Petrol prices and VAT

mcjordi

i use asda and never had a problem with my car..

as to the price rise, i have had to cut down a little on using the car..

southantrim3

The difference between petrol stations only a couple of miles from each other is incredible. The Maxol in Whitehouse, Newtownabbey (who always seem to lead the price rises, followed by BP) was 133.9 per litre for diesel whereas the one beside Iceland on the Doagh Road (also Newtownabbey) was only 126.9 per litre for diesel.

I can't for the life of me understand why there is the huge difference.

jack1004

any you guys know the cheapest/best place to fill up the car on petrol in dromore (co.down) and surrounding areas, thanks

mcjordi

Well BP have to pay for the oil spill somehow..

hence the huge price increase lol

bingo_bango

jack1004 wrote: »

any you guys know the cheapest/best place to fill up the car on petrol in dromore (co.down) and surrounding areas, thanks

The filling station on the A1 on the way to Banbridge always seems to be competitive. Name escapes me I'm afraid. It's the one with the restaurant beside it and has a green totem.

sheerdelight

If filling stations charged the same people would be complaining that it is all a big cartel! Sometimes it pays to shop around - sometimes it is not worth the hassle of trying to saving a couple of pence a litre. Drive more than a few hundred extra yards to fill up and you will have largely lost any savings!

Never had a problem with supermarket fuel and studiously avoid huckster and hole in the wall sites sites that are regularly raided and closed by HM Customs. If it looks too good to be true it probably is!

ballyblack

tudiously avoid huckster and hole in the wall sites sites that are regularly raided and closed by HM Customs

Most of these are 'rented' so the owner is not responsible!

dmxdave

bingo_bango wrote: »

The filling station on the A1 on the way to Banbridge always seems to be competitive. Name escapes me I'm afraid. It's the one with the restaurant beside it and has a green totem.

Don't believe the signage!

sheerdelight

Matters not a jot to me who is really selling the fuel at huckster sites or who "owns" the site. I don't go near them.

spike7451

Hightrees in Donaghadee (Maxol) is up at £1.35 but they don't seem to have any petrol as since before Christmas,their pumps have been locked,The Centra which is 1/4 mile away is £1.29 a litre unleaded.
I too prefer BP & find I get better MPH with that one.