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Title: Up by 2p in less than 24 hours
Post by: SP_3.2 on 22 April 2008, 19:06:48
At 7am the Shell up the road from me has £1.06 for superunlead on the way back 1.08. Now i did not think it would go down but up that much. >:( >:(
Have i missed something on the new. V-power is on 1.17.

Will have to save up for an lpg asap    
Title: Re: Up by 2p in less than 24 hours
Post by: albitz on 22 April 2008, 19:55:17
oil prices hit a record high today,although i dont suppose the petrol they are selling today came from a barrel of oil that was bought this morning >:(
Title: Re: Up by 2p in less than 24 hours
Post by: Elite Pete on 22 April 2008, 19:56:55
Super Unleaded is £1.10 at my local Tesco :'(
Title: Re: Up by 2p in less than 24 hours
Post by: prestigesec on 22 April 2008, 21:56:22
There are a couple of Murco garages by me ran by our foreign friends they charge at least 3 to 4p a litre more than the shell and tesco a bit further away but out of principle i travel to shell.  >:( >:(
Title: Re: Up by 2p in less than 24 hours
Post by: waspy on 22 April 2008, 21:59:46
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There are a couple of Murco garages by me ran by our foreign friends they charge at least 3 to 4p a litre more than the shell and tesco a bit further away but out of principle i travel to shell.  >:( >:(

Like wise  :y :y
Title: Re: Up by 2p in less than 24 hours
Post by: HerefordElite on 22 April 2008, 21:59:53
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Super Unleaded is £1.10 at my local Tesco :'(

Paid £1.10 for Sainsbury's super yesterday :'(
Title: Re: Up by 2p in less than 24 hours
Post by: HerefordElite on 22 April 2008, 22:10:24
https://secure.petrolprices.com/signup.html?redirect=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.petrolprices.com%2Fprice-of-petrol.html

sign up to this site (free) and get weekly emails of 5 cheapest pumps in a 5 mile radius of your postcode ;)
Title: Re: Up by 2p in less than 24 hours
Post by: bob.dent on 23 April 2008, 10:06:00
Same round here too, A Texaco garage I pass to and from work was £1.10 in the morning and when I came home was £1.12.  :o

When's it going to stop??!! >:( >:(
Title: Re: Up by 2p in less than 24 hours
Post by: Kieran on 23 April 2008, 10:43:30
It won't stop now that they have broken that £1.00 a litre barrier the prices are just going to rise. Now 94p per litre dosen't sound that bad and it was that less than a year ago. We are all being conned by the government and oil companies >:(
Title: Re: Up by 2p in less than 24 hours
Post by: caolan_p on 23 April 2008, 10:56:18
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It won't stop now that they have broken that £1.00 a litre barrier the prices are just going to rise. Now 94p per litre dosen't sound that bad and it was that less than a year ago. We are all being conned by the government and oil companies >:(
is right we are as the government get around 60p a litre . TAX TAX TAX TAX  :'( :'(
Title: Re: Up by 2p in less than 24 hours
Post by: Marks DTM Calib on 23 April 2008, 10:57:56
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It won't stop now that they have broken that £1.00 a litre barrier the prices are just going to rise. Now 94p per litre dosen't sound that bad and it was that less than a year ago. We are all being conned by the government and oil companies >:(
is right we are as the government get around 60p a litre . TAX TAX TAX TAX  :'( :'(


PLus VAT on the tax (tax on tax!) and fuel cost!
Title: Re: Up by 2p in less than 24 hours
Post by: albitz on 23 April 2008, 15:20:39
rix garage kircaldy were apparently charging 1.45 per litre for diesel and 1.25 for petrol on monday. something to do with an impending 2 day strike at grangemouth refinery. :o :o :o....dick mcturpin  >:(         almost as extortianate as the solicitor im seeing tomorrow morning :'(
Title: Re: Up by 2p in less than 24 hours
Post by: bob.dent on 23 April 2008, 15:37:53
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rix garage kircaldy were apparently charging 1.45 per litre for diesel and 1.25 for petrol on monday. something to do with an impending 2 day strike at grangemouth refinery. :o :o :o....dick mcturpin  >:(         almost as extortianate as the solicitor im seeing tomorrow morning :'(

 ;D ;D ;D Like it!
Title: Re: Up by 2p in less than 24 hours
Post by: Paulus on 23 April 2008, 16:26:28
(IT FELT LIKE) I paid £1432233443.9/litre this morning.  :'(
Title: Re: Up by 2p in less than 24 hours
Post by: Andyswad on 23 April 2008, 16:46:48
Filled the Bike up on premium at Donnington services two weeks ago at 1.299 per litre.........  £5.90 a gallon

How much was it when the protest strikes were on?

Seems we just accept it now >:(
Title: Re: Up by 2p in less than 24 hours
Post by: Danny on 24 April 2008, 18:44:18
I've decided yesterday that my car will be up for sale in october, in favour of a dirt cheap to run high MPG hatchback with cheap tax, probably something like a corsa 1.0 eco on an 04 plate, (£35 a year tax and 58 mpg)
Title: Re: Up by 2p in less than 24 hours
Post by: albitz on 24 April 2008, 19:03:16
unfortunately i may be in the same boat soon  :'(.
Title: Re: Up by 2p in less than 24 hours
Post by: Danny on 24 April 2008, 19:10:12
i'll miss my car, a hell of alot, but i'm looking to get a house, was gonna keep mine alot longer since it'll avoid the extreme tax hike for 10 months after march 2009, but i think if i sell in october when my insurance is due to change, i'll have 2 years no claims to insure a dirt cheap practically self-maintaining 3 cylinder corsa, and i should still manage to get a tidy sum for my low mileage 2001 3.0 LPG elite
Title: Re: Up by 2p in less than 24 hours
Post by: Martin_1962 on 24 April 2008, 19:25:51
How much will a petrol noddy car cost to run versus your Elite?

Title: Re: Up by 2p in less than 24 hours
Post by: Danny on 24 April 2008, 19:30:22
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How much will a petrol noddy car cost to run versus your Elite?


an actual noddy car, not sure :D the corsa i have in mind, purchase price about £3000, fuel will be about £20 a week and work out more efficient than my LPG elite, insurance will drop by more than half, and tax will be about £160 a year cheaper, then upto £400 cheaper when it increases!!

not to mention the unbelievably cheap maintainence costs of the hairdryer engine it has!!
Title: Re: Up by 2p in less than 24 hours
Post by: Martin_1962 on 24 April 2008, 21:46:21
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How much will a petrol noddy car cost to run versus your Elite?


an actual noddy car, not sure :D the corsa i have in mind, purchase price about £3000, fuel will be about £20 a week and work out more efficient than my LPG elite, insurance will drop by more than half, and tax will be about £160 a year cheaper, then upto £400 cheaper when it increases!!

not to mention the unbelievably cheap maintainence costs of the hairdryer engine it has!!

I have the lowest fuel bills at work - no one is getting over 40mpg average all the time
Title: Re: Up by 2p in less than 24 hours
Post by: amba on 24 April 2008, 21:52:24
I needed fuel on way home tonight on m25.Decided Clacket Lane would be pricey as always so pulled of on A22 at South Godstone and found a Shell station.Normal unleaded was £1=10.9 so decided to only put £20 in a drive very slowly home.
This is now getting bloody serious.
Title: Re: Up by 2p in less than 24 hours
Post by: denisaok on 24 April 2008, 22:03:45
See what you think and pass it on if you agree with it i know its long

Petrol is hitting 110p a litre in some areas now; soon we will be faced with paying £1.50+ a ltr. Philip Hollsworth offered this good idea:

This makes MUCH MORE SENSE than the 'don't buy petrol on a certain day' campaign that was going around last April or May! The oil companies just laughed at that because they knew we wouldn't continue to hurt ourselves by refusing to buy petrol. It was more of an inconvenience to us than it was a problem for them. BUT, whoever thought of this idea, has come up with a plan that can really work.

Please read it and join in!

Now that the oil companies and the OPEC nations have conditioned us to think that the cost of a litre is CHEAP, we need to take an aggressive action to teach them that BUYERS, not sellers, control the market place.
With the price of petrol going up more each day, we consumers need to take action. The only way we are going to see the price of petrol come down is if we hit someone in the pocket by not purchasing their Petrol! And we can do that WITHOUT hurting ourselves. Here's the idea:
  
For the rest of this year DON'T purchase ANY petrol from the two biggest oil companies (which now are one), ESSO and BP.
If they are not selling any petrol, they will be inclined to reduce their prices. If they reduce their prices, the other companies will have to follow suit. But to have an impact we need to reach literally millions of Esso and BP petrol buyers. It's really simple to do!!

Now, don't wimp out on me at this point... Keep reading and I'll explain how simple it is to reach millions of people!!

I am sending this note to a lot of people. If each of you send I t to at least ten more (30 x 10 = 300)... And those 300 send it to at least ten more (300 x 10 = 3,000) ... And so on, by the time the
Message reaches the sixth generation of people, we will have reached over THREE MILLION consumers! If those three million get excited and pass this on to ten friends each, then 30 million people will have
Been contacted! If it goes one level further, you guessed it... ..

THREE HUNDRED MILLION PEOPLE!!!

Again, all You have to do is send this to 10 people. That's all. (and not buy at ESSO/BP) How long would all that take? If each of us sends this email out to ten more people within one day of receipt, all 300 MILLION people could conceivably be contacted within the next 8 days!!! Acting together we can make a difference If this makes sense to you, please pass this message on.

PLEASE HOLD OUT UNTIL THEY LOWER THEIR PRICES TO THE 69p a LITRE RANGE

It's easy to make this happen. Just forward this email, and buy your petrol at Shell, Asda,Tesco, Sainsburys, Morrisons, Jet etc. I.e. Boycott BP and Esso.
Title: Re: Up by 2p in less than 24 hours
Post by: amba on 24 April 2008, 22:12:28
Wise words,but I did buy at Shell tonight and it was more expensive than the BP garage along the road from me,trouble was I needed fuel and felt it would be more than a motorway service station.
Why don,t all same named garages charge the same then your plan might work,at the moment it is a lottery as to how much an individual can charge ?
Title: Re: Up by 2p in less than 24 hours
Post by: Kevin Wood on 24 April 2008, 22:12:39
A boycott won't work. I suspect the majority of fuel is burnt by company reps who have fuel cards. I've travelled with them. They pull in wherever the light comes on. Why would they care about the price of fuel?

 >:(

Kevin
Title: Re: Up by 2p in less than 24 hours
Post by: Danny on 25 April 2008, 01:03:04
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How much will a petrol noddy car cost to run versus your Elite?


an actual noddy car, not sure :D the corsa i have in mind, purchase price about £3000, fuel will be about £20 a week and work out more efficient than my LPG elite, insurance will drop by more than half, and tax will be about £160 a year cheaper, then upto £400 cheaper when it increases!!

not to mention the unbelievably cheap maintainence costs of the hairdryer engine it has!!

I have the lowest fuel bills at work - no one is getting over 40mpg average all the time

this particular corsa's in the region of 57mpg
Title: Re: Up by 2p in less than 24 hours
Post by: Martin_1962 on 25 April 2008, 11:46:43
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How much will a petrol noddy car cost to run versus your Elite?


an actual noddy car, not sure :D the corsa i have in mind, purchase price about £3000, fuel will be about £20 a week and work out more efficient than my LPG elite, insurance will drop by more than half, and tax will be about £160 a year cheaper, then upto £400 cheaper when it increases!!

not to mention the unbelievably cheap maintainence costs of the hairdryer engine it has!!

I have the lowest fuel bills at work - no one is getting over 40mpg average all the time

this particular corsa's in the region of 57mpg

Ah the to equal half an engine you need to get high twenties from LPG
Title: Re: Up by 2p in less than 24 hours
Post by: Debs. on 25 April 2008, 11:55:47
Locally this morning; one of the independent garages have unleaded at £127.9!!!!!!  :o

The Grangemouth effect: or so I was told.  >:(
Title: Re: Up by 2p in less than 24 hours
Post by: Danny on 25 April 2008, 16:46:37
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How much will a petrol noddy car cost to run versus your Elite?


an actual noddy car, not sure :D the corsa i have in mind, purchase price about £3000, fuel will be about £20 a week and work out more efficient than my LPG elite, insurance will drop by more than half, and tax will be about £160 a year cheaper, then upto £400 cheaper when it increases!!

not to mention the unbelievably cheap maintainence costs of the hairdryer engine it has!!

I have the lowest fuel bills at work - no one is getting over 40mpg average all the time

this particular corsa's in the region of 57mpg

Ah the to equal half an engine you need to get high twenties from LPG

cant see that being possible unless i'm averaging about 85mph everywhere!!