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Title: BLOODY HELL,,, WILL IT GET UNDER 80p
Post by: Bacon Butty Man on 22 December 2008, 21:38:05
Petrol now just 84.9 here.
Title: Re: BLOODY HELL,,, WILL IT GET UNDER 80p
Post by: webby23 on 22 December 2008, 21:46:11
85.9p for Shell here in Nottingham.

Bloody brilliant isnt it.....? Costs me less now to run our 2.6 MV6 than it cost before running our 2.0 CD....

FANTASTIC..........!!!
Title: Re: BLOODY HELL,,, WILL IT GET UNDER 80p
Post by: Jay w on 22 December 2008, 21:48:12
if it carries on like this i will be going back to petrol over LPG....

LPG is currently 49.9 in plymouth
Title: Re: BLOODY HELL,,, WILL IT GET UNDER 80p
Post by: theolodian on 22 December 2008, 22:03:58
It should have long ago.  In the US it is back down to 23ppl.
Title: Re: BLOODY HELL,,, WILL IT GET UNDER 80p
Post by: Tony H on 22 December 2008, 22:10:07
What you've got to bear in mind is over 80p per litre is still a comparative "rob off" and don't forget the government are still shafting us on fuel duty and vat on fuel >:(
Title: Re: BLOODY HELL,,, WILL IT GET UNDER 80p
Post by: webby23 on 22 December 2008, 22:50:28
Regardless of the tax still being so high on fuel, I am ALOT happier paying 85.9p a ltr than I was 5 mths ago paying £1.17 a ltr.

No point comparing US prices mate as they are irrelevant to people in this country.

Title: Re: BLOODY HELL,,, WILL IT GET UNDER 80p
Post by: theolodian on 22 December 2008, 23:26:21
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Regardless of the tax still being so high on fuel, I am ALOT happier paying 85.9p a ltr than I was 5 mths ago paying £1.17 a ltr.

No point comparing US prices mate as they are irrelevant to people in this country.

They are relevant, because they are back to where they were 6 years ago or more, and they fell as soon as the price of a barrel of oil fell.  Has the same happened here?  
Title: Re: BLOODY HELL,,, WILL IT GET UNDER 80p
Post by: Bacon Butty Man on 23 December 2008, 00:02:25
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It should have long ago.  In the US it is back down to 23ppl.

that may be so but the price of living in the USA is much higher than here
Title: Re: BLOODY HELL,,, WILL IT GET UNDER 80p
Post by: theolodian on 23 December 2008, 00:17:50
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It should have long ago.  In the US it is back down to 23ppl.

that may be so but the price of living in the USA is much higher than here
Yeah, if you're on the dole.  ::)
Title: Re: BLOODY HELL,,, WILL IT GET UNDER 80p
Post by: webby23 on 23 December 2008, 22:00:42
Only us British could moan about something being 30% cheaper today than it was 3 mths ago......

Some people are never happy !!

It IS relatively expensive, yes, BUT it ISNT as expensive as we were all happy to pay recently for it.....and YES we must have been happy to pay £1.17 a ltr cos if not why didnt we all blockade Stanlow......????

Title: Re: BLOODY HELL,,, WILL IT GET UNDER 80p
Post by: Andy B on 24 December 2008, 09:44:19
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............and YES we must have been happy to pay £1.17 a ltr cos if not why didnt we all blockade Stanlow......????


Don't know about being happy ......... the powers that be know we need the tank of fuel of to get to work and so have us stuck over a barrel (no pun intended  ;D)
Title: Re: BLOODY HELL,,, WILL IT GET UNDER 80p
Post by: omegod on 24 December 2008, 09:49:14
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if it carries on like this i will be going back to petrol over LPG....

LPG is currently 49.9 in plymouth

Down to 46p in Liverpool :)
Title: Re: BLOODY HELL,,, WILL IT GET UNDER 80p
Post by: Welung666 on 24 December 2008, 09:51:27
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if it carries on like this i will be going back to petrol over LPG....

LPG is currently 49.9 in plymouth

Down to 46p in Liverpool :)

Is that off a bloke in the pub though? ;) ;D ;D
Title: Re: BLOODY HELL,,, WILL IT GET UNDER 80p
Post by: cem_devecioglu on 24 December 2008, 09:51:50
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Only us British could moan about something being 30% cheaper today than it was 3 mths ago......

Some people are never happy !!

It IS relatively expensive, yes, BUT it ISNT as expensive as we were all happy to pay recently for it.....and YES we must have been happy to pay £1.17 a ltr cos if not why didnt we all blockade Stanlow......????


 ;D ;D

yep..agreed.. :y
Title: Re: BLOODY HELL,,, WILL IT GET UNDER 80p
Post by: tunnie on 24 December 2008, 11:38:13
the way i look at it, yes petrol is 75% cheaper in the US, but!

1) They get about half the mpg we do at the best of times, i have rented loads of cars in the states from SUV's to little sh!t box things, i never got better then 20mpg, the SUV did 12mpg and that was motorway miles at a 70 cruise!  :o

2) They cars are about 700% worse than ours, apart from the Ford GT40 american cars suck!

3) You seen their roads? they are in an awful state, we drove out of New York, massive metal work on the bridge with huge bolts sticking up that you have to drive over.

Give me UK roads anyday!
Title: Re: BLOODY HELL,,, WILL IT GET UNDER 80p
Post by: jaykay on 24 December 2008, 16:16:29
Sorry to put a damper on things but remember oil is priced in dollars.
If the price starts creeping back up, we are really going to get hit because of the fall of the pound against the dollar.......IMHO
Title: Re: BLOODY HELL,,, WILL IT GET UNDER 80p
Post by: Lizzie_Zoom on 24 December 2008, 16:54:50
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Sorry to put a damper on things but remember oil is priced in dollars.
If the price starts creeping back up, we are really going to get hit because of the fall of the pound against the dollar.......IMHO
 

yep, absolutely right............and OPEC are considering cutting production to push prices of a barrel of oil back up!! :o :o