MK5 Golf GTI
General => Random Chat => Topic started by: rich83 on February 28, 2011, 02:49:46 pm
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What the fcuk?
http://www.parkers.co.uk/News/News/Fuel-prices-to-rise-10plitre-in-April/
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should be up 50p by the end of the year :sad1:
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Well.... anyone want my edition 30 in july let me know! :sad:
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If it keeps the paupers off the roads then I'm all for it!
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If it keeps the paupers off the roads then I'm all for it!
I hope that was tongue in cheek!
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Double points with Shell at the moment tho :smiley:.
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If it keeps the paupers off the roads then I'm all for it!
I hope that was tongue in cheek!
Its kind of true though, no matter the cost, i will always have a car. I can afford to put as much money as i need into it in petrol. Luckily, i dont drive mine on a daily basis. But even if i did, i could afford it if it was £2 p/l.
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should be up 50p by the end of the year :sad1:
If that's the case, half of the British transport sector WILL be out of business. government should have finally capped the ammount of tax they gain, in order to keep britains struggling ecomany afloat.
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I'm no pauper, nor can I afford to just be so unconcerned about petrol prices! I think its a bit poor if car enthusiasts can be so judgmental of other vehicle owners and there financial situation.
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I aint no pauper either but i would be getting concerned if it's costing me £82.50 and upwards to fill up a tank. That's working off it costing on average 8p per litre more for V-Power.
The government need to think very carefully about this. It's alright them putting up the tax etc on fuel. But if people can't afford to buy it then they aren't going to get the revenue they expect and are going to have to look at other things to tax. Which in turn means more hardship.
Wonder how long before we have Civil war in the UK :chicken:
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They will fook the country not just each and every motorist. :sad1:
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the gov need a HUGE rethink imho, petrol will cripple the country if they dont address it soon
petrol aside the next big issue is road tax, should be done by mile not by car, i pay £420 a year and do a fraction of the miles most people do
but no matter how we stamp our feet or how loudly, nothing will be done, we need our cars and we need fuel, the only way to realistically change it is to stop using the cars to get the message across
and in reality no one can do that
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I aint no pauper either but i would be getting concerned if it's costing me £82.50 and upwards to fill up a tank. That's working off it costing on average 8p per litre more for V-Power.
The government need to think very carefully about this. It's alright them putting up the tax etc on fuel. But if people can't afford to buy it then they aren't going to get the revenue they expect and are going to have to look at other things to tax. Which in turn means more hardship.
Wonder how long before we have Civil war in the UK :chicken:
+1! im up for it! :fighting: :fighting:
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They will fook the country not just each and every motorist. :sad1:
Never a truer word said. :sad1:
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but no matter how we stamp our feet or how loudly, nothing will be done, we need our cars and we need fuel, the only way to realistically change it is to stop using the cars to get the message across
and in reality no one can do that
I agree with you. But if they carry on at this rate they may take the decision out of some peoples hands and force them to stop driving through being unable to afford fuel.
You can bet your life this will increase petty crime and counterfit goods as people seek a "bargain"
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Papers were saying today that sales of locking fuel caps and number plates fixings have gone through the roof as people syphon fuel or nick number plates to drive off from petrol stations !
The government tried to ban the story as it incited fear !
your theory may be coming quicker than you think Carl.
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Here is the Mirrors lame attempt !
http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/top-stories/2011/02/28/oil-price-rises-fuel-petrol-theft-fears-115875-22954914/
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someone may have touched on it earlier but how long before it is not the CAR that is stolen but the fuel in it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Good job iv just bought a honda cg 125 i put 8 quid in it a week ago and have done 100 mile and still got over half a tank left :jumpmove: the gti is just for the weekends now. It stays clean for longer the car gets less miles just general less running costs..... its the way forward buy them while they are cheap :signLOL:
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As has been said the implications on the wider economy are very concerning. We all need to go out on the streets and protest like the French do and refuse to go to work until the Government do something about it. :fighting:
But as usual i think we'll all bend over and take it.
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the gov need a HUGE rethink imho, petrol will cripple the country if they dont address it soon
petrol aside the next big issue is road tax, should be done by mile not by car, i pay £420 a year and do a fraction of the miles most people do
but no matter how we stamp our feet or how loudly, nothing will be done, we need our cars and we need fuel, the only way to realistically change it is to stop using the cars to get the message across
and in reality no one can do that
Yeah but your tax is because of that bloody heavy fridge you drive!
On another note, the situation is going rather nuts, I remember when it was 80p/litre only a few years ago and now it's close to double :scared: GTI as a weekend vehicle is making more sense...
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:grin: :P
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:grin: :P
I'll tell you what, I'll convert it to electric for you :signLOL: no tax then!
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Candy White mobility scooter? No thanks, I'll never p1ss my neighbours off being silent! :signLOL:
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someone may have touched on it earlier but how long before it is not the CAR that is stolen but the fuel in it !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Lads round my way have been puncturing peoples fuel tanks with screwdrivers for over a year now and selling on the petrol. Generally lowerd/performance vehicle are safe though from this as they are too low to the ground for a jerry can or something to catch the fuel to be put underneath them
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the gov need a HUGE rethink imho, petrol will cripple the country if they dont address it soon
petrol aside the next big issue is road tax, should be done by mile not by car, i pay £420 a year and do a fraction of the miles most people do
but no matter how we stamp our feet or how loudly, nothing will be done, we need our cars and we need fuel, the only way to realistically change it is to stop using the cars to get the message across
and in reality no one can do that
Yeah but your tax is because of that bloody heavy fridge you drive!
On another note, the situation is going rather nuts, I remember when it was 80p/litre only a few years ago and now it's close to double :scared: GTI as a weekend vehicle is making more sense...
When I first started driving 4 years ago it was around 80p a liter! Oh how things have changed!
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Same here poverty... i got my first car in about 2005... and it was high 80ps per litre. And diesel was cheaper that petrol.
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The fuel delivery drivers should go on strike again.
Im lucky though, i only work 2 miles from where i live so i think i could keep my R for a little longer. I put £10 in thismorning at BP ( :sick:) and its was 1.48.9 :confused: :angry015:
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There has been talk of them lowering the speed limits on motorways etc. However it has been refuted this morning so it's probably going to happen. A bit like when a football manager says player X isn't for sale and 2 days later he's signed elsewhere :laugh:
I don't think fuel drivers striking will help as the government will just order the Army to do it. Also if everyone starts fuel protests it hurts the economy more as people don't get into work or get in late. Look at the chaos caused recently by the snow. The economy was loosing an estimated £150m a day.
Most people will just cut back on other things as they need to get to work. There is a solution out there but blocking roads and fuel stations imho isn't the answer.
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the government have a solution to the economy... its called tax :fighting:
like historical taxes....
like poll tax (a tax to keep your head)....
or income tax to pay for a war on france in 1790.... which were still taxed for! :grin:
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ok got an idea what would happen if for one week the whole of the uk did not buy any fuel what would the gov say to that as everything just stops
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Nice idea but you have probably bought the fuel to last the week so they still get their slice. :sad1:
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Lots of ideas like this have been bandied about for years, but no-one ever actually does it. Not buying from a certain brand was another one.
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having done the maths i reckon something with zero road tax will be joining our fleet for daily hack duties to take the strain off the other two
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having done the maths i reckon something with zero road tax will be joining our fleet for daily hack duties to take the strain off the other two
Fiat 500 then :wink:
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If it keeps the paupers off the roads then I'm all for it!
I hope that was tongue in cheek!
Its kind of true though, no matter the cost, i will always have a car. I can afford to put as much money as i need into it in petrol. Luckily, i dont drive mine on a daily basis. But even if i did, i could afford it if it was £2 p/l.
Your a very lucky person. If this carry's on this will have a serious knock on effect. There are huge problems shifting cars on forecourts as it is and the economy is suffering greatly in middle England. A friend of mine in a major VW franchise are having to lay people off all over the place due to lower profits. There are people being repossed everywhere in the UK and the high performance car is a dying breed...diesel and 1.4 turbo cars are the future!