Diesel prices reach eye-watering 150.9p a litre at M6 service station

w211

Just went past a Total service station, near Southfields station (not far from Wimbledon tennis) - 152.9p a litre for diesel.

oldvicar

jamespir wrote: »

its ridiculous the price of fuel i remember when it was 35p a litre

That's nothing. I remember when it was 35p a Gallon.

Going4TheDream

oldvicar wrote: »

That's nothing. I remember when it was 35p a Gallon.

I remember as a child when we had the old halfpenny and there was an outrage when one garage sold a gallon of petrol a halfpenny more than another within a local area and people would refuse to go there

I can understand regional variance's but nowadays you see a difference of up to 10p a litre locally (about 45p ish a gallon difference) yet people still support these garages!

yertiz_2

Going4TheDream wrote: »

I remember as a child when we had the old halfpenny and there was an outrage when one garage sold a gallon of petrol a halfpenny more than another within a local area and people would refuse to go there

I can understand regional variance's but nowadays you see a difference of up to 10p a litre locally (about 45p ish a gallon difference) yet people still support these garages!

You might find this interesting if you have'nt already seen it:

http://www.moneyweek.com/personal-finance/petrol-and-diesel-prices-soar-57730

MrRee_2

I remember when it was 16d a Gallon - about 8p.

oldvicar

MrRee wrote: »

I remember when it was 16d a Gallon - about 8p.

16d - that would have been 'One (shilling) and Four (pence)' writen as "1/4". Upon decimalisation that would have become 6.5 New P. (6.6667 to be accurate).

Surely Mr Ree, if you lived through decimalisation you would have known that, and not made the silly mistake of inflating it to 8p.

Are you really as old and experienced as you sound? If so, may your God help you. :A

MrRee_2

16d = 1s 4d as you rightly say = 7p (or about 8p) ......... and, yes, I'm as old as remembering 1/4 a Gallon!!

thescouselander

Ah yes, I remember the old days. When I was a lad everything was made of wood - even metal and plastic!

gingerdad

Washington services on the a1m was cheaper than the local Tescos last week. 140.9 at services 142.9 at Tescos.

Same at Southwaite. But noticed yesterday burton was 150.9. Local garage 1/2 mile from j36 143.9

MrRee_2

At £2 a litre will people just continue to pay?- I suspect that they will .... people will pay whatever it takes to be mobile and flexible.

I do more pleasure miles a year than required miles. If I travel on business I get either 45p a mile or a Pool Car, so that's covered - I work 1.5 miles from home so that's nowt.

Where I end up paying is taking the cars out for a 'Pleasure Run' a drive through the New Forest or drive along the Coast Road in one of the Sports Cars is fantastic - I would pay £10 a litre to do that!

At what price point will you curtail your driving?

I would love to drive the Aston on empty roads ........................