Motoring Discussion > Cheap Fuel ......	Miscellaneous
Thread Author: helicopter	Replies: 32

New Tue 26 Oct 10 11:12   Cheap Fuel ...... - helicopter

As I am currently at my Head Office in the Middle East I am driving around in a Honda Legend ........ I pulled in to refuel yesterday and was served promptly 37 litres of fuel. Anyone like to guess the total cost? Virtual pint to the nearest..... Clue - its less than £1.20 per litre.. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 26 Oct 10 11:37   Cheap Fuel ...... - Perky Penguin

54 UAE Dhirams! Mine is a Fullers London Pride please! Last edited by: Perky Penguin on Tue 26 Oct 10 at 11:39 Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 26 Oct 10 11:47   Cheap Fuel ...... - Old Navy

18p a litre. Quite cheap, it was 22p a litre in Egypt recently. Last edited by: Old Navy on Tue 26 Oct 10 at 11:48 Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 26 Oct 10 12:12   Cheap Fuel ...... - helicopter

Neither is close..... Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 26 Oct 10 12:15   Cheap Fuel ...... - corax

Don't depress me. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 26 Oct 10 12:23   Cheap Fuel ...... - Redviper

£20 - Equivelent Local Currency Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 26 Oct 10 12:24   Cheap Fuel ...... - Zero

I hope sheeps brains and eyeballs is on your dinner table tonight. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 26 Oct 10 12:40   Cheap Fuel ...... - helicopter

Red Viper , nowhere near.... Zero - I do not think sheeps eyeballs or brains are on the menu at the Ritz Carlton .. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 26 Oct 10 13:11   Cheap Fuel ...... - FotheringtonTomas

£3.64. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 26 Oct 10 13:22   Cheap Fuel ...... - Mike Hannon

I used to drive round in a Legend at £1-plus per litre. I'd be happy to do it again, too, if I could find a nice one. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 26 Oct 10 14:08   Cheap Fuel ...... - Perky Penguin

I'm guessing you aren't in Abu Dhabi then, if our estimates are so wrong! Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 26 Oct 10 14:14   Cheap Fuel ...... - scousehonda

The 'Middle East' is such a vague description of where you are that it is impossible to estimate with any accuracy an answer to your question.. The fact that you have asked the question suggests that it is ridiculously cheap or eye wateringly expensive. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 26 Oct 10 14:18   Cheap Fuel ...... - AnotherJohnH

"Free", at the company pump. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 26 Oct 10 14:49   Cheap Fuel ...... - Redfire

£10.81 Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 26 Oct 10 15:49   Cheap Fuel ...... - Dave_

Cost of 37 litres = £5.55 equivalent. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 26 Oct 10 15:59   Cheap Fuel ...... - Cpt. Flack

£4.01 Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 26 Oct 10 16:39   Cheap Fuel ...... - Jacks

I'm guessing Saudi and .60 Riyal p/ltr So in GBP about £13.95 Jacks (Old Speckled Hen please) Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 26 Oct 10 17:20   Cheap Fuel ...... - Falkirk Bairn

£8.00 In 1970 you could fill your car (10 gallons) and buy 200 King Size and still have change out of £2.00 (10.8 Riyals to the £) Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 26 Oct 10 17:42   Cheap Fuel ...... - Iffy

I bet the Legend belts along on aviation kerosene. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 26 Oct 10 20:53   Cheap Fuel ...... - Robin O'Reliant

>> £8.00 >> >> In 1970 you could fill your car (10 gallons) and buy 200 King Size and >> still have change out of £2.00 (10.8 Riyals to the £) >> Ah, those were the days. Some lucky sods earned as much as £25 a week too. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 26 Oct 10 21:03   Cheap Fuel ...... - RattleandSmoke

You could also buy a nice house for £2000 but a clapped out Cortina would still set you back a good £200 notes. Cars are so much cheaper now but running costs are so much higher. Just gone up to £1.159 a litre near me now. Was 83.9p when I got my purple Fiesta in October 2008. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 26 Oct 10 21:11   Cheap Fuel ...... - MD

£10.36 Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 26 Oct 10 23:04   Cheap Fuel ...... - sajid

yup thing go expensive its called inflation and also the value of the pound affects the price of goods and services. In america fuel is subsidised here its taxed, the actual cost of fuel minus tax is cheap. am considering getting a hybrid the new jazz hybrid coming out march 2011, cheap to tax, prob cheap to run, as well. Reply to this message | Report message

New Tue 26 Oct 10 23:23   Cheap Fuel ...... - Kevin

>In america fuel is subsidised.. No it isn't. Kevin... Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 27 Oct 10 09:01   Cheap Fuel ...... - helicopter

Well Captain Flack is the closest so far...so I guess he can have the virtual pint.....name your tipple Captain.... The actual total cost for 37 litres was a straight 25 Qatari Riyals which equates to .......£4.54 or just over 12 pence per litre Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 27 Oct 10 09:07   Cheap Fuel ...... - helicopter

Unfortunately of course I forgot to mention that it will have to be a virtual pint of something non alcoholic....... cannot afford to upset the locals..... Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 27 Oct 10 14:57   Cheap Fuel ...... - Cpt. Flack

Cheers. I'll have a coke in that case ;-) Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 27 Oct 10 09:42   Cheap Fuel ...... - Falkirk Bairn

>> >> £8.00 >> >> >> >> In 1970 you could fill your car (10 gallons) and buy 200 King Size >> and >> >> still have change out of £2.00 (10.8 Riyals to the £) >> >> >> Ah, those were the days. Some lucky sods earned as much as £25 a week >> too. >> In Saudi Arabia I was earning £5,500 tax free, (accommodation free, food free) / year in 1972 - petrol was under 10p per US gallon in SA, ciggies 200 for 75p. I saved about £8,000 in the 30 months I was there - squandered lots which I regretted very soon after coming home. I came back home in 1972, took home £93 / month and petrol was 30p per gallon - as my wife stopped working in 1973 we knew a hang of a difference. But we survived Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 27 Oct 10 09:49   Cheap Fuel ...... - Iffy

...squandered lots which I regretted very soon after coming home... Pal of mine worked there for Jaguar in the 1980s. Good money and everything found - Hilton serviced apartment in his case. I think he saved a bit, but a lot of ex-pats didn't. Things such as weekend trips to Thailand became the norm. I remember him telling me he couldn't find his pen one day at the airport, and replaced it with one costing £90 without even thinking about it. Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 27 Oct 10 12:20   Cheap Fuel ...... - Robin O'Reliant

>> >> I remember him telling me he couldn't find his pen one day at the airport, >> and replaced it with one costing £90 without even thinking about it. >> I suppose allowing for inflation that puts Rooney's £200 packet of fags into perspective. if you've got it, flaunt it. Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 27 Oct 10 12:57   Cheap Fuel ...... - Zero

Rooneys into fags as well? Well that will upset Coleen. Reply to this message | Report message

New Wed 27 Oct 10 13:23   Cheap Fuel ...... - Crankcase

When Elsa Maxwell was staying on the Duke of Westminster's yacht in the nineteen twenties, they had an argument. As a make up present he bought her a one hundred thousand pound emerald. She opened the box, was not appeased and immediately threw it overboard. Reply to this message | Report message

New Thu 28 Oct 10 07:13   Cheap Fuel ...... - L'escargot

>> Anyone like to guess the total cost? £4.55 Reply to this message | Report message