Filled up with regular diesel today on the motorway (that's a highway to those who can't speak proper English!) and it cost £89 to fill up. With current exchange rates that works out to be around $170...
The car does about 500 miles to a tank and is currently averaging 25mpg. I do thrash it to within an inch of a new engine all the time and I cover about 30,000 miles per year (had it from new March 05, having now got 4700 miles on the clock already!) and I can't worry about fuel costs.
Our government plan on introducing road charging within the next few years so we'll then pay by the mile as well. During peak periods it could be as much as $3 per mile on major routes. They are determined to drive us all off the roads and I have the feeling they may do so.
Rant over...
