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

Higher fuel prices just force through change in attitudes towards cars though. Instead of people buying 3litre saloons to commute they start driving 1.2 litre city cars etc. Exactly what the government want.

Its only us petrol heads that stick with our thirsty cars.

Max price i ever want to pay is probably £2, unless my wages start going up with inflation instead of getting pay freezes (cuts) every year.
 
Less than a quid per Litre of diesel would be fine by me.
All these arguments about national debt... well, sure there's a big debt, but can anyone provide information on when any UK government didn't have debt? As far as I'm aware, successive governments have always been in the red, so why all of a sudden is it such a massive deal that we completely wipe out the government debts now, within the course of the current term?
I don't particularly want a detailed answer to that, but it's a question that no-one in the media or government seems to want to even think about.
 
There's debt when you can pay for it, much like a company. As long as you have the cash flow to sustain it and at the same time not go deeper. At the moment the UK's national debt is growing. It's about balancing the books.
 
jumpy said:
All these arguments about national debt... well, sure there's a big debt, but can anyone provide information on when any UK government didn't have debt? As far as I'm aware, successive governments have always been in the red, so why all of a sudden is it such a massive deal that we completely wipe out the government debts now, within the course of the current term?
I don't particularly want a detailed answer to that, but it's a question that no-one in the media or government seems to want to even think about.
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Because the interest is crippling.
 
[Duff]Chef;18286918 said:
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.
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I'd take increased income tax over increased fuel duty...
 
my car has just gone over the £100 fill up which is quite a psychological jump. Any more and ill be getting something more economical next time I swap.

To answer the original poster.... well its about 70p just like when I started driving or thereabouts.
 
I'd be happy with it stabilised at around 110-115p. At 110p a litre, my car will do 400 miles for 50 quid which I'm relatively happy with. I'd love to see it drop below a pound again though.
 
I'd like to see it under $1. I like to see the amount of liters I'm putting in match the price. :D.

If petrol got to expensive I can get the bus. I did weigh up the pro's of me getting the bus and having one car. Would save us quite a lot of money.
 
A Pound a litre & it should be fixed, Although now i have stepped into a Gas guzzler i don't really give 2 ***** what it costs me as the pleasure of driving it is worth every single penny.
I am definitely considering my next motor though as I want even more comfort, Fave so far is an LS400 Gold, I've just got to measure one first though to make sure it'll fit on my drive. :p
 
How much do I want to pay? ...hmm well the lower the better eh, but in the interests of trying to be at least semi realistic about it, I think 60-70p a litre is 'fair' ...which incidentally is the price range you pay in Canada these days, at least around Calgary it is (which I believe to be on average, the most expensive city in Canada).

I know it'll never happen, but I think those prices are fair and I'm happy enough to pay them. The prices we pay now in the UK though are ...well, ouch.

You might of course say, what have Canadian fuel prices got to do with ours? ...well it's a per capita similarly wealthy country, with a similar economic setup and roughly half our population, which is a lot closer than the USA anyway.

I'm not interested in European fuel prices as they are too high aswell.

I can still afford to run a petrol car, but, I am starting to think twice now before ...using it without care, I don't like spending as much as I do on fuel, then again who does!
 
Well I'm not exactly old compared with some on here (naming no names :p) but I can remember it being 78.9, so that's what I'd aim for.

126.9 and 127.9 it is here today (two Esso stations a few miles apart).
 
I guess, the price I will pay up to is the amount that means its more cost efficient to convert the beetle to electric.

Seeing as I've just bought a 4x4, that'll probably be quite a lot. Over £1.50 would make me seriously reconsider my current commute.
 
4T5 said:
A Pound a litre & it should be fixed, Although now i have stepped into a Gas guzzler i don't really give 2 ***** what it costs me as the pleasure of driving it is worth every single penny.
I am definitely considering my next motor though as I want even more comfort, Fave so far is an LS400 Gold, I've just got to measure one first though to make sure it'll fit on my drive. :p
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Deffiantely go for an LS400 - I've a 2000 plate and it's such a pleasure just to be in I couldn't give two hoots about fuel cost. Same goes for My Scorpio Cosworth and Westfield.

I think those that worry about fuel prices must have totally underwhelming cars?

Owning three bars but only ever being able to drive one of them at once though I'd love to see VED scrapped and put on fuel instead.
 
< £1 a litre. It is ridiculous how fast it has gone up since I started driving 3 years ago. Stabilize at £1 and i'd be very happy. I might actually start going out for random drives again.
 
Cripple said:
< £1 a litre. It is ridiculous how fast it has gone up since I started driving 3 years ago. Stabilize at £1 and i'd be very happy. I might actually start going out for random drives again.
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Oh blimey, that takes me back. I passed in 1991. I learnt to drive in my boyfriends Capri, 3.1 manual sport. The insurance for me as a named driver which we had to renew every month was a bit toppy, & that company refused to insure me at all after I passed. But we thought nothing of just going out for a drive :(
 
jumpy said:
why all of a sudden is it such a massive deal that we completely wipe out the government debts now, within the course of the current term?
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Not wiping out debt, just stopping adding to it. The debt will not be paid back, we just make the interest payments until inflation devalues the debt.
 
I know petrol prices are stupid and the fact they have gone up by 4-5p in the last month is annoying...


BUT when you think about it, if you fill up with say 50 litres every week, that’s only an extra £3 or so.

Yes I know it all adds up, but realistically, the amount of money that people waste on totally unnecessary crap is far worse.

I mean just buy one less coffee at star bucks a week or one less takeaway, one less beer, one less stupid knickknack e.t.c.



P.S. I do however appreciate that if you do a lot more than the average amount of miles annually (say 20,000+) then it could hit you fairly badly.
 
I figure that if it gets up to 1.50 I'll have to stop driving to work as it will cost way too much.
having said that, the bus/train have gone up LOADS since last year (down here at least!)
 
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