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Living abroad tips and hints for money savers

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  • Wortle
    Wortle Posts: 143 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Anybody got an up to date diesel at supermarket price for northern France please?

    We generall go empty and fill up there but with exchange & Euro costs it may be better to fill up at 1.15 a litre in the uk.
  • droopsnout
    droopsnout Posts: 3,620 Forumite
    Hi, Wortle. Can't help you with Northern France, and there are no regular contributors here from those parts. But last Wednesday I paid 1.069€ for a litre of diesel at an Intermarche in Agen. But ... the sign on the huge board at the entrance said it was 1.095€.

    So it would be a bit cheaper to fill up in France at those prices. And I keep hearing on the radio today that the price of fuel is soaring in the UK.
    Much of the social history of the Western world over the past three decades has involved replacing what worked with what sounded good. - Thomas Sowell, "Is Reality Optional?", 1993
  • droopsnout
    droopsnout Posts: 3,620 Forumite
    Can I also point you in the direction of http://www.prix-carburants.gouv.fr? If you don't mind dealing with a bit of French, it's a very useful site where you can find local fuel prices for any location in France.
    Much of the social history of the Western world over the past three decades has involved replacing what worked with what sounded good. - Thomas Sowell, "Is Reality Optional?", 1993
  • donny-gal
    donny-gal Posts: 4,661 Forumite
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    Hi Wortle

    I filled up at Auchan Dunkerque @ 1.08€ for gazole last Friday. It is still cheaper than here.
    DG
    Member #8 of the SKI-ers Club
    Why is it I have less time now I am retired then when I worked?
  • Wortle
    Wortle Posts: 143 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture Combo Breaker
    Really helpful, thanks both. Knew peeps here would have the answer. You just impressed the hell out of hubby who wonders why I am permanently grafted to the 'puter
  • droopsnout
    droopsnout Posts: 3,620 Forumite
    You're welcome. Have a good trip!
    Much of the social history of the Western world over the past three decades has involved replacing what worked with what sounded good. - Thomas Sowell, "Is Reality Optional?", 1993
  • droopsnout
    droopsnout Posts: 3,620 Forumite
    How much is diesel in Spain?
    Much of the social history of the Western world over the past three decades has involved replacing what worked with what sounded good. - Thomas Sowell, "Is Reality Optional?", 1993
  • Oo-er...can't remember - cheaper than UK....will ask my husband in the morning.
    (AKA HRH_MUngo)
    Member #10 of £2 savers club
    Imagine someone holding forth on biology whose only knowledge of the subject is the Book of British Birds, and you have a rough idea of what it feels like to read Richard Dawkins on theology: Terry Eagleton
  • droopsnout
    droopsnout Posts: 3,620 Forumite
    TY! :beer:
    Much of the social history of the Western world over the past three decades has involved replacing what worked with what sounded good. - Thomas Sowell, "Is Reality Optional?", 1993
  • hartcjhart
    hartcjhart Posts: 9,463 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Combo Breaker
    apparently a new broadband sattelite service is on its way,this was posted on the costa almeria site by a friend

    {This summer a new service for £20 per month is starting up with 10 meg speed , ideal for watching TV on your laptop [I watch live football on my 10 meg speed]

    http://www.bbc.co.uk/iplayer/episode/b0 … 7_03_2010/

    To cover europe , so you in the outback in Spain or elseware will soon be online }
    I :love: MOJACAR
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