In April, it may cost R2,400 to drive from Joburg to Cape Town – just in petrol
. Factoring in the high level of SUVs on the road and the state of older cars, SA's official average petrol consumption is at 7.1 litres per 100km, and that is what we used in our calculations.
Here's what it will cost to drive some of South Africa's favourite long-distance routes with petrol at R24 per litre.Durban and Johannesburg are officially about 570km from one another, though you can add on a bit if you are going to and from Umhlanga, or Joburg's northern suburbs. That makes for just about 40 litres of petrol at average consumption, for not much under R1,000 in straight fuel costs.
You can add in another R286.50 for toll fees, unless you are willing to spend about an hour bypassing the toll gates. For many types of cars, that bypass approach will save you some money, even at R24 for every extra litre of petrol you burn, but factor in wear-and-tear and you'd be in the red.At the official 1,400km between the hearts of the Cape Town and Johannesburg city centres, fuel costs come to just about R2,400 for the 100 litres of petrol the average car will burn to get there.
Take the N1 with its tolls, and you can add R205.50 in cash to that, before factoring in food for what is a 15-hour journey if you are determined – and the overnight accommodation you'll need to do it if you aren't a masochist.The average car should need a bit more than 20 litres of petrol to get from Johannesburg to Polokwane, a distance of some 320km. At the expected R24 per litre, that comes to R540 for the one-way trip.
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