Panic at the pumps again

michaelvintner

The_Groat_Counter wrote: »

Panic early and panic often... indeed don't stop panicking, best to just stay in a permanent state of panic - doing that saves any sudden panics...

I panic that I panic too much and when I am not panicing I panic that maybe I should be.

aurongrande_2

scragend wrote: »

It's been 124.9 at both Morrisons and Sainsbury's here for quite some time.

Our Sainsbug's fuel is the cheapest in our town at 127.9, with nearby Tesco etc being at 129.9. If you travel 5 minutes out of town by car, you'll hit stations as low as 125.9.

aurongrande_2

Evilm wrote: »

If it was a certain blue supermarket then its because everyone has money off vouchers at the moment due to the spend £50 get a 5p/l voucher. Our local always backs up during the few weeks this promotion is on.

Our Tesco does that fuel offer all the time lately, but it means squat round here. They usually rack up their fuel prices first, so when you get your 5p/l voucher, it knocks the price down to that of Sainsbug's fuel. Also, best to go to our Sainsbug's petrol station as it's better quality fuel.

Kilty_2

aurongrande wrote: »

Also, best to go to our Sainsbug's petrol station as it's better quality fuel.

No, it's not.

The_Matelot

aurongrande wrote: »

Our Tesco does that fuel offer all the time lately, but it means squat round here. They usually rack up their fuel prices first, so when you get your 5p/l voucher, it knocks the price down to that of Sainsbug's fuel. Also, best to go to our Sainsbug's petrol station as it's better quality fuel.

Our tesco is 130p litre for diesel and that without there promotion thing. Cheapest i seen anywhere and i been up and down country car hunting past two weeks

Evilm

aurongrande wrote: »

Our Tesco does that fuel offer all the time lately, but it means squat round here. They usually rack up their fuel prices first, so when you get your 5p/l voucher, it knocks the price down to that of Sainsbug's fuel. Also, best to go to our Sainsbug's petrol station as it's better quality fuel.

Even if they do do that it still causes backup at the pumps as not everyone notices the raise in prices around this time.

KierNet

At work (Tesco) we're currently 125.9 for unleaded and 129.9 for diesel, cheapest around by a penny at the moment, plus we have the 5p off coupon...its been non stop! Be interesting to see how much we take, its normally around £70k-£80k a day, wouldn't be surprised if its nearer £100k.

Didn't help on Friday when the front of the local paper was saying about fuel prices going up!

Enfieldian

burtons wrote: »

They was saying on my local radio station yesterday that in a certain part of the country ( sorry but i forgot where they said it was) there was going to be a go slow protest over the price of petrol.

Gosh, what a relevant, helpful and informative post.

Or maybe not.

Lum

KillerWatt wrote: »

Yet another reason to keep our "dinosaur" of a car that has !!!!!! all in the way of electronics, and is so "old school" in design that it will quite happily start & run on just about any old rubbish you throw in the tank without any modifications at all.

Not so useful now.

During the 2001 protests, I was running a 1987 Ford Escort on 4 star, which most folk couldn't use.

Can't get 4 star any more, just Unleaded and Super, which everyone can use.

Does remind me of one idiot I encountered though, filled up with 4 star then asks the cashier, "will my car be OK on 4 star?", Cashier looks out, H reg Peugeot 305, "yeah, it'll probably be ok", "oh good, because you've run out of diesel" :rotfl:

aurongrande_2

Kilty wrote: »

No, it's not.

Round here it is.