£1.29 per liter.

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Chris Type R

8,018 posts

248 months

Thursday 14th June 2012
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Shouldn't the tread title be "£1.29 per litre." ?

Sam.F

1,144 posts

199 months

Thursday 14th June 2012
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Matthen said:
paulmoonraker said:
I drive all the time for work, and without question the roads are not quite as busy and people are driving slower. 80 is the new 90 on the motorway. Couple this with more fuel efficient cars and then demand drops...
Sure didnt look like that on saturday night - A303/M3 was running at 80mph in the slow lane, with people blasting past at 100+... Of course, that was when there were other cars to observe... Never driven from the Mere bypass to Winterbourne Stoke without seeing aother sole before..
It seems to depend very much on the time/day - last few times I did the M40 earlier this year it was filled with people bumbling along at about 80 which is very slow by M40 standards, but when circumstances dictated that I had to drive down there on a Tuesday evening the other week everyone was flying along at ~90-100 (and more).

I agree though that prices do affect how people drive - it was the same back a couple of years ago when prices spiked, everyone started hypermiling on the motorways for a while but when prices dropped back down everyone picked up the pace again.

Jimmy No Hands

5,007 posts

155 months

Thursday 14th June 2012
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I don't know, but I got a pleasant shock when I went for some Momentum the other day, £1.33 which I thought was reasonable.

bakerstreet

4,755 posts

164 months

Thursday 14th June 2012
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crofty1984 said:
'll agree with that. I trundle along the dual carriageway at 60 with the lorries on the way to work now.

Though funny enough, I seem to drive a lot faster when heading home!
HaHa! I do the same. I limit myself to 65mph on the dual carridge ways and 70 on the motorways. Cruise control helps a lot.

I do drive a bit quicker on the way home though, but not by much!

With the warmer weather, I have managed to get 48mpg from the Saab. Don't think I will be able to get much more out of it unless I drop to 60mph everywhere.

Toro Rosso

187 posts

154 months

Friday 15th June 2012
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willld said:
Toro Rosso said:
Why would they not vary the price depending on your location? It will cost a different amount to get fuel to different areas of the country and it doesn't make sense to make everyone else share the cost of this.
It's little to do with location. Rugby is very close to the M1, M6, A14, A45 etc and petrol is consistently 3-5p dearer than in Leamington Spa only 11 or so miles away.

It's more like blatent price-fixing by the supermarkets, charging what the few remaining local other petrol stations are charging.
Maybe, maybe not. But this happens with everything not just petrol. If it was any other commodity you might well praise them for pitching their product at the right price.

I am not saying I am happy about it but it is the way it goes. The only real blame for the high cost of fuel should be aimed at the duty - the others elements are smaller and more difficult to change.

BorkFactor

7,258 posts

157 months

Friday 15th June 2012
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126.9 pence in Sainsburys here in Aberdeen, might go and fill up later today.

When is the 3p rise due?

snapdragon69

207 posts

182 months

Friday 15th June 2012
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At 19:00 tonight, will you...

A) Watch Match of the Day Live: Euro 2012 Sweden v England - a bunch of overpaid, egotistical ponces writhe round after tripping over daisies?

B) go for a drive on the deserted roads?

BoostMonkey

569 posts

184 months

Friday 15th June 2012
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BorkFactor said:
126.9 pence in Sainsburys here in Aberdeen, might go and fill up later today.

When is the 3p rise due?
1st August & its about 3.6p when vat is added. frown

chris7676

2,685 posts

219 months

Friday 15th June 2012
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Dr Jekyll said:
I think it's about 58p fuel duty plus vat. So about 70p tax on a 1p litre.

Edited by Dr Jekyll on Thursday 14th June 15:11
It would be VAT on the whole petrol + duty price, so around 22p of it in which case you would get 80p taxation. At least they don't do VAT on VAT, yet smile

Tyrewrecker

6,419 posts

153 months

Friday 15th June 2012
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snapdragon69 said:
At 19:00 tonight, will you...

A) Watch Match of the Day Live: Euro 2012 Sweden v England - a bunch of overpaid, egotistical ponces writhe round after tripping over daisies?

B) go for a drive on the deserted roads?
Do B) regardless then home for forza smile

CooperS

4,500 posts

218 months

Friday 15th June 2012
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BoostMonkey said:
1st August & its about 3.6p when vat is added. frown
Ah yes taxing the tax FECKING BRILLIANT!

sparks_E39

12,738 posts

212 months

Friday 15th June 2012
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snapdragon69 said:
At 19:00 tonight, will you...

A) Watch Match of the Day Live: Euro 2012 Sweden v England - a bunch of overpaid, egotistical ponces writhe round after tripping over daisies?

B) go for a drive on the deserted roads?
I'd rather watch paint dry than watch football, so I'll go for a drive.