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I-LOV-MONEY

AdrianHi wrote: »

Yes quite.
I have all the daily emails for diesel price in my area (Hampshire) from petrolprices.com dating back to 11 June 2008 and I can tell you:
Peak diesel price was 135.9p per litre 15th to 22nd July 2008
Lowest diesel price since was 97.9p per litre 5th to 9th January 2009
Today's diesel price is 117.9p per litre

The highest I paid for petrol previously was 119.9 on 15 July 2008. Last year I bought it as low as 82.9 on 9 January.

I filled up last Saturday at 114.9 (but had Tesco coupon for 5p per ltr discount) and my local Sainsbury's (as of yesterday) was selling at 113.9

AdrianHi

I-LOV-MONEY wrote: »

The highest I paid for petrol previously was 119.9 on 15 July 2008. Last year I bought it as low as 82.9 on 9 January.

I filled up last Saturday at 114.9 (but had Tesco coupon for 5p per ltr discount) and my local Sainsbury's (as of yesterday) was selling at 113.9

122.9p per litre for regular unleaded on 15 July 2008 in my area. If you drive 25+ minutes from where I live you can get it down 2p per litre usually.

tonio_2

If you're taking advantage of a discount voucher from one of the major supermarkets having spent £50 on groceries etc, why not take a 20 litre Jerrycan with you to gain extra litres from the discount. Plastic 20 litre cans can be quite cheap and the cost can be recovered if used a couple of times.

Nitwit

When I was getting petrol by junction 25 of the M5 yesterday, I saw a sign near the pump to the effect that cans could only be a maximum of 10 litres if metal and 5 litres if plastic, and they had to have a vapour lock seal. I wonder whether this is enforceable in law or simply a rule that the petrol company seeks to impose.

John_Pierpoint

tonio wrote: »

If you're taking advantage of a discount voucher from one of the major supermarkets having spent £50 on groceries etc, why not take a 20 litre Jerrycan with you to gain extra litres from the discount. Plastic 20 litre cans can be quite cheap and the cost can be recovered if used a couple of times.

I often need a gallon in a can at the same time for the lawn mower - my local supermarkets tend to have a sign up saying "no cans" - so you need to be quick & nonchalant to slip the nozzle into the extra orifice,;)
I've also noticed that there is a limited number of times you can stop and start the fuel flow before something in the office turns off the pump automatically..

I would think a big container needing two hands to get it in and out of the back of the car - would be a bit obvious. There is also a fire risk in carrying that much petrol in a car. Plastic can build up an electric charge to the point of creating a static spark, if you are pouring it out at the time......:eek:.
Diesel is a lot safer.
The vapour lock business is probably something to do with the volatile organic emissions regulations (have a look at a new pot of paint and mourn the fact you cannot buy creosote any more) - even my 10 year old mower has "cannot be used under the laws of the state of California" printed on it.:eek:

aj9648

Any tips for someone using an automatic car? - I know it uses more juice but need one due to health reasons but its ridiculous how much it drinks !!!

EricMears

I believe that the petroleum regulations will only allow use of one or two five litre plastic containers or one twentyfive litre metal container. I also think that this rule strictly applies only to petrol - there's no great hazard in carrying derv - but filling stations tend to enforce the regulations for any fuel.

Going back to my earlier point about 'non-record' prices, I've since found some petrol prices for July 08 and can see that I paid 119.9 on one occasion - but don't buy petrol quite as often so may have missed the peak price. So this week's petrol price is definitely at least 8p short of a record and derv prices are around 20p below their record.

The headlines are even more annoying in that derv prices have a knock-on effect on virtually everything that is carried by lorry; petrol prices pretty well only affect car drivers.

rupert_king

The best way I have found of reducing my fuel consumption is to drive with the MPG display on on the dashboard all the time (citroen picasso). If you drive a bit slower eg joining a motorway and take your foot off the accelerator a bit earlier before traffic lights or when coming off a motorway, it is amazing how much less fuel you will use- I have seen 999.9 mpg believ it or not and it regularly gets over 100mpg on long downhill stretches.

motorguy

rupert_king wrote: »

and it regularly gets over 100mpg on long downhill stretches.

What happens when you need to get back up the hill?

chobadangi

I recently reduced my speed on motorways from 90 to 80 and noticed a significant saving. i use cruise when i can. although it is logical that this will use more petrol by maintaining speed up hills and not gaining speed downhill, i believe there is an overall saving by sticking to the same speed. when i try to nurse the car - using the computer to try to maintain best mpg, i often end up going faster down the hill then not shaving off as much speed going back up so go faster overall and therefore use more fuel. The result has been a significant saving. it's a high mileage diesle voyager that can achieve up to 35 mpg on a run at 80 mph where i used to get 30 mpg before. journey times don't seem to be significantly affected either!