142.9 for diesel - anyone beat that?
142.9 for diesel - anyone beat that?
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tonym911

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18,707 posts

226 months

Saturday 5th March 2011
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Spotted in the Esso garage on the A36 between Warminster and Salisbury yesterday - a notoriously expensive Esso place I was boycotting long before the email went round asking everyone to boycott them.

Can anybody beat this? And can anyone explain why the gap between diesel and petrol prices is widening (again)?

hidetheelephants

32,886 posts

214 months

Saturday 5th March 2011
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The chaps from the Hebrides I sail with have been paying over 150p for a few months now; probably up to 160 by now.

eldar

24,793 posts

217 months

Saturday 5th March 2011
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Tried a motorway service area recently?

tonym911

Original Poster:

18,707 posts

226 months

Saturday 5th March 2011
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eldar said:
Tried a motorway service area recently?
Not recently, I try to avoid filling up on the motorway, but they're in outer space as prices go generally so I don't really count them.

Vulgar LS2

1,785 posts

204 months

Saturday 5th March 2011
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I've not seen it that high yet, but I have noticed the supermarkets are a few pence more per litre than the smaller places, round my way at least.

pancholi

250 posts

178 months

Sunday 6th March 2011
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goverment has said that fuel duty to be cut/ put on hold for remote communities..
eg Hebrides etc

106 gti

843 posts

226 months

Sunday 6th March 2011
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yes try the bp garage at warminster services , the diesel in there is 144 a litre ......lol

Negative Creep

25,750 posts

248 months

Sunday 6th March 2011
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Don't worry lads, as soon as this useless Labour government is kicked out watch the price tumble and a fairer deal for all.




Oh, wait a second.............

B19GRR

1,980 posts

277 months

Monday 7th March 2011
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I'll sell it to you for 189.9ppl if you want? Note that this is an exclusive PH offer only available up until the point it does actually cost 189.9ppl!

Cheers,
Rob

richie barry

610 posts

226 months

Friday 22nd April 2011
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or just use half the diesel and top up on chip fat (on a hot day)

anonymous-user

75 months

Friday 22nd April 2011
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eldar said:
Tried a motorway service area recently?
Yes... 148.9... frown

jannthaman

106 posts

178 months

Friday 22nd April 2011
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Lol try a Gulf garage in Cardiff by radyr which diesel is £1.54
Petrol £1.49

refoman2

266 posts

212 months

Sunday 24th April 2011
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£1-48 for diesel in the only petrol station in Marlborough in Wiltshire,but theyve always been way over priced compared to anyone else.

but heres the mentality of people and how much the majority of the population dont care about fuel prices; driving through Wootton Bassett yesterday morning there are 2 petrol stations within a couple of hundred yards of each other,one selling petrol for £1-34 the other for £1-40, so why would anyone actually be anywhere near the more expensive when a matter of seconds away its much cheaper,yet there were still cars on the more expensive forecourt!

Laurel Green

30,979 posts

253 months

Sunday 24th April 2011
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Company fuel cards and, those that take an Harrods bag when shopping at Tescos.

almack

337 posts

249 months

Tuesday 26th April 2011
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It was up in the £1.52-£1.55 range near Ullapool, Scotland, for unleaded (i was on my Triumph)... didn't take any notice of the diesel.

Evo

3,462 posts

275 months

Saturday 7th May 2011
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Yes, I had to pay 148.9 for diesel at Clackett lane Services, it's 142.9 locally though.

sosRob

1 posts

176 months

Monday 9th May 2011
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£149.9 at south mimms truck stop on saturday night... No wonder our firm is going bust lol

Pistachio

1,116 posts

211 months

Tuesday 10th May 2011
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£149.9 Pulborough West Sussex

vit4

3,507 posts

191 months

Thursday 12th May 2011
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£142.9 for normal unleaded. Arse end of nowhere, independant garage. If I were loaded it would've been worth it hehe lovely garage.

isxrc

3 posts

176 months

Thursday 19th May 2011
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149.9 at services last week. Only put in a fiver so i could get home and the reserve light was still on after filling up haha.