AndySpak Posted March 9, 2008 Share Posted March 9, 2008 On Wednesday this week I filled up with BP Ultimate at a BP petrol station in Chester (the one near the Merc Dealer) and it was 120.9p/litre! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trev-the-Rev Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 I paid £1.11 the other day in an Esso garage and thought that was bad. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toon Chris Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 That is a huge price! Incidentally, the local shell - £1.09 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris`I Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 On Wednesday this week I filled up with BP Ultimate at a BP petrol station in Chester (the one near the Merc Dealer) and it was 120.9p/litre! Remind me not to fill up there before the Wales Run! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndySpak Posted March 10, 2008 Author Share Posted March 10, 2008 I fill up so often I never bother looking at the price beforehand. Serves me right I guess! I'll stick to the local Tesco from now on. Incidentally, if anyone is interested in receiving a regular email with details of which filling station is selling the cheapest fuel near you check out http://www.petrolprices.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drexyl Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 I fill up so often I never bother looking at the price beforehand. Serves me right I guess! I'll stick to the local Tesco from now on. Incidentally, if anyone is interested in receiving a regular email with details of which filling station is selling the cheapest fuel near you check out http://www.petrolprices.com/ Yeah, I've been getting updates from them since I first got the car. They regularly email me with all the local prices within 10 miles or so. Shell seem to be consistently the cheapest (chokes back a snort of contempt toward the government), but I still tend to get mine from Tesco, especially when they do their 5p off vouchers, last fill up on premium was £1.03. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndySpak Posted March 10, 2008 Author Share Posted March 10, 2008 I just checked the site after I posted the link above and the cheapest super within 10 miles of me is at Sainsbury's, currently 103.9p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stuey Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 shell v power in queensferry is £113.......... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Drexyl Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 shell v power in queensferry is £113.......... £113!!! I would steer clear of them, if I were you, that's just extortion!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris`I Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 shell v power in queensferry is £113.......... £113!!! I would steer clear of them, if I were you, that's just extortion!!! +1 - OMG! That is extortion. I too get the pertrol prices email, but its a bit irrelevant as it tells me the price for normal 95RON, not the 99RON I get from Tesco. EDIT: Actually they've updated the site and it now gives me Super prices rather than regular Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris`I Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 Max price PetrplPrices has for Super Unleaded is £1.22.9 :scare: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndySpak Posted March 10, 2008 Author Share Posted March 10, 2008 and that'll be 124.9 after the chancellor has finished his speech tomorrow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris`I Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 and that'll be 124.9 after the chancellor has finished his speech tomorrow Time for an LPG coversion! My mates flys commerial hot air ballons so I can get that for near free! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ebized Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 shell v power in queensferry is £113.......... I've just cancelled my NW run as I can't fit enough cash in to get me round at those prices Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sl114 Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 SO when are people going to start protesting and not let the government get away with this? It seems that everyone is complaining - not just this forum - but no one is willing to do anything about it. Surly it is because everyone "needs" petrol, therefore you are forced to pay the prices. Isnt that illegal anyway since you HAVE to buy petrol for certain things and the government can just up the price when they want to feed their pockets meaning people have no choice but to pay the extortionate prices? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GIXXERUK Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 costs me approx £80 to fill with super unleaded £113 is Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndySpak Posted March 10, 2008 Author Share Posted March 10, 2008 SO when are people going to start protesting and not let the government get away with this? It seems that everyone is complaining - not just this forum - but no one is willing to do anything about it. Surly it is because everyone "needs" petrol, therefore you are forced to pay the prices. Isnt that illegal anyway since you HAVE to buy petrol for certain things and the government can just up the price when they want to feed their pockets meaning people have no choice but to pay the extortionate prices? The protests we had a few years back (2000-1) were because the UK price of petrol was far higher (due to tax) than it was in Europe which made hauliers uncompetitive if they were based in the UK. There is still an element of this but its not as bad as it was then, the main reason for the hike has been the cost of oil going up (now well over $100 per barrel). After tomorrow, their may be more to say on the matter though, we'll have to wait and see... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GIXXERUK Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 SO when are people going to start protesting and not let the government get away with this? It seems that everyone is complaining - not just this forum - but no one is willing to do anything about it. Surly it is because everyone "needs" petrol, therefore you are forced to pay the prices. Isnt that illegal anyway since you HAVE to buy petrol for certain things and the government can just up the price when they want to feed their pockets meaning people have no choice but to pay the extortionate prices? The protests we had a few years back (2000-1) were because the UK price of petrol was far higher (due to tax) than it was in Europe which made hauliers uncompetitive if they were based in the UK. There is still an element of this but its not as bad as it was then, the main reason for the hike has been the cost of oil going up (now well over $100 per barrel). After tomorrow, their may be more to say on the matter though, we'll have to wait and see... hmm... according to recent articles the price of oil has recently dropped but the price at the pumps has in no way reflected this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AndySpak Posted March 10, 2008 Author Share Posted March 10, 2008 SO when are people going to start protesting and not let the government get away with this? It seems that everyone is complaining - not just this forum - but no one is willing to do anything about it. Surly it is because everyone "needs" petrol, therefore you are forced to pay the prices. Isnt that illegal anyway since you HAVE to buy petrol for certain things and the government can just up the price when they want to feed their pockets meaning people have no choice but to pay the extortionate prices? The protests we had a few years back (2000-1) were because the UK price of petrol was far higher (due to tax) than it was in Europe which made hauliers uncompetitive if they were based in the UK. There is still an element of this but its not as bad as it was then, the main reason for the hike has been the cost of oil going up (now well over $100 per barrel). After tomorrow, their may be more to say on the matter though, we'll have to wait and see... hmm... according to recent articles the price of oil has recently dropped but the price at the pumps has in no way reflected this From a news story on FT.com posted at 1pm this afternoon: Nymex April West Crude Intermediate crude oil prices fell 78 cents to $104.37 a barrel while ICE April Brent crude oil fell 72 cents to $101.66 a barrel. Still f%&king expensive if you ask me! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GIXXERUK Posted March 10, 2008 Share Posted March 10, 2008 SO when are people going to start protesting and not let the government get away with this? It seems that everyone is complaining - not just this forum - but no one is willing to do anything about it. Surly it is because everyone "needs" petrol, therefore you are forced to pay the prices. Isnt that illegal anyway since you HAVE to buy petrol for certain things and the government can just up the price when they want to feed their pockets meaning people have no choice but to pay the extortionate prices? The protests we had a few years back (2000-1) were because the UK price of petrol was far higher (due to tax) than it was in Europe which made hauliers uncompetitive if they were based in the UK. There is still an element of this but its not as bad as it was then, the main reason for the hike has been the cost of oil going up (now well over $100 per barrel). After tomorrow, their may be more to say on the matter though, we'll have to wait and see... hmm... according to recent articles the price of oil has recently dropped but the price at the pumps has in no way reflected this From a news story on FT.com posted at 1pm this afternoon: Nymex April West Crude Intermediate crude oil prices fell 78 cents to $104.37 a barrel while ICE April Brent crude oil fell 72 cents to $101.66 a barrel. Still f%&king expensive if you ask me! agreed mate, everything i hear and see seems to point to the country being in a mini recession that is growing blame america Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H5 Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 And it's only going to get worse tomorrow, Darling...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sarnie Posted March 11, 2008 Share Posted March 11, 2008 And it's only going to get worse tomorrow, Darling...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H5 Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 And it's only going to get worse tomorrow, Darling...... Scared for the tax rise, or you don't know the name of the Chancellor?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beavis Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 And it's only going to get worse tomorrow, Darling...... Scared for the tax rise, or you don't know the name of the Chancellor?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronzee Posted March 12, 2008 Share Posted March 12, 2008 Ultimately governments all over the world reap a fortune every year from the taxes on petrol, so they're not about to do anything radical like drop some of the taxes off. We're up NZ$1.87 per litre [$150 to fill a hungry 350], with a per barrel price of over $110 US, it's not going down anytime soon. Ultimately the onflow costs to transporters so the price of absolutely everything goes up. The ones that start to hurt the most is the gas stations themselves as people think about it before driving somewhere. Is there a Carbon Credit {biggest load of rubbish]} percentage on petrol in the UK yet?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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