norfolkluego
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| posted on 19/3/11 at 09:20 PM |
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130.9 !!!!!!!!!!
Just paid 130.9 for ordinary 95 RON cooking petrol and that was at Sainsbury's, god knows how much it is at other places
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NeilP
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| posted on 19/3/11 at 09:23 PM |
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131.9 at our cheapest......
If you pay peanuts...
Mentale, yar? Yar, mentale!
Drive it like you stole it!
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big_wasa
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| posted on 19/3/11 at 09:26 PM |
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131.09 here. Will be biking to work next week if the weather stays good.
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bi22le
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| posted on 19/3/11 at 09:26 PM |
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Have not seen it that low for a while. 134.9 for petrol in SE London.
I have diesel up to 142.9!
Its really starting to hurt, when are people going to start protesting. I need cheaper fuel!!
Biz
Track days ARE the best thing since sliced bread, until I get a supercharger that is!
Please read my ring story:
http://www.locostbuilders.co.uk/forum/13/viewthread.php?tid=139152&page=1
Me doing a sub 56sec lap around Brands Indy. I need a geo set up! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHksfvIGB3I
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Gordy
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| posted on 19/3/11 at 09:34 PM |
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Got caught short driving home in my Accord type r (98 ron) cost me £1.42 a litre 
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TimC
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| posted on 19/3/11 at 09:35 PM |
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Saw 95RON at 137.9 in Coleford, Glos last night!
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bob
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| posted on 19/3/11 at 09:36 PM |
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£1.34.9 at a BP station local to me in Ashford/Sunbury, 2 miles up the road shell are selling at £1.29.9.
Cost me £49 to fill up a Nissan Note which does not have the biggest of tanks and i was not even empty, Ho hum.
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 19/3/11 at 09:39 PM |
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Last weekend I filled up 3 cars, my Focus, my wife's Matiz and the toy car - goodbye to £110
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Antnicuk
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| posted on 19/3/11 at 09:41 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by David Jenkins
Last weekend I filled up 3 cars, my Focus, my wife's Matiz and the toy car - goodbye to £110
lucky you, it cost me £100 to fill my oil burning daily driver
600 BHP per ton, Stylus Brought back from the dead! Turbo Rotary Powered!
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A1
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| posted on 19/3/11 at 09:42 PM |
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you know what i dont get?
why is nobody doing anything? I remember when i was a lad, the truckers going on strike cause it hit 85p! there should be widespread chaos!
or is everybody believing its cause oil prices have risen and forgotten the fact that the government are taking probably the bad side of 60% straight
away....(thats a rough figure)
I filled up the van the other day... £115. 
its taking the pee
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David Jenkins
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| posted on 19/3/11 at 09:44 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Antnicuk
quote:
Originally posted by David Jenkins
Last weekend I filled up 3 cars, my Focus, my wife's Matiz and the toy car - goodbye to £110
lucky you, it cost me £100 to fill my oil burning daily driver
Actually - I miscalculated - £60 for the Focus, £40 for the Matiz, and £25 for the toy = £125
What makes it worse is that me & the missus don't do a lot of miles between us (I'm ignoring the toy as it drinks petrol).
It's a worry.
[Edited on 19/3/11 by David Jenkins]
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Gordy
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| posted on 19/3/11 at 09:46 PM |
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Its really starting to hurt, when are people going to start protesting. I need cheaper fuel!!
Biz
Spot on, but need to get the haulage/transport guys onboard, to cause maximum disruption
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norfolkluego
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| posted on 19/3/11 at 09:55 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by Gordy
Its really starting to hurt, when are people going to start protesting. I need cheaper fuel!!
Biz
Spot on, but need to get the haulage/transport guys onboard, to cause maximum disruption
He'd have a no fly zone if we all joined up!
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SteveWalker
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| posted on 19/3/11 at 10:00 PM |
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quote:
Originally posted by A1
is everybody believing its cause oil prices have risen and forgotten the fact that the government are taking probably the bad side of 60% straight
away....(thats a rough figure)
Much more than that I think. On top of the VAT and the fuel duty, for any oil produced in or around the UK they take a large sum for the right to
drill for oil in the first place, then a cut of the profits of each field, they take corporation tax (and don't allow losses elsewhere to be set
against it and even more! Take a look at the HMRC's list of taxes at
http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/international/ns-fiscal2.htm
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AndyW
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| posted on 19/3/11 at 10:06 PM |
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I filled up the car on Thursday, £84 and 1 hour later car got totalled
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norfolkluego
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| posted on 19/3/11 at 10:18 PM |
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Watch this space for 'a spate of fuel thefts from cars', it happened around here in the cold weather just before Chistmas, people were
having the central heating oil nicked out of the tank in the garden because the price had gone through the roof.
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ashg
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| posted on 19/3/11 at 11:06 PM |
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why don't we all just take our number plates off for a week. show the government that we comply because we want to. will show them how all
their anpr crap doesn't work, for tax insurance etc etc. the whole system relys on them knowing who we are. I personally don't
understand how in a democracy they can get away with such high taxes. the mass majority want fuel duty lowered
Anything With Tits or Wheels Will cost you MONEY!!
Haynes Roadster (Finished)
Exocet (Finished & Sold)
New Project (Started)
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daviep
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| posted on 20/3/11 at 01:11 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by ashg
I personally don't understand how in a democracy they can get away with such high taxes. the mass majority want fuel duty lowered
Which tax would you like to see increased to compensate for a reduction in fuel duty?
The mass majority probably want to pay no tax, have a good health system, have a good education system, have good infrastructure. Unfortunately you
can't have it all ways and taxes are required to pay for these things.
You may not believe it but taxes in the UK are very moderate compared to many countries, check out Denmark or Norway if you don't believe me.
Britain is not a prison, people can leave at any time they like. Try living and working in a developing country if you don't want to pay high
taxes.
Davie
“A truly great library contains something in it to offend everyone.”
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norfolkluego
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| posted on 20/3/11 at 01:58 AM |
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Most of us don't like being taxed but we accept them, the difference in fuel duty is uthat it's ridiculously high and doesn't take
into account peoples personal circumstances or ability to pay, using your argument why not put petrol up to £50 per gallon and fill the govermemts
coffers. Those of us who live in rural areas have little or no access to public transport, we just feel like an easy target as we have no choice but
drive, the great and the good in London do have a choice. Do we feel p*ssed on by the metropolitan centric government, too right we do.
[Edited on 20/3/11 by norfolkluego]
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Daddylonglegs
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| posted on 20/3/11 at 07:16 AM |
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Popcorn anyone? 
It looks like the Midget is winning at the moment......
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daviep
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| posted on 20/3/11 at 07:34 AM |
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Again it all comes down to the choice which we make on how we choose to live our lives, if you desperately want to use public transport move to a town
which has adequate links to where you want to go. By choosing to live in a rural area you must accept that some of the convieniences of city life will
have to be sacrificed.
Again I ask the question how should the government make up the shortfall if fuel duty was reduced? I'm sure I don't want it on income
tax!
I also live rural.
“A truly great library contains something in it to offend everyone.”
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cliftyhanger
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| posted on 20/3/11 at 07:36 AM |
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I very much doubt this is th eend of th efuel price rises either. As a commodity gets in higher demand, people have to pay more for it. OK the costs
will probably fall back at some point, but we are going to have to grasp the idea life is going to get far more expensive.
We have had 10-15 years of easy living as a result of a boyant world economy, china suppressing prices and our government selling just about
everything they could. Now there is little left to sell, cgina has got into a rather strong position to raise prices should it want to, and the rest
of the world economy has gone belly up.
Its just going to be the lean years for a bit. We need to hope the bankers stay in this country and keep making massive money and big bonuses ( IIRC
something like 25% of income tax is paid by 1% of the population )
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/consumertips/tax/8321369/Top-1-of-workers-pay-quarter-of-all-income-tax.html
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daviep
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| posted on 20/3/11 at 07:38 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by cliftyhanger
I very much doubt this is th eend of th efuel price rises either. As a commodity gets in higher demand, people have to pay more for it. OK the costs
will probably fall back at some point, but we are going to have to grasp the idea life is going to get far more expensive.
We have had 10-15 years of easy living as a result of a boyant world economy, china suppressing prices and our government selling just about
everything they could. Now there is little left to sell, cgina has got into a rather strong position to raise prices should it want to, and the rest
of the world economy has gone belly up.
Its just going to be the lean years for a bit. We need to hope the bankers stay in this country and keep making massive money and big bonuses ( IIRC
something like 25% of income tax is paid by 1% of the population )
http://www.telegraph.co.uk/finance/personalfinance/consumertips/tax/8321369/Top-1-of-workers-pay-quarter-of-all-income-tax.html
At least one other person seems to have a grasp on how things are going to pan out instead of the stick your head in the sand mentality which pervades
the country.
“A truly great library contains something in it to offend everyone.”
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Macbeast
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| posted on 20/3/11 at 08:33 AM |
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Those of you who live in rural areas probably don't pay over the odds for insurance and council tax. It's not all wonderful living in the
city. Public transport is not free either - £ £4.00 to go one stop on the tube.
I'm addicted to brake fluid, but I can stop anytime.
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BenB
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| posted on 20/3/11 at 08:48 AM |
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quote:
Originally posted by norfolkluego
Watch this space for 'a spate of fuel thefts from cars', it happened around here in the cold weather just before Chistmas, people were
having the central heating oil nicked out of the tank in the garden because the price had gone through the roof.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-12786483 !!!
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