petrol prices

DJammyRasta · 29 Apr 2008 at 15:19

i drive 60 miles round trip to work each day.. usually go somewhere on the weekend that needs a car ... thats a full tank a week... now costs me about £50+ a week to fill up... price of the local shell which is still the cheapest is now 107.9... last couple of months has seen it skyrocket as it used to be a fair bit cheaper than everyone else

LoadsaMoney · 29 Apr 2008 at 15:22

I popped out earlier on, and its still 105.9-106.9 around Sunderland.

DRZ · 29 Apr 2008 at 16:20

£106.9 in the Sainsburys I fill up at. Not toooo bad, but as I struggle to get close to 30mpg its not exactly great!

SB118 · 29 Apr 2008 at 16:32

Energize said:
20p tax and 50p fuel duty, time for people to use vegetable oil.

It's got too popular, the price of veg has gone through the roof of late too.

It's getting to the point where it might not be worth the wife getting a mechanical diesel and going for a HDI next time

Killa_ken · 29 Apr 2008 at 16:39

I know its bloody ridiculous! I'm paying almost 47p per liter :eek:

suckas

bledd · 29 Apr 2008 at 16:43

malc, if you can find a really long rubber tube, and don't mind putting some petrol my way, i'd appreciate it

i'll attach a network cable to it, and send porn back each time i get a litre

Cyanide · 29 Apr 2008 at 16:47

With the profits BP and Shell have just announced I hope they get slated by the media just as much as British Gas did.

RandomTom · 29 Apr 2008 at 16:47

Killa_ken said:
I know its bloody ridiculous! I'm paying almost 47p per liter

suckas

George Bush lol. 50% of your population lol.

But still.

DJMK4 · 29 Apr 2008 at 16:56

Combat squirrel said:
Probably wont as long as its a gradual increase in costs, if it instantly jumped to £5/L then arguing would break out

Although its a gradual increase in costs its certainly been more frequent lately, months back i remember when we could go weeks even a month or so without seeing an increace in price, now it seems that the price is going up every week.

SourChipmunk · 29 Apr 2008 at 17:00

Nymins said:
I saw 110.9 in my local station.

Funny how Americans cry when it goes over like $1.50. They should move here and see! They'll probably shoot themselves if they needed to pay our prices.

We're at $3.69 / US gallon here in Detroit. If my maths are correct, that comes to about 49p / litre. Yeah, you're right: we've been crying for awhile but I didn't realise it was that bad elsewhere. :eek:

4T5 · 29 Apr 2008 at 17:20

Just had a phone call from my mate.
Malc get your containers there's another Numpty

Another 65litres to collect/drain in the morning. I am the Hinckley Petrol Baron

MrMoonX · 29 Apr 2008 at 17:24

hmmmm shell and BP record record profits I wonder why, its robbery and im sure they are in some sort of scam with gordon brown to shaft us all on fuel

Megahurtz400 · 29 Apr 2008 at 17:25

Saw it at 125p for dielsel on the way home from school =/

*Moangroan* · 29 Apr 2008 at 17:49

I went out early this morning diesel £1.18 came back the same road half an hour later and it was £1.19. I gotta laugh or I will cry.

FirebarUK · 29 Apr 2008 at 18:19

The price difference between Diesel and Petrol is just getting worse. Makes me wonder whether I should actually bother getting another diesel car in 6 months time. The difference will probably be something stupid like 13p between the two!

Energize · 29 Apr 2008 at 18:39

SB118 said:
It's got too popular, the price of veg has gone through the roof of late too.

It's getting to the point where it might not be worth the wife getting a mechanical diesel and going for a HDI next time

Thats probably what the governments hoping for. They can't do much about the car prices so they put up petrol prices by insane amounts to get everyone to become more eco friendly.

Cyanide said:
With the profits BP and Shell have just announced I hope they get slated by the media just as much as British Gas did.

They aren't responsible for the high petrol prices. 60% of what you pay goes to the government.

Raumarik · 29 Apr 2008 at 18:43

Just 3p overnight in Parkhead, Glasgow this week from 106.9 to 109.9 for unleaded.

Highest I've seen was north of dumblane - 122.9 for unleaded.

Feek · 29 Apr 2008 at 18:45

DRZ said:
£106.9 in the Sainsburys I fill up at. Not toooo bad, but as I struggle to get close to 30mpg its not exactly great!

"Not toooo bad"? It's obscene!

I'm in the same boat as many others, perhaps worse than most - I have a 60 mile drive to work and 60 mile drive home again, these fuel prices are crippling me.

Public transport isn't an option at £27 for a return ticket and a three hour journey time by train, I have no alternative but to bend over and take it

Killa_ken · 29 Apr 2008 at 18:50

Raist said:
We're at $3.69 / US gallon here in Detroit. If my maths are correct, that comes to about 49p / litre. Yeah, you're right: we've been crying for awhile but I didn't realise it was that bad elsewhere.

$3.69 haha its 3.49 down here :cool:

DRZ · 29 Apr 2008 at 18:52

Feek said:
"Not toooo bad"? It's obscene!

I'm in the same boat as many others, perhaps worse than most - I have a 60 mile drive to work and 60 mile drive home again, these fuel prices are crippling me.

Public transport isn't an option at £27 for a return ticket and a three hour journey time by train, I have no alternative but to bend over and take it

I meant in relation to people who are saying they are looking at petrol in the 122.9 sort of area!