Sunday, December 2, 2007

The woes of petrol prices

Okay.

So if they sell gas by the liter in the UK, and it's currently 105.9p (I'm assuming that means pence?) per liter and there are 3.7854118 liters in each gallon then that means that each gallon of gas is going to cost 4.01GBP (or, $8.12). If the average compact car has a gas tank of about 14 gallons - and the average compact car gets 25 miles to the gallon than that means we'll get 350 miles to the tank. If we're traveling approximately 1,000 miles that means we'll have to fill up approximately three times. If each fill up costs us approximately $113.68 - than that means we'll be spending about $341.04 in gas alone.

This is all just approximations of course. This is if we don't get lost and drive in circles. This is also with mapping to the center of each postcode rather than door to door because hardly any of the locations we're visiting give complete addresses. Most are, "we're ten miles southwest of the A90" (<--- um, I don't know if there is an A90 or what is ten miles southeast, so no jokes). This is also with the current gas prices - it will more than likely rise dramatically (if it's anything like here) within the next five months.

Yikes. Oh well. We'll figure it out. We're going to SCOTLAND!!!

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

We are going in June for 10 days with another couple as a 35 wedding anniversary. We have been many times. Be sure to leave enough time in Edinburgh and I we recommend the underground city night tour of Edinburgh. People are wonderful, food is great, and driving on the left isn't too bad after the first couple of hours. Just stay focused on the roundabouts. All in all $8 a gallon is worth in in Scotland. CT Yankee

maura_ea said...

Ah, the roundabouts, I've been warned about them before :) Thanks for the tips, I'll have to check out the night tour - it sounds wonderful!