Petrol prices

Post by **IrishRover** » Wed Jan 19, 2005 1:36 pm

I was thinking of dragging up Geraint's old post about petrol prices rising but it seems to cause panic each time as people don't realise the thread was started several months ago.

So I thought I would start a new thread documenting price fluctuations over the months (and possibly years).

While I was paying around the 99 cent mark a few months ago I am pleased to see that the price has been gradually falling here since and now I am currently paying 89 cents (currently approx 62p) a litre in my local Texaco.

I know petrol is cheaper in Ireland but have you noticed a bit of a drop in prices over in the UK in the last few months?

madhaggis · Post by **madhaggis** » Wed Jan 19, 2005 1:45 pm

Petrol prices seem to be up and down more than a hookers knickers just now. Think Shell is the cheapest around here at 74.9p per litre. Esso is 77.5p

Bob

Drew · Post by **Drew** » Wed Jan 19, 2005 2:20 pm

think i was doing 73/74p litre in baldock this morning, but i got it at tesco with 5p/litre discount their doing at the mo. (think its spend Â£50 in store to get it)

78/79p at the mo.

Drew

dreaddan · Post by **dreaddan** » Wed Jan 19, 2005 2:50 pm

round here the cheepest is mozzers 76.9, esso 77.9

george_chick · Post by **george_chick** » Wed Jan 19, 2005 6:01 pm

Urmmm how boring is this thread?

'Ohhh petrol's expensive 200 miles away'

'Well its tuppence cheaper 300 miles away'

BANG!
sldfkfklserio32k4lj64tgo9nhsgokn

Sorry fell asleep and banged my head on the keyboard...

25GTi · Post by **25GTi** » Wed Jan 19, 2005 6:23 pm

george_chick
Miserable old gob$hite

Post by **IrishRover** » Wed Jan 19, 2005 6:23 pm

I want to have a thread with a permanent record of petrol prices as they fluctuate over the months. It'll be really interesting to compare in a year's time George. I bet you a fiver you'll be hopping up and down with excitement over this thread by then.

Oh, by the way, you spelt sldfkfklserio32k4lj64tgo6nhsgokn wrong. It's a 6, not a 9 towards the end.

plebmaster · Post by **plebmaster** » Wed Jan 19, 2005 6:26 pm

81.9p Esso near me :-(

fluke · Post by **fluke** » Wed Jan 19, 2005 7:11 pm

george_chick wrote:Urmmm how boring is this thread?

'Ohhh petrol's expensive 200 miles away'

'Well its tuppence cheaper 300 miles away'

BANG!
sldfkfklserio32k4lj64tgo9nhsgokn

Sorry fell asleep and banged my head on the keyboard...

George you owe me a new keyboard.
Just sprayed a cup of tea all over it.

Sheaf · Post by **Sheaf** » Wed Jan 19, 2005 7:23 pm

Yep it got cheaper about 2 weeks ago. Dropped from 79.9 to 76.9 here. Although yesterday I took the oppurtunity of the lower prices to fill up with optimax (81.9 :cry:

). Never tried it in my car before, just wanted to see if I could notice any difference.

Toblerone · Post by **Toblerone** » Wed Jan 19, 2005 7:29 pm

I must admit i rarely ever look at the prices :oops:

I'm not loaded or anything, but i can't be bothered to drive around to check for the best deal

majesticpower · Post by **majesticpower** » Wed Jan 19, 2005 7:32 pm

Yeh thankfully its dropped around London too..

But for how long?..

Shell Opitplop here is now 82.9p Per litre.

MP.

Gary · Post by **Gary** » Wed Jan 19, 2005 10:32 pm

Optipop is around 81p here, great how shell match supermarket prices and they also keep the price around 5p more expensive than normal unleaded.

matty200vi · Post by **matty200vi** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 2:18 am

optimax is good petrol too cos i make the stuff for you!!

i don't wee in it or anything i promise! :twisted:

i only ever go to shell anyway cos i got a petrol card - plus buying my own petrol keeps me in a job!! lol opti is 81.9 round my way - the other day it was a penny cheaper than deisel which i couldn't beleive but the next dya deisel dropped!! lol

Si · Post by Si » Thu Jan 20, 2005 3:20 am

matty200vi wrote:optimax is good petrol too cos i make the stuff for you!!

i don't wee in it or anything i promise!

Off topic: But what do you do at shell?

I applied for the Shell graduate scheme the other day

requestingaflyby · Post by **requestingaflyby** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 3:39 am

89.9 is average around oxfordshire ive found although i couldnt give a toss what price petrol is as im on a provisional again at the mo,better get bloody cheaper when i get my full licence back

Post by **IrishRover** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 10:37 am

matty200vi wrote:i only ever go to shell anyway cos i got a petrol card

Do you get free or discounted petrol with this card?

george_chick · Post by **george_chick** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 1:52 pm

25GTi wrote:george_chick
Miserable old gob$hite

Thaaats me!

Sainsburys Vauxhall (Shell IIRC)
95 ron 79.8, super 81.8

BANG!
woernWEROASwowern
Sorry fell a kip again, promise to stay
awake for the rest of the thread.

radddogg · Post by **radddogg** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 2:54 pm

george_chick wrote:Urmmm how boring is this thread?

'Ohhh petrol's expensive 200 miles away'

'Well its tuppence cheaper 300 miles away'

BANG!
sldfkfklserio32k4lj64tgo9nhsgokn

Sorry fell asleep and banged my head on the keyboard...

Oh that is funny :roflmao:

Si · Post by Si » Thu Jan 20, 2005 4:31 pm

IrishRover wrote:
matty200vi wrote:i only ever go to shell anyway cos i got a petrol card

Do you get free or discounted petrol with this card?

His sig says : "I might work for Shell but the gits don't give me free petrol!!! GGGRRRRR" So i doubt it

Post by **IrishRover** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 5:55 pm

No, I think it's obvious he's being sarcastic in his sig.

BlueRover · Post by **BlueRover** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 6:50 pm

Surely someone must have a record of fuel prices, except the government, they don't want you to remember when it was only 62.9p per litre.

weirdjam · Post by **weirdjam** » Thu Jan 20, 2005 7:07 pm

as mr flyby says around 90p a litre this way.

matty200vi · Post by **matty200vi** » Fri Jan 21, 2005 12:38 am

Turbo Si wrote:
matty200vi wrote:optimax is good petrol too cos i make the stuff for you!!

i don't wee in it or anything i promise!

Off topic: But what do you do at shell?

I applied for the Shell graduate scheme the other day

i work on the refinery near chester, Stanlow Manufacturing Complex. I am an operator which basically means i sit on my arse for 8 hours out of a 12 hour shift looking at sites like this on the net and spend the other 4 leisurly walking round the unit making sure thinks are ok and get paid great for it but no free petrol!! swines!!!!

That when going is good though - if things break then all hell breaks lose and it should have been fixed yesterday sort of scenario!!!! (hence why we get paid well - for what we know rather than what we do!!! ) although i don't do the fixing just the bringing back online stuff!!

Good job though just shifts are a pain when they land on xmas day and boxing day days!!! or new years eve nights!!! :cry:

with that scheme i doubt you will do my job - to get what i do you have to do 3 and 1/2 year apprenticeship with nvq's and hnc's coming out your ears!!!!! you probably work at shell centre in london by sounds of it - an office monkey!! hehehehehe

that means you work while you in work unlike me!!! hahahahaha

Si · Post by Si » Sat Jan 22, 2005 2:02 am

matty200vi wrote:with that scheme i doubt you will do my job - to get what i do you have to do 3 and 1/2 year apprenticeship with nvq's and hnc's coming out your ears!!!!! you probably work at shell centre in london by sounds of it - an office monkey!! hehehehehe that means you work while you in work unlike me!!! hahahahaha

Nah I have a degree in Engineering and the jobs look pretty hands on rather than office based. Even if i have to work i don't mind as the starting pay isn't bad though, Â£27k a year.

I've just applied to BP too.

Wonder who are best lol

matty200vi · Post by **matty200vi** » Sun Jan 23, 2005 2:42 pm

on current form we performing better all round but it is swings and roundabouts we all have our good and bad times!!!!

just if you work for bp don't go to grangemouth in scotland cos they had the hse parked on there doorstep for a while cos they kept having accidents!!!!

what job title you gone for then?? technologists?? it's about the only thing at the site i am on that i can think you go into with a degree that will be anywhere near hands on!!! you won't be a fitter as far as i am aware??? although starting salary sounds a bit high for a fitter they start on 24k here!! ( i get more though woohoo!!!! i love my job!!!!! hahahahahaha)

where you gonna work?? they said yet??

Post by **IrishRover** » Mon Apr 18, 2005 11:30 pm

Petrol here has gone up this week. At my local petrol station which is always one of the cheapest, it was at about 96 cents a litre for the last few months. Now it is around the 101 cent mark and most other petrol stations are selling regular 95 unleaded at 103 cents or more.

Has there been a similar increase in the UK?

Post by **Fordimus Prime** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 12:33 am

its gone up to about 81p a litre near me, and thats the cheapest i can find.

Althought- strangeness- All BP garages ive seen have shot up to 88p a litre :jawdrop:

Anyone else noticed a sharp increase from BP?

MGTurbo · Post by **MGTurbo** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 1:53 am

BP generally seems to be more expensive.

91 per litre for diesel, 88p a litre for unleaded. i have seen it at 99.9 per litre for diesel in rural areas :cry:

beeniemac · Post by **beeniemac** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 2:19 am

There are some inner city places now showing over Â£1.00 per litre, not here I may add though.

Currently on 88.9p per litre for UL

Grawolf · Post by **Grawolf** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 2:31 am

Subject: Petrol Prices!

I don't like chain letters but this is an interesting thought.
Petrol Prices!
Nice idea in principal! Not sure if it will work again but here
goes!We are going to hit close to 89p a litre by the summer. Want petrol
prices
to come down? We need to take some intelligent, united action.
Philip Hollsworth, offered this good idea: This makes MUCH MORE
SENSE than the "don't buy petrol on a certain day" campaign that was going
around last April or May! The oil companies just laughed at that because
they
knew we wouldn't continue to "hurt ourselves by refusing to buy petrol. It
was
more of an inconvenience to us than a problem for them.
BUT, whoever thought of this idea, has come up with a plan that can
really work. Please read it and join in! Now that the oil companies and the
OPEC nations have conditioned us to think that the cost of a litre is
CHEAP at 77p -80p, we need to take aggressive action to teach them that
BUYERS control the marketplace not sellers.
With the price of petrol going up more each day, we consumers need to take
action. The only way we are going to see the price of petrol come
down is if we hit someone in the pocket by not purchasing their Petrol! And
we can do
that WITHOUT hurting ourselves. Here's the idea: For the rest of this year,
DON'T purchase ANY petrol from the two biggest oil companies (which now are
one), ESSO and BP. If they are not selling any petrol, they will be inclined
to reduce their prices. If they reduce their prices, the other companies
will have to follow suit. But to have an impact, we need to reach literally
millions of Esso and BP petrol buyers. It's really simple to do!!
Now, don't whimp out on me at this point... keep reading and I'll
explain how simple it is to reach millions of people!! I am sending this
note to a; lot of people. If each of you send it to at least ten more (30 x
10 = 300)... and those 300 send it to at least ten more (300 x 10 = 3,000)
... and so on, by the time the message reaches the sixth generation of
people, we will have reached over THREE MILLION consumers! If those three
million get excited and pass this on to ten friends each, then 30 million
people will have been contacted! If it goes one level further, you guessed
it..... THREE HUNDRED MILLION PEOPLE!!! Again, all You have to do is send
this to 10 people. That's all. (and not buy at ESSO/BP). How long would all
that take? If each of us sends this email out to ten more people within one
day of receipt, all 300 MILLION people could conceivably be contacted within
the next 8 days!!!
I'll bet you didn't think you and I had that much potential, did you!
Acting together we can make a difference. If this makes sense to you,please
pass this message on. PLEASE HOLD OUT UNTIL THEY LOWER THEIR PRICES
TO
THE
69p a LITRE RANGE Action: It's easy to make this happen. J forward this
email, and buy your petrol at Shell, Tesco, Sainsburys, Jet etc.
i.e. boycott BP and Esso

eepetman666 · Post by **eepetman666** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 8:17 am

jungle juice in my area is 85.9p at tescos/ 84.9 at morrisons/ 85.9 at bp/ 85.9 at esso now i heard that in carlisle its about 80p but thats 40mile away and not worth the fill up

BigDaveH · Post by **BigDaveH** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 4:14 pm

My local Shell sells Unleaded at 85.9p/litre and optimax at 95.9p/litre Cant understand the 10p hike in price when it used to only be a 3 or 4p difference.

Think we're being done down here in Southampton!!

requestingaflyby · Post by **requestingaflyby** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 5:42 pm

84.9 at morrison which isnt really saving me pounds not points and at sainsburys it 83.9, where good fuel costs less.

tescos is 84.9 because every little helps.( they should have a tesco value pump for unleaded IMO! )

Post by **TomcatDan** » Tue Apr 19, 2005 7:29 pm

Here in Crediton, Unleaded is 86.9p per litre, Optimax is 92p per litre. The downside of Devon...