Petrol Prices

[Tom]

Obviously public transport cannot accomodate everyone's needs.

My issue is with the people who purposely move away from urban areas, stating 'better quality of life', and then don't like the fact that there are no nearby train stations/bus services to accomodate them. There is an inherent problem in seeking to have your cake, and also eating it.

I'm speaking from the point of view of somebody who has absolutely no fixed place of work, from day to day I'm somewhere completely different. Therefore I require a car, and the only public transport I use has wings and requires a passport.

 

[anattic]

For those who are stuck with a lot of driving, this is site is pretty handy for finding (relatively) cheap fuel:

http://www.aapetrolbusters.com

aside from the annoying registration and the limit of 5 searches a day.

 

[andi2005]

i see this forum does not seem to have been used a while.

i just hope that some one out there is still visiting.

I have just paid 109.9 a litre for unleaded petrol.

Something has to be done about this.

 

[old.user4556]

I was 99.9 at Tesco for 95 RON.

Not a lot we can do about it until tensions die down in the middle east, once things settle then the price should come back down.

 

[Furr]

yup 98.9 - 99.9 is the standard at the moment.....

if it keeps going its going to have an economic knock on effect soon.... if not already.

 

[Earl]

Would it be cheaper if we all got those electric kids jeeps?

 

[Trem]

I was 99.9 at Tesco for 95 RON.

Not a lot we can do about it until tensions die down in the middle east, once things settle then the price should come back down.

Nah they won't come down to what they should be(79.9p a litre)because this government will make up another excuse, remember the reasons why they shot up in the first place?

The refinery that blew up, the hurricane in america etc, they haven't dropped at all since they went up for those reasons.

Fucking hate this country and how its run.

 

[Catsby]

Castby suggests trying a different country. Like Catsby, you will find after a year or two, that all countries are run by the very poeple that shouldn't be running anything.

 

[Milkshake]

I actually lived up to my word

Cycling into work now, 18 miles round trip, I'm all fit now

 

[tris-]

round here its about 95p but if you spend a certain amount of money in tesco you get a 5p off per litre voucher.

so in reality you should just be paying 90p here if you shop at tescos too.

 

[Tom]

50p a litre if you drive a diesel and know how

 

[Bodhi]

round here its about 95p but if you spend a certain amount of money in tesco you get a 5p off per litre voucher.

so in reality you should just be paying 90p here if you shop at tescos too.

Yeah but Tesco's petrol is like washing up liquid. You'd get better performance pissing in your petrol tank.

 

[nath]

I imagine most people don't give a flying monkey's bollock about that though. I'm certainly not paying any more than I need to to get my Mondeo moving.

 

[mank!]

i think my 60bhp 1.2 clio probably wouldn't go any slower if i did use my own piss as petrol.

in fact, i may try that. waste not want not.

 

[GDW]

Yeah but Tesco's petrol is like washing up liquid. You'd get better performance pissing in your petrol tank.

If it is performance you want smoke less drugs, drink less booze, get a decent career and buy a better car.

Anyone who who measures performance based on fuel types is a bit sad tbh

 

[old.user4556]

Welcome back this old thread!

RE: Experts Predict 83p Fuel by Christmas

 

[Trem]

Welcome back this old thread!

RE: Experts Predict 83p Fuel by Christmas

Still 33p too dear

 

[dysfunction]

Back to the price in 2004 though!

 

[Chilly]

asda price rollback!

 

[old.user4556]

I filled up tonight at 89.9p, cost me £15 less from a nearly empty tank to the brim. It used to cost me £55-£60 when prices were at their highest.

I fill up three times a month, so current prices should save me at least £45 a month.

 

[Edmond]

same here, back in may it cost £55, last night it cost £41 to fill the tank

 

[Wij]

Yep. This world recession is working out quite nice atm

 

[Kryten]

Filled up today at 84p a litre. Thanks Tesco (with their shopping/petrol offer).
Didnt even spend any money in Tesco, I get vouchers from a few local non-drivers who do

 

[old.user4556]

Yep. This world recession is working out quite nice atm

I said that at work today, if I keep my job after the you-know-what then i'm absolutely quids in.

 

[Wij]

Simple.

"How long do you reckon it will take to migrate all the accounts off your systems onto ours ?"

"Well I'm 35 now, plan to retire at 60, so I reckon 25 years."

 

[Wij]

btw - you need a different title G.

 

[Chilly]

nah, recursive ones are fun. It might turn into a paradox and he might implode in a puff of logic!

As for petrol, meh. dont have a car, dont really care. public transport costs wont come down at all to reflect cheaper fuel (and in fact train fares are suffering quite a large increase early next year ) so I couldnt give a toss .

 

[Trem]

With one hand they giveth.......

A permanent 2p duty increase in fuel tax has been introduced in the pre-budget report, which despite being presented as revenue neutral, will mean that fuel prices will rise over the next year and beyond.

The move to increase fuel duty by 2p has been introduced to offset the rate cut in VAT from 17.5% to 15%. However, although the VAT holiday will last 13 months, the 2p duty rise is permanent.

When VAT returns to 17.5% motorists will still be paying the higher rate fuel tax of 52.35p per litre and the higher rate VAT, making tax 74% of the total cost of a litre of fuel, and instantly boosting the cost of fuel by 2p a litre.

If the Chancellor had instead announced scrapping duty and VAT, a litre of petrol would cost just 25p.

The changes are designed to be neutral, but calculations by PetrolPrices.com show that there will be a slight increase at the pumps of 0.4p a litre, or 20p per average 50 litre tank of unleaded when the changes come into effect on December 1st. The fact that fuel prices will increase at all is contrary to the message from the Chancellor that the changes will be revenue neutral.

Motorists and businesses will effectively be bearing the brunt of the costs involved with implementing changes to help the UK as it heads into a recession.

Fuel is taxed twice – a fixed duty and percentage VAT. The changes mean that the fuel duty will be 52.35p per litre and VAT will be 15% from the 1st December.

 

[dysfunction]

I wonder how many shops will increase the prices of their goods by around 2% to keep their prices the same as before the drop in VAT...

ie if something was 100+17.5%=117.5 how many shops will be changing prices as follows 102.18+15%=117.5

Then they don't have to alter prices in the shops or catalogues...they just have to change the pre-vat prices in their databases

 

[Chilly]

I'd suspect most of the large shops and chains will act honestly, due to the potential cost of fines and extremely bad PR. Small shops that are either not chains or very small ones will be more likely to be dishonest here, I'd suggest, as they are less likely to come under the spotlight of something like a newspaper doing a bit of digging and doing a price comparison accross major high street shops before and after to pinpoint the assholes.

Obviously it depends on the shop owner, but I really do think, as a trend the small the business, the less likely they are to pass on the tax break.