How to calculate cost of driving?

jillyb

Hi there

I was wondering if anyone knows how to calculate how much petrol it will cost me to travel up north. The trip is 417km each way. I'm travelling from cork. The cost of petrol at the mo is €1.09 here and i have a peugeot 206 car 1.1. Don't know how much it takes to fill the tank.

any help appreciated!

NedNew

OK this is just my guess but here goes...

Puegeot 206, motorway driving most of the way... about 6ltr/100km

417km x 2 = 834 --> 6 ltr x 8.34 = 50 litres @ 1.09 = 54.50 euros...

Ham'nd'egger

NedNew wrote: »

OK this is just my guess but here goes...

Puegeot 206, motorway driving most of the way... about 6ltr/100km

417km x 2 = 834 --> 6 ltr x 8.34 = 50 litres @ 1.09 = 54.50 euros...

Add on tolls onto the trip; it could be up to €14 for this trip

1huge1

Tolls hmm,

M8 Fermoy bypass €1.90
M50 €3 since your from cork and hardly have a account.
M1 €1.90

so thats €6.80 in tolls added onto the €54.50 and you have a grand total of
€61.30

But considering traffic etc you could round that up maybe to €65

Ham'nd'egger

1huge1 wrote: »

Tolls hmm,

M8 Fermoy bypass €1.90
M50 €3 since your from cork and hardly have a account.
M1 €1.90

so thats €6.80 in tolls added onto the €54.50 and you have a grand total of
€61.30

But considering traffic etc you could round that up maybe to €65

Two variables to allow for that a small car loaded up with passengers and drink and motorway cruising adds to the fuel spend; anything over 8 crates of beer or ten boxes of wine is as heavy as another passenger so maybe allow even another €10 for same. The return trip now needs to be added on; motor fuel is dearer in the UK than Ireland unless you stop off around Dundalk to fill up.

bushy...

jillyb wrote: »

Hi there

I was wondering if anyone knows how to calculate how much petrol it will cost me to travel up north. The trip is 417km each way. I'm travelling from cork. The cost of petrol at the mo is €1.09 here and i have a peugeot 206 car 1.1. Don't know how much it takes to fill the tank.

any help appreciated!

Maybe take the "raw" fuel estimate and double it , will cover stuff along the way and some of wear n tear .

NedNew wrote: »

OK this is just my guess but here goes...

Puegeot 206, motorway driving most of the way... about 6ltr/100km

417km x 2 = 834 --> 6 ltr x 8.34 = 50 litres @ 1.09 = 54.50 euros...

100euro sort of thing

jillyb

hey thanks for the replies guys.
Ya there will be two other people in the car with me so that'll prob add to it alright. but least we'll split petrol!

Capt'n Midnight

if you include all costs then it's double the price of the petrol
many of the costs are fixed like insurance, tax

compare the petrol costs to the variable costs like services and the amount you've spent on parts and tyres too, get them to buy you lunch or a pint afterwards

afatbollix

i dont know if its still there but is there a boat to wales from cork? id say that would cost less than 100 euro and less than 7 hours driving each way!!