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Chat & Social => The Bar - General Chat => Topic started by: beast5680 on September 07, 2006, 21:51:23

Title: Fuel prices
Post by: beast5680 on September 07, 2006, 21:51:23

What *is* going on with fuel prices at the minute???? nearly every garage round me hit £1 a litre a few weeks back for diesel and now they,re down at nearly £0.93p a litre and one i saw near maidstone today at 89p for unleaded and 91p for diesel  :?

Title: Fuel prices
Post by: Mart on September 07, 2006, 21:54:42

yep i've been filling up at morrisons this week as its the first time unleadeds been under 90p a ltr for ages thought i'd best make the most of it

Title: Fuel prices
Post by: muddyman on September 07, 2006, 22:23:51

89.9 unleaded here too 8)

Title: Fuel prices
Post by: MuddyMike on September 07, 2006, 22:38:15

Still 99.9 here.

Mike

Title: Fuel prices
Post by: Grant on September 07, 2006, 22:42:24

Yep 89.9p here...

im kinda lucky as i have 41 petrol stations withing 5 miles of me so theres always some good price wars!

Title: Fuel prices
Post by: adrian on September 07, 2006, 22:55:17

40.9 lpg neads to be cheep bin a v8 .

Title: Fuel prices
Post by: scorpio on September 07, 2006, 23:47:25

A few weeks back would that have been the shutdown period when everyone goes on long holidays and drives a lot more than normal or am I being cynical

Title: Fuel prices
Post by: Range Rover Blues on September 08, 2006, 02:30:19

Yeah, I got that impression, being on holiday and all.  Luckily we found a LPG station at 40p/litre as even that was a rip-off, 48p/litre on the A38, just because the stations are so scarce.

Title: Fuel prices
Post by: Nick666 on September 08, 2006, 10:12:17

Thing is, everyone says 'ooh its cheap again' but it wasn't THAT long ago it was 56p a litre for unleaded (I'm talking 12 years). :(

Ah well.

Title: Fuel prices
Post by: Bush Tucker Man on September 08, 2006, 11:13:15

Quote from: "Nick666"

Thing is, everyone says 'ooh its cheap again' but it wasn't THAT long ago it was 56p a litre for unleaded (I'm talking 12 years). :(

Ah well.

I remember £1.00 a gallon & it seemed expensive even then.

When I got my first car it was about 39p/litre


Digressing (as I do :wink: )
Comparatively speaking though, it's cheap.

After all, think how much that beer/lager stuff that people drink costs??

I just searched & got this site atrandon (http://www.whatprice.co.uk/beer-prices.html)

It says Yorkshire = £1.88 a pint, that's £15.04 a gallon
London is listed at £3.00/pint, ie; £24.00/gallon

So for what is basically water & a few plants, that doesn't do your wallet, kidneys, liver, etc.... any good, people seem happy to pay that price & complain about the cost of fuel

And as for the cost of bottled water as well, the mind boggles :shock:

Yes........ I am tee-total, so the cost doesn't bother me
(just try to put fuel into perspective & also play 'Devils Advocate', not hat I like paying 90-odd pence/litre either)