jr
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Maths was never my strong point
say a petrol car does 40mpg @ 1.02 a litre
and a diesel one does 50mpg @1.05 a litre
over a periode of 10k miles, what would the diffrence be in costs ?
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Nic Barnes
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was the horse called wednesday?
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Twiggy
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I would also be interested in this answer 
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_Allan_
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If Pow is not in here within 5 mins with the answer, he will lose his Rainman MPG status.
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Nic Barnes
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about 40 quid?
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Warren G
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1.02 x 4.5 = 4.59
1.05 x 4.5 = 4.73
10000 % 40 (mpg) = 250
10000 % 50 (mpg) = 200
petrol = £1147.50
desiel = £946
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ali_corsa
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petrol would be £1159.25
diesel is £954.68
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Warren G
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jr
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so am i correct in thinking over 10000 miles it costs £200 more to run a petrol ?
that cant be right can it ?
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Nic Barnes
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for 200 quid id rather not sound like a tractor
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SportBoy
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i know the real answer
petrol = good
diesel = gtf out you farmer
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jr
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quote:
Originally posted by Nic Barnes
for 200 quid id rather not sound like a tractor
thing is the diesels will be soooooo much quicker than the petrols i reckon in this case
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Warren G
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well
how often do you see a petrol do 40mpg
normaly 30-35
desiel can do 45-60mpg depending on car and driver
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ali_corsa
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Originally posted by Warren G
whos right warren i know my maths was never the strongest point
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sand-eel
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indeed £200 over a year asn't much really, you wouldn't notice the difference in savings.
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M2RTY
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take into account insurance and tax differences too
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Nic Barnes
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quote:
Originally posted by jr
quote:
Originally posted by Nic Barnes
for 200 quid id rather not sound like a tractor
thing is the diesels will be soooooo much quicker than the petrols i reckon in this case
ofcourse it will as to get 40mpg out of a petrol its going to be some utter bag of crap. you'd struggle to get 25-30 out of a decent petrol car really. my gsi vectra did 34mpg to liverpool and back. in a tdci mondingo problably would be 55-60mpg.
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pow
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Right, 40mpg over 10k = 250 gallons
50mpg over 10k = 200 gallons.
Petrol at 1.02 * 4.54 = £4.63 per gallon
Diesel at 1.05 * 4.54 = £4.77 per gallon
£4.63 * 250 = £1157.50
£4.77 * 200 = £954
Total saving being £203.50
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Nic Barnes
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quote:
Originally posted by pow
Right, 40mpg over 10k = 250 gallons
50mpg over 10k = 200 gallons.
Petrol at 1.02 * 4.54 = £4.63 per gallon
Diesel at 1.05 * 4.54 = £4.77 per gallon
£4.63 * 250 = £1157.50
£4.77 * 200 = £954
Total saving being £203.50
8: 01pm wants its reply back
[Edited on 23-06-2009 by Nic Barnes]
fuckin edited due to the time thing putting a stupid fuckin face thing in instead fuckers.
[Edited on 23-06-2009 by Nic Barnes]
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_Allan_
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Faith is restored. I'll let you off with the extra mins for cleaning up the mess
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SportBoy
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quote:
Originally posted by sand-eel
indeed £200 over a year asn't much really, you wouldn't notice the difference in savings.
you would if you were a diesel owner as they buy home brand beans etc and have a big pot of 1ps and 2ps and count them up once a year , where it ads upto £5.50 so then they can go out and buy a crate of 'biere' from the supermarket and talk about broad beans and the price of bread.
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Warren G
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what petrol does 40mpg...........
lets say 35mpg £1311
against £946, saving £365 - nearly a 1/3
plus fuel prices are now the same...
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Nic Barnes
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quote:
Originally posted by Warren G
what petrol does 40mpg...........
lets say 35mpg £1311
against £946, saving £365 - nearly a 1/3
plus fuel prices are now the same...
diesel is set to go up at higher rate than petrol is over the enxt few years though. so the actual savings will be reduced a lot.
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pow
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Plus, thats simple maths, not mpg bashing 
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Nic Barnes
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quote:
Originally posted by pow
Plus, thats simple maths, not mpg bashing
maybe for those that attended skoolz it is. i got lost at 40 x 10000 divide by 3 then gave up.
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