Don't know about anyone else but I'm currently getting about 4 weeks to the gallon from my car :D
yeah, 2 weeks self isolation certainly saved some fule for us here, back to work again now though.
Best wishes
simon
Problem is, last time I filled my Siesta up fuel was at least 10p per litre more than it is now :'(
I've used mine once in the last 2 weeks, and that was to get the dogs meds, and apart from wiping seagull s*** off it, it's being very neglected. ::)
I've SORN'd my car as we don't need two cars as we barely use one! Might as well get some tax back.
Gary
Went to use mine the other day and the battery was flat. I've done about 20 trips of 200 yards ferrying boxes for a house move, then it sat for a week and it would appear that's kiled it. Mildly concerning as, that abuse aside, it's a brand new battery, rather hoping it's not the alternator!
QuoteI've done about 20 trips of 200 yards ferrying boxes for a house move, then it sat for a week
if your starting and stopping the engine every time youve more likely just drained the battery,seem to recall the figure of 20 minutes running to replace the energy used in starting.
Yep, that is my assumption. But obviously right now jump starting it and "taking it for a drive" to charge isn't exactly essential travel!
I suspect the car's just punishing me as I was looking to replace it, and then it's just lugged loads of boxes and 'stuff' between houses!
Quote from: njee20 on April 04, 2020, 05:02:45 PM
Yep, that is my assumption. But obviously right now jump starting it and "taking it for a drive" to charge isn't exactly essential travel!
Are you likely to need it at some point for an essential journey? If so, then I'd say that taking it for a run to get the battery charged is essential.
Mine hadn't turned a wheel for a fortnight until yesterday so, bearing in mind that I may be called on for some voluntary duties at some point, I deliberately didn't take the direct route to the supermarket for my shopping and nor did I take the direct route back home. Instead I took the much longer route to give it a good run to make sure the battery is well topped up.
Nah, mrs njee20's car is sat on the drive too, so no urgency!
Now that pollution levels have dramatically fallen in the city, I'm tempted to start up my dirty diesel and rev the crap out of it to see if Mayor Sadiq notices it! >:D
I have a battery charger which automatically switches down to trickle charge that will be used occasionally as required. We have two vehicles, being used alternately at the moment on weekly trips to the shops. The nearest of which is 15minutes away.
I'm enjoying cheaper fuel but then I'm driving a lot more! Emergency train timetables have meant I now have to drive to work more often than before. Never seen the M6 so quiet tho 😁
Quote from: Garyf on April 04, 2020, 12:14:26 PM
I've SORN'd my car as we don't need two cars as we barely use one! Might as well get some tax back.
Gary
Us to, and we deferred the insurance, saving another £20 a month.
Quote from: Garyf on April 04, 2020, 12:14:26 PM
I've SORN'd my car as we don't need two cars as we barely use one! Might as well get some tax back.
Gary
Us to, and we deferred the insurance, saving another £20 a month.
you lucky pair I'd get nowt back - tax exempt and only £84 a year fully comp insurance any way :sorrysign: :D
I drove mine 3 yards forwrd this afternoon. After about 30 seconds I drove it 4 yards backwards. I was being nice to the wife so she could put the bins out :thumbsup:
EDIT: I should have explained the reason I drove it an extra yard back. That's so she can get har car out to go to the supermarket at 06:45 on Tuesday :goggleeyes:
Cheque for £100 turned up yesterday, now how do I pay that in?
Gary
Quote from: Garyf on April 07, 2020, 07:55:11 AM
Cheque for £100 turned up yesterday, now how do I pay that in?
Gary
Quite a few are open between 10am and 2pm, I had the same problem last week.
Or an increasing number of banks accept photos of cheques via online/app banking.
Quote from: njee20 on April 07, 2020, 09:56:33 AM
Or an increasing number of banks accept photos of cheques via online/app banking.
I saw that on Santander's website but it doesn't appear on my app. I guess the post office is an option and less likely to be stopped by the police for an unnecessary journey as it's closer to home.
Gary
The Bealmobile is finally in the garage after 12 months on the driveway. The Beal & Castle Eden Railway tends to limit the car door opening right up, and while I had that bloody moonboot on, I could drive the car into the garage, but I'd have to sleep in it! :uneasy:
Like many people I've only been using our car for a visit to the supermercado once a week. This morning, it only just started but fortunately I had to do a slightly longer journey into the next town, so that has charged it up a bit. Using a battery charger is not an option as the garage block is about 50 metres from the house, so I will probably have to give it a longer run just to keep it charged. I don't know how long modern batteries are supposed to last - the car is nearly 4 years old and still on its original battery so it might be not long before I need to replace it.
I can't remember when I refuelled last but I've still got 3/4 of a tankful. The price might be down to 5 bob a gallon again by the the time I need some more!
Cheers,
Chris
Quote from: Papyrus on April 07, 2020, 11:21:29 AM
Like many people I've only been using our car for a visit to the supermercado once a week. This morning, it only just started but fortunately I had to do a slightly longer journey into the next town, so that has charged it up a bit. Using a battery charger is not an option as the garage block is about 50 metres from the house, so I will probably have to give it a longer run just to keep it charged. I don't know how long modern batteries are supposed to last - the car is nearly 4 years old and still on its original battery so it might be not long before I need to replace it.
I can't remember when I refuelled last but I've still got 3/4 of a tankful. The price might be down to 5 bob a gallon again by the the time I need some more!
Cheers,
Chris
Hi
On my previous car the battery lasted seven years from new. Car was a 2007 model.
Cheers
Paul
"Lasts" is a relative term though. They should continue to hold a charge for a long time, far longer than 4 years. If you're only doing lots of short trips though it won't have time to get a charge, and then the age is moot.
When you do your short trips to the supermarket put your lights on too, the alternator will then switch to a higher rate charging.
Quote from: njee20 on April 07, 2020, 02:29:09 PM
"Lasts" is a relative term though. They should continue to hold a charge for a long time, far longer than 4 years. If you're only doing lots of short trips though it won't have time to get a charge, and then the age is moot.
Battery in my van is original fitment from 2004 am there's a pair of bike batteries hooked to a solar charger in the garage that are over thirty years old and still hold 14 volts!
As for fuel, not bought any for a month for the vehicles, just a fivers worth of petrol for the mower
My sister, who lives in Wisconsin, bemoans the fact that she is not allowed to drive far despite the price of fuel having HALVED in the last month. Anyone noticed the UK garages willing to pass the price drop in the cost of oil on to the customer?
Being that 69% of the price we pay is tax, (which includes fuel duty, plus Vat on the fuel and the fuel duty), we're never going to see the price drops we see in the States.
Filled mrs njee20's car up earlier, went to the local BP garage, which is usually several pence above those a bit further away, and it was 105.9p for unleaded. So it would certainly seem the reduction in raw material cost is definitely being passed on.
Its dropped 10p a litre!!! Only £1.06 now
Red diesel has dropped to 54p a litre
and kerosene for our heating oil is down to 38p a litre
Just a crying shame 3 cars are full and going nowhere
Diesel tanks are full as is out heating tank.
More than that, last time I filled up at the same garage is was 126-127p/l, so more than 20p here, given that's almost 20% that's mad!
local Tesco is £1.05.9 per litre for petrol, £1.11.9 for diesel.
and my :censored: tank is full, as are both jerry cans that I am allowed to store.
last refuelled about 3 weeks ago.
needless to say, as soon as we are allowed to actually drive anywhere the price will, I'm sure, rocket back up.
never seen the forecourts so empty.
hi all
does anyone actually know WHY there's is a .9 at the end of every value ....... given they go up and down like a yoyo
next time it goes up or down why cant they round it up to nearest penny
paul
have you ever tried to buy 1 litre, and get your .1p change
just another way of getting profits :censored:
Minimum Delivery 2Litres
although its probably 5 now!!
Quote from: paulbeckwith on April 08, 2020, 04:36:29 PM
hi all
does anyone actually know WHY there's is a .9 at the end of every value ....... given they go up and down like a yoyo
next time it goes up or down why cant they round it up to nearest penny
Undoubtedly for the first reason that many items on shops are £x.99 instead of a round number - it sounds cheaper.
The second, in shops, was to ensure that the cashier had to ring up the purchase and open the till to give change, making it harder for them to just pocket the cash without being caught.
That said, I have occasionally seen fuel priced in a round number of pence.
Quote from: paulbeckwith on April 08, 2020, 04:36:29 PM
does anyone actually know WHY there's is a .9 at the end of every value .......
There isn't... Around here it only the big brands than are .9s, all the supermarkets are .7 apart from one which is usually something .5... ::)
Anyway, do you consciously attempt to buy x litres or do you buy £z worth??
I wait until the pump goes "click" and then wince slightly at the cost, inwardly resolve to buy a more fuel efficient car, then go back to looking at various hot hatches :doh: . I don't think I've put £x since I was 17, and I've never put in a specific quantity.
Quote from: njee20 on April 08, 2020, 09:23:22 PM
I wait until the pump goes "click" and then wince slightly at the cost, inwardly resolve to buy a more fuel efficient car, then go back to looking at various hot hatches :doh: . I don't think I've put £x since I was 17, and I've never put in a specific quantity.
Remember the Not The Nine O'Clock News sketch of that?
Mel Smith was carefully filling his tank and successfully stopping at exactly £5.00.
As he was putting the nozzle back, Griff Rhys Jones, playing a gormless attendant, hit a button labelled "Nobble" and when Mel looked back at the pump it was now reading £5.00½ :laugh3:
It was worse before decimal currency, e.g. £19 19s 11d.
Posh shops added to the confusion by giving prices in guineas.
Yours nostalgically,
Joe
Quote from: joe cassidy on April 09, 2020, 05:08:54 PM
It was worse before decimal currency, e.g. £19 19s 11d.
Posh shops added to the confusion by giving prices in guineas.
Don't they still do that in some auctions, particularly for racehorses?