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[STEMO]

9.7% in the last five days. Anyone noticed the pump prices plunging? No? Oh well, maybe they'll knock a penny off a litre next month.

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[Keith ABS]

 As soon as that! 2 hopes.....

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

I paid £1.73 today but that was for 99 octane Shell V-power for the Mexican.

The Signum runs fine on any old crap.

[Varche]

Good, down 2 cents here.

[ronnyd]

Filled mine up last week in Felixstowe  with E10 @ £1.48 per litre, (petrol). In Diss today  it was £1.62. 

[Doctor Gollum]

£1.05 a litre in Long Beach yesterday.

[STEMO]

£1.05 a litre in Long Beach yesterday.

Y awn

[Mr Skrunts]

£1.05 a litre in Long Beach yesterday.

Liter

[Sir Tigger KC]

£1.05 a litre in Long Beach yesterday.

Jeez that's expensive for Yankeedoodlestan! 

Still I can't imagine that the gurt pickup trucks common in Texas and Florida are that popular in Long Beach? 

[ronnyd]

£1.05 a litre in Long Beach yesterday.

Y awn

Long Beach? Felixstowe Beach? Is there a difference? 

[Andy B]

topped the ML up at Costco on Wed ... 150.9 a litre for diseasal

[LC0112G]

Petrol varied between about $3.80 a gallon (in Virginia/Delaware/New Jersey) and over $6 a gallon in California when I was there last month. Have just seen my credit card statement and it was well over £100 to fill up in CA, and it would only do about 500 miles on a tank.

So on the west coast at least it's every bit as expensive for petrol for a given journey length as it is here, given the generally lower MPG of their cars, the smaller gallon, and the smaller miles. Also all those f*&ing Prius's and Tesslas flying in formation at 69.9 MPH blocking every effin lane got right on my t1ts..

[STEMO]

Petrol varied between about $3.80 a gallon (in Virginia/Delaware/New Jersey) and over $6 a gallon in California when I was there last month. Have just seen my credit card statement and it was well over £100 to fill up in CA, and it would only do about 500 miles on a tank.

So on the west coast at least it's every bit as expensive for petrol for a given journey length as it is here, given the generally lower MPG of their cars, the smaller gallon, and the smaller miles. Also all those f*&ing Prius's and Tesslas flying in formation at 69.9 MPH blocking every effin lane got right on my t1ts..

I take the higher price in California is due to 'green taxes'? Where would governments/states be without them, I wonder.

[Field Marshal Dr. Opti]

Petrol varied between about $3.80 a gallon (in Virginia/Delaware/New Jersey) and over $6 a gallon in California when I was there last month. Have just seen my credit card statement and it was well over £100 to fill up in CA, and it would only do about 500 miles on a tank.

So on the west coast at least it's every bit as expensive for petrol for a given journey length as it is here, given the generally lower MPG of their cars, the smaller gallon, and the smaller miles. Also all those f*&ing Prius's and Tesslas flying in formation at 69.9 MPH blocking every effin lane got right on my t1ts..

I take the higher price in California is due to 'green taxes'? Where would governments/states be without them, I wonder.

Gavin Newsom isn't doing it for the money. He is on a mission to save the world.

[Doctor Gollum]

$5.18 a gallon if you paid cash, $5.91 for card.

The 3.6 Dodge Charger we had wasn't exactly economical... about 17mpg over the 96 miles we managed running up the coast to Santa Monica and back. It wasn't quite full when I picked it up, so guesstimated at $40 to fill it and it took every last drop. The cash price requires prepayment and it took all $40 before clicking off. They do give change if it clicks off before the prepaid amount.

Got a four day trip to Houston next month, the cars are a smidge more expensive to rent there, but petrol bloody well ought to be cheaper

Incidentally Malcolm, who do you rent with? Have only used Avis this far as we get a pretty good deal with them...

[Sir Tigger KC]

Got a four day trip to Houston next month, the cars are a smidge more expensive to rent there, but petrol bloody well ought to be cheaper

A nice little trip out of Houston is down to Freeport along the coast to Galveston and back up to Houston. 

Endless deserted sandy beaches (except for the pelicans and the odd fisherman hoping to hook a bullshark) and I'd imagine the nightlife in Galveston is pretty lively! 

[Doctor Gollum]

Got a four day trip to Houston next month, the cars are a smidge more expensive to rent there, but petrol bloody well ought to be cheaper

A nice little trip out of Houston is down to Freeport along the coast to Galveston and back up to Houston. 

Endless deserted sandy beaches (except for the pelicans and the odd fisherman hoping to hook a bullshark) and I'd imagine the nightlife in Galveston is pretty lively! 

Galveston is on the list, and possibly the Space Center. Normally only there for one night, so always try to make the most of the extra days...

[Sir Tigger KC]

Got a four day trip to Houston next month, the cars are a smidge more expensive to rent there, but petrol bloody well ought to be cheaper

A nice little trip out of Houston is down to Freeport along the coast to Galveston and back up to Houston. 

Endless deserted sandy beaches (except for the pelicans and the odd fisherman hoping to hook a bullshark) and I'd imagine the nightlife in Galveston is pretty lively! 

Galveston is on the list, and possibly the Space Center. Normally only there for one night, so always try to make the most of the extra days...

If I remember rightly, it's only a couple of hours down to Freeport, about an hour and a half along the coast to Galveston and a couple of hours back to Houston from Galveston.

I did it two or three times with the dog when I was house sitting in Houston and it's a nice day out. 

[LC0112G]

Incidentally Malcolm, who do you rent with? Have only used Avis this far as we get a pretty good deal with them...

i book whoever is cheapest of the big guys via sites like holidayautos, rentalcars, travelocity etc. However, I do avoid AVIS wherever possible. For whatever reason they always have huge queues and long waits for cars (Vegas, Phoenix and LAX in particular). I had a slow puncture on one AVIS car this trip, and went to the 3 nearest AVIS sites for an exchange. None had any cars. In the end I had to go to the hell hole known as Phoenix Airport, and 3 hours later I eventually left with an exchange car.

One of the tricks with lo-cost airlines is to NOT book with their own 'preferred' company. You get off the plane with 200 other PAX, 95% of them renting a car at some portacabin of an airport nowhere near the city it's named after (Milan Bergamo for instance), and the queue for  their preferred partner is out the door and round the corner. Book with one of the other suppliers at the airport and you walk straight up to the desk.

Met some Dutch guys this trip - they'd flown into Atlanta, got to the car hire desk to pick up their pre-paid rental, and AVIS had no cars. They waited 4 hours, and still no cars so booked a local hotel and came back the next morning. Still no cars, except an electric VW UP I think it was. They had little choice, but still got charged extra for the upgrade! Met them at Savannah Georgia (excercise William Tell), and we both left around 3pm for the trip up to Virginia Beach (Oceana Air show) - about a 7-8 hour drive. I was in bed in the hotel by 22:30. They arrived at the hotel between 02:30 and 03:00, after 3 different 1 hour charging stops and slipstreaming lorries at 60mph for the whole trip.

And remember that AVIS=Budget, Hertz=Thrifty=Dollar and Enterprise=Alamo=National. If AVIS haven't got any cars, then Budget won't have any either. 

[Doctor Gollum]

That's pretty succinct

Not had an issue with Avis yet, but haven't rented from the airport desks... no need with a crew bus waiting, so use the nearest office to the hotel. I pop in when we arrive to check availability, then book online as it's cheaper, (£47 vs $70-100 for the walk-in price), although they will discount it for a car that's been returned early..

[Varche]

Brent crude back up on Iran/Israel 88 dollars approx

[STEMO]

$90 today.

[Varche]

That will be the Israel effect

[Doctor Gollum]

Paid £1.51 for unleaded in Crawley, although diesel seems to be significantly higher again.

[dave the builder]

£1,63 for E5 yesterday in middle Earth