Price of diesel in France

[sniff diesel]

Does anyone know how much diesel is on the Continent ATM? Off to France tomorrow and just wondering weather I should fill up in Dover or Calais.

[arryb]

I think that the difference is still in favour of the french but it's not that big....

[sniff diesel]

Thanks for that 'arry. Wasn't sure what prices would be with the exchange rates and stuff.

[CarlT]

They were about the same when we went in February!

[elster]

Was low 90's most of the time the other week.

This was in the South West.

So it is quite a bit cheaper than here.

[Marcellus]

€1.17 at the Carrefour Cluses this morning

[sniff diesel]

Marcellus said:

€1.17 at the Carrefour Cluses this morning

So nothing in it then. I may as well fill up in Dover then and get my clubcard points then.

[dcb]

Marcellus said:

€1.17 at the Carrefour Cluses this morning

That looks like the petrol price, not diesel.

I just checked the diesel prices at the Carrefour
at City Europe.

93 Eurocents, or about 88 p a litre.

Bargain, and the French get the profit.

[J500ANT]

Does anyone know if you can get V Power diesel in France?

[magic torch]

This can be helpful.

[Marcellus]

J500ANT said:

Does anyone know if you can get V Power diesel in France?

Might be regional but where we are I can't even think of a Shell garage and I used to use V Power all the time in the UK........

[Merlot]

J500ANT said:

Does anyone know if you can get V Power diesel in France?

Yes you can, but not all of the Shell stations stock it. When I ran a DERV I found V Power horrid stuff. BP Ultimate and Total Excellium Diesel is widely available.

[elfer]

magic torch said:

This can be helpful.

"Data sourced - ERIC/USA Av August 2005"

Sterling has collapsed since then. I was paying the equivalent of £1.30 a litre last weekend for (albeit 98 Octane) unleaded in Germany. That website is showing 90p.

The AA site here is more up to date. Giving diesel in France as EUR1.07

Edited by elfer on Saturday 9th May 11:01

[jamiebae]

Derv is cheaper in France, petrol is more expensive. Fill up at Carrefour at Cite Europe and you'll save about 8p a litre.

[magic torch]

elfer said:

magic torch said:

This can be helpful.

"Data sourced - ERIC/USA Av August 2005"

Ooops posted the wrong link from my bookmarks.

Meant this one for info on France.

[carclubbed]

Was in Belgium a couple of weeks ago and it was in the low 90's - so cheaper over there but not too much difference.

[sniff diesel]

In the end it was €0.93 at Carrerfour in Calais and €0.89 in Belguim so still saves about a fiver per tank over filling up in the UK.

[Ranger 6]

Dragging this one up from the archives:
We're off to the Alps soon and have been scouting round for prices. Following one of the links on this thread it showed this one as useful: http://www.prix-carburants.gouv.fr/index.php

As before the hypermarkets are showing EUR 0.10 - 0.12 below autoroute stations.

Can anyone local confirm it's accuracy please? Marcellus, we're off to La Clusaz and visit Cluses occasionally so you're info would be useful?

Thanks

[Ranger 6]

€1.50 fk!

ETA: That French site is showing diesel at €1.24 (ish) a litre at the hypermarkets and €1.36 (ish) on the autoroutes.

Edited by Ranger 6 on Monday 10th January 15:16

[Sour Kraut]

dcb said:

Marcellus said:

€1.17 at the Carrefour Cluses this morning

That looks like the petrol price, not diesel.

I just checked the diesel prices at the Carrefour
at City Europe.

93 Eurocents, or about 88 p a litre.

Bargain, and the French get the profit.

I paid €1.31 for diesel immediately prior to Christmas. So about £1.15 per litre. Another 15p a litre here.