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Title: Most expensive litre of unleaded ?
Post by: the alarming man on 10 March 2012, 10:01:20
Driving past clackett services earlier and a litre of unleaded was

£1.45.9 !!!

Anyone know anywhere more expensive ??
Title: Re: Most expensive litre of unleaded ?
Post by: Del Boy on 10 March 2012, 10:41:33
Kent honestly seems to be one of the highest for fuel prices, even Canterbury is quite expensive now albeit cheaper than here by a considerable amount.
Title: Re: Most expensive litre of unleaded ?
Post by: Lazydocker on 10 March 2012, 10:44:55
Kent honestly seems to be one of the highest for fuel prices, even Canterbury is quite expensive now albeit cheaper than here by a considerable amount.
I noticed that on Monday when I was driving around Kent to do a couple of Fuel Drains ::)

I think the Kent area could be quite a profitable one, judging on the number of jobs I've done & turned down in that area :-\
Title: Re: Most expensive litre of unleaded ?
Post by: Kevin Wood on 10 March 2012, 10:49:08

I was a bit horrified to pay nearly 40 quid to fill the Westfield the other day. :o

It only has a 27 litre tank although it does need Super unleaded. Last time it was in regular use (going back 18 months or so) it was impossible to get 30 quid's worth in. :(

It can't go on like this. :-\
Title: Re: Most expensive litre of unleaded ?
Post by: jonny2112 on 10 March 2012, 10:59:31
It can't go on like this. :-\

You're right Kevin, but I don't see how it'll get any better.
Paid £139.9 this morning, which is a little bit more than usual  :'(
Title: Re: Most expensive litre of unleaded ?
Post by: tunnie on 10 March 2012, 11:03:34
I can't see them ever reducing the amount of tax on it  >:(

At best it could be frozen where it is, but would take months to sort something like that  :(
Title: Re: Most expensive litre of unleaded ?
Post by: zirk on 10 March 2012, 12:49:30
Driving past clackett services earlier and a litre of unleaded was

£1.45.9 !!!

Anyone know anywhere more expensive ??

or £6.82 per Gallon.
Title: Re: Most expensive litre of unleaded ?
Post by: Andys VXR on 10 March 2012, 13:34:49
Theres a little garage where i am in the middle of dingerly del hes charging £1.56 ill try and get a pic to prove.
Title: Re: Most expensive litre of unleaded ?
Post by: Lampynoiseboy on 10 March 2012, 14:28:59
Driving past clackett services earlier and a litre of unleaded was

£1.45.9 !!!

Anyone know anywhere more expensive ??

or £6.82 per Gallon.

Christ
For those of us that are that old, that really brings it home.

For what it's worth to locals, Asda by Dartford Bridge/Bluewater in Kent seems to be the cheapest anywhere....and I do travel around a bit....133.9 the other night
Title: Re: Most expensive litre of unleaded ?
Post by: tigers_gonads on 10 March 2012, 14:32:30
Driving past clackett services earlier and a litre of unleaded was

£1.45.9 !!!

Anyone know anywhere more expensive ??

or £6.82 per Gallon.

Christ
For those of us that are that old, that really brings it home.

For what it's worth to locals, Asda by Dartford Bridge/Bluewater in Kent seems to be the cheapest anywhere....and I do travel around a bit....133.9 the other night


Standard supermarket price round here  ;)

The others are anyway upto 140 at ltr
Title: Re: Most expensive litre of unleaded ?
Post by: ozzycat on 10 March 2012, 14:33:37
 :'( :'( just driven past peamore sevicies in exete£1.52 ltr derv £1.61 hes allways 15p a ltr dearer than everyone else av down here i £1.35 unleaded derv £1.41
Title: Re: Most expensive litre of unleaded ?
Post by: Lampynoiseboy on 10 March 2012, 14:51:58
Driving past clackett services earlier and a litre of unleaded was

£1.45.9 !!!

Anyone know anywhere more expensive ??

or £6.82 per Gallon.

Christ
For those of us that are that old, that really brings it home.

For what it's worth to locals, Asda by Dartford Bridge/Bluewater in Kent seems to be the cheapest anywhere....and I do travel around a bit....133.9 the other night


Standard supermarket price round here  ;)

The others are anyway upto 140 at ltr

I use the waitrose near me, as it's near(!), but mainly as it's always a penny cheaper than everyone else.
However, still 3p up on that asda!
Title: Re: Most expensive litre of unleaded ?
Post by: the alarming man on 10 March 2012, 15:56:05
Driving past clackett services earlier and a litre of unleaded was

£1.45.9 !!!

Anyone know anywhere more expensive ??

or £6.82 per Gallon.




Now that's even more worrying lol
Title: Re: Most expensive litre of unleaded ?
Post by: Sir Tigger KC on 10 March 2012, 17:18:46
:'( :'( just driven past peamore sevicies in exete£1.52 ltr derv £1.61 hes allways 15p a ltr dearer than everyone else av down here i £1.35 unleaded derv £1.41

Christ!!!  :o :o :o
Title: Re: Most expensive litre of unleaded ?
Post by: Shackeng on 10 March 2012, 18:18:10
It can't go on like this. :-\

You're right Kevin, but I don't see how it'll get any better.
Paid £139.9 this morning, which is a little bit more than usual  :'(

That is probably the most expensive in the country at the moment, Unless you know different! :-\
Title: Re: Most expensive litre of unleaded ?
Post by: Del Boy on 10 March 2012, 18:34:06
£1.39.9 for unleaded would be cheap in Ashford, there isn't one garage including supermarkets which is under £1.40 at the minute.
Title: Re: Most expensive litre of unleaded ?
Post by: smithpa7 on 10 March 2012, 18:34:52
Tesco - 132.9
Morrisons - 135.9

I only paid 120.9 per litre at Morrisons. SWMBO had a 15p per litre of voucher.
I will be using the 10p per litre voucher from Tesco after filling the BMW, tomorrow.
Title: Re: Most expensive litre of unleaded ?
Post by: albitz on 10 March 2012, 18:42:11
I went and filled my bike up today.The pump clicked of at £20,and I could probably have squeezed another couple of quid in if I tried.
Also,went and filled the car with LPG today and was informed it will be the last time as the garage is closing down in a couple of days.The only other place which sells it and isnt miles out of my way has a pump which is very often out of order. :'(
Title: Re: Most expensive litre of unleaded ?
Post by: Webby the Bear on 10 March 2012, 19:26:29
Morrisons: £1.37.9 at the mo  >:(
Title: Re: Most expensive litre of unleaded ?
Post by: Rods2 on 10 March 2012, 20:52:57
While US, UK and European Governments pump £$€bns into banks it has to be speculated somewhere to make bonuses a profit and we all need food and energy.  >:( >:( >:(

Government moving from pricing in gallons to litres was a stroke of genius to get us to accept Major's fuel tax escalator. Fuel is now over 30% more expensive in real terms than in 2000.  >:( >:( >:(

In 1973 when I had my first motorbike, we were in the middle of a Middle Eastern crisis (Yom Kippur war) and the price had just jumped from 37p to 50p a gallon (8.11p to 10.96p a litre), so in 36 years it has gone up almost 17x with no sign of this slowing down.  :o :o :o
Title: Re: Most expensive litre of unleaded ?
Post by: hotel21 on 10 March 2012, 21:24:20
Granted its dated 1st feb 2012, bet you would be hard pressed to exceed current price in the Western islands of Scotland.

And thats including the supposed 5ppl discount....

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-16832010
Title: Re: Most expensive litre of unleaded ?
Post by: TheBoy on 11 March 2012, 09:38:53
Indeed, as Highlander says, the News last week was Saying on some Scottish Isles, the average price was £1.75

We have these pyscological price points, a few years ago, it was paying £1 per litre, now we have been happily paying £1.30 a litre, its time to up it to £1.50, which I'm sure it will be within a few weeks.  I'd expect it to stabilise around there for a while, before the next hike.
Title: Re: Most expensive litre of unleaded ?
Post by: 2woody on 11 March 2012, 22:38:16
yep - its over £1.50 at my local place, too !
Title: Re: Most expensive litre of unleaded ?
Post by: astroblaster on 11 March 2012, 23:52:36
Its £135.9 around here
Title: Re: Most expensive litre of unleaded ?
Post by: TheBoy on 12 March 2012, 16:27:07
£1.409 at both stations in my town...
Title: Re: Most expensive litre of unleaded ?
Post by: Webby the Bear on 12 March 2012, 16:32:24
Gone up today AGAIN. £1.38.9  >:( >:( >:( >:( >:(
Title: Re: Most expensive litre of unleaded ?
Post by: TheBoy on 12 March 2012, 16:35:13
Gone up today AGAIN. £1.38.9  >:( >:( >:( >:( >:(
Suspect we'll be finding it normal to pay £1.50 by Easter...
Title: Re: Most expensive litre of unleaded ?
Post by: geoffr70 on 12 March 2012, 17:03:18
I filled up yesterday for 119.9  :y bonus
Title: Re: Most expensive litre of unleaded ?
Post by: adey2 on 12 March 2012, 17:06:51
i was surprised when i went to fill with gas on saturday, place i go to normally put 13p on a ltr, from 70p to 83ppl, never got my money, went to one on way home instead that i had avoided as his was 72ppl
Title: Re: Most expensive litre of unleaded ?
Post by: Olympia5776 on 12 March 2012, 19:24:11
€ 1.62  ( £1.36p ) over here which is quite interesting as petrol used to be around 15% to 20% cheaper than UK .
I do suspect that the blaggards  in government over here have decided to raise the tax to UK standards ( along with every other tax revenue stream too ..... >:( )
It just seems to creep up almost daily ,and that's before we bomb Iran.
Title: Re: Most expensive litre of unleaded ?
Post by: Terbs on 12 March 2012, 19:46:53
143.9 on the A31 near Bere Regis (Dorset) today :o :o :o :o :o :o
Title: Re: Most expensive litre of unleaded ?
Post by: TheBoy on 12 March 2012, 20:36:32
Local LPG went up 3p on Friday, and another 2p today. Now 79.9p here. Unleaded £1.409 and diesel £1.479