Worrying Cost Of Petrol

[Simpson_Sax]

I live in Fife, Scotland, which is now topping 101.9 for unleaded and a silly 108.9 for v-power. Surly this can't go on like this!!

Anyone else higher? Im struggling to pay, fill up with £10 and i get a quarter of a tank!!

[kristel10589]

I live in Fife, Scotland, which is now topping 101.9 for unleaded and a silly 108.9 for v-power. Surly this can't go on like this!!

Anyone else higher? Im struggling to pay, fill up with £10 and i get a quarter of a tank!!

It's 104.9 where i am :n:

[David]

99.9 for me still... :d

[vidal]

I live in Fife, Scotland, which is now topping 101.9 for unleaded and a silly 108.9 for v-power. Surly this can't go on like this!!

Anyone else higher? Im struggling to pay, fill up with £10 and i get a quarter of a tank!!

Do you NEED V-power? Note the word NEED. Will your car not run on 95RON unleaded? if so, save 7p a litre - that's about 30p a gallon. One free litre in every fourteen.

And yes, it will go on like this.

V.

[Raz]

99.9 is the cheapest here :y: not as bad as some areas, but still bad.

need it below 94p again tbh

[Chris]

103.9p for nomal unleaded near me...... hence why I'm looking to buy a DIEsel in the next year!

Chris :)

[xclairex]

most expensive ive seen is 109.9 for diesel :panic:

[Simpson_Sax]

I dont use v-power im just stating how much is it mate. Price of fuel is shocking

[jeeves_101]

99.9-101.9 around me.

bring back the days of below 90p, less distressing.

[Clouds_mate]

a few pence is hardly a killer on the pockets isit?

an extra 4p on 40litre of fuel is only about £1.60 is it not.

which on a full tank (40l) is pretty much fuck all.

[jeeves_101]

most expensive ive seen is 109.9 for diesel :panic:

i go past a garage which is 114.9 for diesel, insane!?!?! :panic:

[Viper]

it can and will go on like this.

people need fuel, so if the price goes up, they will still but it, so the companies get away with it

supply and demand FTW

[David]

I heard that it could be as much as £1.50 a litre by this time next year... Doubt that'd happen though...

[Barry123]

get a cheaper car. it'll be £2 per litre within the next 6 years I guarantee it

[Simpson_Sax]

Your joking, 114.9 lol!! Owft!
When it was 92.9 up by me, not that long ago, ive noticed a difference in how much i get compared to 101.9 now.

[Crunkers]

Hear last night that prices for oil barrels has begun to drop so hopefully it will drop a bit

[Viper]

get a cheaper car. it'll be £2 per litre within the next 6 years I guarantee it

dont speak ever again

[craig180]

99.9 for me still... :d
Git. Cheapest by us is supermarkets 101.9

103.9p for nomal unleaded near me...... hence why I'm looking to buy a DIEsel in the next year!

Chris :)
I have friends with diesels and they spend more on fuel per mile than I get out of my saxo and knackered 1.8 16v astra

The most annoying thing is fuel prices at the moment are actually coming down - we're just not seeing it at the pumps quite yet.

Also the government slyly stuck 2p on every litre earlier this year. Bet you didn't notice that!!!

[craig180]

get a cheaper car. it'll be £2 per litre within the next 6 years I guarantee it

If the current rate of inflation is anything to go by it will still be 115p/litre without further taxes from that Goon at no. 10

[vtr130]

It is a joke especially with the mpg that my car does! £40+ to a full tank now, as i can only really run super unleaded :(

[jeeves_101]

near me most garages have dropped from 102.9 to 101.9, ok it's only 1p but any drop is good.

[Hughey]

Difference between normal and V-Power? Also whats Super unleaded? Or have I just made this up?

[Barry123]

there is another 3.5p to be included on to fuel duty by this time next year... and VAT on top.

[Barry123]

Difference between normal and V-Power? Also whats Super unleaded? Or have I just made this up?

comedy thing is.... no difference for a saxo engine :d

[craig180]

there is another 3.5p to be included on to fuel duty by this time next year... and VAT on top.

Bring back smoking in the workplace.....

[vtr130]

Depends to the spec of ur engine add!! ;)

[vtr130]

Bring back smoking in the workplace.....

Indeedy :)

[Raz]

interest rate has gone down, to 5.5%

[Barry123]

Depends to the spec of ur engine add!! ;)

good point. if its standard then it is a negligible difference

[vtr130]

With the increasing rise in petty prices, i have started walking to uni, cant keep doing 40miles to £10 pisses me off sometimes when i have little funds! But the car is the most fun to drive ;)

[Hughey]

Ok so what's it supposed to do? Make you go faster? Improve MPG?

[craig180]

interest rate has gone down, to 5.5%

Interest rates have come down for borrowing but the rate of inflation is still above 2% a year

[Simpson_Sax]

Standard = no difference apart from the smell i'd say. Lets hope it drops. V-power is only good for cars such as integras, evo's etc

[craig180]

With the increasing rise in petty prices, i have started walking to uni, cant keep doing 40miles to £10 pisses me off sometimes when i have little funds! But the car is the most fun to drive ;)

Bet I can have more fun on my mountain bike than you can in your car.

Quicker across town as well;)

[vtr130]

Ok so what's it supposed to do? Make you go faster? Improve MPG?

Improve mpg and increase bhp!! There is a chart of different petrols and performance sumwhere!!

[vtr130]

Bet I can have more fun on my mountain bike than you can in your car.

Quicker across town as well;)

Well i did always enjoy doing bmx, but nothing puts a smile on my face more than beating a porsche in a saxo ;)

Quicker across a town with speed bumps ;)

[Simpson_Sax]

Aye im considering getting on my bike lol.

[Wayne]

102.9 where i am:(

[JimoVTR]

I live in Fife, Scotland, which is now topping 101.9 for unleaded and a silly 108.9 for v-power. Surly this can't go on like this!!

Anyone else higher? Im struggling to pay, fill up with £10 and i get a quarter of a tank!!

cheap tbh

[jeeves_101]

aye, i think my bike may have to be put to use and be riden to work, tho its only 7-8 miles, it only has 1 gear and 24" wheels.

[brooksy22]

Cheapest my way is supermarkets 101.9, most garages are 103.9 and 111.9 for deisel round here !

[Saxy1]

i filled up today it was 103.9 a litre, what a rip off.

[SaxoJamie]

I last filled up a full tank about 2 weeks ago and it was 100.9p a litre at Sainsbury's. I have been trying to be more economical and restricting the mileage I do etc. Might need to fill up before the weekend is out and I'm dreading it. Price here is about 102 - 105p a litre now:n:

[Saxo_Steve]

It's funny how we pay more tax on everything these days and it keeps going up, yet the services the government provide are getting worse! Wouldn't mind as much if we didn't have to worry about being killed by MRSA when going into hospital or being stabbed in the street because the police are too busy doing paperwork to help people anymore. This country is crap tbh!

[Luke]

Yeah fuel is a joke, but we have cars and we have to pay it.

Doesn't bother me too much to be honest, it's like Leckie said overall it ain't loads really. It's 101.9 at the Shell garage I fill up at.

[Emma_ZS]

106.9p at a garage near me!

[joemcevoy]

I read in the paper that the gov actually could drop petrol by up to 9p due to having more money than they expected but they decided against this. Although dnt believe everything u read in the paper.

[girlracer1597]

supermarket stuff is about 100.9 by me in merry hill the last time i checked but the bp i think is bout 103.9 is its not to bad driving the saxo but trying to fill up the range rover !

[Berg]

my cheapest is 1.02 :(

the most expensive is at 1.04
getting stupid now

[Wayne]

112.9 is the dearest for diesel round my area and the cheapest is 108.9 for diesel and for petrol cheapest is 101.9 or 102.9 and the dearest is 106.9

[TU-Tuning]

it can and will go on like this.

people need fuel, so if the price goes up, they will still but it, so the companies get away with it

supply and demand FTW

will you stop quoting lame business terms lmao

[VTR_Nick]

Paid 102.3 yesterday :n: :n: :n: :n:

[Hanuman]

people who say its a few pence sorry but thats gash, so next time you go to the shop and a packet of chrisps has gone from 40p to 80p you wont be bothered as its only what... 40p? petrol has flown up this year from around 87.9 when i got me sax in feb to like 1.09? how can that not bother you when its still going up with no signs of stopping, its NOT inflation which is maknig it go up its simply teh gov taking money, same as road tax, that goes up each year what does that cover? there is no reason why we pay around £1 per litre when the americans get around 3litres for £1 AND the "TAX" is built into the yanks petrol as in there is absolutely NO seperate charge for road tax, the only thing america dont get we do in the uk is health service, but then again ours isnt free as its paid by from our tax anyhow, petrol prices are a problem, people saying they aint are either on to much money or just to daft to realise

[xxxvickxxx]

still 101.9 for me but went past morrisons and auto gas has gone up 5p over night!!

[Hanuman]

funny how all the cheapies are now going up, the government have clocked on that a. people were using diesel for long journeys and alot of money going on them so wooooop price of diesel compared to petrol now jumps up (even though there is no shortage or jump in diesel price) and as vick has said they are even putting auo gass up to to make sure they penalise anyone who thinks they are getting away with a cheap deal, sack the whole government and get it sorted do a football job and bring in a bloody yank for all i care, that way we can start wars for no reason rather than been the little girls and joining in on wars for no reason and weeping no rewards

[vtr_driver]

Cheapest round our way is 99.9.

Irritating thing is the amount of tax on fuel. It could be so much cheaper!

Also how come a year or so back when fuel jumped up to bout 90p (??) there was mass protests and blockades and people panic buying bread and petrol, yet now we're up to over a quid and nothing people are just rolling over and spreading there cheeks!

[markwillows]

its 102.9 here most garages at 103.9

prices increasing a penny every week. It's getting out of hand.
Don't mind it so much at the minute but give it a few months. Won't be able to run my car any longer.

[Scattle]

101.9 here

[Barry123]

people who say its a few pence sorry but thats gash, so next time you go to the shop and a packet of chrisps has gone from 40p to 80p you wont be bothered as its only what... 40p? petrol has flown up this year from around 87.9 when i got me sax in feb to like 1.09? how can that not bother you when its still going up with no signs of stopping, its NOT inflation which is maknig it go up its simply teh gov taking money, same as road tax, that goes up each year what does that cover? there is no reason why we pay around £1 per litre when the americans get around 3litres for £1 AND the "TAX" is built into the yanks petrol as in there is absolutely NO seperate charge for road tax, the only thing america dont get we do in the uk is health service, but then again ours isnt free as its paid by from our tax anyhow, petrol prices are a problem, people saying they aint are either on to much money or just to daft to realise

america is a highly stupid country with no care for anyone else other than themselves.

We have a finite resource of oil which wont last forever sadly. weening it off us now is better for us long term. people saying that petrol prices are a problem either have a car they cant afford to run (so should get a cheaper one) or too daft to think long term.

[Jazz]

america is a highly stupid country with no care for anyone else other than themselves.

We have a finite resource of oil which wont last forever sadly. weening it off us now is better for us long term. people saying that petrol prices are a problem either have a car they cant afford to run (so should get a cheaper one) or too daft to think long term.

Yeah but apparently we only have access to a small percentage of oil in the earth. Its just too expensive to get to the rest without charging us for it unfortunately. :( Absolutely agree, America really needs to start caring about the world instead of bumming it 24/7... Which is why from Monday onwards I'll be bumming about in Miami in my Aunty's 20mpg Acura MDX V8 monster for a few weeks til xmas... Cheap oil this xmas for me then, plus a bit of sunshine:P

[jablitt]

where i work;
diesel = 109.9
petrol = 103.9
super unleaded = 113.9

[Barry123]

Yeah but apparently we only have access to a small percentage of oil in the earth. Its just too expensive to get to the rest without charging us for it unfortunately. :( Absolutely agree, America really needs to start caring about the world instead of bumming it 24/7... Which is why from Monday onwards I'll be bumming about in Miami in my Aunty's 20mpg Acura MDX V8 monster for a few weeks til xmas... Cheap oil this xmas for me then, plus a bit of sunshine:P

lol!
america sits on a VAST oil reserve that will last them for a looong time. as you say dude its too expensive to mine for, yet. in theory they could start mining it now with a similar pump price to that of middle eastern fuel. but because the analysts reckon this is a short term spike to crude oil prices, setting up the infrastructure then mining is probably not worth pursuing.

america i have to say have been very clever. drain everyone elses resources, before touching their own.

[Jazz]

lol!
america sits on a VAST oil reserve that will last them for a looong time. as you say dude its too expensive to mine for, yet. in theory they could start mining it now with a similar pump price to that of middle eastern fuel. but because the analysts reckon this is a short term spike to crude oil prices, setting up the infrastructure then mining is probably not worth pursuing.

america i have to say have been very clever. drain everyone elses resources, before touching their own.

Yeah man, clever indeed. It will cost an absolute bomb to actually delve deeper in to get the oil, which would eventually burden the consumer horrifically. Damn tax, as much as we all hate paying the rates we do, it simply isn't going to go away. Actually thinking I'll get a derv when I eventually can't afford to run mine anymore:P

[VTR_Superstar]

Cheapest:
101.9 unleaded
105.9 Diesel
105.9 Super unleaded or V power

Most Expensive:
105.9 Unleaded
109.9 Diesel
109.9 Super Unleaded/ V Power!

[Hanuman]

agree add, but sorry dude us paying high prices has nout to do with future supply, if it was then we wouldnt pay the high tax we did for the last 15years on it, agree with where you coming from but it isnt a case of, uk doesnt have as much oil supply as usa, so we NEED to charge more quite simply not the case, they make BILLIONS off oil otherwise they would be bankrupt them selfs the garages make billions selling it to us, nevermind the government considering they take more out of every litre we get than the dealers do, quite simply down to our governments greed nothing to do with the long term (not in there minds anyhow)

[Hanuman]

and as you said add about people getting a car they can afford to run, i had a vtr whcih cost me MORE than i should be happy paying, i now gone diesel due to long distances and the price of the car yet it still goes up, its not that i cant afford to run it, its just costing 10times more than we should be paying, + thast the same as food prices going up (not as much) so you saying we simply shouldnt eat ? not aving a go btw just trying to have a comeback to ur views

[JimoVTR]

who cares.... your gonna buy it!

[Barry123]

and as you said add about people getting a car they can afford to run, i had a vtr whcih cost me MORE than i should be happy paying, i now gone diesel due to long distances and the price of the car yet it still goes up, its not that i cant afford to run it, its just costing 10times more than we should be paying, + thast the same as food prices going up (not as much) so you saying we simply shouldnt eat ? not aving a go btw just trying to have a comeback to ur views

No worries at all man! i get bored of people just accepting my posts anyway without questioning them :y:

Its a double edge sword really... I tend not to get voice my political opinions on here but I have say I think there is a massive problem with our major political parties. Non of them are truly prepared to think long term and tend to spend more time avoiding questions, lying and generally trying to preserve their job (and whacking tax increases on everything thinking it will improve things). I also question the background of these major politicians and whether they are suitable to carry out the job they are required to do - often i think they are there based on their ability to chat shit.
anyway im waffling...

I've been doing a project for the last 4 months regarding the future of the UK in respect to road transport fuel (petroleum and diesel). Compared to the rest of Europe, we are way behind on progress in switching to more renewable fuels. Sweden and germany are leading well ahead, and whilst their fuel duty isnt all that much cheaper than ours, their citizens are much less angry about the cost than us.

I dont blame the people of this country, but i do blame the government (and previous government), they havent woken up to the need to change soon enough and because of that we've been hit hard by fuel costs and the tax increases.

education is important, in changing our perception of the car (i.e. luxury rather than a need) and questioning whether we really need to driving to a shop half a mile down the road. They havent setup to a meaningful alternative to the car in terms of public transport, london is on the right lines but the price is excessive. outside of london, although improving, is pretty shit.

and this is where the problem is, the government has seen the potential benefits from keeping people in cars and boosting the cost of driving... I dont actually know the break down of where our taxes go but im pretty sure we're paying for cock up by the chancellor which put us in a bit of debt. I think there needs to some streamlining of public sector services which would cut the demand on our taxes. I cant see that happening unfortunately.

waffle waffle waffle. I havent even considered the global warming problem, which the government use as a reason for the increases in fuel duty. thats quite a big issue to delve into though.

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[b0t13]

america i have to say have been very clever. drain everyone elses resources, before touching their own.

wrong, their Stealing others resources before using their own, ;) which is clever. BUT
there starting wars to do it, which is bad. Therefore americans are still stupid.

[Hanuman]

the americans got it right! were in the same wars as them mate expect we look the dks because were just following the leader, they are doing it for there own country for oil and future although they get terrorist attacks and soldiers die! WE now have terrorist attacks and our soldiers die on a daily basis do we get the rewards the yanks do.... NOPE! we just the bum boys swear the us gov or whatever its called must be laughin at us

[Jazz]

wrong, their Stealing others resources before using their own, ;) which is clever. BUT
there starting wars to do it, which is bad. Therefore americans are still stupid.

...The moral of the story is, if you have enough muscle, you can have oil at any price you want. Dead people in the middle east? Our troops killed without good reason? Who gives a shit? We the public do. The authorities that pull the strings don't, and thats what makes the decisions. Shitty times for us tbh. :n: