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Chat Area => General Discussion Area => Topic started by: STMO999 on 12 March 2010, 19:50:08
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I notice they are going right up. Just paid £117.9 for unleaded at my local garage. I don't know if that's right, or whether he's taking the piss because asda has been closed for a conversion to self-service. I think asda is about to open and I noticed that £111.9 was displayed on their brand new electronic board today. If that's correct, the local garage will no doubt be £113.9 tomorrow. Bastard.
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Money grabbing gits
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1.12p for diesel and petrol at my local Sainsbury's.
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He's propably milking it while he has chance,
Cant remember the last time I bought petrol, must have been christmas time when I filled the tank up, did 50 miles that day and not used the car since. so have no idea of fuel prices.
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Most garages around here are at £118 per litre. Super markets about 4p cheaper. Makes my rather blood boil. >:(
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Sounds even worse when you £5.35 a gallon.
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Local Shell is 111.9 for diesel, Asda, Tesco's etc are 113.9.
Why is this, I didn't think oil was that expensive by the barrel at the moment or am I wrong?
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Local Shell is 111.9 for diesel, Asda, Tesco's etc are 113.9.
Why is this, I didn't think oil was that expensive by the barrel at the moment or am I wrong?
No one seems to be bringing the centre of London to a standstill, so it must be alright. :(
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Local Shell is 111.9 for diesel, Asda, Tesco's etc are 113.9.
Why is this, I didn't think oil was that expensive by the barrel at the moment or am I wrong?
No one seems to be bringing the centre of London to a standstill, so it must be alright. :(
No matter how much they put it up, people will still buy it, most people need cars these days. They're just doing it because their a bunch of money grabbing pricks >:(
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Local Shell is 111.9 for diesel, Asda, Tesco's etc are 113.9.
Why is this, I didn't think oil was that expensive by the barrel at the moment or am I wrong?
Oil price hasn't gone up but pound has plummeted, and as we buy oil in dollars it takes a lot more pounds to buy the basic stuff ... :(
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Very true, although when the situation was reversed they wouldnt cut the price by any significant amount. >:(
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Most garages around here are at £118 per litre. Super markets about 4p cheaper. Makes my rather blood boil. >:(
break me, that is pricey.........
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Most garages around here are at £118 per litre. Super markets about 4p cheaper. Makes my rather blood boil. >:(
break me, that is pricey.........
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Why didn't I spot that??????????
Shit!! >:(
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I put fuel in in Asda Merthyr this morning @ £1.12.9, I then put more in in Stoke @£1.22.9, so we are cheaper here I Suppose.
And do not ask why I was in Stoke. ;D ;D ;D ;D
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WHY WERE YOU IN STOKE DI ?? :-/ ::) :D
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I put fuel in in Asda Merthyr this morning @ £1.12.9, I then put more in in Stoke @£1.22.9, so we are cheaper here I Suppose.
And do not ask why I was in Stoke. ;D ;D ;D ;D
Getting a good service from Daz :y
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Not at all, though was thinking bout him whilst I was sorta there. ;D ;D ;D ;D
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on average 112p a ltr here but BP garages can be up to 118p. This is a British company ripping its own people off. Most people here avoid BP stations or just put a fiver in until you get to Sainsbury's or Asda. :y
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I`ve just put £30`s worth in at £111.9 at sainsburys that should last me the week if i`m lucky.... :-/
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I have got to go out and fill up at some point... Only got about 40 miles left in the tank :( :(
Mind you... It will only cost me about 63.9 ::) ::) ;D ;D
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I have got to go out and fill up at some point... Only got about 40 miles left in the tank :( :(
Mind you... It will only cost me about 63.9 ::) ::) ;D ;D
You must be using a tractor, or a canal boat!!!! ;) ;) ;)
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1.12p for diesel and petrol at my local Sainsbury's.
I'll have a full tanker at that price please :y ;D ;)
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I have got to go out and fill up at some point... Only got about 40 miles left in the tank :( :(
Mind you... It will only cost me about 63.9 ::) ::) ;D ;D
You must be using a tractor, or a canal boat!!!! ;) ;) ;)
The clue's in the "Drives:" under my avatar ;) ;) ;)
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Ive noticed its creeping up again......£1.15 at Asda today.....£1.17 at BP/Shell/etc ....thats for the oily stuff
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I`ve just put £30`s worth in at £111.9 at sainsburys that should last me the week if i`m lucky.... :-/
hmmm £30 worth of fuel ....... lasts me about 250 miles (solo) ... but only 190 towing ... :(
;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;) ;)
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1.12p for diesel and petrol at my local Sainsbury's.
I'll have a full tanker at that price please :y ;D ;)
Sod your prices with a trafic :o Hows that going mate by the way?
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I have got to go out and fill up at some point... Only got about 40 miles left in the tank :( :(
Mind you... It will only cost me about 63.9 ::) ::) ;D ;D
Glad im not using the stuff anymore at that price..... :(
When i first started using lpg, it was around 30ppl.....cost me about £12-13 a day.
When i stopped using it....it was about 50ppl.....costing me around £20 a day.
My Trafic uses about £15 of diesel a day, as a comparision. It would be madness for me to use LPG now at over 60ppl!
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59.81 @ countrywide .. :)
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1.12p for diesel and petrol at my local Sainsbury's.
I'll have a full tanker at that price please :y ;D ;)
Sod your prices with a trafic :o Hows that going mate by the way?
Trafic is fine thanks, i havent manged to break it yet ::)
Theres an annoying bulb on the heater controls that keeps going out until you wack it... ;D....but that french electrics for you ;D
Mind you its just coming up to 50k on a 58 plate (done 6k in it so far) so plenty of time yet to break it :y
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1.12p for diesel and petrol at my local Sainsbury's.
I'll have a full tanker at that price please :y ;D ;)
Sod your prices with a trafic :o Hows that going mate by the way?
Trafic is fine thanks, i havent manged to break it yet ::)
Theres an annoying bulb on the heater controls that keeps going out until you wack it... ;D....but that french electrics for you ;D
Mind you its just coming up to 50k on a 58 plate (done 6k in it so far) so plenty of time yet to break it :y
Air Recirculation orange light? Mine wouldn't go off unless you really wacked the button like a gooden, just used to sit there and flicker all the time still at least the A/C one was ok ;D They are nice vans though and I would consider another :y
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It is damn expensive, it was around £1.19 here, then dropped right down to the low .90's now it seems to have gone up again.
But what choice do we have? You put fuel in, or you don't drive. I went to pick up a Jag the other day, and came back on Trade Plates, pulled into a motorway petrol station and then parked up for 30 minutes or so. Truckers always seem to respect you on the road with T plates, so had a chat with them, and they were all saying how the fuel prices are now getting back up to the stage where it is critically affecting their business. I use a fair amount of fuel, but I feel empathy for the professional drivers who do plenty of miles and will really be feeling the pinch.
Likewise with a local private hire bus company, they have a fleet of midi-buses, 709d's mainly, and a nice new Vario with 6 or 7 Vito's. I know most of the drivers, good bunch of guys...but they've been saying that prices have had to rise, some usual customers can't afford it, so that means less work for the drivers and a knock on effect for the rest of the company. Diesel prices are the single biggest issue to their business, and its such a shame. Fuel is actually cheap, it's just the tax on it...but no matter what we say it'll still be there.
I've often thought, how hard would it be to say keep fuel prices at 90ppl for both derv and petrol by continually moving up and down the tax to ensure the prices stay the same? Fuel is always much cheaper than 90ppl, so if oil prices rise tax reduces, oil prices lower...tax increases. Can't imagine it would be that difficult, it would give stability to many companies and alow them to forecast the cost of fuel easily.
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yeah but who makes the money from it, The Government
and who decides how much money they make?
Guess who :(
What are you meant to do eh >:(
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I think it wouldn't hurt so much if:
a) We didn't have to pay road tax on top of fuel tax. Have you seen how much they charge for a 2.0 petrol Passat these days, my brother has one and im sure he told me it was £400ish a year.
b) They spent more of the billions we pay in on the upkeep of our roads. Its got to the point that rather than fill holes in, the councils just write cheques for new wheels and tyres. I know 2 people who have had more than £1500 out of the local council in the last 2 weeks.
c) They stop ALL talk of road tolling, we pay our road toll's through our fuel tax. Im sure that were they to abolish, say, 95% of fuel tax and road tax then bring in toll charging, the country would be a lot more understanding, and then you could have different structures for different uses.
Just my thoughts, never gonna happen is it!!!
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its all because the vat went back up in january
to 17.5%
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just shot up 4 cents a litre here in Spain too. was 1.08.9 now 1 euro12.9 for unleaded. I suspect the euro is having the same trouble as the pound against the dollar.
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Sainsbury's now 1.14.9 for both :(
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There's no differential between DERV & Petrol here either, both at 113.9!!!! :(
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£114.9 around cambs. but have to pay that. if i wanted to worry about mpg would have bought a micra and not a 3.0L that does 25mpg. yet to own a car that is economical or green. :y
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As a tanker driver myself, it has been uncomfortable to read this. Let me assure you that I'm in the same as you, I get no discounts or managers specials. I deliver perhaps 160000 litres a day for one company. When you multiply several hundred drivers for this company, by that fuel quantity,then several more petrol companies and then worldwide it really is shocking to see how much the world is getting through. That's just fuel for cars, not to mention the oil itself,heating oil and other oil based products. Make no mistake,we will run out one day. As that day approaches, only ever expect the fuel price to go up.Gold will be worthless in comparison. Fuel duty is the killer blow not the cost of the go go juice.We all know who is responsible for that! With reference to fuel protests, you probably won't see that again with go slows in London or wherever. Anti-terrorism laws, massive crippling fines for hauliers and the threat of losing their operators licenses means no more protesting.The same applies to the refineries. Don't even think of going there with banners and fists clenched in the air. Plod are very hot on this. I've seen it happen. Again,government clampdowns. If we all stopped driving, the government knows we wouldn't last a week.Voting is the only voice you have now :(
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I did 225 miles today - cost me less than £20 in diesel
Calculated it to be 57mpg.
Managable - although it was on a run...
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i have been in a club online its called www.petrolprices.com .they send me emails telling me where the cheapist fuel is anyone can join and it is free. all of the members have got a petition together to send to number ten downing street to try and get the government to take yhe two pence tax rise of fuel dont think we will get anywhere but its got to be worth a go .dont forget join petrolprices .com its free and you get some valueable info of them :y
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As a tanker driver myself, it has been uncomfortable to read this. Let me assure you that I'm in the same as you, I get no discounts or managers specials. I deliver perhaps 160000 litres a day for one company. When you multiply several hundred drivers for this company, by that fuel quantity,then several more petrol companies and then worldwide it really is shocking to see how much the world is getting through. That's just fuel for cars, not to mention the oil itself,heating oil and other oil based products. Make no mistake,we will run out one day. As that day approaches, only ever expect the fuel price to go up.Gold will be worthless in comparison. Fuel duty is the killer blow not the cost of the go go juice.We all know who is responsible for that! With reference to fuel protests, you probably won't see that again with go slows in London or wherever. Anti-terrorism laws, massive crippling fines for hauliers and the threat of losing their operators licenses means no more protesting.The same applies to the refineries. Don't even think of going there with banners and fists clenched in the air. Plod are very hot on this. I've seen it happen. Again,government clampdowns. If we all stopped driving, the government knows we wouldn't last a week.Voting is the only voice you have now :(
Part of newLabours crackdown on free speech.
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Fill up last weekend
Cheapest
Calor 57.9
Most expensive
BP (Ultimate) 127.9
Pity there are no Shells in Worcester.
If I use supermarket petrol my car runs like a dog, difficult to start, and is slower on petrol than gas. The decent petrols work very well.
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I notice they are going right up. Just paid £117.9 for unleaded at my local garage. I don't know if that's right, or whether he's taking the piss because asda has been closed for a conversion to self-service. I think asda is about to open and I noticed that £111.9 was displayed on their brand new electronic board today. If that's correct, the local garage will no doubt be £113.9 tomorrow. Bastard.
You sure on these prices? :o :o :o
I can fill up from empty for £70........
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As a tanker driver myself, it has been uncomfortable to read this. Let me assure you that I'm in the same as you, I get no discounts or managers specials. I deliver perhaps 160000 litres a day for one company. When you multiply several hundred drivers for this company, by that fuel quantity,then several more petrol companies and then worldwide it really is shocking to see how much the world is getting through. That's just fuel for cars, not to mention the oil itself,heating oil and other oil based products. Make no mistake,we will run out one day. As that day approaches, only ever expect the fuel price to go up.Gold will be worthless in comparison. Fuel duty is the killer blow not the cost of the go go juice.We all know who is responsible for that! With reference to fuel protests, you probably won't see that again with go slows in London or wherever. Anti-terrorism laws, massive crippling fines for hauliers and the threat of losing their operators licenses means no more protesting.The same applies to the refineries. Don't even think of going there with banners and fists clenched in the air. Plod are very hot on this. I've seen it happen. Again,government clampdowns. If we all stopped driving, the government knows we wouldn't last a week.Voting is the only voice you have now :(
So another government would reduce the taxes on fuel?
Like THAT's ever gonna happen - they're all robbing b'stards! :y
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I notice they are going right up. Just paid £117.9 for unleaded at my local garage. I don't know if that's right, or whether he's taking the piss because asda has been closed for a conversion to self-service. I think asda is about to open and I noticed that £111.9 was displayed on their brand new electronic board today. If that's correct, the local garage will no doubt be £113.9 tomorrow. Bastard.
You sure on these prices? :o :o :o
I can fill up from empty for £70........
Told you it was expensive! ::)
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Cheapest I can get is 49.9 p at the local calor centre, would be shittin myself using petrol in the beastie in the current climate :o
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Fill up last weekend
Cheapest
Calor 57.9
Most expensive
BP (Ultimate) 127.9
Pity there are no Shells in Worcester.
If I use supermarket petrol my car runs like a dog, difficult to start, and is slower on petrol than gas. The decent petrols work very well.
That's because the supermarket fuels don't have any additives that the decent petrols do.You are buying the minimum spec fuels at supermarket sites and that's why they are cheaper. Carb vehicles maybe more affected than injection models and also MPG may be reduced too. The larger brand name garages are more expensive but the cleaning, more green additives are going into your tank. Ethanol is becoming more widely available and you have probably been using it but not known.Obviously not in its purest form but added to unleaded fuel as a mixture. :y
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Fill up last weekend
Cheapest
Calor 57.9
Most expensive
BP (Ultimate) 127.9
Pity there are no Shells in Worcester.
If I use supermarket petrol my car runs like a dog, difficult to start, and is slower on petrol than gas. The decent petrols work very well.
That's because the supermarket fuels don't have any additives that the decent petrols do.You are buying the minimum spec fuels at supermarket sites and that's why they are cheaper. Carb vehicles maybe more affected than injection models and also MPG may be reduced too. The larger brand name garages are more expensive but the cleaning, more green additives are going into your tank. Ethanol is becoming more widely available and you have probably been using it but not known.Obviously not in its purest form but added to unleaded fuel as a mixture. :y
Too much bio ethanol kills engines.
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Fill up last weekend
Cheapest
Calor 57.9
Most expensive
BP (Ultimate) 127.9
Pity there are no Shells in Worcester.
If I use supermarket petrol my car runs like a dog, difficult to start, and is slower on petrol than gas. The decent petrols work very well.
That's because the supermarket fuels don't have any additives that the decent petrols do.You are buying the minimum spec fuels at supermarket sites and that's why they are cheaper. Carb vehicles maybe more affected than injection models and also MPG may be reduced too. The larger brand name garages are more expensive but the cleaning, more green additives are going into your tank. Ethanol is becoming more widely available and you have probably been using it but not known.Obviously not in its purest form but added to unleaded fuel as a mixture. :y
Hot engine, injectors not being used for a couple of hours, rubbish fuel = terrible starting afterwards. Hence the use of Shell super or BP super
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Fill up last weekend
Cheapest
Calor 57.9
Most expensive
BP (Ultimate) 127.9
Pity there are no Shells in Worcester.
If I use supermarket petrol my car runs like a dog, difficult to start, and is slower on petrol than gas. The decent petrols work very well.
That's because the supermarket fuels don't have any additives that the decent petrols do.You are buying the minimum spec fuels at supermarket sites and that's why they are cheaper. Carb vehicles maybe more affected than injection models and also MPG may be reduced too. The larger brand name garages are more expensive but the cleaning, more green additives are going into your tank. Ethanol is becoming more widely available and you have probably been using it but not known.Obviously not in its purest form but added to unleaded fuel as a mixture. :y
Hot engine, injectors not being used for a couple of hours, rubbish fuel = terrible starting afterwards. Hence the use of Shell super or BP super
Your car is too rather fussy Martin. Modern little 1.6's run on this shite all day long with no problems, and can do starship miles.