Petrol prices- when does the madness end?

[75Black]

CardinalBlue said:

I go to Costco Leeds and it's a small diversion from when I'm in the office and never had to wait (unlike at the petrol station in my village which reguarly backs up and blocks the main road.... but anyway).

However, I was told by a colleague that travels in from near Oldham that it is is reguarly 5p/10p cheaper than the Leeds one which might explain the queues.

Went at lunch to fuel up by the Costco next to my workplace in Watford, all lanes were opened because of the queues. Never seen it that bad before, but with like 900 pumps they have it shifts pretty quickly. Only waited about 5 minutes, plus diesel is 10p cheaper than the local petrol stations.

[ingenieur]

Wills2 said:

ingenieur said:

I don't think the disparity is as bad as it once was? Your prices must be going up as ours have always been fairly high. You're paying about 60% of what we pay but I seem to remember your cost was once around 25% of ours. Maybe I have it all wrong, got no evidence for this historic comparisons.

The devaluation of the pound has made it look more expensive when you convert it, in 2014 it was 1.71 vs 1.27 today, no doubt it will have increased regardless as ours have though.

That would certainly explain it. There has been a step-change in the exchange rate since the UK left the EU so it would make things look different even if they aren't as different as they first appear.

[RoadToad84]

Just bought a 1.5dci for winter. First diesel in years. Paid 149.9ppl and £65 to fill. 800 mile range. Bit better than my old 2.0 Shogun Pinin (30mpg) and considerably better than the El Camino.

[Square Leg]

Square Leg said:

My new local Gulf, self serv only station (no shop or staff on site)

Only 1.5 miles down the road Shell is selling Diesel at 163.9 and E10 154.9

Today

[James6112]

Diesel £1.42.9 at my local Costco
Pretty good at the moment

[ChocolateFrog]

75Black said:

CardinalBlue said:

I go to Costco Leeds and it's a small diversion from when I'm in the office and never had to wait (unlike at the petrol station in my village which reguarly backs up and blocks the main road.... but anyway).

However, I was told by a colleague that travels in from near Oldham that it is is reguarly 5p/10p cheaper than the Leeds one which might explain the queues.

Went at lunch to fuel up by the Costco next to my workplace in Watford, all lanes were opened because of the queues. Never seen it that bad before, but with like 900 pumps they have it shifts pretty quickly. Only waited about 5 minutes, plus diesel is 10p cheaper than the local petrol stations.

The Sheffield Costco always seems busy, pretty much queuing back to the Parkway on a weekend, wasn't much shorter when I went on Monday lunchtime, reckon it was 20 minute wait then. That's with 10 or 12 pumps running continuously.

Edit. Could actually be 16 pumps. They must have some massive storage tanks.

Edited by ChocolateFrog on Thursday 7th December 14:15

[Honourable Dead Snark]

Seems to be continually dropping. 138.9 at my local supermarket.

[Mark V GTD]

Unleaded £1.33.9 at mine!

[CABC]

ingenieur said:

Wills2 said:

ingenieur said:

I don't think the disparity is as bad as it once was? Your prices must be going up as ours have always been fairly high. You're paying about 60% of what we pay but I seem to remember your cost was once around 25% of ours. Maybe I have it all wrong, got no evidence for this historic comparisons.

The devaluation of the pound has made it look more expensive when you convert it, in 2014 it was 1.71 vs 1.27 today, no doubt it will have increased regardless as ours have though.

That would certainly explain it. There has been a step-change in the exchange rate since the UK left the EU so it would make things look different even if they aren't as different as they first appear.

different, but not that different. rather than selecting a 2014 (or '15) high, look at the years preceding.

[aturnick54]

ChocolateFrog said:

The Sheffield Costco always seems busy, pretty much queuing back to the Parkway on a weekend, wasn't much shorter when I went on Monday lunchtime, reckon it was 20 minute wait then. That's with 10 or 12 pumps running continuously.

Edit. Could actually be 16 pumps. They must have some massive storage tanks.

Edited by ChocolateFrog on Thursday 7th December 14:15

I stopped by at Sheffield Costco on Friday to fill up. Once you're past the fuel station exit it would make more sense for people to use both lanes rather than queue in a single file to shorten the queues a little bit.

[andycats]

still creeping down
tesco hull
Diesel £1.46
Unleaded £1.37
Super £1.44

[ingenieur]

Now 132 for petrol locally

I'm wondering if it will break into the 120s

[Flumpo]

Very odd prices locally in Leeds.

My local esso (euro garages/asda brothers) has consistently been the most expensive petrol station outside of motorway services since covid. It’s now turning from esso/spa into esso/asda and is now the cheapest I’ve seen for branded fuel. 1.35 petrol and 1.46 diesel.

Costco Leeds still well down today though:





Then oddly enough, the shell garages near me have all put up their prices this week, standard diesel 1.53

[Saleen836]

What ever it sits it will rise by 5ppl in March when the government add the fuel duty back on (unless of course they hold it back again)

[Flumpo]

Saleen836 said:

What ever it sits it will rise by 5ppl in March when the government add the fuel duty back on (unless of course they hold it back again)

Hell of a lot of local elections in May and a general election at some point. I think it might stay off. But who knows.

[sixor8]

ingenieur said:

Now 132 for petrol locally

I'm wondering if it will break into the 120s

That garage near Whitchurch in Shropshire know for its cheaper fuel (DE Roberts), had unleaded at 127.9p yesterday.

[snuffy]

BBC Website:

Petrol prices fall to lowest level in two years

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-67729428

Which is 1p/litre more than it was in April 2012:

https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/inflationandpricein...

[mikey_b]

snuffy said:

BBC Website:

Petrol prices fall to lowest level in two years

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-67729428

Which is 1p/litre more than it was in April 2012:

https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/inflationandpricein...

Unleaded is still in the high 140s where I am in Kent, the robbing s.

I can fill the bike up at Sainsbury’s by the Blackwall Tunnel for 137p as I travel past when commuting, but the car is rarely out of my home area and costs about 10-11p a litre more.

[Saleen836]

mikey_b said:

snuffy said:

BBC Website:

Petrol prices fall to lowest level in two years

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-67729428

Which is 1p/litre more than it was in April 2012:

https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/inflationandpricein...

Unleaded is still in the high 140s where I am in Kent, the robbing s.

I can fill the bike up at Sainsbury’s by the Blackwall Tunnel for 137p as I travel past when commuting, but the car is rarely out of my home area and costs about 10-11p a litre more.

I put some Momentum 99 in my car today at a local Tesco (Shaftesbury) and paid 149.9ppl

[Court_S]

mikey_b said:

snuffy said:

BBC Website:

Petrol prices fall to lowest level in two years

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-67729428

Which is 1p/litre more than it was in April 2012:

https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/inflationandpricein...

Unleaded is still in the high 140s where I am in Kent, the robbing s.

I can fill the bike up at Sainsbury’s by the Blackwall Tunnel for 137p as I travel past when commuting, but the car is rarely out of my home area and costs about 10-11p a litre more.

Still high 130’s here, no seen anything as low as a few posts above.