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One in ten manual workers fears a rise in fuel duty will force them out of a job
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Posted 13 years ago #
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Even though we put over 10,000 miles a year on our car, I'm looking forward to all such raises because they will just make bike-related purchases cheaper, according to the semi-official currency that is "marginal cost of driving Dave's car".
At the moment, a cycling
toyessential equipment purchase that offsets car use is worth a heady 23.4p/mile, but the increase in duty will lift that to 23.7p/mile, effectively a permanent 1.27% discount on everything!Posted 13 years ago # -
mmmmmm, as I now have an automatic (gearbox !) artic does that mean i dont count ? Fuel costs are horrendous, av 9mpg !!!!!! Managers are now shooting people in the back of the neck who dont improve ! Joking, but every journy is now scruitenised, fuel, mpg, idling time, time in cruise control harsh braking,fish supper stops, ok thats not for real ,but the rest are ! Wheras trailers were approx 75% full, now nothing gets to leave the yard unless its 95% full. Double decker trailers are not too less fuel efficient, and they must save money or they wouldnt use them ! One drivers wage, one fuel bill, one set of tyres to wear etc etc.52 pallets are not unusuall in these monsters,but the tyre wear and technical failure rate is horrendous ! You cannot actually buy these things any more, euro competition laws I beleive !approx 3500 miles a week !each lorry ! lot of fuel ! Still its worth it to deliver value bin liners !
Posted 13 years ago # -
I'm sure it's more complicated than this, but I don't really understand why hauliers haven't simply passed fuel rises on to the customers.
Secondly, I wonder about forcing retailers to pass (ring-fenced) delivery costs onto consumers, so that for instance, NZ lamb would not be cheaper than Midlothian lamb by quite such a large amount...
Posted 13 years ago # -
splitshift.
Are they for or against cruise control? I like using it in a car on the motorway because it saves me creeping up over the speed limit.
Posted 13 years ago # -
scania spend millions creating computers that can pick the optimum gear for the road conditions, and cruise control can adjust the speed/throttle position infantesimley so many times a second , better than any leadfooted steel toe capped knuckle dragger lorry driver.
But we can still beat them for mpg in a similar speced truck with a manual box ! cruise control is for when we are on the phone, eating fish suppers and reaching across the cab for our copy of the sun ! joke !
Yes cruise control is better for mpgPosted 13 years ago # -
Ooooooh you were nearly in Clarkson mode there.
Thanks, I'll feel happier using it in future.
Posted 13 years ago #
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