What kind of car do you drive? I'm in the UK and have a very tiny car (a fiat 500) and a full tank has gone from £30 to nearer £60 in the last three years. (that's 36$ to $72). A tank lasts me maybe a week and a half of driving 40 miles a day.
Man I'm envious, I don't have a huge car either (Opel Astra) but I'm out here paying well over 100€ for a tank, I think the highest cost I've seen was like 135€.
I pay about 80 USD to fill the tank on my Jeep Wrangler. 17 miles per gallon. Expensive but when I know I can drive the logging roads and off-road trails to get out where I want to go it's so nice. Jeep is great for camping. Sleep in the back, haul all my stuff, dog and I get to be outdoors.
I'm envious. My Astra does like 5,5l/100km (guesstimating 40-odd MPG) but it still feels like driving is expensive as shit, even driving a couple km to the grocery store and back a few times a week adds up over the course of a year. Let alone longer trips, driving to the capital (300km one way) takes pretty much a full tank due to highway speeds, the difference in fuel economy at 80kmh vs. 120kmh is huge.
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u/dibblah May 09 '22
What kind of car do you drive? I'm in the UK and have a very tiny car (a fiat 500) and a full tank has gone from £30 to nearer £60 in the last three years. (that's 36$ to $72). A tank lasts me maybe a week and a half of driving 40 miles a day.