Clean It Up
UK Floor Cleaning Forum => Carpet Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: M.Acorn on May 24, 2010, 02:49:22 pm
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This is really starting to hurt,i only put £20 in at a time,but finding i am going to the garage 2 or 3 times a week now !
Also found part of my snapped coil spring,stuck in the front strut ,and pointing out towards my tyre !!! Very luck that it didn`t go through,and send me off the road !
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And no they arn`t before anyone mentions anything,they are chilli's ;D !!
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Diesel is 119.99/litre here,
one good thing about the north south divide.
I have 4 vans, and fill each one every 10 days on average >:(
Andrew
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Mark
The 2 in the middle are Ultimate and not necessary for the majority of vehicles.
What was the normal diesel price - you chopped the price off.
Round here, north Cheshire the price of petrol and diesel fell over the weekend.
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Reg diesel is £123.9,i know i chopped it off,but people were looking at me funny !! I have to use the expensive stuff in the Scirocco,and getting about 85 miles out of £18, :( .Had to postpone my Brighton trip,as my wife is broke.
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Thought the Scirocco would have been the high grade petrol due to its performance.
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What are them plants in the background ;D
Your broke ???
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I would send that onion ring back, it looks over cooked ;D ;D ;D
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My coil spring broke on friday,i new something was wrong when my trye set on fire on the motorway. :o .I managed to get it to the garage and he said about £160 for a new spring,tyre and labour,then he rings later says the strut is shafted aswell,that will be £220 please.Never mind at least i'm still here,if that tyre had burst at 70mph on the motorway(which it was close to doing) i would have been in deep doo-doo.Why do these things happen when you are snowed under with work. :(
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I have to use the expensive stuff in the Scirocco,
I do Joe :( But can`t complain really as the smiles per mile are higher in that than anything else ! Well apart from approaching a horse at nigh on 90 mph,on a country road last week,hung me head in shame at that,and nearly bought myself some very expensive steaks !
I am lucky in the fact that v dubs get tinkered with a lot,ie changing suspension for coil overs etc,so should be able to pick up some good 2nd hand ones,not in any big rush ,as it feels fine still
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Well don't fill up at BP
Didn't you get the e-mail going around the country about avoiding BP and Esso, which if everyone did that would cause them to drop their prices which in turn would make the others do the same.
As it is, it is frustrating that prices vary so much across the country. Currently around here in North Hampshire it about £1.26 yet the other week when we went to South Wales it was nelow £1.20. If you convert that difference into old money (ie gallons) there would have been uproar about such a difference in price.
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As it is, it is frustrating that prices vary so much across the country.
Yes very frustrating !! I can only get £18 in the roc,as it only has a small tank,so wouldn`t be worth my going somewhere else for cheaper fuel as i would use it all on the way back home.
No didn`t get that e-mail,only reason i stopped there was because i was running very very low,and wanted an almond croissant for brek ;D
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Your broke Huh
I consider myself broke unless i have a spare grand in the bank !
£400 tax on the 26th
£118 loan payment 26th
£457 Joint account
£500 Holiday
£160 chemicals and new sprayer
£200 new pump and h/press hose
£200 av fuel pcm
£100 insurances
Anything spare is mine !!
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Mark do you work from a car mate ???
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£200 a month on fuel, that's a lot.
That would get me 1800 miles at least.
Do roughly 100 miles a week carpet cleaning
averaged out.
John
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Well don't fill up at BP
Didn't you get the e-mail going around the country about avoiding BP and Esso, which if everyone did that would cause them to drop their prices which in turn would make the others do the same.
Not this rubbish again, are people still falling for this silly propaganda?
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Mark do you work from a car mate
No Clinton,i have a vw caddy van, i was moaning about the spring breaking,i am still using it,it`s just today i decided to investigate the knock on full lock,and found the broken pig tail pointing towards the tyre !!
That is fuel for van and roc,i get about 180 miles out of £20 in the van,but that is getting less as £20 don`t buy much !!
Do a lot of miles
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I tend to avoid BP, Esso, Total, Texaco and small outlets due to the fact that they are more often than not more expensive by 3p - 6p per litre than the likes of Shell, Jet, Morrisons, Asda, Tesco and Sainsbury's.
Richie.
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it the damn speculators again they are th ones pushing the prices up
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Do the shopping at Tescos, spend >£50 and you get a voucher for 5p off a litre. Did this last week and had £3.50 deducted from my diesel bill :)
Vans are not racing cars, so drive accordingly, smooth and in appropriate gears with a light throttle. Obey speed limits. Quick get aways gobble fuel like a thirsty Richie in a vat of Creme de Menthe ;)
Be aware of your fuel in tank at all times and plan your fill up stops to coincide when you are passing near to your preferred supplier.
It's a fact of modern living that fuel is, and will continue to be, expensive. Can't do nothing about it so why worry? Just charge realistic prices that will cover ALL business expenses.
A tank full lasts me 5 weeks, 4 weeks if I'm unlucky :'(
Safe and happy driving :)
The Ken
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Here we go agin..............................
When I stared driving you could get 4 GALLONS, 10 Senior Service, a box of matches and a penny change from £1.
Mind you we were earning £5 a week so its all to scale.
Trevor
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Ken, ;)
Richie.
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Same here Ken 4 - 6 weeks depending how the jobs plan out.
John
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Fuel prices dropped couple p per litre here in Warrington in last 2-3 days.
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I spent 430 on diesel in May so far ,,went to Sheffield 3 times to see the kids , took stuff for Shiply each time and got paid 672 plus tips for that , so my diesel cost me nothing !
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Looks like you on a winner there Jason - a nice little earner.
Dont think it would work for me - most journeys just local, furthest is about 20 mile each way.
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£430 on diesel in a month, well done for getting it all back, but that would keep me going for six months!
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Try paying extra for the super diesel, eg Shell V power. costs 10% more but mpg better by at least 15%
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Down 2p a litre here today. :)
Andrew
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Phillip,
There was something on TV a couple of months ago regarding premiuim priced petrol / diesel vs regular petrol / diesel. They tested various vehicles and vit was found that although there was a lower fuel consumption whilst using the premium fuels it still worked out more expensive although they are slightly better for the enviroment.
Richie.
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how much is red diesel per ltr then ??? we'd all save a fortune if we only did off road cc'ing ;D
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Does anyone use bio diesel? Im looking into it at the minute.
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Going to start using cooking oil i think !! Tesco had a buy 1 get 1 free on ;D
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Using bio diesel will work out cheaper but most garage forecourts charge the same as regular diesel. Check with your vehicle maufacturer before using it tho. I was going to use it in my Vauxhall astra but weas told it will lead to expensive problems.
Richie.
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http://www.vegetableoildiesel.co.uk/forum/index.php
I know a few people running on new vegetable oil, i would research first if any one thinking about it as there is problems depending on type of engine and type of diesel pump. Our local cash n carry works out at 70p ltr
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I had a car tuned by this guy a few years ago.
He has a guide on his site as to which pumps can deal with veg oil the best
http://www.dieselbob.co.uk/vegetable.asp