I learned to drive properly once I came here in 1976. Then drove a Moggy thou van for 2 years, skinny tyred RWD. Enormous fun and with 10 bags of spuds in the back, surprisingly capable ...
Fuel price tracker
- Thread starter Clive
- Start date
Yonlass
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Courier
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- Location
- M62 - M1 - M18 triangle
Just put cross climate tyres on and change them at 3.5 mm tread depth if you think conditions might require it.
- Location
- Shropshire
It’s just a shame the same can’t be said about farming!
We’re told what we’ll pay for our inputs and we’re told what we’ll get for our produce!
The rep didn't even get back to me yesterday, and that's a half decent price
Well, I ordered some at that through @Farmdeals and they won't honour the price. Would do it for 114.9 instead!
They can keep it!
Martyn
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- Location
- South west
I'm surprised by this as I ordered a load hours befor Ukraine kicked off and even with a massive jump the honour price even though supplies refused to deliver.
Just bought this for running around hut not cheap
- Location
- Limousin, France
Tractor diesel 1.22€ or £1.08 for 1400 lts.
- Location
- Scottish Highlands
How many miles do you do in the landrover and pickup? I’m fairly sure if you do the sums then you’ll find it’s not worth getting the van.
I worked it out and it will take 11 years to get my money back if compared with my pickup
- Location
- Scottish Highlands
Yeah, I went the other way last year - when 2nd hand prices were good. Second car was £300 insurance, £200 tax & £50 MOT, before repairs. That’s a lot of miles needed to do at a 20mpg delta over the Landy before you start “saving”.I worked it out and it will take 11 years to get my money back if compared with my pickup
Nick Adams
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- Location
- Ashbourne, Derbyshire
surprisingly similar to here
That’s right, I wanted another vehicle to save my pickup as we use it more as a car and will put this panda onto limited use so less fixed costs but the sums don’t stack up on their own but still alot cheaper than a gator and warmer than a bike.
Skintagain
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- Location
- Perched on the Pennines
30k between them ish but that’s two of us. I used to do 20-25k in landrover alone but things have had to change every journey has to be worthwhile. Some jobs get done every other day now.
Skintagain
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- Location
- Perched on the Pennines
How many are you doing per year?
Skintagain
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- Location
- Perched on the Pennines
Babe magnet be careful you don’t end up like the lynx advert
I am expecting to be fighting the f*nny off with my super crook
- Location
- Scottish Highlands
Not much - probably 5&3.
Personal cars do 30&15 ish
- Location
- Scottish Highlands
30k miles at 25mpg costs about £10k in fuel. If you did 10k at 50mpg instead you’d save 400 litres - I’m not sure that’s worth it unless the third vehicle would be handy for other reasons too.