High fuel prices? you aint seen nothin' yet

[Hub]

Mclovin said:

just the remeber the reason hard times are ahead is because of the GOVERNMENTS DEBT, its not your debt its not my debt its debt accrued by a reckless government.....

.... bailing out recklesss banks in debt from reckless spenders?

[andye30m3]

Am i correct in thinking high fuel prices will push up inflation which will in turn devalue the ridiculous debt the country is in.

[qureshia]

Diesel currently between 110p and 120p a litre in CW4
Might pull the ad for my diesel and wait -at this rate I might be able to do a straight swap of my Volvo for a r32 or even a petrol range rover

PS what ever happened to diesel being 10p cheaper than petrol?

[rocksteadyeddie]

Mclovin said:

just the remeber the reason hard times are ahead is because of the GOVERNMENTS DEBT, its not your debt its not my debt its debt accrued by a reckless government.....

Sadly it is both your debt, my debt, our childrens' debt, and the debt of every taxpayer in the country foisted upon us all by reckless government spending.

Hub said:

.... bailing out recklesss banks in debt from reckless spenders?

Keep up at the back. The pre-budget report put the "cost" of the bank bailouts at £10 bn. In reality it is likely to be close to zero / a profit in due course.

[Dupont666]

Hub said:

Mclovin said:

just the remeber the reason hard times are ahead is because of the GOVERNMENTS DEBT, its not your debt its not my debt its debt accrued by a reckless government.....

.... bailing out recklesss banks in debt from reckless spenders?

Who the reckless government advised to spend in boom time, whilst pissing it all away, kind of like the ant and the grasshopper and the government is the grasshopper doing nothing for a rainy day and the winter is upon us.

[Dave Angel]

qureshia said:

PS what ever happened to diesel being 10p cheaper than petrol?

That changed when everyone swallowed the propaganda that diesel cars were more economical to run than petrol, when the proportion of diesel cars went up, so did the price of DERV. s.

[Mclovin]

Hub said:

Mclovin said:

just the remeber the reason hard times are ahead is because of the GOVERNMENTS DEBT, its not your debt its not my debt its debt accrued by a reckless government.....

.... bailing out recklesss banks in debt from reckless spenders?

still nothing to do with us....the governments light touch regulation on the city allowed rbs to take so many stupid risks....

[turbobloke]

musclecarmad said:

turbobloke said:

musclecarmad said:

Dunk76 said:

115p for a litre of Unleaded at the top of my road as of last night. The wife's 1.4 Polo now costing £43 to fill up...

The Volvo averaging 21mpg I don't dare compute, nor fill up entirely, for fear of nervous breakdown.

oil is up again today - is it going on a steady path back up another $50 by end of 2010 as we all emerge from recession? I think so.

Cayenne Turbo for £10k by end 2010 anyone?

If so then depending on availability and condition I'll be running a Cayenne Turbo soon. However that price might be a tad optimistic

slighly tongue in cheek however they are sub 20k now so another year and another whacking increase in fuel may see them around 15k for a high miler.

however i really wouldn't want one - £100 to fill up and it would last a couple of hundred miles at most - it's 50p per mile in running costs.

Edinburgh to London would be about £500 if you nailed it!

The 911 T2 was 9 mpg when entertaining and 12-15 mpg for a run. So a Cayenne Turbo or a Cayenne Turbo S would be fine

[Engineer1]

DCS01 said:

As someone on a fixed income, petrol rise hikes like this is going to start making going to work too expensive. All I'll be doing is working to pay taxes. I haven't had a holiday in five years and don't have that much at the end of the month to my self. How do you get on the dole with everything paid for ?

Be born into it, the fact that you have worked means you may have savings, etc. Seriously the dole pays fk all to unemployed workers.

[s2art]

Mclovin said:

Hub said:

Mclovin said:

just the remeber the reason hard times are ahead is because of the GOVERNMENTS DEBT, its not your debt its not my debt its debt accrued by a reckless government.....

.... bailing out recklesss banks in debt from reckless spenders?

still nothing to do with us....the governments light touch regulation on the city allowed rbs to take so many stupid risks....

Nothing wrong with light touch legislation. Its just got to be good light touch regulation with a clear assignment of responsibility.

[B17NNS]

musclecarmad said:

Edinburgh to London would be about £500 if you nailed it!

That's nearly as expensive as the train.

[Mclovin]

rocksteadyeddie said:

Mclovin said:

just the remeber the reason hard times are ahead is because of the GOVERNMENTS DEBT, its not your debt its not my debt its debt accrued by a reckless government.....

Sadly it is both your debt, my debt, our childrens' debt, and the debt of every taxpayer in the country foisted upon us all by reckless government spending.

Hub said:

.... bailing out recklesss banks in debt from reckless spenders?

Keep up at the back. The pre-budget report put the "cost" of the bank bailouts at £10 bn. In reality it is likely to be close to zero / a profit in due course.

in the literal meaning its not our debt....it has been forced upon us by a criminal government that accrued it through waste, misappropiation and recklessness....

people need to realise its government debt.....it is sickening to me that they can announce above inflation rises in fuel duty etc and not feel an ounce of shame....

our debts are our mortgages, credit cards etc

[Halb]

Dave Angel said:

qureshia said:

PS what ever happened to diesel being 10p cheaper than petrol?

That changed when everyone swallowed the propaganda that diesel cars were more economical to run than petrol, when the proportion of diesel cars went up, so did the price of DERV. s.

Why was it propaganda?

[qureshia]

musclecarmad said:

keep your diesel it'll be £1.50 before long.

oopss

Sold, paid for and collected within 24 hours of the ad going up on ebay

[jeevescat]

About to fill my car up yesterday with BP Ultimate, till I glanced at the pump to see it was at 146.9 ppl!!!!!!!!!! Normal unleaded was 111.9ppl, and the staff confirmed the price was right.

[Matt_N]

jeevescat said:

About to fill my car up yesterday with BP Ultimate, till I glanced at the pump to see it was at 146.9 ppl!!!!!!!!!! Normal unleaded was 111.9ppl, and the staff confirmed the price was right.

I only run my track car on V-Power / SUL, so havent bought any in a while but it used to be about 10p a litre more than normal, why are BP charging 35p per litre more than normal?

Surely that must have an adverse effect, ie less people will buy it at that price so profit will go down.

[jeevescat]

It seemed to me to be a mistake, but the staff were adamant that it was right. Needless to say I went elsewhere!

[Frederick]

BP have always been like that. At least 5ppl more on the 95 ron stuff than the local competition, and at least 20ppl more for "ultimate" than the normal stuff on the same forecourt.

That's the reason I don't use BP now, if I'm red-lighting and a BP station is the only option, I'll drive past it and play fuel light bingo instead.

[maxrider]

Frederick said:

BP have always been like that. At least 5ppl more on the 95 ron stuff than the local competition, and at least 20ppl more for "ultimate" than the normal stuff on the same forecourt.

That's the reason I don't use BP now, if I'm red-lighting and a BP station is the only option, I'll drive past it and play fuel light bingo instead.

I live on a main road near a BP garage, prices are 112.9ppl for unleaded and 113.9ppl diesel.

About 1/2 a mile further up the road is another BP station, prices are 110.9ppl and 111.9ppl.

How the hell does that work then?

[Mr E Driver]

I have always found the first petrol station going into a town or city is more expensive and I have always thought they are hoping to catch the ones running on fumes to call in and fill up.

If I am going on a journey I check the fuel prices at the destination and plan where I fill up.
This might be considered a pain by some but I resent giving Darling Brown £2.50ish a tank more than I need to.

Over a years average motoring that would give me a 'free' tank of fuel