I'm afraid that's why I'm going to advertise our Galaxy. Just can't afford to run 2 cars and I need my diesel for work so the galaxy has to go. 2.3 petrol and it's great on motorways but going around town and that petrol light seems to come on a lot faster these days. Shame cos it's the best car we've ever had.
Here we go again! People moaning about petrol costs! If you can't afford it, don't drive! Simples!
Anyone wanting a little car to run round in I have a 1.2 vauxhall corsa antibes for sale, full Mot and 6 months tax £600 mint. I'll take your petrol gobblers in part ex too, I love em me.
Back to work so passed the BP station on Greasby Rd. Petrol £131.9 Deisel £133.9 Anyone beat that!
Yet its always full of mugs filling up when they can get it at least 4/5p a litre cheaper down the road at Upton Shell or Sainsburys. BP are always the most expensive.
Back to work so passed the BP station on Greasby Rd. Petrol £131.9 Deisel £133.9 Anyone beat that!
Yet its always full of mugs filling up when they can get it at least 4/5p a litre cheaper down the road at Upton Shell or Sainsburys. BP are always the most expensive.
You pay for quality, ie: Sony/bush, obviously Sony are going to be dearer lol.
Prices aren't fair and aren't in line with inflation, it's a case of not getting what you pay for - but who cares, the government doesn't, so it's never going to change. I'm going to work in France at the start of summer, and I can't wait, I'd hate to have to come back over to this dump.
no point in being a minge bag if you like fast cars. i just fill it up when it's empty, with v-power of course
my gsi is set to high octane so that's what it gets.
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TBH, cheaper or not, Id rather fill up with Shell fuel over BP....
Why's that stew? If it's over that oil spill, save the planet and all that crap then you can't say sweet f. A because your just as bad driving a car in the 1st place lol
Yet its always full of mugs filling up when they can get it at least 4/5p a litre cheaper down the road at Upton Shell or Sainsburys. BP are always the most expensive.
BP are most independtly owned.
Shell are cheaper due to royalties around here as BP use the same petrol as Shell as it is all from the same pot.
It is only additives what make it a brand petrol.
Same reason Sainsbury's were usin BP fuel but lost the contract to Texaco iirc.
TBH, cheaper or not, Id rather fill up with Shell fuel over BP....
I used to be like that haha, usually Shell is cheapest or thereabouts anyway, but my engine (like a lot of engines out there, Google is your friend) runs like a bag of nails on the new Fuelsave diesel, so I don't really have the option of Shell anymore (unless I want to put in V-Power which has no real benefit lol).
So I just go to Esso now. I don't really care about prices, it always nice to save a few pence, and admittadly if everywhere were say 128.9p and I saw a garage charging 123.9p, id probably get a tank and save the 5p per litre, but generally, ill just pay whatever they are charging.
Its only money at the end of the day. A lot of the people I know who moan about the prices, are quite happy to go and spend £100+ a weekend clubbing, or £20+ down the pub a few nights a week, but when it comes to fuel, they will have a good hours rant about it. When it hits £2.00 per litre, ill probably change my mind lol.
Taxes have to come from somewhere, and unfortunately drivers are the easiest to hit. Drive less and walk more if its biting. For commuters, if you can take public transport within the local area, someone I know worked it out recently, with current fuel pricing, VED (unless you have a hairdryer of course), insurance costs and maintenance costs, it works out far cheaper to get a season pass such as a Solo (if they still do them) or a Trio than to commute by car. But of course, thats if its convenient.
Here we go again! People moaning about petrol costs! If you can't afford it, don't drive! Simples!
Anyone wanting a little car to run round in I have a 1.2 vauxhall corsa antibes for sale, full Mot and 6 months tax £600 mint. I'll take your petrol gobblers in part ex too, I love em me.
Back to work so passed the BP station on Greasby Rd.Exactlly! Petrol £131.9 Deisel £133.9 Anyone beat that!
Yet its always full of mugs filling up when they can get it at least 4/5p a litre cheaper down the road at Upton Shell or Sainsburys. BP are always the most expensive.
Here we go again! People moaning about petrol costs! If you can't afford it, don't drive! Simples!
Anyone wanting a little car to run round in I have a 1.2 vauxhall corsa antibes for sale, full Mot and 6 months tax £600 mint. I'll take your petrol gobblers in part ex too, I love em me.
It's not one of those crappy 3 cylinder ones which always break down I also have a BMW 325 limited edition for sale too
I filled up before Christmas and the Aygo does miles on a teaspoon full anyway. Wonder if people realise that if they just slow down a bit then it uses less juice, or is that just an old fogies remedy?
Notice that Tesco are to start a 5p/ litre off fuel for a £50 in-store spend - - so just before that starts they put their fuel price up by 1p/ litre. They are today 2p/ litre over Sainsbury meaning the in-store discount is only worth 3p/l
This happens every time Tesco have their in-store discount offer.
I will be using the motorbike a LOT more I think
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They did that last year, I always forget about it. It's still cheaper either way. I did it when petrol was 95p in 2009, and got it for 90p. It felt like I'd gone back in a time machine (to a few months earlier).
re- corsa 1.2 for £600. i am looking for a little runaround but as a semi disabled pensioner i cannot afford more than £450. anything going out there? molong
A friend in Chester is selling a Hyundai Accent 1.3 for £200.
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MOT'd December, electric front windows, CD player, erm sunroof 'etc'. Good tyres, starts first crack and drives as well as it could do. Seems pretty mega on fuel and you aren't going to have to worry about it being hit by wayward shopping trollies. 74,000 odd miles.
Bad bits:
Bodywork has issues but if I get time I'll see if I can't at least slap some fibreglass and filler over the worse of it. No tax but can tax at your expense. It's not going to win you any fit birds when you roll up in the carpark of the Hammer & Chainsaw arms. However it should easily tide you over until the test expires and might even go through the next one with little effort.
Note sunset light makes it look a bit tidier than it is, as photos tend to do. It's getting fragged on the weekend I think, but he'd rather someone used it. If I wasn't totally broke I would've bought it to use myself.
lol, I wasted a few pence todat then, filled up at the Esso in Birkenhead, was 134.9p, could have gone to Asda (which I drove past a few minutes earlier) and got it 2p a litre cheaper haha!
I plonked £30 in, but im sure I can live with the loss of a few pennies init Ste!
ive been driving about 12 years, and petrol was only abouy 80p a litre, what a joke it is now, wait till my kids start to drive, not good
When I first started driving,petrol was 70p A GALLON,(15p a litre) and everbody was moaning about the price then. I,m sure some of the older members will remember it much cheaper than that in £sd
After taking into account inflation etc, you will see that fuel today is actually cheaper than fuel was in the 60's, so I fail to see the problem. Fuel, like every commodity in life, is increasing in price, get over it!!
We will be taking direct action and protesting about the failure of the government to act on the major issues effecting the general public at this present time . Fuel tax and high price at the pumps , the fuel companies and big four supermarkets making massive profits from fuel when the barrel price has dropped considerably.
IF you would like to join this protest we are meetin on the 30th september at chester services m56 @7.30 pm arriving at stanlow gate 2 (INNOSPEC) for 8pm. Find our group on facebook 'stanlow fuel protest & direct action group'
Fair play for taking a stand but you know as well as the rest of us that this will make no difference whatsoever. It'll just inconvenience the rest of us who need to get places for a reason.
I dream of the day that fuel prices drive the idiots off the roads
We have to try, we are not wanting to inconvience ppl but our gov cudnt give a flyin sausage if u need to get somewhere as long as they are gettin their fill of doubled taxin the petrol .....we soon be taxed for actually breathing!!!
My food bill has gone up so much we have takin to eating crappy food, forzen food coz its cheaper than fresh meat,veg. Now i bet cameron sits down to a lovely paiece of meat,nice veg tea every nite with not a thought of what jo public is eating, or feedin thier kids. we need to make a stand and stop this fuel tax NOW!!!!
We will be taking direct action and protesting about the failure of the government to act on the major issues effecting the general public at this present time . Fuel tax and high price at the pumps , the fuel companies and big four supermarkets making massive profits from fuel when the barrel price has dropped considerably.
IF you would like to join this protest we are meetin on the 30th september at chester services m56 @7.30 pm arriving at stanlow gate 2 (INNOSPEC) for 8pm. Find our group on facebook 'stanlow fuel protest & direct action group'
Are you walking to Stanlow gate 2? If not, kind of defeats the object as it's going to cost you to get there and then again when you have to put more petrol in your cars.
I just don't see the point of wasting the money to try to prove a point to people who don't give a shoite
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Just thought i'd add an observation to this thread.
Whenever fuel rises by 1p everyone's outraged. But fuel prices dropped considerably back in October (diesel went from 142.9p to 135.9p) and nobody says a word!
Hard-pressed motorists have received some respite after three supermarkets announced fuel-price cuts.
Sainsbury's said petrol prices at the company's 279 forecourts will dip by 4p a litre, with diesel being reduced by 3p a litre, from Wednesday.
Asda said from Wednesday it would be cutting its petrol by up to 3p a litre and its diesel by up to 2p a litre, ensuring motorists would pay no more than 134.7p a litre for petrol and 141.7p a litre for diesel.
And Tesco also announced it was cutting the price of both petrol and diesel by 3p.
Sainsbury's head of fuel Richard Crampton said: "We know that fuel is a big part of many customers' weekly budget so we're keen to do anything we can to help."
Andy Peake, Asda's petrol trading director, said: " When we do drop prices, we drop them everywhere, setting a maximum national price cap for our customer, which means they all benefit from our low prices, regardless of where they live."
Peter Cattell, of Tesco, said: "Tesco is dropping the price of both petrol and diesel by up to 3p per litre from tomorrow morning. "
The latest round of cuts takes the forecourt price back to October’s two and a half year low of 126.7p when an aggressive petrol price war saw all four supermarkets slug it out to be the cheapest.
I do not understand why people travel miles wasting petrol to buy cheaper petrol. I know of 3 fools that do this, waste petrol and time, more wear and tear on the old jalopy too.
I don't know anybody that will travel miles to save a few quid,but for me, Ill go to Asda to do a shop,and since there fuel is cheaper more often than not`Ill fill up too,and if Shell@Carlett is cheaper Ill fill up there instead "stuff`em"
My missus likes to go to different towns to shop, so if fuel is cheaper then I will get it, I don't travel for miles to specifically buy fuel and I count Bromborough as local from Heswall as I don't go to Birkenhead to shop, to me the Croft Centre is the new Birkenhead, Liscard and Birkenhead have nothing except high parking charges, which to me out-ways fuel charges if I do go out of my way, even though most of the petrol stations in Wallasey and Bikenhead charge higher prices, Shell since they sold their refinery are just as expensive as BP and they always charge higher prices.
With the added discount from previous store purchases my fuel at Tesco yesterday was below £1 / litre. I never thought I would see that again!
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If you happen to be a CostCo member, they now have a filling station in Liverpool. very handy if you work over that way - not much use if you don't! They claim to be selling "Premium Diesel" for slightly less than others, but who knows what Brand it is or what additives are in it.
I have a diesel car and it is quite selective when it comes to fuel. I get most MPG on normal Shell diesel and the least on Tesco. It doesn't run correctly on Morrisons fuel or Sainsburys fuel.
I tried two tanks full of CostCo diesel and wouldn't use it again. It caused the DPF to regenerate 6 times in 5 weeks, which reduces MPG down to 10-15MPG in town and 20MPG on the motorway. So any saving is gone. That means it isn't burning as clean as Shell Diesel and the DPF is getting blocked with soot far quicker. Shell Diesel doesn't do that, I can go for ages before any hint of DPF regeneration.
I agree, I stick to Shell diesel on my 170,000 mile diesel wherever possible
On my petrol cars (both are 34 years old) I use Shell premium (whatever name they call it this week) because of the higher octane/RON which I have the cars tuned to. I might need to change to Esso premium as this may be the only ethanol-free fuel now available.
When I take my engines apart I am amazed how clean they are, and I've never had my diesel's DPF clog up (it doesn't do flashy things like regeneration).
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I have a diesel car and it is quite selective when it comes to fuel. I get most MPG on normal Shell diesel and the least on Tesco. It doesn't run correctly on Morrisons fuel or Sainsburys fuel.
My diesel is exactly the same. I always found Shell to be very competitively priced to the supermarkets, particularly around Ellesmere Port, so always used that.
Garage opposite the oval entrance has a neat trick. At least one of the pumps has 2 diesel and 1 super unleaded which is 10p a litre dearer than standard unleaded. Once youve pulled up its a bit awkward to try and move to another pump.
On some cars you get noticeably more mpg out of super unleaded because of the higher octane so the price balances out, also super unleaded is restricted to 5% methanol which is the limit before it damages older vehicles.
Unfortunately the premium diesels are over 20p a litre dearer than standard diesel and don't produce more power, they just have enhanced cleaners in them.
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On some cars you get noticeably more mpg out of super unleaded because of the higher octane so the price balances out, also super unleaded is restricted to 5% methanol which is the limit before it damages older vehicles.
Unfortunately the premium diesels are over 20p a litre dearer than standard diesel and don't produce more power, they just have enhanced cleaners in them.
Doh, I meant ethanol not methanol.
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As my bike only runs on E10 that means another 10p more, so takes its to 1.64.9 or £7.50 for gall and you wonder why all the prices are going up, maybe if every one stopped driving around for a few weeks the powers that be would see a lack of tax coming in and oil companies seeing profits going down, it would also help the Planet!
As my bike only runs on E10 that means another 10p more, so takes its to 1.64.9 or £7.50 for gall and you wonder why all the prices are going up, maybe if every one stopped driving around for a few weeks the powers that be would see a lack of tax coming in and oil companies seeing profits going down, it would also help the Planet!
Works both ways, during lock-down the Petrol companies saw a lot less profit because of reduced consumption so this drove the price up to partly re-balance their profits.
If somebody has a commodity you need, they always have the upper hand.
E10 is the maximum ethanol content, there is no guarantee if it is E0, E5 or E10 that is supplied.
Some engines are not tolerant to E10, I don't know any that are not tolerant to E0 (although some old engines still need a lead or lead substitute whatever the E number).
Octane rating (RON) is critical in some petrol engines (especially turbos where a high octane will damage the engine), for some years now this has been shown less and less at the pump.
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Yet its always full of mugs filling up when they can get it at least 4/5p a litre cheaper down the road at Upton Shell or Sainsburys. BP are always the most expensive.
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will remember it much cheaper than that in £sd
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