Cost of petrol

[TJ]

I'm currently taking my friend to the gym every Sunday and Monday, we both go to do our workout. I'm wondering how much is a fair amount to ask him to give me as petrol money. Taking away the distance I would travel going on my own, it comes to an extra 21ish miles What would be a fair amount to ask for? I have a 2005 Corsa SXI with a 1.2 engine.

[lockedout]

I'm currently taking my friend to the gym every Sunday and Monday, we both go to do our workout. I'm wondering how much is a fair amount to ask him to give me as petrol money. Taking away the distance I would travel going on my own, it comes to an extra 21ish miles What would be a fair amount to ask for? I have a 2005 Corsa SXI with a 1.2 engine.

Asking friends for gas money is being pretty cheap especially after you're already driving him. How much did he offer you?

[Deleted]

Depends on how you drive and where you drive. If you're on a motorway I guess like £7 a week.

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Asking friends for gas money is being pretty cheap especially after you're already driving him. How much did he offer you?

You don't live in a country were it is roughly twice as expensive as yours.

[Symphonic]

Work pays a standard of... like 30 cents per mile?, so if you want to be nice, ask half of that. 21 miles is 3 dollars each trip?

[TJ]

Asking friends for gas money is being pretty cheap especially after you're already driving him. How much did he offer you?

No, he's always given me petrol money (it's also common in the UK). But recently he moved house to a bit further away so we're trying to figure out an amount.

[Deleted]

21 miles at 129.5p (my local price anyway) would be around £4 for a medium sized car at an average MPG. Possibly a bit less for you.

[Gheld]

Until you do the fuel cost calculations based on actual data from the trip in question it would not be fair to ask anything of him.

[TJ]

Work pays a standard of... like 30 cents per mile?, so if you want to be nice, ask half of that. 21 miles is 3 dollars each trip?

You're in the US remember.

[Symphonic]

You're in the US remember.

Ah, that's true. I would say, find what the standard for your country is as far as mileage reimbursement, and then calculate how much it would cost.

http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/rates/travel.htm

That says about 40p. Divide that by 2 since you're being nice to your friend. 20p per mile. If you go 21 miles, 4£ 20p

[-Skye]

The amount extra he'll have to pay you, it'll be cheaper for him to get the bus.

[Deleted]

Just ask for a fiver and have done with it, it annoys me when people try to fuss around a few pennies, especially between friends.

[belfpala]

Just ask for a fiver and have done with it, it annoys me when people try to fuss around a few pennies, especially between friends.

Same. I'd personally consider the debt paid just for someone to keep me honest with my workout at the gym. But that's just me.

[MMKing]

If it's on a regular basis then asking for some gas money every now and then is not being cheap. Discussing amount of miles, gas prices etc is being cheap.