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  • PasturesNew
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    Not only has petrol come down, but a few days ago I picked a particularly tricky supermarket to get to purely because it had the cheapest petrol, now I find the dearer (by 3p/litre) petrol station along my road has it at that same price. So it's dropped 3p/litre just this week.

    Overall, since peak, it's dropped 12p/litre for unleaded where I am.
  • PasturesNew
    PasturesNew Posts: 70,698 Forumite
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    Cheapest I've seen is 1.02, most expensive 1.14. 12p/litre difference is amazing.
    You should let http://www.petrolprices.com/ know then, they've got the cheapest at 1.039

    Across the country, the petrol stations petrolprices report on give a range from £1.039 to £1.199 for unleaded. 16p is a lot! For a small car, filling with 40 litres, that'd be a difference of £6.40/tank.
  • dunstonh
    dunstonh Posts: 121,283 Forumite
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    You should let http://www.petrolprices.com/ know then, they've got the cheapest at 1.039

    I gave that site a go but it doenst seem very up-to-date for me. I use super unleaded and my last fill up was over 2p a litre cheaper than the site was showing for the cheapest in my area.
    I am an Independent Financial Adviser (IFA). The comments I make are just my opinion and are for discussion purposes only. They are not financial advice and you should not treat them as such. If you feel an area discussed may be relevant to you, then please seek advice from an Independent Financial Adviser local to you.
  • IT_nerd
    IT_nerd Posts: 442 Forumite
    1.219 a liter for diesel where I live.
    Used to be 1.34 a while back. Guess I should be glad? Not really.
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    £14,200 with £1100 M.I.A. presumed dead.
  • It's 111.9 for petrol in Northern Ireland, so I guess we're one of the dearest at the minute? Funny that because we used to be among the cheapest!
    Northern Ireland club member No 382 :j
  • tpl288
    tpl288 Posts: 31 Forumite
    dunstonh wrote: »
    The price you see takes a few months to hit the pumps. The increases were also not fully passed onto the consumer. So, you should expect the drop to be as sluggish as well. That is the cost of smoothing.

    Exchange rate could be the biggest problem going forward on that though.


    What planet are you on? When oil was increasing a few months ago, my local petrol station (incl supermarkets) increased their prices almost immediately and every few days.
  • amcluesent
    amcluesent Posts: 9,425 Forumite
    >increased their prices almost immediately<

    Yep, the were wacking up the cost of goods already in the garage storage tanks, so must have been bought ages back! Pure profiteering.

    Perhaps uber-economist Vince Cable can comment? Or does he still have mates in Shell?
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