Petrol Prices

[farmersboy]

With the price of petrol going up and up,it would be interesting to know what people in other parts of the UK are paying, i fill up at ASDA,and pay £1.23 .9 per Ltr,for unleaded,while most garages around here are £1.28,or £1.29.

A few years ago when prices were at 90 +pence,farmers and hauliers were blocking the roads with their vehicles,in protest,wonder why they are not now,.............could it be cos they were mostly Tory voters? i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd161/GWDAdmin1/Smilies/Default/undecided.gif

[Auricula]

Our car is a diesel and I noticed the prices as I drove this morning. 134.9p for diesel, 129.9p for unleaded.

[Jasmine]

I paid £127.9 the other day - diesel was £132.9.

[JennyWrenn]

I actually have no idea I just fill up - nothing else can do

Not many petrol stations where I live just Tesco and then Shell

[Barbara]

It's £127.99 at the moment up here , I don't think the price of petrol is about who's in government though FB, I might be wrong for once though,. ;D I know it's mostly tax, but I think thats the fixed part of the price, and the rest is put up by the companies, something has to be done though, we can't keep affording these prices, it cost my son £ 45.00 last week just to get to work.

[carolann]

Well we are not Tory voters FB but we where on the last petrol blockade on our motorway round-about but nothing gets done whatever you do, what it really needs is all motorists and not just one type of motorist. Diesel is £1.30p up here and thats at Morrisons in the village its £1.32p, I'm sure they wouldnt put up with it in France as everyone seems to stick together over there, where over here its every man for himself. I'll get down now ;D

[Auricula]

It costs my son £50 in petrol to get to work. He'd prefer to go by train and that costs him a similar amount - but they are crowded and unreliable, and he has to get to the station Seems the public just can't win!!

[Geranium]

I think it was £1.28 at Sainsbury's yesterday - Morrison's was the same. Our nearest garage, 5 miles away, charges £1.39. We both wait until we go into town (10 miles)and fill up at the supermarkets. Big difference, isn't it!

[farmersboy]

Jan 26, 2011 12:18:34 GMT JennyWrenn said:

I actually have no idea I just fill up - nothing else can do

Not many petrol stations where I live just Tesco and then Shell

Well you only do about 5 mls per week,to work and back,Jen,so you wouldnt notice it

Barbara,carolann, im not saying one government puts more tax on than the other,but why are the people who were protesting before,not doing it now,i suspect that they were MOSTLY tory voters,and were trying to bring down the Labour government

[Barbara]

I don't think those big hairy lorry drivers were Tory, but they probably realise it's futile in this country to try to change anything .

[farmersboy]

I think the big hairy lorry drivers were just doing what their tory bosses told them to do

[Barbara]

;D

[Auricula]

I bet a lot of them are - judging by the number of cabs with copies of the S*n and M**l in them and on show ;D

[JennyWrenn]

Jan 26, 2011 18:19:26 GMT farmersboy said:

Jan 26, 2011 12:18:34 GMT JennyWrenn said:

I actually have no idea I just fill up - nothing else can do

Not many petrol stations where I live just Tesco and then Shell

Well you only do about 5 mls per week,to work and back,Jen,so you wouldnt notice it

Barbara,carolann, im not saying one government puts more tax on than the other,but why are the people who were protesting before,not doing it now,i suspect that they were MOSTLY tory voters,and were trying to bring down the Labour government

Yes that's true FB am very lucky I live close to work - during the bad weather I walked the journey four times in a day - 2 hrs round trip and will do so when weather starts to get warmer i221.photobucket.com/albums/dd161/GWDAdmin1/Smilies/Default/smiley.gif

[isabella]

We have never had a car

[Geranium]

We have to, Isabella - there's no buses at all here, just a school bus morning and evening.

[Auricula]

I have to be surgically removed from my seat belt ;D - I even drive to the local Spar, about 1/4 of a mile away

[Jasmine]

There's nothing in our village so we would be stuck without a car. We only had one in London - OH used the tube.

[Chuckles]

Auricula you and my OH make a good pair, he drives a 2 minute walk up the road to his dads ;D Just asked OH what he pays for fuel, he uses diesel and it's £1.31, petrol is £1.29 both from Tesco.

[Missredhead]

Its £1.28 at Tescos here atm

[farmersboy]

ASDA is the cheapest here,at £1.23 for petrol

[Missredhead]

My nearest Asda with petrol is Milton Keynes....miles away

[Auricula]

Mine is at Falmouth - 20 miles away.....false economy ;D ;D
I hate walking anywhere Chuckles, I'd drive to the end of the garden if I could ;D

[JennyWrenn]

Oh Auricula you naughty girl

I justa love walking - the walk to my local shop is very pleasant - lots of lovely gardens to nosey into

The walk back is thru an interesting walkway - trees. birdies, more flower beds - >sigh>

20 mins round trip - SIMPLES ;D

[Auricula]

20 minutes!!! no way!!!!!!

[Barbara]

F BBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB, hellooooooooooooooooo, you'll be glad to know there's a petrol protest going on up here, blockade of the refinerey and all that sort of thing.

[Jasmine]

The small haulage firms are really going to be suffering with these petrol prices so I'm not surprised Barbara.

[Geranium]

I was waiting for one to start! My tank is full at the moment.

I'll keep it topped up from half, rather than wait until it's almost empty, I think.

[Auricula]

It's people doing that which causes a run on petrol Geranium Actually, it isn't, it's those old boys who fill up every day - often only putting in 5 litres at a time

[Geranium]

But, but, but we couldn't manage without our own transport! Only one little shop 25 mins walk away, and 9 miles into town!

How would I get to church, too? No buses at all here.