We laugh but man it aint funny when you’re putting £10 of fuel in your car and hoping it’ll see you through to pay day else the next bit is going on your credit card again, or it’s sleep for dinner for a while.
I spent a couple of years working the night shift in a petrol station in Sheffield and you wouldn’t believe the number of people just putting in £2 or so.
This was 2010ish so fuel prices were a little lower, and things weren’t quite as harsh financially so I’d be curious to see what it’s like now.
I’m fairly sure one guy was stealing from somewhere because he would put in £5 worth every weeknight for a couple of years – always entirely in 20p coins.
When I put £10 in my hybrid car, it adds 200 miles to the fuel driving distance.
Petrol prices have are quite similar to the mid 10s. I used to put £10 to £20 in as that would last me a week or so back then with the miles I did. That was also in a car that had 40mpg at best.
When petrol prices jumped from 70p to £1.30 one of my friends legit thought his car was broken, £10 didn’t last a week anymore
It’s amazing how far you can stretch petrol by accelerating slowly, feathering to maintain speed, then slowing down by gear change instead of braking. Reduces pollution as the byproduct of maximising mpg
..and people who can afford EVs pay around a third per mile to what ICE drivers pay.
Fortunately, second-hand EV prices are tumbling. New EVs are still quite expensive, but coming down to parity with ICEs by the end of the year.
1987 my mini had a full tank on £8
prolly riding a scooter that gona do 250miles before its next refill….. only £26 annual tax too.
Clearly I’m spending too much time on reddit, saw this exact joke 2 hours ago except it was in 10 $ not £.
idk bro, maybe doing 90 in your financed range rover was a stupid decision
All these comments about putting £20 or £15 in and there’s me just filling it to the top because I fucking hate having to go to the pumps.
Next town to the cheaper petrol station maybe? Done that myself when I’ve been on fumes.
I put in £20-£30 at most (and i go for premium/high octain), lets me potter about for a few weeks i only really do short trips to shop and back. Have a fairly thirsty car also (MK5 Golf GTI). I have also many times just filled a can up for the mower and its come to less than a fiver (actually hit the minimum limit and been “let off” a few times)
That tenner isn’t tenning like it used to.
I noticed this last time I refuelled. The 2 pumps opposite me had £10 and £15 on them, people are really struggling out here huh.
A full tank of diesel costs me about £70 these days if I fill up at the cheapest stations – that can last me the month if I drive frugally, but I usually have to fill up with the odd tenner if it’s close to payday and I’ve driven around a little more than usual. 😅
That’s when you switch to a scooter.
Is this not common?
Slightly less likely scenario for people in general, I expect, but the only time I ever put in less than a full tank is when I can’t make it to a cheap petrol station on what I currently have left in the tank. I’ve put in £5 before when the petrol station I’ll pass in 30 miles is 12p cheaper per litre than anything in the current area. Saving £7 for the whole tank is worth the extra stop.
I remember when this joke was £5
£10 is enough to do about 110 miles in my car.
If its a rental car, used for the day, not for long, you have to replenish the little amount of fuel used before returning the car
Man. Back in the early 2000s we’d all fuck our fuel efficiency with terrible aftermarket exhausts, then try and hit £5 on the nose in one shot on the petrol pumps and try to blag it if we went 2p over. That was the realistic poor-boy-racer game of the fast and the furious era. Fuck street racing. Who can afford that?
Maybe we’re a bit odd but we’ve always put £10 in.
I genuinely don’t think my mum has ever put more than £20 in one go
I remember in early 2022 when there was a ridiculous spike in fuel prices and this joke went round, they’re not so bad now though unless you’re going to motorway services
The more you put in, the heavier your car, the harder the engine has to work, the lower the mpg. Any F1 fan will tell you that.
Sorry, I was running on fumes and it was an expensive garage. Stuck in enough to get back to a cheaper place and fill her up.
😄
Cozzy livs, innit
I have done this, £10 is all i have had left and just trying to survive till payday. Hell i have put £4.70 in change in before because i had zero in my bank and just change in the car. I had to make it home from work and wasnt being paid till the next day.
Life can be tough man
Sounds like somebody’s car’s not very economical. I can go miles on a tenner of fuel.
Rented a car and topping it up before giving it back?
Ten to fifteen quid can last best part of the week in my Cooper S as long as it’s in green mode and I don’t take the piss with the throttle.
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We laugh but man it aint funny when you’re putting £10 of fuel in your car and hoping it’ll see you through to pay day else the next bit is going on your credit card again, or it’s sleep for dinner for a while.
I spent a couple of years working the night shift in a petrol station in Sheffield and you wouldn’t believe the number of people just putting in £2 or so.
This was 2010ish so fuel prices were a little lower, and things weren’t quite as harsh financially so I’d be curious to see what it’s like now.
I’m fairly sure one guy was stealing from somewhere because he would put in £5 worth every weeknight for a couple of years – always entirely in 20p coins.
When I put £10 in my hybrid car, it adds 200 miles to the fuel driving distance.
Petrol prices have are quite similar to the mid 10s. I used to put £10 to £20 in as that would last me a week or so back then with the miles I did. That was also in a car that had 40mpg at best.
When petrol prices jumped from 70p to £1.30 one of my friends legit thought his car was broken, £10 didn’t last a week anymore
It’s amazing how far you can stretch petrol by accelerating slowly, feathering to maintain speed, then slowing down by gear change instead of braking. Reduces pollution as the byproduct of maximising mpg
..and people who can afford EVs pay around a third per mile to what ICE drivers pay.
Fortunately, second-hand EV prices are tumbling. New EVs are still quite expensive, but coming down to parity with ICEs by the end of the year.
1987 my mini had a full tank on £8
prolly riding a scooter that gona do 250miles before its next refill….. only £26 annual tax too.
Clearly I’m spending too much time on reddit, saw this exact joke 2 hours ago except it was in 10 $ not £.
idk bro, maybe doing 90 in your financed range rover was a stupid decision
All these comments about putting £20 or £15 in and there’s me just filling it to the top because I fucking hate having to go to the pumps.
Next town to the cheaper petrol station maybe? Done that myself when I’ve been on fumes.
I put in £20-£30 at most (and i go for premium/high octain), lets me potter about for a few weeks i only really do short trips to shop and back. Have a fairly thirsty car also (MK5 Golf GTI). I have also many times just filled a can up for the mower and its come to less than a fiver (actually hit the minimum limit and been “let off” a few times)
That tenner isn’t tenning like it used to.
I noticed this last time I refuelled. The 2 pumps opposite me had £10 and £15 on them, people are really struggling out here huh.
A full tank of diesel costs me about £70 these days if I fill up at the cheapest stations – that can last me the month if I drive frugally, but I usually have to fill up with the odd tenner if it’s close to payday and I’ve driven around a little more than usual. 😅
That’s when you switch to a scooter.
Is this not common?
Slightly less likely scenario for people in general, I expect, but the only time I ever put in less than a full tank is when I can’t make it to a cheap petrol station on what I currently have left in the tank. I’ve put in £5 before when the petrol station I’ll pass in 30 miles is 12p cheaper per litre than anything in the current area. Saving £7 for the whole tank is worth the extra stop.
I remember when this joke was £5
£10 is enough to do about 110 miles in my car.
If its a rental car, used for the day, not for long, you have to replenish the little amount of fuel used before returning the car
Man. Back in the early 2000s we’d all fuck our fuel efficiency with terrible aftermarket exhausts, then try and hit £5 on the nose in one shot on the petrol pumps and try to blag it if we went 2p over. That was the realistic poor-boy-racer game of the fast and the furious era. Fuck street racing. Who can afford that?
Maybe we’re a bit odd but we’ve always put £10 in.
I genuinely don’t think my mum has ever put more than £20 in one go
I remember in early 2022 when there was a ridiculous spike in fuel prices and this joke went round, they’re not so bad now though unless you’re going to motorway services
The more you put in, the heavier your car, the harder the engine has to work, the lower the mpg. Any F1 fan will tell you that.
Sorry, I was running on fumes and it was an expensive garage. Stuck in enough to get back to a cheaper place and fill her up.
😄
Cozzy livs, innit
I have done this, £10 is all i have had left and just trying to survive till payday. Hell i have put £4.70 in change in before because i had zero in my bank and just change in the car. I had to make it home from work and wasnt being paid till the next day.
Life can be tough man
Sounds like somebody’s car’s not very economical. I can go miles on a tenner of fuel.
Rented a car and topping it up before giving it back?
Ten to fifteen quid can last best part of the week in my Cooper S as long as it’s in green mode and I don’t take the piss with the throttle.
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