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Well then, you would have been paying a premium for convenience, which is the basis of the pricing.A VW transpoter with an extra long range tank fitted so 115 litres to fill from empty. I was also towing so ideally i didn't want to get stuck trying to turn around in side roads trying to find a petrol station in the dark.
You're free to purchase elsewhere, as you did.0 -
Coffee is about £5 a litre!0
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Indeed. People will willingly pay more per litre for coffee, coke and even water without complaining, yet moan about fuel prices. A morning coffee at around £3 seems to have become an essential for many people and judging by the explosion in drive-through coffee outlets along the motorways, it's a habit that's gone beyond mornings as well.Coffee is about £5 a litre!0 -
TBF, I don't pull into a coffee shop and buy 50 litres of coffee.Aylesbury_Duck wrote: »Indeed. People will willingly pay more per litre for coffee, coke and even water without complaining, yet moan about fuel prices. A morning coffee at around £3 seems to have become an essential for many people and judging by the explosion in drive-through coffee outlets along the motorways, it's a habit that's gone beyond mornings as well.
(I don't buy any, ever - filthy stuff - and their tea is always hideously overpriced, plus I'm really not that caffeine addicted to be unable to go a few hours without a jolt... but ykwim)0 -
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George_Michael wrote: »Cheap compared to this:
At about £750 per litre!
And it screws up your fuel injectors.A man walked into a car showroom.
He said to the salesman, “My wife would like to talk to you about the Volkswagen Golf in the showroom window.”
Salesman said, “We haven't got a Volkswagen Golf in the showroom window.”
The man replied, “You have now mate".0 -
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Four cylinders. Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, Black. They tend to blend into a muddy brown at high revs.shaun_from_Africa wrote: »But I bet you get lovely black smoke from your exhaust.0 -
I wouldn't use that. Think of the paper jams.0
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