Man of Honour
That's it, I'm buying an SLS AMG E-Cell.
Fuel up/down again
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Man of Honour
It's so annoying, I'm practically paying £1.40 a litre at the moment for BP Ultimate, I think I'm going to clip that in the ear if it continues up much further and just get the standard Tesco diesel
Soldato
Im so glad i left the UK. Not only is it cheap here but we can claim some of it back as travelling to work expenses, when we do the taxes.
Caporegime
Yes, quite a few.
That said, I do know the management of Stobart Group would not go along with a similar event (even though I believe they did last time) - so that would rule me out of any future participation.
On the other hand, as I alluded to in my previous post, it (the fuel rise) will hit them hard, so, you never know.....
Can't now, as apparently blocking a refinery is now an act of terrorism
Yes, I think its something like that now, I'd have to look up to be sure, but, date considered, Beer appeals more to me at the moment!
Something like that will ,most likely, be the outcome.
As for go slow on major routes - would that not make most users of the M25 criminals?
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Why on earth are you wasting your money at BP? Along with Texaco they are probably the biggest ripoff merchants on the road. I make a point of NEVER filling up with fuel at a BP or Texaco garage.
If you are putting Ulltimate Diesel in a stock 120d you are mad.
Caporegime
[TW]Fox;18119877 said:
Why do you say that? - afaik Stobart use exclusively "Ultimate" diesel albeit, afaik, from Shell rather than BP
Good enough for a Scania, good enough for a BMW? No?
It's 140p a litre! Whats the point!? He has a normal diesel hatchback, it's not as if he's a 335d or something. It's a 163bhp 2 litre diesel. It's built for economy, putting 140p a litre diesel into it removes the economy benefit surely?
Caporegime
[TW]Fox;18119928 said:
True enough I suppose. - I guess Stobart don't pay anywhere near that! - By the same logic, am I wasting my money putting Ultimate (petrol) into my e39? - Genuine question !
Diesel cost me around £51 in 2006 to fill up, in 2010 it was around £64. I would fill up once every 2-3 weeks, total tank would get me around 450 miles.
Now using Shell premium unleaded its about £68 for a full tank, filling up once to twice a week and getting 250 miles maximum in a tank!
The costs are very upsetting when you see how much gets wasted by the govt spending habbits. Here is a random fact; did you know as soon as Clegg was in power his wife got a 88k or so contract? Never ends...
Now using Shell premium unleaded its about £68 for a full tank, filling up once to twice a week and getting 250 miles maximum in a tank!
The costs are very upsetting when you see how much gets wasted by the govt spending habbits. Here is a random fact; did you know as soon as Clegg was in power his wife got a 88k or so contract? Never ends...
The performance and economy figures for your engine are based on 97-98 RON fuel, so no, it isnt a waste. The same is not the case for the diesel variants. That said, even I'd draw the line at BP Ultimate simply because BP are just a massive ripoff - wherever you go, BP are taking the mick with fuel prices. Even if they are opposite another service station they are ALWAYS charging more.
You'll be familiar with the services just near the end of the M6 near Gretna. There is a BP one side and a Shell the other. Yesterday, Shell was 3p a litre less than BP the other side. Thats just how BP are.
So just avoid them and buy VPower unleaded instead, or Super from any other garage. Personally I use Sainsburys Super in mine most of the time.
Man of Honour
[TW]Fox;18119877 said:
I've explained my reasons on here many times before
It sounds a lot less rough on BP Ultimate, I don't put it in for performance purposes, although I do think it is a little better in the low rev range with the expensive stuff, but it's mainly how it sounds on idle and at low revs
It just seems to feel and sound a lot less rough than it does with say standard Tesco or Esso fuel
EDIT - Also in Abingdon, BP are no more expensive than any where else, it's only the "Ultimate" tax that makes it more, if I got standard diesel it would be the same price
It's broken then - if you must buy 'Premium diesel' buy it from Shell instead.
The market should punish companies which price themselves at the top end unless the value they add to the product is justified. In the case of BP this is not the case.
Man of Honour
I would rather have Shell V-Power believe me, but the nearest Shell garage that offers V-Power diesel is 20 miles away, and I rarely venture that way
Why do you say it's broken? From reading about it to see if it was just a placebo, it seems it's quite common to find it the differences I do
Why do you say it's broken? From reading about it to see if it was just a placebo, it seems it's quite common to find it the differences I do
Soldato
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£1.24 for petrol in my local shell yesterday, dread to think what it will be by the end of the week.
Soldato
I don't understand why people pay more at local indie garages for fuel, there was one near work that was charging 30p more a litre than the local morrisons less than a mile away and it always seemed busy.