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How much are you spending on petrol a week?

75 replies

Flatinbed · 02/05/2026 09:46

I realised that I had filled up exactly 7 days apart (sat am to sat am). It cost me £22 (5 year old petrol golf).

I figured out that I did just under a 100 miles of mostly city driving. Work, supermarket, odd trip.

How much are you spending?

OP posts:
MummyWillow1 · 02/05/2026 21:02

If I’m not visiting family 90 miles away I average about £10 per week.

Komododragonchocolatecoin · 02/05/2026 21:59

Very little, maybe £40 a month because I now work closer to home so often cycle. The car is old so when it goes , I probably won't replace it and will just cycle, use DH car, or get a taxi if he's not around and it's raining, haha. I'm a fair weather cyclist.

Mushroom2023 · 03/05/2026 05:38

Bjorkdidit · 02/05/2026 20:36

Why is it unbelievable? People who spend less on fuel won't be driving 200 miles a week.

They might also have a smaller car.

It's like when people say 'I wish my mortgage was as low as your's' without considering that a smaller mortgage buys a smaller house, that's not as well decorated and in a less desirable area.

Use your car more and/or have a bigger car and it costs more to run.

I have a very small engine car.

The issue is not the car, it's the 200 mile + weekly commute.

It's not so much that other people's bills are unbelievable, but the realisation of just how much ex-h is costing me in vindictiveness.

HoraceCope · 03/05/2026 05:57

i fill up every 8 or 9 days,
£25 does it.
i have been putting more in lately due to threat of increased prices and it is lasting me longer than a week now oddly
40 miles round trip 4 days a week

Nincompoo · 03/05/2026 06:00

About £40 at the moment.

big diesel van. That’s a tank and half a month.

youalright · 03/05/2026 06:02

About £50 once a month to 6 weeks.

piscofrisco · 03/05/2026 06:05

£60 a week. I drive 112 miles a day 4 days a week and bit of school run /supermarket on top.
Ford Puma 4 years old.
Im getting an EV soon as it’s crippling.

Jellycatspyjamas · 03/05/2026 06:12

I spent £42 filling my car from empty yesterday and I’ll get about 450 miles for that. I usually fill my car every 3 weeks or so, so not too bad for costs.

Jugglingeggs · 03/05/2026 06:16

Around 500 plus miles a week so probably £60-70 small car

hattie43 · 03/05/2026 07:49

I had just above half a tank of diesel left and it cost me £88 to fill up . It’s a MN hated SUV 🚙 though .

anxietyriddled75 · 03/05/2026 08:17

Hyundai i30 diesel £75 ish to fill the tank, I'll get about 600 miles from that, and I I'll fill up twice a month.

billysboy · 03/05/2026 08:20

Fill up once a week around £120 now 17k miles a year

SiobahnRoy · 03/05/2026 08:28

I have a plug in hybrid, most of my miles are electric but I filled the (relatively small) tank last week and it was £10 more than usual. I did a round trip of about 120 miles yesterday and that’s used about a quarter of the petrol but the rest of the tank should do me a couple of months, unless I have unexpected journeys to make. Costs me 60p to charge overnight which covers my commuter miles.

FredbassetOT · 03/05/2026 08:31

£70 a week. 60 miles a week domestic. 400+ for work. I try to work at home when I can.
An electric car wouldn't work for the very rural environment I work in. Lack of charging points and too many floods.

FredaMountfitchet · 03/05/2026 08:32

Live in country £45-50 per week.
Husband is the same .
’Public Transport’ ? What’s that !

waowwwwww · 03/05/2026 08:33

About £40 per month. I have a mini. Drive to work every day but it’s not many miles

IwanttoWFH · 03/05/2026 08:46

My car costs around £76 to fill (2L BMW - petrol). I don’t drive much anymore as commute to work on the train. Mostly short, local trips to the gym, the station, the supermarket etc with the odd 70 mile round trip. I fill up around every six weeks or so.

CrOuChEnDTiGr · 03/05/2026 11:31

I fill up my diesel once a week, £130-150 depending on where and how much left in the tank but never less than £130. Do around 300 miles per week. Fortunate that spend is manageable but not ideal…have recently wondered about leasing a small electric car for school runs, shopping etc as think it would likely off set fuel cost? Do need to keep my 4x4 for all family, dogs etc but would like to reduce diseal bill!

PicturesOfLily · 03/05/2026 12:05

I’ve just filled up this morning and it cost just under £45 but it would have been another £10 if the tank had been empty. That should last a month/get around 450 miles out my my petrol hybrid. DH’s diesel estate cost £80 this week, again for a month. Luckily we don’t have long commutes!

CrushingOnRubies · 03/05/2026 13:15

i drive 150/200 miles a week. Top up every 10 days or so when I have just under 1/4ish tank left. 4 months ago this cost me about £37 it now costs me £43.

mindutopia · 03/05/2026 14:10

It costs me a bit over £100 to fill my tank (Volvo diesel). I definitely don’t do it weekly, so no idea. But I’d say might fill it up twice a month. Really depends on how much I’m driving. I drive very little day to day, but I have a lot of hospital appointments (1 hour each way), so if it’s month when I have lots of them, it’s more. School holidays, more. If dc has a sports competition, 2.5-4 hours drive each way, then more again.

OneShyQuail · 03/05/2026 20:04

I drive an HEV, I get 530 miles off a £60 fill up, this lasts me about a month.
Benefit is, I dont need to plug it in and I wont get charged per mile like EVs and PHEVs
Plus its 226bhp too 💪

Madisnttheword · 03/05/2026 20:11

Currently spending around £130 a week on petrol as I'm driving around 120 miles every day

MissCooCooMcgoo · 03/05/2026 20:15

I fill my tank up approximately once a month. £50-£55 depending on fuel prices at the time. Vauxhall Mokka.

TheRubyFinch · 03/05/2026 21:41

£32 gets me about 220 miles. I'm the one accelerating like a snail at the lights though.

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