That is a very good question, it's probably because the demand is higher.

We've got two diesel vehicles because they do nearly twice as many miles per gallon compared to petrol, so we are still on a winner until diesel is twice the price of petrol.

Never mind the new Metro link is under way in our area We were told if we didn't agree to a congestion charge we couldn't have it but the vote was against congestion charges and it's still being built

DEMAND...we produce more petrol than diesel & most cars now are diesels

I'll never go back to a petrol...We are involved in the fuel industry amongst others & see the need for diesel as huge...one customers fuel bill is £2.5million a year

Now that puts my £50 per week into perspective

Fuel puts the price of food up as moving it isn't cheap & our constant demand for food on the shelves in the supermarkets means more deliveries...

Is that your gentle way of telling me I need to diet Matt

I actually do but am still in winter mode. Keeping the extra flesh keeps me warm - that's what I keep telling myself anyway

On second thoughts though we will be burning more petrol with the added weight.

No I'm just saying we don't help ourselves as we have become a society that can't wait...I'm exactly the same

If somebody said I have a stock order coming in next week can you wait till then you'd laugh at them but before the Internet it was excepted...we have the same problem in industry everything is wanted yesterday

I would like a new van but I'm not waiting 12-18months to get one so I'll just make do for now...Emma wanted a new mattress but I don't want to wait 8 weeks because if I pay for something I need it

I was joking Matt but understand what you mean, as a society we have become demanding in our expectations .

45p is cost of Diesel per ltr
5p is forecourts share
the other 90p is TAX.

I don't think the oil companies are the ones to blame.

I had the wrong information, just to clarify were not selling off the roads but may lease them to the private sector and possibly foreign investors, some of our road tax will go to these companies to improve the roads that they lease and charge us to use.

unlike you Matt I order stuff and happy to wait , then I forget that I have ordered ,so when it arrived its like x mass all the excitement of what it is the down side is that if it doesn't get sent or more likely gets lost in the post I loose mind you it took one year for my Dog leads and collars to arrive not the company's fault the post sorry what do you all get to the gallon when towing your Dandy at 60mph I get 34 to the gallon while seated in leather arm chair

34 MPG from HMS Volvo towing. Roll on George and Paul(Best and Gascoigne not the Beatles)

Hang on I think one of my issues is I don't tow my Dandy at 60. Shhhh!

With ours I wouldn't like to guess ......... roofbox stuffed full and the car stuffed to capacity, lots of beer and wine in every spare gap then the dandy

Well i like petrol never done exact mpg for towing but overall i have done 13500 miles in 3 years and my on board computer says i have averaged 47 mpg since new so with a 1.2 petrol ime not complaining,especially as my journey to work is under 3 miles each way and although we live in town i drive nearly every where so loads of short journeys,and that includes towing

mike wrote:although we live in town i drive nearly every where so loads of short journeys,and that includes towing

Why do you take the Dandy on short journey's?