Petrol

[deaglecat]

Is it just local to me... or have the prices leapt up in the last 10 days ?

[firman]

Still seems to be 1.16 a litre for normal and 1.21 for Tesco 99 which the car prefers

[spurs-442]

Shell garage by me has just put its prices up to 118.9 for petrol and 122.9 for diesel - up by 2p each

[xrv]

is there not a panic about a shortage because tankers cant possibly move in the snow?

[Chapppers]

Yep, my local has jumped from 116.9 to 119.9 since I last filled up. Coming along the motorway (yes, a main road) yesterday there was services garage offering it for 129.9 and diesel for 135.9!!!!

Edited by Chapppers on Saturday 4th December 21:38

[deaglecat]

Well my local tesco no longer displays the prices on the big banner outside the station - just the pumps. And other garages in the 122 - 125p price range for unleaded.

[smack]

Oil prices reach post-crisis two-year high:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-11917152

[dpbird90]

Could be worse, all the petrol stations round here seem to be empty. Sainsburys only have diesel, Asda ran out completely, Tesco/Esso didn't have any either. Only hope is the big tesco at Bridge of Don, but I may not have the fuel to get there!

[Kinky]

I had to fill up yesterday .... 123.9 Gone up 4 or 5p in about a week!

[Fox-]

And even higher soon as the government continues to pile on the fuel duty.

[MGZRod]

dpbird90 said:

Could be worse, all the petrol stations round here seem to be empty. Sainsburys only have diesel, Asda ran out completely, Tesco/Esso didn't have any either. Only hope is the big tesco at Bridge of Don, but I may not have the fuel to get there!

shell at bridge of don, top of kings st only ran out of diesel if it's of use to you?

[Allyc85]

1.20.9 is the normal in east Devon at the moment!

[chrisga]

Yep its gone up by 2p a litre round Coventry and Rugby area in the last week. I can remember the furore when it hit £1 a litre. How come nothing is said about it nowadays? Do we just accept it?

[standfree93]

xrv said:

is there not a panic about a shortage because tankers cant possibly move in the snow?

Yup, think so. Went round to fill up at Asda today, and of the 10 pumps in that station, only 2 had fuel in them.

[Gwagon111]

I just filled up with Vpower from a local Shell station. The price has shot up by 7 pence a litre since last week. Profiteering st and bks

[Lordbenny]

Diesels £1.25 in London at the moment!

[smack]

Gwagon111 said:

I just filled up with Vpower from a local Shell station. The price has shot up by 7 pence a litre since last week. Profiteering st and bks

Oil price has gone up, and consumption has dropped.

I go through about 100l of unleaded a week at the moment, but htis week I used 40l due to snow. They (Shell etc.) still have all the same fixed operating costs to sell you fuel when it comes to petrol stations. So if the are not doing the volume, then then they have to up the margin to make up for it.

[perdu]

Asda Great Barr yesterday 116.9 95 RON

TBH I was expecting far worse

(Suspect that when I need more it will be "amusingly" more than that)



Edit...We really do need an irony smiley/"gurn"ey

Edited by perdu on Saturday 4th December 23:15

[Pageo]

I was thinking this as well, and with vat up 2.5% thats another 4-5p on top of todays prices.When will the goverment learn that incresing fuel duty puts us out of pocket more!

The way i see it is the petrol price is split into four segments.

- Oil price
- Fuel duty
- VAT
- Retailers charge ( forecourt)

This is my guess as the costs.

Oil price - $90 = 48p a litre (guess)
Fuel duty - 52p + oil price of 48p = £1 a litre
VAT - 17.5% ( of £1 a litre ) = £1.17
Retailers - anything from 3p to 10p a litre = £1.19 to £1.30

The oil price is changing all the time, Fuel duty is going up, VAT is going up, and the retailers can charge what they like to be competitive. Which is why it's handy if you live near a ASDA or Morrisons forecourt as they have the lowest forecourt charges.

Edited by Pageo on Saturday 4th December 23:19

Edited by Pageo on Saturday 4th December 23:23

[Jayho]

dpbird90 said:

Could be worse, all the petrol stations round here seem to be empty. Sainsburys only have diesel, Asda ran out completely, Tesco/Esso didn't have any either. Only hope is the big tesco at Bridge of Don, but I may not have the fuel to get there!

That the petrol stations in Garthdee? Why not try the shell down anderson drive if you're heading to BoD anyway? The Asda was mega busy yesterday, was popping home from uni and it was crazy... All I wanted to do was have a MaccyDee's before i went home!!!