Tackart Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 80% of the cost of fuel is tax, I'm not sure how it can have been considered to have been artificially low or that it's now become realistic? I saw on Ch4 news a couple of weeks ago that fuel duty was 62% is that figure wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattleonard Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 I saw on Ch4 news a couple of weeks ago that fuel duty was 62% is that figure wrong? There's also VAT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattleonard Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 I do about 55mpg Diesel I paid 137.9p a litre yesterday Flash All Purpose £1.88 a litre or 2 for £3 Daisy Washing Up Liquid £0.70 for 500ml or £1.40 a litre Carlsberg Export Cans £2.20 a litre But as Cyclone implied, are you spending anything like a 7th of your income on washing up liquid? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclone Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 I do about 55mpg Diesel I paid 137.9p a litre yesterday Flash All Purpose £1.88 a litre or 2 for £3 Daisy Washing Up Liquid £0.70 for 500ml or £1.40 a litre Carlsberg Export Cans £2.20 a litre And water is effectively free and perfume costs £1000/litre. These comparisons are completely meaningless though. Washing the pots costs a fraction of pence due to the volume of washing liquid needed. Your driving habit costs you several thousand pounds a year. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattleonard Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 Well I earn about £14,000 a year and do about 300 miles a week in my car. I enjoy driving and compared to a lot of other things, such as fizzy pop, washing up liquid and alcohol, £1.30 for a litre is relatively cheap Have we got it all wrong and your comments about driving are just an irrelevant aside? Because I notice that one thing which fizzy pop, Flash All Purpose, Daisy Washing Up Liquid, Carlsberg Export and motor fuel do all have in common is that they make disgusting drinks. But if they are your tipples of choice, then I agree that the motor fuel is probably best value. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cyclone Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 Maybe his car runs on either petrol or Carlsberg. In which case petrol is good value. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squiggs Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 i never seen a car mount a pavement, career down to the lights on red, ignore them and carry on!!!! No, a professional driver would not drive along the pavement at all Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dawny1970 Posted April 14, 2011 Author Share Posted April 14, 2011 No, a professional driver would not drive along the pavement at all and cyclists are perfect?? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZdN4pattLY&NR=1&feature=fvwp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Squiggs Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 and cyclists are perfect?? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZdN4pattLY&NR=1&feature=fvwp Who claimed that ALL cyclists are perfect? I never did. However you seem to be the one wanting to lump ALL users of a particular mode of transport into one category This thread seems more to be about trying to claim that ALL cyclists are dangerous and that ALL car drivers obey the law to the letter. Which is false. There are good and bad cyclists and there are good and bad drivers. Yet you seem to be claiming that you don't see drivers using pavements and breaking the rules, when in fact you see both drivers and cyclists breaking rules daily. "drivers" moaning abut "cyclists" is quite ridiculous. What's the obsession? I see far more beeping and road rage between car drivers and other car drivers. Daily. So it would seem that out of two different modes of transport, one group seems to cause more problems as a whole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tackart Posted April 14, 2011 Share Posted April 14, 2011 And water is effectively free and perfume costs £1000/litre. These comparisons are completely meaningless though. Washing the pots costs a fraction of pence due to the volume of washing liquid needed. Your driving habit costs you several thousand pounds a year. Some people use more washing up liquid than me some people use less, some people use more petrol than me, some use more Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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