Petrol prices- when does the madness end?
Discussion
Mad Maximus said:
vikingaero said:
Geoffcapes said:
E90_M3Ross said:
thecremeegg said:
hotchy said:
We've got used to thinking 1.40 was cheap, time to get it right back to 1.80+ to bring it down and settle at 1.50 odds to think that's cheap.
Still worth it. Stuff using an EV.
Or have an EV and an ICE car like me? fStill worth it. Stuff using an EV.
k paying £90 for 400 miles when I can pay £20 for the same distance.You get perceived value form spending on a new car because you get a new car. Spending money on tax is no value to you personally.
It’s even worse for the 700 odd a year tax I’m just hoping the 2006 onwards v8’s plummet in value because of this and I can get a good one for cheap
My wife has just started a new job much closer to home (3 miles round trip instead of 44 miles) so I'm now thinking it might be a good time to get rid of our diesel shed A6 Avant for something with a pokey V6/V8 petrol engine while we still can.
hotchy said:
sam.rog said:
hotchy said:
I'd rather pay £200 for 400 miles than drive an EV.
Have you ever driven one?
andburg said:
Madness round here at the minute for petrol at least
Around my usual trips the cheapest is £1.39.9 at Sainsburys and a Texaco which are even undercutting Costco
cheapest within the real local area is £1.43.9
Around here are 144.9 - 149.9 so I'd take 139.9 in a heartbeat. Around my usual trips the cheapest is £1.39.9 at Sainsburys and a Texaco which are even undercutting Costco
cheapest within the real local area is £1.43.9
Not seen a one-thirty anything since well before Christmas.
https://www.petrolprices.com/locations/huddersfiel...
that's the 139.9 one
within 5 miles of me today he cheapest is still 143.9 and my closest 2 are 145.7 and 148.9
that's the 139.9 one
within 5 miles of me today he cheapest is still 143.9 and my closest 2 are 145.7 and 148.9
Esso have just opened a site in Hartlepool and are making all the other places look like thieving oiks (who cranked their prices up to 1.48 over the Easter break) having opened with a saving at charging 1.45. The Esso station outside of Sedgefield (not usually one of the cheapest usually) are charging a penny less than that as is the Gulf station just off the A1, both of which have traditionally been pricier by a fair margin.
Gericho said:
They will price people out of petrol and diesel so that its completely unattractive and go EV. But then they lose a cash cow in fuel duty and VAT. I think they will probably just make electricity much more expensive by 2035 to regain the losses. Basically you're f*cked either way.
The world according to Gericho (their guess)Gericho said:
They will price people out of petrol and diesel so that its completely unattractive and go EV. But then they lose a cash cow in fuel duty and VAT. I think they will probably just make electricity much more expensive by 2035 to regain the losses. Basically you're f*cked either way.
The mental gymnastics is quite interesting. I have always been very happy with my petrol car and didn't really see the need for getting an EV at all. Just a few years later and I'm sat here considering a hybrid as most of my trips are sub 20 miles round trip most days and could easily be done on electric. Saving the petrol for the longer commute to work or visiting relatives. Never thought it would happen and yet here I am.
However, I can also see them putting electric prices up or at least if people are on a smart meter adding more tax to the car portion of charging (if they can even see that). I know people will say that's a conspiracy or whatever and I am weird but stranger things have turned out to be true and they will want the money somehow.
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