Thread: Goriv zlata

Bo vlada pripravljena goriva dajatve 3 p na liter v januarju? In bo to dejansko zadevo, v realnem svetu, na vaš lokalni črpalka? Senca kancler Ed Balls trenutno dosega toliko terenu kot je lahko iz neustrašno "napačnem času, napačnem mestu" glede vlade, ki predlaga 3 p-a-l, povečanje goriva dajatev naslednji januar.
Ve tudi, seveda, da hes potiska naprej odpira vrata, kar je ostalo od nas so vpletene-ker nihče ne želi plačati več za svoje gorivo v tem trenutku, tudi če so se zavedali, da smo lahko ropanjem Peter Paul na dolgi rok plačila.
Ampak vsepovsod stvar; ali je dejansko pomembno če vlada postavlja dolžnost gorivo 3 p a l ko shranite štirikrat da če vaša pripravljeni podamo?
Če vaša težkih tovornih vozil voznik, ali več, do točke a cestnega podjetja komu vsako miljo je ključnega pomena, je odgovor je zelo očitno da. To je pomembno. Ni samo vleko vaš zvijača M1 in v lokalnih poceni garaži poiskati nižjo ceno goriva, navsezadnje.
Ampak vaša voznika avtomobila, svojo drugačno. Ta teden Ive izpolniti Jaguar XK RS da Im srečo, da so bila posojena za nekaj časa dvakrat. V obeh primerih nizko opozorilna svetilka, ki je prišel, kar je pomenilo prišlo o galono levo v rezervoarju, tako 60 litrov prostora.
Prvo polnjenje sem na moj lokalni garaži stane 77. 45 v 1. 31 na liter; drugi je bil na M1 in strošek 86. 94 v 1. 45 na liter.
V obeh primerih, ki mi je dal vrsto okoli 250 milj. (Vem, vem, poraba goriva avtomobila je smešno in obseg takega v današnjem času je nesmiseln. Vendar v tem primeru to ni res točka). Kaj je, je, da sem moral plačati skoraj Desetica več za isto količino goriva, samo zato, ker sem poln avto na napačnem mestu ob napačnem času.
Je razmišljal o tem in razrađen način izogibanja avtoceste polnila (pazite, tank je bil poln gorivo cenejše, lokalni, ko sem pobota, na primer) bi lahko shranili 14p za liter.
Več kot 25.000 milj, ki je približno let vredno vožnje v mojem svetu-Id shrani celotno "vreča peska" zgolj z na lokalni ravni v XK RS. Torej, čeprav se morda zdi dotik pipa, iščejo najcenejše goriva v avto, ki ne 18mpg in katere stroške 105k na prvem mestu, ne skrbi. Ker Kdor je z veseljem val Zbogom relativno enostavno 1000 na leto danes nima svojo glavo privijemo na čisto prav.

Will the government put fuel duty up by 3p a litre in January? And will it actually matter in the real world, at your local pump?The shadow chancellor Ed Balls is currently making as much ground as he can out of his 'wrong time, wrong place' campaign regarding the governments proposed 3p-a-litre rise in fuel duty next January.
He knows full well, of course, that hes pushing on an open door as far as the rest of us are concerned – because no one WANTS to pay more for their fuel at this moment in time, even if were aware that we may be robbing Peter to pay Paul in the long run.
But heres a thing; does it actually matter if the government puts the duty on fuel up by 3p a litre when you can save four times that if youre prepared to shop around?
If youre an HGV driver, or more to the point a haulage company to whom every mile is critical, the answer is very clearly a yes. It matters. You cant just haul your rig off the M1 and into the local cheap garage to seek out lower priced fuel, after all.
But of youre a car driver, its different. This week Ive filled the Jaguar XK RS that Im lucky enough to have been lent for a while twice. On both occasions the low warning light had come on, which meant there was about a gallon left in the tank, so 60 litres of space.
The first fill I did at my local garage cost 77. 45 at 1. 31 a litre; the second was on the M1 and cost 86. 94 at 1. 45 a litre.
In both cases, that gave me a range of around 250 miles. (I know, I know; the fuel consumption of the car is ridiculous and a range like that is absurd in this day and age. But in this case thats not really the point). What is, is that I had to pay nearly a tenner more for same amount of fuel, just because I filled the car in the wrong place, at the wrong time.
Had I thought about it and worked out a way of avoiding a motorway fill (by making sure the tank was full of cheaper, local fuel when I set off, for instance) I could have saved 14p a litre.
Over 25,000 miles – which is approximately a years worth of driving in my world – Id save an entire 'bag of sand' merely by going local in the XK RS. So although it might seem a touch pernickety, seeking out the cheapest fuel in a car that does 18mpg and which costs 105k in the first place, I dont care. Because anyone whos happy to wave goodbye to a relatively easy 1000 a year nowadays doesnt have their head screwed on quite right.