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Old 10-04-2005, 07:18 PM   #1
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Fuel!

I have just been to tesco's to fill my Pajero up, which on a bad day should cost around £64......

To my suprise i had to stop when the price started exceeding £77!!
They did a test by decanting 10ltrs and measuring that, it was 9.250 ltrs, so for every 10ltrs i put in it was short by 3/4 of a ltr!!

I have often wondered how accurate these pumps are! Now i know!

Anyway end result........they charged me £60 for a tank full:wink:
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Old 10-04-2005, 07:29 PM   #2
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Local trading standards normally check the pumps for accuracy. They would like to know if you have been short changed


is it diesel or petrol
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Old 10-04-2005, 07:33 PM   #3
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Local trading standards normally check the pumps for accuracy. They would like to know if you have been short changed


is it diesel or petrol

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Old 10-04-2005, 07:34 PM   #4
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Also, I actually noticed the other day.................fuel is creepin up again!
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Old 10-04-2005, 09:01 PM   #5
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Mr Blair will put Diesel up to £1 per ltr if he gets back in !

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Old 10-04-2005, 10:04 PM   #6
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Id put the shit up to £10.00/litre if i got in!
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Old 10-04-2005, 10:17 PM   #8
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Id put the shit up to £10.00/litre if i got in!
If that were the case it would take £600 to fill my truck you dirtbag
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Old 10-04-2005, 10:50 PM   #9
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If that were the case it would take £600 to fill my truck...
Only takes about £45 to fill my Cherokee with petrol. That's good for over a hundred & fifty miles!!!
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Only takes about £45 to fill my Cherokee with petrol. That's good for over a hundred & fifty miles!!!
shit i thought mine was bad!
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Old 10-04-2005, 11:57 PM   #11
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thats why i bought a 2.5 cherokee!................all my mates thought i was being a ****...........but i's been around them 4.0L's and theys is n'arf firsty!
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My feckin Liberty (New Cherokee in the UK) gets 14.4mpg out of its 3.7V6. OK thats US Gallons so its 15.8 in UK terms but thats blimmin thirsty. Still the upside is that gas is C$0.90 a litre so thats about 39p a litre!
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Old 11-04-2005, 06:36 AM   #13
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I supose the downside to that is that in such a big country, you could end up driving twice as far burning your half price fuel, if you see what I mean!
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Old 11-04-2005, 09:23 AM   #14
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If that were the case it would take £600 to fill my truck you dirtbag
It's OK, he's only dripping with envy coz my old 'oil burner' is 25 mph quicker than his 'guzzler', at a fraction of the running cost All the time Diesel is cheap, ya can keep ya 'gas crap'.
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thats why i bought a 2.5 cherokee!................all my mates thought i was being a ****...........but i's been around them 4.0L's and theys is n'arf firsty!
So what do you get out of a 2.5 then?

(my 4.0L gives 14-18mpg round town, 26mpg at a steady 65 on the M'way)
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I got a 2.5 Grand cherokee and it gets around 35 mpg on a run and about 28 around town .

I reckon i get about 20 when the extreme is on the back

Not bad.

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thats why i bought a 2.5 cherokee!................all my mates thought i was being a ****...........but i's been around them 4.0L's and theys is n'arf firsty!
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I got a 2.5 Grand cherokee and it gets around 35 mpg on a run and about 28 around town .

I reckon i get about 20 when the extreme is on the back

Not bad.

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OK, but what are the 2.5's like to drive?

My 4.0L doesn't feel particularly sprightly. How much slower is a 2.5 (or even a diesel, if anyone's got one)?

Is LPG a worthwhile option?

Sorry to bang on about this, I'm thinking of getting a newer Jeep but I just can't stomach the fuel bills any longer!
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I'd reckon on 25+ out of me 2.5 petrol............but as its been my 2nd car for about 2 years!!!!!!! and i've only done about 1500 miles in it over that time, i really cant fkin remember.

The biggest prob with the 2.5's is that they are quite basic by comparasen to the 4.0 Limited etc. I made sure i got the faceligt model which was a tad better.

Me mate got a 4.0 of the back of likinh mine so much, he had it 3 months and flogged it...........the fuel crippled him
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Re: Fuel!

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I have just been to tesco's to fill my Pajero up, which on a bad day should cost around £64......

To my suprise i had to stop when the price started exceeding £77!!
They did a test by decanting 10ltrs and measuring that, it was 9.250 ltrs, so for every 10ltrs i put in it was short by 3/4 of a ltr!!

I have often wondered how accurate these pumps are! Now i know!

Anyway end result........they charged me £60 for a tank full:wink:
LONDON (Reuters) - Profits at Tesco have topped 2 billion pounds for the first time as the company posted another year of double-digit sales growth and set ambitious international growth plans.

Tesco, whose British market share continues to grow despite a toughening competitive environment, reported underlying pretax profit of 2.03 billion pounds for the year to February 26, matching market forecasts.
No real shocks there then

On a serious note if this is going on big time with Supermarket filling stations - the racing boys had better check that have got enough juice on board! Coz its never good running out of fuel in the lead!
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OK, but what are the 2.5's like to drive?

My 4.0L doesn't feel particularly sprightly. How much slower is a 2.5 (or even a diesel, if anyone's got one)?

Is LPG a worthwhile option?

Sorry to bang on about this, I'm thinking of getting a newer Jeep but I just can't stomach the fuel bills any longer!



my 2.5 is a turbo deisel and is great to drive , plenty of pull but not a great top end but then who can get over 50mph on our roads these days anyway !

being American it has all the fat blokes comforts in it , air con , cruise control etc
I like it anyway
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