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 Post subject: Re: Fuel Cards
PostPosted: Sat Feb 16, 2013 11:27 am 
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grandad wrote:
BOURNEMOUTHTAXI wrote:
with using £40 of fuel each day , every little counts.

If you are looking to save money on your £40 per day, I would start by checking your fuel tank for leaks. :mrgreen:



My Fuel tank is perfectly fine and doing 50mpg on trip computer so thats not the problem.


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 Post subject: Re: Fuel Cards
PostPosted: Sat Feb 16, 2013 11:42 am 
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BOURNEMOUTHTAXI wrote:
My Fuel tank is perfectly fine and doing 50mpg on trip computer so thats not the problem.

Unless you are doing about 310 miles per day, your trip computer is telling you complete lies!

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 Post subject: Re: Fuel Cards
PostPosted: Sat Feb 16, 2013 7:23 pm 
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I would just get a cashback credit card (Barclaycard, Capital One and American Express do good ones), and use that for your fuel and other expenses. Should be spending enough to get to the highest cashback tier rate anyway (typically 1.25%/1.5%)


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 Post subject: Re: Fuel Cards
PostPosted: Sat Feb 16, 2013 8:30 pm 
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BOURNEMOUTHTAXI wrote:
grandad wrote:
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with using £40 of fuel each day , every little counts.

If you are looking to save money on your £40 per day, I would start by checking your fuel tank for leaks. :mrgreen:



My Fuel tank is perfectly fine and doing 50mpg on trip computer so thats not the problem.


42mpg really then... :badgrin: :badgrin: :badgrin: :badgrin:

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 Post subject: Re: Fuel Cards
PostPosted: Sat Feb 16, 2013 8:32 pm 
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been told fuel card today £1.21 p/ltr (plus vat = £1.45/ltr)

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 Post subject: Re: Fuel Cards
PostPosted: Sat Feb 16, 2013 8:33 pm 
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BOURNEMOUTHTAXI wrote:
with using £40 of fuel each day , every little counts.


im doing 520 miles per £70 worth (approx)

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 Post subject: Re: Fuel Cards
PostPosted: Sun Feb 17, 2013 7:22 am 
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My price starting Monday is 140.38 inc VAT. Pump price 142.9.


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 Post subject: Re: Fuel Cards
PostPosted: Sun Feb 17, 2013 9:43 am 
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cabbyman wrote:
My price starting Monday is 140.38 inc VAT. Pump price 142.9.

With the card I am using at the moment my price from monday is 146.616 inc VAT pump price is 144.9. I think they will be getting a call.

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 Post subject: Re: Fuel Cards
PostPosted: Sun Feb 17, 2013 10:30 am 
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just got back from this mornings journeys

Average 51.5 miles
241 miles
4 hours 8 mins driving time - £160 miles left in tank

Fuel tank was £40 entered.


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 Post subject: Re: Fuel Cards
PostPosted: Sun Feb 17, 2013 12:48 pm 
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142.06 here inc vat from monday But I can fill up nearly anywhere

Who are you getting 1.40 with every penny being a prisoner and all


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 Post subject: Re: Fuel Cards
PostPosted: Sun Feb 17, 2013 1:01 pm 
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Wouldnt touch loyalty cards of any sort,dont use supermarket for fuel anyway.I try my very best not too use supermarkets for anything unless im forced too,by misses usually ! But as for fuel loyalty cards you never know whos looking :D


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 Post subject: Re: Fuel Cards
PostPosted: Sun Feb 17, 2013 2:17 pm 
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BOURNEMOUTHTAXI wrote:
With the ever increast Fuel costs.

What are peoples thought on Fuel Cards for Taxi business

I have many shell garages around me and the services on motorways and Airports
have been changed to shell.

Thinking of a Shell CRT Card at a fixed rate.

Any thoughts would welcome any info


when i bought a lot of fuel monthly i was asked for £1000 deposit on a fuel card, HSBC gave me 3 business credit cards (1 for each driver (restricted to fuel and oil) and i just told drivers where to fill up

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 Post subject: Re: Fuel Cards
PostPosted: Mon Feb 18, 2013 6:26 pm 
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I rang my card supplier up this morning to have a right old rant about the price of 146.616 per litre. Got it reduced to 143.44 per litre. The pump price at the moment is 144.9.

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 Post subject: Re: Fuel Cards
PostPosted: Mon Feb 18, 2013 7:15 pm 
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I think we have to keep at the fuel card companies. Mine was very uncompetetive until last week. Coincidentally, I had a call from them as soon as it became competetive again. I told them I hadn't been using it because of the price and I will stop using it under precisely the same circumstances.


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 Post subject: Re: Fuel Cards
PostPosted: Fri Mar 15, 2013 2:13 pm 
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We have just received our new ESSO fuel cards. The price is guaranteed to be 3 pence below the national fuel price for 12 months. The price given today is 138.99 per ltr of diesel. The price at the pump at our ESSO forecourt today is 146.9 per litre. That means a saving of around £50 per week to us. :mrgreen:

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