Maccaman Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 Just thought I'd point out, for those who hadn't realised, that petrol goes up 2p a litre from midnight tonight. Good time to fill her up if you are running low. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 B*stards. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stanski Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 oh great !!! thats all we need eh! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zedwagon Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 Just in time for the Hoon run! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spr1ngy Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 I just filled up at my local shell. V-Power now 112.9p a litre Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TPO Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 Better than mine, filled up with V yesterday for 114.9... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
marzman Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 I dont get fuel prices at the moment... In my town the prices are 105.9 or 112.9 for standard or vPower... and then 4 miles down the road at the next shell garage its 102.9 and 109.9. I dont get it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rtbiscuit Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 our tesco 99 ron is already at 109.9, can't believe their putting it up again. i'm sure we'd managed to get it down to 89.9 for super unleaded a while back and within 6 months its gone up by 20 p. bunch of money grabbing feckers. i wouldn't mind if our roads were in good condition, but now they are sticking down loads of this cheap crap loose chipping stuff. when they tqlk about the bank of england i think they are refering to us, the general public, as gordan seems to be using us as his personal cash machine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nurrish Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 Yet we all just bend over and take it up the rear Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IanS16 Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 Yet we all just bend over and take it up the rear Do you? Shame about the petrol too! Didn't know it was going up tonight!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maccaman Posted August 31, 2009 Author Share Posted August 31, 2009 A two pence rise in fuel duty will come into effect from midnight, the third increase in nine months. Stephen Glaister, director of road users pressure group RAC Foundation, told the BBC the government's latest rise "will hit everybody hard". When VAT is included, the increase will actually total 2.3p. The average price of petrol across the UK is about 105p per litre. The government says the extra duty is needed to help fund public investment. 'Huge affect' AA president Edmund King said the timing of the rise was "pretty dire", at a time when the UK economy was trying to exit recession. If the money was going into public transport, drivers would be better off as there would be less cars on the road, less congestion for them Richard George, Campaign for Better Transport Mr King said its members were already having to cut back on car journeys due to the high price of fuel, and that this would only increase following the latest rise, meaning the government's revenues will not actually rise. The Petrol Retailers Association pointed out that the price of fuel would increase again when VAT increases from 15% to 17.5% at the end of the year. "It would have been preferable for the government to defer this increase until 2010," its spokesman said. Jo Tanner, director of communications at the Freight Transport Association (FTA), said existing high fuel prices were already having a "huge affect" on its members. She said the freight transport sector had already seen its fuel bills rise by £800m since last December, at the same time as a 50% increase in insolvencies. Richard George, a road and climate campaigner at the Campaign for Better Transport, said the government should be spending the duty increase on public transport, and not just putting it into the government's general budget. "If the money was going into public transport, drivers would be better off as there would be less cars on the road, less congestion for them," he said. Supermarket group Morrisons said it would not be increasing the cost of fuel at its forecourts until 6 September. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stew Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 Richard George, a road and climate campaigner at the Campaign for Better Transport, said the government should be spending the duty increase on public transport, and not just putting it into the government's general budget. "If the money was going into public transport, drivers would be better off as there would be less cars on the road, less congestion for them," he said. I can almost stomach another rise in the governments share of the petrol price if it was ploughed into public transport *OR PREFERABLY* put into the road structure to make it safer and better able to handle traffic and it would be great and I'd happily pay a bigger increase if it went into fixing roads PROPERLY. However with the huge revenue generated by fuel tax already there is no excuse. Oh yeah, they spent it all on cleaning their f**king moats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xStric9x Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 Petrol donations will be accepted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harman350z Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 73 Pounds to fill up yesterday.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tarmac@TarmacSportz Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 Thanks for letting me know, im running low Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gilly199 Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 I dont get fuel prices at the moment... In my town the prices are 105.9 or 112.9 for standard or vPower... and then 4 miles down the road at the next shell garage its 102.9 and 109.9. I dont get it. most garages as franchise owned, thus the owner car pretty much charge what they want if they can get away with it. Gilly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BulletMagnet Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 I agree with Chris Rock on this one... Mod edit: Very funny but NSFW or suitable on a family friendly forum. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lamby Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 cant believe its goin up again is it not already expensive enough Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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