Petrol prices

[Exupnut]

It has... But it does make good readin ....NA NA Na na naaaaa :-)

[nick crisp]

It has... But it does make good readin ....NA NA Na na naaaaa :-)

Once you get past all the boring political shite and in to the brilliant nonsense stuff it does.

[noggythenog]

If petrol gets any cheaper i might start foccin drinking it


They'll be selling it LIDL next to the Wienerschnitzels.


Actually soon they'll be able to sell it in Poundland.




Doddsie will go to the pump and turn away thinking he's still pissed.


Red will will wake up and think he's back in his youth in the 30's.




& Christo still wont be able to afford it.

[Exupnut]

Oh my god ....a pissed ferengi...can't think of anyfin worse....except a pissed granny....help me out here Mr Red...

[lew600fazer]

Still rip off Britain them , just filled up for €1.03 a ltr diesel in Bordeaux.

[keithfzs1000]

ermm hello petrol prices are tumbling lol £1.11 at moment

[lew600fazer]

Getting better €.99 cents today at a Super U for diesel near Saint Emilion France.

[Millietant]

In Connecticut this summer, petrol was over $4 a gallon; at Christmas it was $2.65 a gallon - that means a 33% reduction in the pump prices.


Looking at diesel in the UK (only because we run  diesel cars, so I notice the price), I'm now seeing/buying it at £1.19 a litre. With the best will in the world it's only come down by £0.15 per litre since the summer - only an 11% reduction.


We're being ripped off here again compared to the rest of the world and as crude prices are basically half what they were in the summer, someone in the middle is making more money than before - if it's not the oil producers and it's not the government (taxes haven't increased), it must be the oil wholesalers. AND who are they, oh! they're owned by the oil producers, what a surprise.


We've been softened up by years of even bigger rip-off's, so now we're all happy about getting ripped-off just a little bit less - rather than demanding that we're treated as fairly as the rest of the world (the one outside of "Europe").


Still not happy that diesel isn't below £1 a litre and petrol isn't around £0.90 a litre !!

[bri h]

hey red do you think they will go back to putting the price in gallons again?

[Robbie8666]

they wont go back to £/Gallon as it will show how big the differences betwen petrol sations are!
a 2p/litre difference is 9p/Gallon n would put many punters off!
(plus the cost of changing all the pumps!!)

[red98]

I still convert to gallons when buying and working out mpg... :o...agree with robbie about garages not changing back  :rolleyes

[bri h]

I think they'll be to embarrassed by the prices.

[lew600fazer]

they wont go back to £/Gallon as it will show how big the differences betwen petrol sations are!
a 2p/litre difference is 9p/Gallon n would put many punters off!
(plus the cost of changing all the pumps!!)

Digital pumps done in a tick

[BBROWN1664]

Digital pumps done in a tick

The price displayed on the pump yes, but then you still need to go out to each pump and change the front panel labels to show £/Gallon . The measuring engine/cost calculator for the pump will then need to be updated or it will charge you the £/gallon for every litre dispensed making fuel even more expensive!

[lew600fazer]

Ah!!! but if we change the pumps to read gallons , surely that will upset our friends in Brussels lol.

[BBROWN1664]

I didn't say I didn't agree with changing them, just that its not as simple as you intimated :pokefun

[ChristoT]

The main problem with fuel is the horrific amount the government take from every litre. Fuel could be well cheap if the fuel duty was curbed. Foccin' theft, I tells ya!

[BBROWN1664]

Another consideration is the fact that the government charge VAT on fuel in addition to the fuel duty so you pay tax on the tax.

[Frosties]

Another consideration is the fact that the government charge VAT on fuel in addition to the fuel duty so you pay tax on the tax.

So that would on top of the tax you've already had stolen paid on your earnings to get the £5 in your pocket in the first place.

[BBROWN1664]

:agree