motoring abroad

richardlionheart

I found this an interesting how prices for fuel in the Euro zone differ.

http://www.aaroadwatch.ie/eupetrolprices/

i will plan my route via Belguim i think :rolleyes:

Rich

sarahg1969

We went to Luxembourg earlier this year. Diesel was around 1.13. 10 mins drive down the road, immediately over the border into Germany, it was 1.60.

We filled up in Belgium on the way there, so made sure we did so on the way home again - much, much cheaper.

Conor_3

richardlionheart wrote: »

I found this an interesting how prices for fuel in the Euro zone differ.

http://www.aaroadwatch.ie/eupetrolprices/

i will plan my route via Belguim i think :rolleyes:

Rich

Petrol is cheaper in the UK. Currently, petrol in the UK per litre is the equivalent of 1.06 Euros with the current devaluation of the £

redux

That AA site is always 2 to 6 weeks out of date - this is more recent

http://www.acl.lu/fr/a_la_une_trafic/prix_des_carburants

Diesel is 88 or 86 cents in Luxembourg and the cheapest places in Belgium at the moment

http://www.voordeligtanken.be/

http://www.prix-carburants.gouv.fr/

richardlionheart

thankyou Redux , that is more easy on the eye

regards
Rich

The_AA_Company_Representative

The AA accepts that the European fuel price reports lag behind actual prices due to our source. The fuel price report provides a mid-monthly snapshot. It is a guide to where prices may be going and where they have been.

It is compiled in Switzerland twice a month and circulated among the European motoring clubs. Inevitably, the researchers will start pulling together the prices before the publication date which will make them dated even before their circulated to the clubs. Put next to fresher UK prices they will be out of synch. The alternative is provided by the EU, but last updated in August!

There will be other European websites, some government-run, that provide more recent price information. You will note that even they caveat their prices with “sans garantie” – without guarantee.

mikey72

sarahg1969 wrote: »

We went to Luxembourg earlier this year. Diesel was around 1.13. 10 mins drive down the road, immediately over the border into Germany, it was 1.60.

We filled up in Belgium on the way there, so made sure we did so on the way home again - much, much cheaper.

I went to Belgium, but as we were 10 miles from the border, nipped into Luxembourg to fill up. Was noticeably cheaper than even Belgium.

Inactive

Unleaded was 1.11 Euro's in Spain a couple of weeks ago, so that makes it more expensive than the UK now, the first time that I can recall this ever happening.


All down to the lousy exchange rate of course.:rolleyes:

redux

mikey72 wrote: »

I went to Belgium, but as we were 10 miles from the border, nipped into Luxembourg to fill up. Was noticeably cheaper than even Belgium.

Belgium has an official price, but some outlets discount by up to 12 or 14 cents, whereas I've rarely seen any, and never seen more than a cent, variation in Luxembourg. See that site I mentioned above.