Petrol cost soon below £1.00

[trigger]

I found the local Tesco was 99.9p yesterday so I treated the Toledo to some of their Momentum99 fuel to see what difference it makes. That was 105.9p which is still less than I was paying for normal supermaket fuel a few weeks back.

[Junkman]

Buying higher grade petrol because normal petrol became cheaper is beyond first world.

[Christine]

The cheap petrol will make them charge more for engine oil ,wait and see !

[Largactil]

In Ireland (the southern bit) diesel is around 10 cents a litre cheaper than petrol - Brimmed the modern the other week at the equivalent of 82.5p a litre; cheaper than veg oil...(!) 

 

Full tank is 60 litres, which costs under £50 (£49.50), and is good for 600+ miles with a light right clog.

 

Truly we are living in an age of wonder 

[HH-R]

There seemed to be a bit of OMG PETROL PANIC BUY CHAOSZ COS THE PRICE MIGHT GO UP TOMORROW!!11 at ASDA earlier, feckin massive queue that must have had 30/40 cars trying to get in.

 

Thankfully missed it by minutes! I didn't panic buy though. It really was on fumes.

[captain_70s]

Topped up the Civic at Tesco while I was doing my weekly shop this eve. First time in my motoring history that the price went up slower than the litres, a magical moment.

[Lacquer Peel]

How old are you captain_70s? I thought you were about the same age as me, very late 20s. When I started driving, petrol was well under £1/litre.

[burraston2006]

Filled mine up today. One side of town 99.6 the other side 106.9. Queues at both stations. Must be OMGENDOFWORLDCHAOS here in Yeovil! 

[dollywobbler]

I drove past Morrisons in Tiverton the other day with petrol at 99.9. XM had half a tank of fuel, but I did consider a top up. Then I wondered if I'd undo the effects of cheap fuel by carting 80 litres of heavy oil around. So I left it. After all, diesel is still over a quid!

 

I did fill the Volvo up the other day using a '7p off per litre' ticket from Morrisons. That saved me £2.30, which kind of puts it into perspective. The price dropping a few pence doesn't mean an awful lot in the short term! You could easily undo that saving with a few minutes of heavy-boot driving.

[rantingYoof]

How old are you captain_70s? I thought you were about the same age as me, very late 20s. When I started driving, petrol was well under £1/litre.

 

I'm 29 and have had a license now for 11 years. It was around 85p when I passed I think. I owned by Mondeo derv during the highest point (£1.38pl) and I timed my 825 Sterling nicely with it dipping back below £1 a litre in 2007 or so.

 

I've given the S60 super-duper-premium but there is not an older gen petrol Volvo in existence that ever gets more than 30mpg over a tank - I was hoping for more HORSEPOWARRRRRR!

 

But no.

[Pillock]

I'd forgotten about the new low price, I thought Morrison's big price sign thing was broken at 99.9 as it just looked wrong.

 

Like when you wake up and the clock says 0:00 or 11:11 and your first thought is "great, my clock is knackered, I wonder what time it is".

 

Just me then? Oh.

[DVee8]

Our local is still charging £1.10 for petrol and £1.14 for diesel. Due to the other station i town closing for a refurb,when this closed the remaining hiked prices up 10p a litre. 

[captain_70s]

How old are you captain_70s? I thought you were about the same age as me, very late 20s. When I started driving, petrol was well under £1/litre.

A few weeks from being 24, although due to fashion/hair/beard choices most people do tend to guess me at being 25+. My long standing lack of funds meant I didn't get around to buying a car until late 2011 by which point petrol was well into the 130p+ zone as I recall.

I only ever brimmed the Dolomite's tank once and it cost £78, I've never been able to bring myself to that again!

 

Funnily enough although my local Tesco was charging 99.9 the Esso literally across the street was at 106.9 and still getting customers...

[For Fiats Sake]

Filled up the tank on the latest Panda tonight, at "good* pez costs less at...." for 99.99p per litre for soaper unleaded.

 

Fuel light was flashing, I'd driven over 200miles from collection, to work and back on heavy choke and to the takeaway last night.

 

Could not get twenty quids worth into the tank - £19.53!

 

Cannot remember the last time I brimmed an empty tank for less than £20.

 

It's a 30year old mk1 with a 903cc engine, which strangely is more powerfull under load than the 999cc Fatally Italian Retarded Engineering one.

 

30years old and drives like new, yes it will need new wings and rear arch panels in a year or two but hey, rust is lighter than metal

[beko1987]

We dont seem to have any 99p fuel around here, but then we are 15 miles away from tesco and morrisons, so rarely go out to get it there. I put £20 in the Meriva at £1.05 at our usually very expensive very local station yesterday though, which wasn't too bad. Amy doesnt like a full tank either as you feel it in the Meriva, which hates extra weight usually anyway.

 

Asda derv has been quite cheap recently anyway, so I've not seen much saving there, but then my car can be brimmed for £45ish quid anyway, and I always brim it right up as I commute, and hate having to fill up in the weekday morning, and can never be bothered to fill up at night on the way home either.

[Pillock]

 

 

Funnily enough although my local Tesco was charging 99.9 the Esso literally across the street was at 106.9 and still getting customers...

Because of the myth that supermarkets cut their petrol with vinegar, Tizer and leopard jizz or whatever is to hand, people get fuel-snobby and go for the big names.

 

Also, fuel card users. If it's on the correct side of the road, pay more and save two right turns.

[beko1987]

Fuel card Deffo, my stepdad doesn't care about fuel prices as he doesn't pay for business or personal miles. Have known him drive 10 miles to an empty but fooking expensive station just so he can not queue

[Richard]

Fuel card Deffo, my stepdad doesn't care about fuel prices as he doesn't pay for business or personal miles. Have known him drive 10 miles to an empty but fooking expensive station just so he can not queue

 

I do that even when it's my own money. If I get really caught short on fuel I'll buy a couple of litres of veg to get me to the nearest petrol station that isn't Tesco. In fact the only time I ever use supermarket fuel is with the fuel card in the van, and only then if I'm desperate. I'm not made of money but I consider the extra 50p or so on a tank to be well worth it. If I filled up at Tesco I'd burn more than 50p worth between queueing and ragging the car on the way out because somebody had annoyed me.

[Craig the Princess]

 

Because of the myth that supermarkets cut their petrol with vinegar, Tizer and leopard jizz or whatever is to hand, people get fuel-snobby and go for the big names.

I don't think they cut it worth anything, just buy the cheapest petrol the can import. Such as the silicon 'enriched' petrol from 2007

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2007_United_Kingdom_petrol_contamination

 

I'm sure 99% of the time there is no difference but I'll generally only use supermarket petrol if I'll not make the next petrol station.

[Hertz]

Fuel still seems mega expensive to me, when I passed I remember vividly that it was 49.9p per litre at my local Mobil station (1993). A bit before that and it was being charged by the gallon. 

[They_all_do_that_sir]

I can only fit 18 litres in the motorbike. And that lasts a fortnight as I only use it half the week at most.

 

I reckon over the year I'll save a fiver or something.

 

Still I'm not complaining. swmbo gets massive OMGMPG from her hdi 307, but I imagine the servicing costs even DIY would level the playing field and she would be no worse off with a pez.

 

HOWEVER. As I am responsible for funding everything beyond filling it with the devil's juice, the only cost she encounters is at the pump therefore a pez would cost her more personally to run. And she'd likely complain, nd avoiding such complaints is worth shouldering the other costs.

[daveb47]

When i worked at Rowhedge garage in mid sixties petrol was about 5 shillings a GALLON.

Thats 25 pence to you or about 5p a litre.

[inconsistant]

Photos or it didn't happen

 

[LC Torana]

When i worked at Rowhedge garage in mid sixties petrol was about 5 shillings a GALLON.

Thats 25 pence to you or about 5p a litre.

And did they offer a refund on the empty cans?

[dollywobbler]

So why has diesel gone all expensive again then? It was cheaper than petrol not so long ago.

[Eddie Honda]

Winter fuel demand? Diesel is always pricey at this time of year.

[Felly Magic]

It's all to do with the demand for heating oil, which I think is a bi product of diesel (could be wrong here), which does explain why it is cheaper in summer, and more expensive in winter

[Eddie Honda]

Well it's part of the same fraction of the barrel, and based on what you get out of typical barrel:

 

 

barnesbarnes by E Honda, on Flickr

[Conrad D. Conelrad]

I'd forgotten about the new low price, I thought Morrison's big price sign thing was broken at 99.9 as it just looked wrong.

 

Like when you wake up and the clock says 0:00 or 11:11 and your first thought is "great, my clock is knackered, I wonder what time it is".

 

Just me then? Oh.

 

Ha, no, I thought that too. When it originally passed £1/litre, I'd hoped the prevalence of three digit price signs would kill off all that point nine bullshit. But of course the rolls of Fablon came out instead. 

 

 

Good and legible. Of course the additional 1 wasn't visible at night (or even in the day, sometimes).

 

[RoadworkUK]

Whichever petrol station I use I always "pay in kiosk". Then, when I venture inside if I find that they don't stock Frazzles I walk out and drive away without paying to teach them a lesson.