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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.

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