Some petrol stations have it as 03.5. I know this means its 103.5 but surely you could just pay 3.5p a litre as that is what they are advertising.

in kingston near my uni its 1.09!! then tesco's in my area is 1.02!

oh quit your whinging...... i live in shetland and have to pay 119.9p per litre up here!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bring on the fuel strikes

"cheaper in the north than south" costs me 119.9p per litre uop here in shetland so no!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Bring on the protests! I'm paying £1.07 for V-power now and its starting to cost over £40 to fill up for the first time

Surely thats cheap for a super variety!

Lol I know, mega expensive and that's it quite cheap. I feel sorry for you guys down south!

"cheaper in the north than south" costs me 119.9p per litre uop here in shetland so no!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I was refering to North England

But 119.9 that is a fucking joke

Its about 103-109p a litre here...

Didnt yous watch Top Gear the other week? It's cheap! That Volvic water is like 89p for 500ml.

Plus, i went to Spain like a month ago, petrol there was just over 1 euro per litre

I could have sworn this thread was 2 pages long?? :S

EDIT: thats the other thread why are there two of basically the same thread?

Edited 11 December, 200718 yr by Dub James

Plus, i went to Spain like a month ago, petrol there was just over 1 euro per litre

That's like 70 odd pence. I'd love it to be that price!

so will petrol price get lowered when the strikes occur

Edited 11 December, 200718 yr by dhali

It may do for a short while, like last time, then we'll just get done over again and it'll be back to a quid-odd per litre.

It really winds me up though. The government raises fuel duty, so Inflation goes over its reccomended 2% level, so the bank puts up the interest rate to bring the inflation back down...its ridiculous. So My mortgage and fuel goes up and we get nothing back in return.

My mate was saying how when he first started driving petrol used to be 40p a litre, lol. Old schooler

My mate was saying how when he first started driving petrol used to be 40p a litre, lol. Old schooler

indeed, it was 49.9p the day I passed my test

My mate was saying how when he first started driving petrol used to be 40p a litre, lol. Old schooler

indeed, it was 49.9p the day I passed my test

Was like..98p or sumin when i passed mine

I think it was 89-90p when I passed mine. Less than 3 years ago

thought you guys might want to know about this..

I'm on this website called petrol-prices.com, it basically gives you a list of cheap petrol stations around your area which is always helpful.

anyway i had an email from them saying there is going to being a fuel strike shortly.

read this:

A group called Transaction 2007 is planning a "nationwide legal protest" this Wednesday.

You might remember the fuel protest of 2000 which initially gathered strong support from motorists. However, that support quickly turned when many motorists were prevented from filling up because of lorry blockades.

PetrolPrices.com expressed to the organisers that they may find public support for another fuel protest providing it was properly planned to be legal and orderly. So far, the Transaction 2007 organisers have been unwilling to confirm to us specifically what action they have planned for this week. When we pressed the group's spokesman, Chris Hunter, he said "This will be a numbers game levied against legislation. I can comment no further."

With fuel breaking well beyond the £1 barrier, PetrolPrices.com has had a huge rise in the number of emails from concerned motorists. People were especially angry following the last fuel duty hike imposed by the Government in October. Despite being made aware of the huge resistance from motorists, the Government pushed ahead with the 2p duty increase, leaving the public frustrated and angry. Over 80,000 people had voted against the tax hike on our blog post.

The protests of 2000 achieved some success in that the fuel duty escalator was frozen. However, it has now resumed and with the rising price of oil motorists are paying ever increasing taxation due to VAT on fuel. Unlike fuel duty which is fixed, VAT is charged at 17.5%, so for every 1p increase in the price of fuel, we are actually paying an extra 1.175p.

We'd love to hear what you think. How have the tax and oil price rises affected you? Will you be forced to tighten your belt this Christmas as a result?

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BREAKING NEWS

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UPDATE: This morning (10/12/07) Transaction 2007 announced a firm date for the protest. Protests will start Saturday 15th December 2007 at 10:00am. They say the date was decided by members as "the best possible to enable those who would normally be working during the week to attend." According to a press release on the site, they plan to protest outside refineries or storage depots across the country.

www.transaction-2007.com

www.petrolprices.com

fill up you are polos before saturday then :)

Take the plate of the front and a fake on the rear, get a supposed randomer(tramp) to get out to fill up give him a fiver, then rag off!! a fiver for a tank of petty!

Yeh, I had this e-mail too though I thought they were movin in for the kill on wednesday, not sure where i got that from!

I heard it was Wednesday as well so I went and filled mine up last night. Haha.. Oh well! Cheers for the heads up!!! :)

yea they were planning it for wednesday but i think they changed it.

hope it works, to get cheap petrol i have to drive for 20miles! its 100.9p in salisbury where i work and 104.6 where i live. getting a bit of joke to be honest!!!

think they moved it to saturday

petrol link

I'll fill up on Friday then :) Though..my car is off the road so maybe not

I aint bought petrol since September, i got an almighty shock at the petrol station yesterday..only last night i saw morrisons was 99.9 instead of the 1.03 i paid grr

The old garage in my village cant charge over a pound a litre because the pumps cant have prices over 99.9p. So they have the price at like 54p a litre then double it at the end!!! Its mad this petrol business!!!

Any diesel owners considering running your car on veg oil yet? I know i am.