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Have petrol prices tumbled in the UK with the drop in the oil price? Here in the US we've seen a drop of about 26% in the past few months as regular has gone from around $3.80 a gallon to an average of around $2.82 where I live.
A litre of unleaded is basically 46p here now. It was 1.31 when I was in England in September. Even allowing for the huge tax element it should have dropped a fair amount?
A litre of unleaded is basically 46p here now. It was 1.31 when I was in England in September. Even allowing for the huge tax element it should have dropped a fair amount?
Dog Star said:
Stating the obvious - the higher the proportion of tax on your fuel the correspondingly smaller reduction in price you will see, no? The OPs comparison isn't really valid.
Yeah but... I think the tax is 70p a litre? So on the 1.31 61p wasn't tax so if that fell by 25% it should give you a 15p per litre reduction. With fuel as cheap as in the USA surely the sole reason why Diesel would exist as a form of car propulsion is if they don't like filling up wasting as much time.
To drive East to west coast 3k miles ish @£0.46 would barely cost £160!!!! While here in the UK to go back and forth up and down the country doing 40mpg (same as us mpg) it was cost nearly £440. Gnats a big big difference.
To drive East to west coast 3k miles ish @£0.46 would barely cost £160!!!! While here in the UK to go back and forth up and down the country doing 40mpg (same as us mpg) it was cost nearly £440. Gnats a big big difference.
Welshbeef said:
With fuel as cheap as in the USA surely the sole reason why Diesel would exist as a form of car propulsion is if they don't like filling up wasting as much time.
To drive East to west coast 3k miles ish @£0.46 would barely cost £160!!!! While here in the UK to go back and forth up and down the country doing 40mpg (same as us mpg) it was cost nearly £440. Gnats a big big difference.
And in Saudi Arabia, that would only cost you £27.To drive East to west coast 3k miles ish @£0.46 would barely cost £160!!!! While here in the UK to go back and forth up and down the country doing 40mpg (same as us mpg) it was cost nearly £440. Gnats a big big difference.
In fact, in Saudi Arabia, you can travel on all their 30,000 miles of tarmac roads for under £270.
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