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All Things Mk5 => Mk5 General Area => Topic started by: Lewo on June 01, 2022, 07:09:00 pm
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Has it been higher than that.....? :rolleye:
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Highest I've seen for momentum. But I did pay 1.95 for VPower the other day, not even at a service station or near or a race track just in the middle of Cardiff. Had I realised before I would have travelled further to Tesco :grin:
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97 octane is 180.9 yesterday in northern ireland, i nearly dropped, it was 1.67 2 weeks ago, will be buying an electric if this keeps going
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It does make you wonder if the £2.00 a litre is coming and I'm old enough to remember when petrol hit £1.00.... per gallon.
I'm already cycling more and will continue to do so when it makes sense.
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It does make you wonder if the £2.00 a litre is coming and I'm old enough to remember when petrol hit £1.00.... per gallon.
I'm already cycling more and will continue to do so when it makes sense.
Good shout that, I need to do the same...
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Seem to dimly recall the £1 gallon, but clearly recall the £1 litre - the novelty was price and litres count was in sync.
I tend to steer clear of Shell and BP - especially the latter - they tend to be a good bump higher than anyone else.
The worst has to be when you are running out on the motorway and stop at services, it there a more potent financial shock than the price per litre there?
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I don't think it's been £1 a gallon since the 1970s.
I remember 100 Octane "5 star" leaded being available at the pumps circa 1990. Then they got rid of it and 95 unleaded was the only choice for a few years before 97 arrived. The chaos that caused with engines detonating and valve seat recession. Kind of the like the faff of E10 not being compatible with some engines now.
I think people forget petrol has been expensive for years now. It's only gone up 3p a year (regular unleaded) over the last 10 years.
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A local Esso set a new PB today with regular 95RON 189.9
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I don't think it's been £1 a gallon since the 1970s.
Yes - and what a stink was raised about it back then!
I think people forget petrol has been expensive for years now. It's only gone up 3p a year (regular unleaded) over the last 10 years.
That's the fuel tax escalator, pretty much the same as cigarettes...but we still need fuel for stuff to deliver food and other necessities
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Yep, I don't agree with massive rises in essentials like fuel, food and clothes but that's the world we live in. With all the current hysteria about fuel prices, I just observed it's always been expensive and not as much of a rise over 10 years as it could have been!
The government like to push peoples limits but where are the protesters? People were gluing themselves to the roads over loft insulation, but no one is heading to No.10 with their pitch forks about fuel prices.
And the fuel prices are nothing to do with war as the media are touting, but rather the oil companies throttling supplies on purpose to prop up prices. They are utter, utter, [insert favourite insult here]s.
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Well the chancellor's 5p off a litre appears to have done f'ck all :grin:
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There was a garage owner being interviewed on the radio - normally they get their tanks replenished every 1.5 weeks - but now lots of folk are cutting back on using fuel, now it's every 2 weeks the tank runs dry - so taking longer to sell the same amount of fuel/return.
For $hits & giggles I converted our petrol price/litres into US gallons & dollars - currently it would be $9.50 - all hell broke loose when their gallon topped $4 dollars.
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:rolleye: blinking flip.
Who will be first on here @ 2 notes a litre.....
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I was close this morning. £1.96 for V power. £73 for 32 litres :doh: The world has gone frickin nuts.
I had to abandon using E10 after hearing detonation on hot days.
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As a former rgv250 owner, I remember the happy times when I spent more on oil than petrol.
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Just seen Rich's pic. He beat me by 2p!
I wonder if we'll all get a £400 petrol rebate in October? :grin: The government had to step in to curtail ridiculous heating bills, so why not petrol as well? Some folk rely on cars for work.
Working from home for everyone but 'hands on' people is the magic bullet the world is so reluctant to embrace. It all smells a bit of OPEC & Government seeing it coming and using this as a last opportunity to cash grab as much as possible. They're literally forcing it by pricing people out of their cars.
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Shell garage by us is selling v-power diesel for 203.5ppl. I offered them the shirt off my back at the same time…
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I put £20 in on Tuesday at £1.89 at the Esso garage on the Elstree roundabout on the A41. Only drive about 15 miles before filling up on Friday at Costco at £1.68 per litre. Drove to Bournemouth yesterday and didn't go faster that 70mp and with some slowing down for congestion on the M25 and A34 and stopping couple of times taking about two and a quarter hours an the trip computer showing 41mpg.
On the way back, no stopping at all at roundabouts or traffic lights, just a clear run and averages 43mpg with again not doing more than 70mph. Clearly it's not 100% accurate and I could probably take off 5-10% to take into account a range of factors and used just about half a tank. Happy 'ish as such a boring drive I found it more tiring than driving quicker. That and no aircon on a warm day is a recipe to doze off at the wheel...
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I find it less stressful driving slowly. It seems a lot of people where I live are slowing down to save fuel, so I just sit behind them now instead of boosting it all the time :grin:
MPG 1 and 2 are pretty close to working it out at the tank, but the live mpg reading is utter nonsense.
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Am I winning :rolleye:
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I find the motorways are much quieter over the weekend the last couple of months and those using them are driving slower.
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I'm dreading the next fill up.....
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This was last week in Belgium😓😵💫
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Am I winning :rolleye:
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Not quite! I paid £2.02 for V Power a couple of days ago.
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Don't u hate that... 1p 😂
Well it'll be 2 pound a pop then next time around then 😭
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I paid £2.01 for Momentum99 today
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199.9 for TM yesterday in Herts .... £40 for 150 miles :doh:
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Poor planning meant I had to find a petrol station near but not on the m6. Paid £2.11 for v power.
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As a former rgv250 owner, I remember the happy times when I spent more on oil than petrol.
Those were the days. When i handed my wages to a Mr Stan Stephens to fettle my powervalve. 10mpg on a good day :jumpmove: :jumpmove:
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£2.01.9 at local Tescos today.
Stan Stevens, blast from the past...
I never did take my Rd400e there...
Sold it for £200 early 90s, prob worth £5-6k now :rolleye:
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I miss the Edition 30 , but not the fuel bills!!
50mpg from Scirocco TDi on most journeys.
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Paid 202 for V Power recently.
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£2.10 for V Power last week.
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Back down to a 'cheap' £1.87 today. First time I've ever seen V Power petrol cheaper than regular diesel!