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    Re: Do you consider the increasing fuel price when going to dance?

    I recently realised that our average monthly fuel costs so far this year are £539. The last few months have been well over £600, now that we have the large van to carry all Marc's kit around.

    And that's excluding my work mileage, which is about 300 miles a week.

    Ceroc Central used to pay a small mileage allowance, but this stopped happening when the teachers and dj's had to become self-employed. There are a few franchises who do, however, take the fuel costs into account and add it into the overall sum paid, which is nice.

    Unfortunately, we can't do car sharing whenever Marc's working as 1. the van doesn't have enough seats and 2. we have to be there so much earlier and leave later than everyone else for the set up/take down.

    Still, the good news is we have just bought a little (but old) car which I can use to get to work, meaning that I no longer have to be white van woman during the day.

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    Re: Do you consider the increasing fuel price when going to dance?

    white van Lady.
    Life just gets better.

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    Re: Do you consider the increasing fuel price when going to dance?

    Quote Originally Posted by StokeBloke View Post
    As you know living in the Midlands we *have* to travel to dance. That's why we have recently bought a diesel car. Suddenly trips of a few hundred miles aren't denting the pocket quite so much.

    Stokie loves his diesel brum-brum
    We too bought a diesel, but the diesel has risen more than the petrol hasn't it? So that saving isn't as good as it was.
    Quote Originally Posted by Paul F View Post
    Although it wasn't the deciding reason not to go, I was stunned when I worked out how much it would have cost me to go to the WCS event in Oxford this last weekend (about 65 miles one way)

    My car does, if I am careful, about 37.5mpg which works out at 8.22miles per litre.

    That means it would have cost me over £20 just to get there and back. And thats before paying to get in, paying for drinks etc.

    Wow.

    I used to drive to and from London twice every weekend for dancing. My Mini is rubbish on fuel consumption, also about 37mpg, so I tend to take the Hubby's diesel Focus if I can now. After seeing your maths on here I'm wondering how on earth I can justify spending that, just to dance! (See you at Utopia on Friday )
    Actually I have cut down alot on my travel. Because of my enthusiasm for dancing lessening, I think more about the cost. When I was still getting the massive buzz from it I would have paid and not thought twice about it.

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    Re: Do you consider the increasing fuel price when going to dance?

    I seem to recall seeing something on Facebook. An application that allows you to post about car shares.

    I wonder if something can be set up on this forum to allow people to post where they are driving to, how many spaces in their car, how much they would expect for fuel etc.

    If I was wanting to go to somehwere like Beford or somewhere and i saw that someone was driving from my near vacinity and offering a share I know i would be more inclined to go given the current climate.

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    Re: Do you consider the increasing fuel price when going to dance?

    Quote Originally Posted by Paul F View Post
    I seem to recall seeing something on Facebook. An application that allows you to post about car shares.
    We do tend to send a group email on FB to other friends in the Midlands, but often travel times and timing of decisions don't match up.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cruella View Post
    We do tend to send a group email on FB to other friends in the Midlands, but often travel times and timing of decisions don't match up.
    I thought it was a long shot.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Cruella View Post
    We too bought a diesel, but the diesel has risen more than the petrol hasn't it? So that saving isn't as good as it was.
    I worked out recently that I'd have to be doing around 100,000 miles a year to make any worthwhile savings from my diesel Peugeot.
    I'm getting a new car soon and going for a smaller petrol engine instead.

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    Re: Do you consider the increasing fuel price when going to dance?

    My gas guzzling machine was running at 27mpg according to trip computer over the last few thousand miles.

    Then I experimented on a few longer journeys by putting it in neutral on some long downhill stretches on motorways - and got it up to 33mpg for those journeys. Still it's ****** expensive.

    Anyway, I haven't driven my car for about 4 weeks now (IP duties) - and I am considering whizzgo - see - WhizzGo - A Car When You Want One as an alternative to car ownership -especially as they have several sites in central St. Albans which is my UK location. Need to work out the balance of economics/convenience though.

    It seems quite a cool concept if u don't use a car so often (which I don't).

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    Re: Do you consider the increasing fuel price when going to dance?

    Quote Originally Posted by JiveLad View Post
    My gas guzzling machine was running at 27mpg
    I dream of the high 20s....16-18 in town, 22-25 on a big run
    I know it's bad but am I officially the worst??(no not a Chelsea Tractor)
    On the flip side I am only 6 miles from work 3 or 4 times a week and always use the bus to the city so am probably at the low end of total polluters and will often take at least another body on runs to Eds for the smooth grooves. I love my usual passengers dearly but by Timothy the car feels heavy fully loaded with, er, footballer's thighs so am probably down below the 20 again....

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    Quote Originally Posted by Chicklet View Post
    I love my usual passengers dearly but by Timothy the car feels heavy fully loaded with, er, footballer's thighs
    I don't have footballer's thighs

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    Re: Do you consider the increasing fuel price when going to dance?

    Quote Originally Posted by Jennifer View Post
    I don't have footballer's thighs
    you're fine sweetie, it's our hinger oan / fan club that probably weighs the same as you and me both!

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    Re: Do you consider the increasing fuel price when going to dance?

    Quote Originally Posted by Chicklet View Post
    I dream of the high 20s....16-18 in town, 22-25 on a big run I know it's bad but am I officially the worst (no not a Chelsea Tractor)
    On the flip side I am only 6 miles from work 3 or 4 times a week and always use the bus to the city so am probably at the low end of total polluters and will often take at least another body on runs to Eds for the smooth grooves. I love my usual passengers dearly but by Timothy the car feels heavy fully loaded with, er, footballer's thighs so am probably down below the 20 again....
    What are you,a grave robber using a hearse for cover?


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    Re: Do you consider the increasing fuel price when going to dance?

    Quote Originally Posted by Gojive View Post
    What are you,a grave robber using a hearse for cover?

    nah, they're alive, one usually snores to prove it

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    Re: Do you consider the increasing fuel price when going to dance?

    Quote Originally Posted by Jennifer View Post
    I don't have footballer's thighs
    Quote Originally Posted by Chicklet View Post
    you're fine sweetie, it's our hinger oan / fan club that probably weighs the same as you and me both!
    I can see that neither have footy thighs.
    But, since I'm only guessing, I'll need you to prove it next time we meet.

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