Fuel Prices - Realistically how much do you want to pay?

To be honest if fuel fell sub £1 again, it would feel like a bargain with the prices recently.

I think it fell to about 85p round these parts last time you made the statement. If it fell to that price again it would feel like driving for free ;)
 
I think that £1.50 would have a big psychological effect on people. Not sure if it would bring the Country to it's knees though. The Government are not gonna stop until it gets to a level when they start to lose revenue because people can no longer afford to drive. Or worse they just raise it further to plug the gap :eek:
 
Jono8 said:
Well, if it went up to something like £2 + then i would have to have serious think and probably end up selling the Focus ST.

It just wouldnt be worth it.
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When I gets to 1.50 I will take a hard look at my car - it won't be a question of not being able to run it, but not being satisfied with the economy versus performance of other available vehicles.
 
[TW]Fox;18286842 said:
In todays money thats over £1 a litre using average earnings as an inflator.
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I am not disputing you Fox just asking a question. I believe fuel was around that price in the late 80's early 90's. Today the average salary is about 25k, am I right?

Was it really only about 12.5k back then? That is a question not questioning your figures.
 
I think fuel prices are an interesting one.

The government desperately needs to reduce the deficit. Labour absolutely destroyed public finances, and inefficency in government is absolutely disgusting. Fuel duty brings in quite literally billions of pounds that we need to run the country.

On the other hand, public transport outside of London is nothing short of a joke. Cost, frequency, reliability, and general quality of the service means that it is borderline useless for most individuals to rely on. As a result of this, a large portion of the general public need to use their cars to get to work. Therefore, the car (a luxury item) could be argued to be an absolute requirement.

I think my grandad put it right when I went to visit him the other week. The average joe thinks its 'normal' and 'right' that they should have a 60" plasma, a laptop, super fast broadband, sky tv, 3 holidays abroad a year etc... as well as being mortgaged up to the hilt on a 500k house, funding lots of this through balance transfer credit cards and PCP car deals to keep up with the Jones'

Reality is, if people were more selective on where their money was spent, rising fuel costs for the average person at home wouldn't be a huge issue as there would be more spare money left at the end of the month.

The problem is, shops are rising their prices due to increasing haulage costs... costs caused because we don't put enough freight on the rail/canal/whatever networks that we have.

In short, we need to scrap everything and start off fresh, something which in itself costs a lot of money.

I don't see fuel duty going down, and I expect any fuel stabiliser would be when we get to 1.50 a litre. at least.
 
The problem isn't the duty on the fuel, its the national debt, whereby it is 32% of GDP.

Fuel is taxed, as it is an easy returner. If the government remove duty from fuel, it has to go somewhere else (income tax?).

Basically, as a country, we don't have a pot to p*ss in.

Personally, I commute 400+ miles a week, it sucks, but we have to deal with it.
 
[TW]Fox;18286797 said:
Fuel will NEVER be under a quid again.

I will be very, very happy to be proven wrong :D
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It will, when mainstream moves to electricity ... oil price will simply plummet. What OPEC and Co are doing right now is milking whatever they can before finally founding ELEC to jump ship.
 
metamorphpwner said:
tbh i'm not too fussed, i'd rather spend £1.50 on fuel than £1.89 on a fizzy frink. everyone says fuel is expensive but if you buy a drink from a normal shop you pay more and it's less usefull.
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Don't know about you but I don't go to a shop and buy 50 litres of premium V-power momentum fizzy drink, so bit of an odd comparison.
 
[TW]Fox;18286731 said:
Fuel is a luxury through lifestyle choice. The poorest in the country do not run cars.
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Not for the haulage firms and businesses. Looking at the news, they are the ones making the most noise about the fuel increases.
 
About a quid. A lot of us are thinking of selling bigger cars now, so going to a cheaper to run car will make it more bearable, & the government get more gas guzzlers off the roads. Win win?
 
SpazzyCazzy said:
About a quid. A lot of us are thinking of selling bigger cars now, so going to a cheaper to run car will make it more bearable, & the government get more gas guzzlers off the roads. Win win?
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... and then smaller car market will have a surge in demand pushing the price up. i.e. back to square 1. :)
 
drak3 said:
... and then smaller car market will have a surge in demand pushing the price up. i.e. back to square 1. :)
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That wont bother the government though will it.
Although I am a bit surprised at the moment that my RAV4, well, the exact same one as mine but with 30k more on the clock is being advertised for 2k more than I paid for mine a year ago.
Other rav4's of the same year are also nearly a grand more than I paid. And I got mine at a garage.
I thought 4wd's would have dropped in price now, not gone up?
 
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