We're having similar discussions at work. Our basic rates for the gents aren't great but they have become accustomed to more than doubling their salaries due to overtime. Unfortunately as a result they've bought things they can't really afford and as overtime hours are dropping they're now getting a bit tetchy.
Fuel price discussion thread (was ‘chaos’)
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We're having similar discussions at work. Our basic rates for the gents aren't great but they have become accustomed to more than doubling their salaries due to overtime. Unfortunately as a result they've bought things they can't really afford and as overtime hours are dropping they're now getting a bit tetchy.
Yeah I’m a long way off an electric car for it to make sense. Would need to do silly miles for it to make sense and we don’t. Misses drives it back and forth to work and I just rag it if I get a chance. Next car may well be but not for a while.
I don’t think they do, we just get a bolt on top of our wage for car allowance.
Have you never noticed LPG is not a "thing" in this country.... stations that have LPG tanks are getting thin on the ground, not increasing strangely enough, why do you think that is...
Low adoption. I do a bit of work in a garage that do conversions but they are never exactly chock a block with vehicles being converted. I’ll ask next time I’m in there though.
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GAH sweaty this walking, gimme car Aircon back 
For me that place has been rip off Britain for years. It is always top money for fuel, to the extent it feels 3-4p more than other service stations normally.
I stopped there once and even though I wasn’t paying I still felt guilty. Put a £10 in and went to sainsburys the next morning.
If LPG was that amazing, all the big car manufactuers would be pumping them out by the thousand
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Is/was exempt from london Congestion Charge so that is/was one thing going for them
Vauxhall and Volvo offered LPG conversions from the factory for a short while but they never really caught on. Petrol too cheap most likely.
They do in some parts of the world, the problem in the UK has been availability which has got worse in the last couple of years. IIRC Dacia still sell LPG models from the factory though. https://www.dacia.co.uk/dacia-lpg.html
If more petrol stations sold LPG, I'm sure people would be interested in bi-fuel cars, particularly with current petrol prices.
1000 stations still sell LPG which is more than enough but sadly that number is about to be slashed in favour of EV chargers due to so few lpg vehicles in the UK.
www.petrolprices.com
Shame really as LPG is so much less polluting than petrol/diesel.
MFG Is Planning To End The Sale Of Auto-LPG On Its Forecourts | PetrolPrices
The Motor Fuel Group (MFG), the largest independent forecourt operator in the UK, has said that supplying auto-LPG is no longer commercially viable. The
www.petrolprices.com
Shame really as LPG is so much less polluting than petrol/diesel.
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And with electricity going up. How are people expected to charge there cars?1000 stations still sell LPG which is more than enough but sadly that number is about to be slashed in favour of EV chargers due to so few lpg vehicles in the UK.
MFG Is Planning To End The Sale Of Auto-LPG On Its Forecourts | PetrolPrices
The Motor Fuel Group (MFG), the largest independent forecourt operator in the UK, has said that supplying auto-LPG is no longer commercially viable. The
Shame really as LPG is so much less polluting than petrol/diesel.
O and how many people in places like London and Manchester have a nice driveway to park up there car to charge it at home?
Even the Supermarkets who usually use their petrol stations almost as loss leaders to bring in shoppers have realised they can also cash in. Its a shame not a single one has taken the lead and decided to even hold prices. Or take a small hit and take a few pence off to generate foot traffic.
My local Tesco dropped its pricing today!
From £2.09 to a steal at £1.99
And agreed with the Momentum. Our local had it in between unleaded and diesel. Now it's the same as diesel.
A friend who runs a haulage firm showed two receipts from the same station on the same day with no new fuel being delivered. It went up 3/4p over a few hours. Makes it hard to believe the retailers a feeling the pinch too.
From £2.09 to a steal at £1.99
And agreed with the Momentum. Our local had it in between unleaded and diesel. Now it's the same as diesel.
A friend who runs a haulage firm showed two receipts from the same station on the same day with no new fuel being delivered. It went up 3/4p over a few hours. Makes it hard to believe the retailers a feeling the pinch too.
