petrol prices??

[gina32]

ive noticed just lately hat the price of petrol is creeping up at about 1p every other day or so to being about 135.9 a litre at the moment but was amazed today to see a garage not far from me selling petrol at 126.9p a liitre, anyone beat that?

[Maydup]

Yes creeping back up here too. I heard on the radio that it'll be £1.50 a litre by end of next month. grrr

[parkie]

Wherever you live gina it would probably be worth driving to your area to fill up.
One of our local garages was £140.9p yesterday. That's in East Essex.

[paddywak]

Not really to do with modern prices but in 1964 I had a part time job at a petrol station and I've never forgotten the top grade petrol was 4/11p (24½P) a GALLON

[Grandma_Yiddo]

Our village garage in the Fens charges £1.40.9

[DTCwordfan]

It's the summer maintenance season in the North Sea and the Gulf of Mexico, plus fears over the Syria and Iranian situation that is putting the wobbles in the trading markets. Also folk are building middle distillate (sorry gasoils and kerosene) stocks for the coming winter months - then the very hot summer in the States means more gasoline (petrol) consumption as aircon units in vehicles suck up the energy (around 10% less efficiency).

One price depressing factor is that, at last, the Chinese economy seems to be slowing and that will help put some downward pressure into the

£1-26 sounds like someone isn't pricing right or picked up a distress load - I would be suspicious of the brand an the quality of product......

The other UK factor that comes into play is the upward trend in excise duties, something that really needs to be looked at as it is a legacy of the Labour Party and was designed to "collect" on the environmental push and force more fuel economy by new buyers taking up fuel efficient and alternative energy vehicles.....however, only some 6-7% of the national vehicle fleet recycles through every year......

[Prudie]

I paid £1.40 when I was desperate last week but Tesco has it for £1.35. I was also at a meeting that has inside info on the Army and they are expecting another tanker driver strike in the near future.

[boxtops]

135 at Tesco, 138 at the BP garage near the station.

[commoner]

Yep boxtops...Tesco locally at £134.9 but got 5p a litre off for doing my weekend shop....over £50....every little helps eh?

[sir.prize]

Tesco - eVERY LITTLE HELPs

[gina32]

it was a well known brand so cant imagine it being dodgy

[DTCwordfan]

I wouldn't put Tesco or any other s-market fuel in my car unless I was seriously desperate and then it would be a minimum quantity. Yes, their fuel meets standards - but by a whisker......the reason: they have no extra additives in the fuel to keep the engine clean (these are loaded at what we call the rack - the loading bay for trucks and it allows the major brands to differentiate, if they wish to do so. Very quickly, (inside 5000 kms), the top of your cylinders and pistons look like that they are covered in sooty nicotines when you use low quality fuel......these cost you energy efficency - to the tune of up to and close to 10% of consumption.

Shell and Chevron are, by far the cleanest, and in the USA advertise to 5% fuel economy (to stay well within the claims to keep the lawyers happy) - here, they are chicken to do so but the benefit is there - I have seen it at first hand and on several cars and fuels. So guess what I use......

[DTCwordfan]

So Tesco - "every little bit helps" - not unless there is at least a 7p differential and closer to 14p/litre in practice?

[sunny-dave]

I agree with DT - no supermarket petrol in my bike (or the turbo mazda) - Shell for preference but my local independent garage if necessary.

[ChuckFickens]

I won't put supermarket fuel in my car either, Shell or BP by preference with a monthly take of the really expensive stuff.

[ChuckFickens]

tank.... not take!

[ChuckFickens]

oh, and it's 139.9 round here at the moment :(

[sunny-dave]

Yes - the mazda likes a fix of super premium every now & then ...

[DTCwordfan]

and a good blast up the motorway or, more importantly, the rev counter to burn any soot out.

[DTCwordfan]

and while we are on at it, make sure your lubs and filters are changed from time to time - within the brand of choice intervals not the car manufacturer, unless you are on some service deal/warranty programme with them. I am thinking particularly of older cars - and a second point, full synthetics are a give away here as they are usually too thin on the seals of an old car. A bog standard 15W30 or 20W40 works perfectly well in this country - no need for 0W50 at all - we don't have the extremities of weather of the Arctic or Middle East to justify 0w50 or even 10w50.....use a 15W40 if you live in a very hilly area as there is a little extra force on the engine at cold start.

[Prudie]

I remember you lot saying that about supermarket fuel when I kept failing my emissions :-(