Petrol prices

shaun_from_Africa

JReacher1 wrote: »

I'm assuming the place you are in does not have great government services comparable with a developed country?

True, the infrastructure isn't fantastic, but I have seen far worse in other countries. (I'm actually in Trinidad at the moment).
The roads here are generally in a good state of repair, and to be honest, there are far less potholes than in many parts of the UK.

NiallB

yangptangkipperbang wrote: »

Go for a long drive this evening and use up 30L, then you can fill up again and recover your lost 60p ! Simples.............

That's Moneysaving! :money:

You're a genius :rotfl:

Kite2010

antrobus wrote: »

You can if you go to Aldi. Broccoli is 49p. But hurry, the offer ends tomorrow.

It's £70.49, when you get held up at the check-out when buying your broccoli and Parking Eye charge you

mikeandrach_2

if you are that worried about 60p send me your address and ill post you 60p if you cover the postage

NowRetired

if you are that worried about 60p send me your address and ill post you 60p if you cover the postage

Sarcasm is lost on most poster on these forums.

stephen77

dealer_wins wrote: »

I dont drive and I saved about £8000 last year as a result!!

so how far do you travel a year to save £8,000?

To save £8,000 you must be going quite a distance or be using a toll road daily.

NowRetired

Just lost £1.00 as I got a 5p a litre coupon off and I will only use about 10 litres of petrol before it becomes out of date.


I really must buy a bigger car whose tank holds more than 30 litres.


Any small cars which have a petrol tank holding 100 litres or so?

George_Michael

stephen77 wrote: »

so how far do you travel a year to save £8,000?

To save £8,000 you must be going quite a distance or be using a toll road daily.

Taking all of the costs of running a car into account, £8000 wouldn't be that difficult a figure to arrive at, especially if dealer wins is fairly young or has a poor insurance profile.

Insurance for a newish driver or one who is a high risk for another reason can easily be a few £000, and if you then add on petrol, servicing, mot, VED, parking and depreciation, it soon starts adding up.

gayleanne

shaun_from_Africa wrote: »

Well I filled my vehicle up with diesel this morning (68 litres) and I had change back from the equivilent of £10.
Where I'm currently working, diesel is only about 14p per litre, and I bet both the gov't and the oil companies are still making a profit.

This is why Africa constantly rely on handouts from other countries, to provide their people with food and water. It doesn't take much imagination to realise this.

goonarmy

NowRetired wrote: »

I hate broccoli.


I wasn't complaining about petrol going down in price, I was moaning that I had to put petrol in my car at the higher price and lost 60p.

You put far too much in. You should fill up like a f1 pit crew-just enough to get where your going. Think of all the wasted MPG you have carrying around excess fuel. Not to mention additiinal wear n tear on componets and tires.:eek:
Also if you were just topping enough then today you would have had a nice empty tank to fill