Diesel prices and your holidays!

[(RIP) rustygates]

How will the current diesel price curtail your caravan Hols this year?

[Deleted Member]

I personally am using the caravan less this year and using the tent more!!
Using my bike to go to work now,truck sits in driveway!!
Less mileage i suppose!
Mind you who would want to buy a big diesel truck that gets under 30mpg(22 with van!) and road tax of £430??
ok rant over :evil: :evil:

[jims-terrano]

I've been moaning along these lines for sometime now. I really do think that fuel prices will hit the british tourist industry this year. I hate to say it but when finances will let me the truck will have to go but that wont be this year so I'm going to try and enjoy sitting in the driving seat on the driveway :lol:

Jim T

[Bibio]

I was going to take the Mistral and caravan down to Grafam Water for the final of the Troutmasters Comp,( 365 miles ).But decided to take the wifes diesel polo and go bed and breakfast for 3 days ( Alot Cheaper).

Mistral & 520se Challenger 18 mpg

Polo 53 mpg

John

[Jocky]

Just filled the Patrol with 80 odd ltrs at 126p.

Going to Poole Saturday, 340ish miles and I'll need more :twisted:

The way the oil price is going up it'll be £6 a gallon by the summer and something will have to give as the powers at be are living on a different planet to the rest of us.

Caravanning is not a cheap option anymore :x even if you use CL's CS's as the fuel is just unreal :twisted:

I'm even starting to get worried about people starting to steal fuel because they can't afford it. 4x4's are an easy target high off the ground and easy to steal your fuel :cry:

Will still use caravan, but will not travel so far :cry:

:smile:

[mav]

£100.80 there and the same back Gego!.

Think i need to get a job that pays like yours!.

That reminds me i must stick some Gas in tomorrow!.

Have a safe journey and a nice holiday.

Mav.

[jims-terrano]

"I'm even starting to get worried about people starting to steal fuel because they can't afford it. 4x4's are an easy target high off the ground and easy to steal your fuel "

That's been on my mind too. I would have thought lorries are even more vulnrable to theft as well. If this starts happening it could get very dangerous especially if they get at petrol.

Jim T

[mav]

Hello Jim,
The lorries at my last job had had a cullender type fitting put in to the neck of the filler cap to stop any pipes being dropped in to the tank.
Lets diesel in but not out.

Mav.

[davemud]

hi guys

still going to try to get away, just going to use the car less while their......
pool in Dorset this weekend...With gego fingers & tubbs
National at wickstead park in July with all thats going
Spain in the August......That's if the Euro stays at its current rate lol

starting a NEW hobby Walking..........

Regards Davemud

[Jocky]

I'm getting worried about people cutting fuel pipes to steal your hard earned fuel. Derv on the road is not a pretty sight, ice rink springs to mind :twisted:

Or even getting hi-jacked to steal your fuel, not your car :cry:
is the UK getting that bad 8O

Its about time UK PLC has a sliding scale on fuel tax. High oil price lower tax and vice versa. They must be coining it in with higher oil company profits. When they did the sums it was 80 dollars not 135, its a no brainer.

rant over till I next fill up :x

[jims-terrano]

I hate to say it but does this mean that the Anti 4x4 Lobby has won through the back door :evil:

Jim T

[mrbliss]

latest thing i have heard around here is that they are drilling lorry tanks and filling containers...

[Deleted Member]

Not heard of anything like that up here,mind we are out in the sticks!! :lol:

[mav]

Well, Aluminium is a very soft metal to drill!.

Could easily be done with a battery drill.

Mav.

[jims-terrano]

My Scenic has a plastic one so I guess a nail would do the trick. Not a prospect I fancy though, going out for the day and coming back to an empty tank and being towed home with a big bill.

Jim T

[(RIP) rustygates]

I have been out with the Caravan a few days every month so far this year and going to Wirral country park next weekend (not to far) but have trips planned for Dorset and Devon and not forgetting the Royal welsh show and Woodstock in Sept , which will add up to a hell of a lot of diesel, but what else do you do I try not to run around in it unecessery, we do have a pug 306 which I run 50/50 diesel and pure veg oil, which runs fine and has done for a couple of years now but even veg oil has nearly doubled in 2yrs.
So to sum up, not curtailed my hols so far but I am more aware of how far I will be going in future with the van and will keep speeds to 50mph to conserve fuel, but will never get rid of the terrano or the van.
rustygates.

[cssuk]

well wonder no more its happening in my town at least big 4x4s are getting done over as are most diesel cars and vans, drive offs in garages are getting very common

[iandouglas]

hi gang.
just got back from IOW this afternoon. with the DiscoDuck and tin tent.
7 nights stay just over 600 miles in total including 278 miles on the island.
fuel price ranged from £1.20.9 @ Tesco to £1.30.9 @ an independent.
we spent very little apart from food (chips) and parking ticket which let us park in any of the carparks for £20 for 4 days.
plenty of walks along the beach with the dogs.
drove Tennison Trail from Carrisbrooke end for a change .
done a video will edit and then put a link up.
drove most of the BOATS and got plenty of scratches to T Cut out :? :P
there were more new ish caravettes than anything else on site .
then a few caravans and tents arrived last night and this morning .
BUT THE WHOLE OF IOW SEEMED QUIET TO US COMPARED TO THE LAST 3 YRS WE HAVE BEEN ALTHOUGH AT DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE YEAR.
Traffic on M27 and M40 today were solid by dinner time 5.6 mile tail backs. lots of caravans and caravettes going somewhere .so still a bit of money around.
rgds.iandouglas

[Thomas-the-Terrano2]

well took a sharp breath and had day trip to east coast yesterday, skegness n mablethorpe. filled up at home, morrisons 123.9 for derv. out there saw it at 135 independent rix garages. ouch.

on radio news talk of more drive offs, garages getting tyre spike systems fitted.

good points about from vehicle theft. perhaps will get locking cap to go with remote release flap. also doesnt help our gauge stays live with ignition off.

wont stop me cos vanning is in blood and need an all weather tug. the tdi's mpg was roughly same as 2 litre petrol estate it replaced anyway. might see about driving slower though 60 feels so right with van on...

[Sampraz]

Noticed this news article the other day in relation to the forecourt device which rbrt mentioned above: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/leicestershire/4224358.stm

I think I saw somewhere else that the device costs around £10k to install. Wonder will the garages cover this cost by increasing prices even more????

[Hutch]

:( A bit late I know but if you are interested I have just returned from 6 week towing holiday in France and Italy. Nissan Terrano 2.7TDI (2005) and Abbey GTS 420 caravan (1500KG) covered 4354 miles in total. We spent £1068 on fuel and £181 on road tolls. Average consumption was 23mpg. Fuel is 1.47 Euros per litre if purchased in Carrefour or Leclerc hypermarkets.
I tried to keep my spedd to 60 mph but it went to 70/75 when passing trucks on the autoroutes.
Perhaps this may be useful to anyone going off now on hols.

[Bibio]

Just back from touring the Highlands (some of the time pulling van)
1520 miles . 22.30 mpg .

John