[B1ANK]

Just filled up a full tank of diesel on Friday and hit £58 for a full tank!
It really is crazy, I am just glad the economy is pretty good...
Recently saw £1.26 per litre in North London...
Can't imagine what a hard charging CooperS Auto would cost in fuel every week...

Any ideas on using less fuel? Does chipping the engine help?

[NeuroBeaker]

I've regularly been hitting about £50-54 per tank up here in my petrol ONE for approximately 300-310 miles of driving. Fuel prices have shot up with the oil refinery strike around these parts. Plus, some stations have been running out of fuel or curbing how much you can buy in one visit.

I'm seriously thinking about getting out and pushing the MINI home to save fuel.

[ALD0]

10 p more for Derv, £58 is crazy....

How many miles would you get from that fill up?

I chipped mine, made no diff tbh, in fact because it was faster, I was pushing the car more and used more fuel!!!

[B1ANK]

£58 was £1.18 per litre, just over 49 litres! so not that far from running dry...
should get around 470 - 500 miles on that unless i do lots some motorway were it would go up to 560miles. Am scared to put my foot down!...

[ALD0]

LOL-Oh dear,
Okies, Well that tank would cost me about £53/£54 in my S, filling that I would get 400 to the tank as it's almost using all the tank,...

[ASTON]

£56 to fill the cab up and 230 mles its empty

[ALD0]

Quote: Originally Posted by ASTON (original)

£56 to fill the cab up and 230 mles its empty

Bet ya wish you kept your Cooper D now?

[B1ANK]

A truck driver who delivered a shipping container to my warehouse a few weeks ago said that to brim the tanks on his lorry costs £950 !!! And he fills up twice a week!!! Think of all the
Shell Points he gets.... And all the time spent in fuel stations....
No wonder Shell and BP are doing so bloody well !
Anyone fancy a Mini Fuel Protest?

[Ant FR]

i think when i first bought my S back in 2006 it cost 39 for a full tank.

Well sooner or latter this has got to go back down or we will hit recession. Fuel is one of the most important costs in the market place, it affects everything. Some people are living on the edge and only just coping and it only takes a few months of this before we see loads chucking in the towel, then it will be a downward spiral. So lets hope it gets better soon.

And those fuel workers in scotland are very selfish, there are millions in the uk who have had the same happen to themwith their pensions, striking never works. Do we need to look at the miners and see how true that statement is again.

[3rdpillar]

Trading in this country is getting very difficult and there will be alot of business going down. My company works in the field service and distribution areas.

Whilst fuel costs are rising constantly, there is still a mindset of "doing a deal", "discount", "shop arround" ( its the ebay/internet culture )

Margins are non-existant. Only the cash rich business will survive if this carries n for 12 months more.

the writing is on the WALL

[I love MINI, Laura]

A R53 S auto (mine) does basically 29.5mpg every time I top up so I get around 290miles out of the 40 litres (8-10litres below the red line) I always top up just after the red line so cost exactly £50 this time at 108.9p per litre. I have a range of 320 to the whole tank but I do all town driving went up to 32.9mpg with motorway driving. We only use our MINI (our only car) on the weekends to get around, I walk to work and Shawn cycles. Saves us on petrol! So our tank lasts around 2-3 weeks.

[B1ANK]

29+mpg for a dooperS auto in town! your not thrashing it enough Laura!
my first mini was a one auto, used to get 180 miles on a tank, less if i was heavy footed! 18-20mpg unless on a motorway....
those cvt boxes were not good!

[NeuroBeaker]

Quote: Originally Posted by Ant FR (original)

i think when i first bought my S back in 2006 it cost 39 for a full tank.

Well sooner or latter this has got to go back down or we will hit recession. Fuel is one of the most important costs in the market place, it affects everything. Some people are living on the edge and only just coping and it only takes a few months of this before we see loads chucking in the towel, then it will be a downward spiral. So lets hope it gets better soon.

And those fuel workers in Scotland are very selfish, there are millions in the uk who have had the same happen to them with their pensions, striking never works. Do we need to look at the miners and see how true that statement is again.

No kidding!

Fuel availability is pretty much normal now up here in Scotland since companies have trucked in supplies from England - in the first few days some garages were imposing £30 or 30 litre limits (depending on the garage) on fuel. However, what's not normal is the bloody price - regular unleaded now costs more now than the ultimate/optimax/etc stuff used to!

I wasn't exactly on the edge beforehand, but I'm certainly starting to run out of money now! I don't even have an extravagent lifestyle: I drink very little, eat out very seldom, don't really take holidays (too expensive), etc... The MINI needed servicing about 1300 miles ago, but the money I had set aside to get that done is now being depleted on rising fuel costs (I've also had to move house when the owners sold up and I'm now living further away from work than before).

Not to mention that the new budget from New Labour means we pay a lot more tax than before! It's time we had a change of government - just call the election, Mr. Brown.

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[ALD0]

I know this is turning in to another fuel discussion thread, bnbut I am very surprised that there has not been any fuel strike like there was in 2000?

[I love MINI, Laura]

Quote: Originally Posted by B1ANK (original)

29+mpg for a dooperS auto in town! your not thrashing it enough Laura!
my first mini was a one auto, used to get 180 miles on a tank, less if i was heavy footed! 18-20mpg unless on a motorway....
those cvt boxes were not good!

Wow thats awful! 18-20 on a One auto! Thats shocking no the Cooper S auto box is very different to the CVT and is used on the new style autos too. I think it only slightly higher reving than the manual S's.

We've never been below 28mpg even when we first got it and *ahem* enjoyed its acceleration more than we should maybe?

[dh2310]

Filled up last week £65 @132.9 a litre

[ALD0]

Quote: Originally Posted by dh2310 (original)

Filled up last week £65 @132.9 a litre

[madjohn]

stop whinging ! I put £68.00 in my tank ' 3-4 times aweek ! fuel bill for may was £1100.00 in amini 1 D ! 1200-1800 miles aweek !

Know you can start whinging again !

[ALD0]

Quote: Originally Posted by JOHN BAGLEY (original)

stop whinging ! I put £68.00 in my tank ' 3-4 times aweek ! fuel bill for may was £1100.00 in amini 1 D ! 1200-1800 miles aweek !

Know you can start whinging again !

Your a driving instructor though

[dh2310]

I have just been looking on petrolprices.com for the cheapest price in my local area now down to 129.9, £1.50 cheaper per tank than a few weeks ago.

I saw on there that there is one garage that does Premium Diesel @ 135.9 a litre

Has anyone here used Premium Diesel?

Any difference in performance or mpg, curious to try it out and see.

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