Never before have I wished to swap my car
For something with less cylinders.
However,
This past week
I think it may have actually been a good idea.
Strictly for fuel economy reasons.
Normally I go through a tank of fuel each week
Which gets me about 450km and costs around $55-60.
But this week?
Oh no.
Let's start with some figures.
118.40
848
103.59
12.22.
Again?
Okay.
I drove 848km this week.
I used 103.59L of fuel.
I spent $118.40 on this fuel.
I got an economy figure of 12.22L/100km.
Which is pretty reasonable
Given my 20 year old car
Heavy right foot
And 3.0L 6 cylinder engine.
But still,
It was a very very costly week.
Coupled with the fact I have no job
It was quite painful trying to gather the cash.
Admittedly,
Mum and Dad gave me $20 for petrol
Because I had to drive to and from Corinella.
However even without that
It's almost $100
Almost double my weekly spend.
Again.
This is very much hurting the bank balance.
On another note
We hit 228,000 the other day.
By 'we', I actually mean the car.
But it means we've travelled just over 20,000km together.
Which is kind of special.
The oddest part
For me at least
Is that I did nearly 10,000 of those kilometres
In the last 6 months.
One might think that's pretty normal
Given the apparent average of 20,000km per year
But mine last year was between 10,000-15,000
So it's quite an increase.
It also means a service is due again soon.
Although this time
The days that follow may not be so exciting
Probably not as confusing either
But probably not as fun.
Yeah
It's been almost six months.
Give it a few weeks
Who knows
Maybe then
it
will
all
be
over.
x
