucky to have gas at such low prices here in north america.

kaykay · 01-20-2011, 05:21 PM

Insane

Seven7 · 01-20-2011, 05:26 PM

owww, that is a lot of money

NYCMCBM3 · 01-20-2011, 05:42 PM

wow thats a lot , and to think ppl complain about the prices here in the USA

Leg · 01-20-2011, 06:49 PM

Media reckons we will hit £1.50 a litre for standard unleaded by summer. Probably £1.60 per litre for high octane.

Mostly tax, all in the name of the environment. Does it reduce traffic? Does it bollocks. When you have to go somewhere, you have to go. No one is driving for the fun of it these days.

New_m3 · 01-21-2011, 06:04 AM

Its funny to think that when unleaded reached 80p a litre in 2000 the lorry drivers were blockading the refineries for weeks and the UK was running out of fuel.

Now its £1.30 for standard unleaded. I've stopped complaining how much it costs, just fill up with that lovely v power and go.

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330CIZHP Major 62 Rep 1,211 Posts Drives: BMW 330 CI ZHP Join Date: Jun 2009 Location: Calgary, Alberta iTrader: (0)	Wow! That is a lot of dough for gas. I hear so many local people whine and complain about gas prices here, but I guess we should still consider ourselves lucky since in Alberta we pay 0.96 cents per liter for Octane 91 (European Octane 95) and ~ $1.02 for Octane 94 at Husky (European Octane 100). __________________ ""A great sounding, responsive, high-revving, naturally aspirated engine is part of the DNA of a thoroughbred sports car. No two ways about it." - Lamborghini on turbocharging
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Chowster E60_to_E90 36 Rep 1,201 Posts Drives: 2011 E90 M3 Join Date: Aug 2010 Location: Surrey, BC, Canada iTrader: (2)	His tank was about $132 USD. So jealous of the $0.96/L for 91 premium in Alberta... I paid $1.35/L yesterday for Shell 91 in BC. __________________ 2011.5 E90 Dinan M3, SS II, M-DCT, EDC, M Drive. 20" MORR VS8.2 wheels Performance Mods: Dinan St.1 suspension, exhaust, intake; TTPs; BPM St.II, DCT, servo tunes Cosmetic Mods: OEM CF splitters, mirrors, center console, spoiler; Arkym CF diffuser; LUX; tint
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Leg Captain 94 Rep 844 Posts Drives: E92 M3 V8 Alpine White Join Date: May 2007 Location: York, England iTrader: (0)	That was for Shell V-Power by the way. One of my marketing guys is 22, he has a 1998 Vauxhall Corsa. You can pick them up for £300 or, in our "M3" world, 3.5 tanks of petrol or one rear tyre. LMAO! __________________ E92 M3, Breyton GTS 19s, black and carbon all over Factory Mini John Cooper Works 211bhp MK Indy R track car (road legal) 300bhp+ per ton, sequential box VW Tiguan 4x4
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Psylight Brigadier General 92 Rep 3,488 Posts Drives: Teh Space Gray E92 M 6MT Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Diamond Bar ,California iTrader: (11)	HOLY HELL. That is mad expensive....I just paid $54 USD for a fill up this past weekend! Shell V-Power 91. __________________
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mdosu Banned 314 Rep 8,496 Posts Drives: Double Vanos'd Civic-M3 Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: San Francisco iTrader: (6)	1 British liter = 1.136 quarts so you're paying 5.60 pounds per 1.136 US gallon, which comes to $7.83 USD per US gallon.
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Leg Captain 94 Rep 844 Posts Drives: E92 M3 V8 Alpine White Join Date: May 2007 Location: York, England iTrader: (0)	Media reckons we will hit £1.50 a litre for standard unleaded by summer. Probably £1.60 per litre for high octane. Mostly tax, all in the name of the environment. Does it reduce traffic? Does it bollocks. When you have to go somewhere, you have to go. No one is driving for the fun of it these days. __________________ E92 M3, Breyton GTS 19s, black and carbon all over Factory Mini John Cooper Works 211bhp MK Indy R track car (road legal) 300bhp+ per ton, sequential box VW Tiguan 4x4
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New_m3 Second Lieutenant 20 Rep 246 Posts Drives: E92 M3 Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: UK iTrader: (0)	Its funny to think that when unleaded reached 80p a litre in 2000 the lorry drivers were blockading the refineries for weeks and the UK was running out of fuel. Now its £1.30 for standard unleaded. I've stopped complaining how much it costs, just fill up with that lovely v power and go.
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