jaysVR6 2 Posted September 5, 2005 Report Share Posted September 5, 2005 Hope everyone had a wicked time at E38 and the 'Chicken' was good!! Thought I'd kick off a new thread with fuel prices around the country, saw my first Link to post Share on other sites
sekvr6 0 Posted September 5, 2005 Report Share Posted September 5, 2005 After my accident, i have now gone to a 1.9 Tdi GL, dont miss the fuel comsumption....but sure do miss the howl!!! Link to post Share on other sites
binliner 0 Posted September 5, 2005 Report Share Posted September 5, 2005 £1?? pah! we paid £1.03.9 for BP at stanstead services! Link to post Share on other sites
VR6Pete 1,456 Posted September 5, 2005 Report Share Posted September 5, 2005 99.9p a litre of deisel at our place! not sure what BP ultima is going for! Link to post Share on other sites
vdubgirl 3 Posted September 5, 2005 Report Share Posted September 5, 2005 fooking shocking thats what it is i paid 99.9 for derv the other day - I nearly cried!Problem is everything will now go up as everything rely's on transport! Link to post Share on other sites
purple highline monster 0 Posted September 5, 2005 Report Share Posted September 5, 2005 worst i paid in northampton was 95.6 !!! robbin barstards! garage near me on the M2 is still only 86.6 !! think i will get some jerry cans! Link to post Share on other sites
J5KE F 0 Posted September 5, 2005 Report Share Posted September 5, 2005 Link to post Share on other sites
Justicevr6 0 Posted September 5, 2005 Report Share Posted September 5, 2005 Do VR6's like LPG !amazed Link to post Share on other sites
badboyV6 4 Posted September 5, 2005 Report Share Posted September 5, 2005 paid £1.06 for BP ultimate on the way home- saw us coming - bloody pikeys! Link to post Share on other sites
VR6Pete 1,456 Posted September 5, 2005 Report Share Posted September 5, 2005 F*@KING HELL!! Link to post Share on other sites
mk3anni 0 Posted September 5, 2005 Report Share Posted September 5, 2005 I paid 1.03 for Ultimate on Friday, nearly made me cry!!! SOOOO glad i have the cabby!!!!!! Link to post Share on other sites
TVR6 0 Posted September 6, 2005 Report Share Posted September 6, 2005 Apparantly it's to do with the Hurricane in New Orleans. It's been all over the news this weekend (guess who wasn't at E38? Quite how it affects oil prices and ultimatly the cost of fuel on our forecourts is beyond me. I suspect it's another Stealth Tax to 'assist' our cousins in the US... They said that fuel prices will rise to over Link to post Share on other sites
Pittuf 0 Posted September 6, 2005 Report Share Posted September 6, 2005 I think 2 oilrigs went walkies in the sea near america due to the hurricane. We are just basically paying extra for them to find them and return them to production.....I don't see that just 2 rigs would make this much of a difference though....its just the greedy oil companies.It was 99.9p for optimax yesterday round here....its probably gone up since then though. Link to post Share on other sites
TVR6 0 Posted September 6, 2005 Report Share Posted September 6, 2005 Ah, that'd be right then... Amazing how quickly they decided on the rise. These things usually take time but as usual the UK jumps to attention and agrees to whatever. Link to post Share on other sites
BRG 0 Posted September 6, 2005 Report Share Posted September 6, 2005 lots of service stations can't go above 99.9p cos they haven't got enough space for the extra digit on the banner thing outside haha Link to post Share on other sites
TVR6 0 Posted September 6, 2005 Report Share Posted September 6, 2005 ha ha ha bet they'll soon get round that though. Link to post Share on other sites
VR6Lee 1 Posted September 6, 2005 Report Share Posted September 6, 2005 I paid Link to post Share on other sites
purple highline monster 0 Posted September 6, 2005 Report Share Posted September 6, 2005 surely now the west "owns" half the middle east we can source our own oil? seriously they really are cheeky barstards, as soon as some "natural" or unatural disaster occurs the shit bags put fuel prices up! increase the price of heroin or something junkies wouldnt notice or even care! this country takes the piss out of consumers it really does, prehaps we could save some money by "culling" all the scrounging layabout fuck wits that drain our society and continuosly go in and out of prison! that should subsidise the use of petrol in my vr6! Link to post Share on other sites
Nerih 0 Posted September 6, 2005 Report Share Posted September 6, 2005 its not only fuel prices that are effected, the stock markets are hit too, with commidities selling on premiums only seen after the 9'11 attacks.....its gonna be a bit lumpy for a while...(while my car runs on kerosine) Link to post Share on other sites
jaysVR6 2 Posted September 6, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 6, 2005 I helped set up a boycot in Plymouth the first time around. It was a bloody nightmare but it must have helped towards the whole boycot in the end. Its really surprising me how people are not kicking off so much this time, but then I suppose the 'Hike' is due to natural circumstances, I dunno, it all seems crazy to me.I may start pushing my car to work!!! Link to post Share on other sites
TVR6 0 Posted September 7, 2005 Report Share Posted September 7, 2005 They were talking about another boycott on the news this morning.It's now the British government's responsibility to look after it's own and reduce the tax on fuel. Let the oil companies make their money and assist the US in it's recovery (which I do not beleive they need assistance with) and keep fuel prices at least where they were prior to the hurricane. Of course we all know this is not an option as this puts a 'dent' in the government's coffers.Re. the markets, they move no matter what and disasters and wars are all good for business. Link to post Share on other sites
jaysVR6 2 Posted September 7, 2005 Author Report Share Posted September 7, 2005 Apparently next Wednesday is when farmers and freight drivers are up for a ruck again at fuel depots. I feel tension mounting withing the haulage industry and it wont take long before something snaps again.I don't think the public can do much to effect fuel prices but when sectors who rely on the roads for their livelyhood are (excuse the pun) 'driven' to a loss due to the high price of fuel, the last resort is to pickett at source. We can then all follow suit if it is what is wanted by the mass public. Thoughts anyone...? Link to post Share on other sites
TVR6 0 Posted September 7, 2005 Report Share Posted September 7, 2005 Speaking personally, it's a huge upset to my travel times and comfort if I am forced to use public transport. It also affects day to day things such as shopping and collecting my daughter from school but I'm willing to make sacrifices for what's right. Link to post Share on other sites
antera309 3 Posted September 7, 2005 Report Share Posted September 7, 2005 I can't see any reason why the Govt. can't use fuel tax as a "buffer" against fluctuating oil prices, so that we pay less tax when the price is high. Or just lower the tax across the board so that they don't come under fire every time there is a hike in the oil price.They're just being damn greedy. I wouldn't be surprised if there are more protests.Public Transport is of no use to me because my daily commute is "orbital" and trains/buses only serve "radial" routes into and out of London. Link to post Share on other sites
stu h 0 Posted September 7, 2005 Report Share Posted September 7, 2005 It's starting to get bad now, and tension is gonna rise to boiling point. It doesn't help that my mk2 doesn't seem to be getting any better mileage than my VR did I personally couldn't use the laughable public transport system to get to work - it would take 2 buses and another hour on top to get work and even longer to get home. Link to post Share on other sites
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