Buying Petrol in Litres

[Oakey]

Just stumbled upon this in an old box and thought I'd share it with you all:

[Mandat]

How old is that?

I remember paying 44p per litre in the min 90's.

[Oakey]

I have no idea. 32p a litre

I passed my test in 2004 and it was 72p a litre then

[twiglove]

I would say 1981

[Oakey]

twiglove said:

I would say 1981

Really? Because that would mean it took over 20years for the price to double whereas between 2004 and now it's took around 7years to double.

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

Pah! I remember these:

[PH lurker]

Oakey said:

twiglove said:

I would say 1981

Really? Because that would mean it took over 20years for the price to double whereas between 2004 and now it's took around 7years to double.

I can believe that. It has risen lots in the last few years.

[sleep envy]

2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:

Pah! I remember these:

who are you, MBH's brother?

[kellys hero]

Think it was in 1993 (ish) I recall paying 45p per litre to fill my 6.6 Trans Am. Happy days, working part time for £65 per week and putting £60 in the tank. The joys of living with your folks.

[Gokartmozart]

I'd say '81. I think the BP/409/81 may be a year code.

Plus, going by the figures this guy has complied would be a about right.

http://www.speedlimit.org.uk/petrolprices.html

[Zwolf]

Oakey said:

Really? Because that would mean it took over 20years for the price to double whereas between 2004 and now it's took around 7years to double.

At what point was fuel duty invented?

[Lordbenny]

I was buying it by the Rum bottle last week!

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

sleep envy said:

2 sMoKiN bArReLs said:

Pah! I remember these:

who are you, MBH's brother?

Nah...

....he's my grandad

[R300will]

lowest i've paid for petrol was 92.9p I wish those scientists making petrol with yeast would get a fking move on.

[m3jappa]

What is it in real terms though? If it was 32p a litre in 1981 and its 1.30 now whats the 32p equivilant to?

Surely not much difference?

I started driving in 97 and iirc it was around 57p a litre.

[GrumpyV8]

£0.32p in 1981 is the equivalent of £1.08 now.

http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/bills/article-1... refers.

[m3jappa]

GrumpyV8 said:

£0.32p in 1981 is the equivalent of £1.08 now.

http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/bills/article-1... refers.

So really the price in real terms hasn't gone up that much really. Of course 108 would be nice now but unless your doing faily reasonable mileage i dont think its that bad.

[2 sMoKiN bArReLs]

m3jappa said:

GrumpyV8 said:

£0.32p in 1981 is the equivalent of £1.08 now.

http://www.thisismoney.co.uk/money/bills/article-1... refers.

So really the price in real terms hasn't gone up that much really. Of course 108 would be nice now but unless your doing faily reasonable mileage i dont think its that bad.

over 20% not much?

[martin84]

I passed my test in 2002 and i remember my first trip to the petrol station on my own, it was 72.9p (which was quite low compared to a couple of years previously, protest etc)

Today, 10 years on that same garage is charging 135.9

[paintman]

IIRC when I passed my test in 1971 petrol was around 37p a gallon.
And when it reached the dizzy heights of 50p a gallon we were all going to give up driving
(That's 4.54 litres for all you youngsters)

Edited by paintman on Friday 20th January 19:41