£99 for a fill up!!!

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My VW Passat was running on vapour when I pulled into the Tesco garage to fill up earlier - the lowest I allowed my car to get. I used pay at the pumps and managed to reach the £99 limit on the pump.

We have friends in Dubai and they regularly remind us that it costs a mere £17 to fill up their 4x4.

The cost of fuel here is disgraceful when you think of it.:mad:
 
And that is exactly why the home nations are on their knees. Drop the price of fuel to less than a quid and watch the place prosper, people wont necessarily use a lot more but the price of produce will drop a little and will have knock on effects.

sawtooth said:
My VW Passat was running on vapour when I pulled into the Tesco garage to fill up earlier - the lowest I allowed my car to get. I used pay at the pumps and managed to reach the £99 limit on the pump.

We have friends in Dubai and they regularly remind us that it costs a mere £17 to fill up their 4x4.

The cost of fuel here is disgraceful when you think of it.:mad:
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brendy said:
And that is exactly why the home nations are on their knees. Drop the price of fuel to less than a quid and watch the place prosper, people wont necessarily use a lot more but the price of produce will drop a little and will have knock on effects.
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If fuel was cheaper everything would be cheaper. Goods and services. Then people would save and therefore have more to spend thus boosting sales and increasing turnover in the long run.
 
my last car was £128 to fill up, not sustainable............

I agree if the fuel would come down it would effect and prosper so many
 
I'm not sure it really matters.... the government will rake in the money from elsewhere regardless. Might aswell take it from those who drive the most because that way at least there's a little 'fairness' involved with those who sacrifice their travel plans for something more 'affordable'.
 
For starters what the hell are you doing filling up in Tesco or any other supermarket?
I know there is a member on here that will disagree but you will not get the MPG from supermarket fuel as you will from a petrol station. Everyone who has done a MPG test has found a huge difference in consumption up to 30% more miles on petrol station fuel. No fuel won't come down below a £1L again but using better quality fuel, driving more economically, keeping tyres at the right pressure, keeping up with servicing and keeping your car clean all helps save you money on fuel.
If they want to get the economy going again it would help to raise interest rates. I know that sounds mad but raising the interest rate to 1/1.5% won't affect mortgages that much and would give those with money invested in this country some disposable income to spend. At the 0.5% it's been at for the last couple of years has only helped to stagnate the economy more. If you can't afford a mortgage with a 1.5% base rate then you can't afford that house, the auction sales of these properties will also help the economy. The cost of fuel isn't helping day to day living for everyone but there are plenty of other ways to get this country moving again.
 
I think it's piracy the way the Government apply Duty and VAT to certain items. Nothing should have a purchase tax more than VAT. They are currently running scared of reducing Duty as they have to pay for the indecent Welfare budget. Reintroduce the safety net only payments for welfare and let people keep their hard earned money to spend on things that will boost the ecconomy.
 
Andy808 said:
For starters what the hell are you doing filling up in Tesco or any other supermarket?
I know there is a member on here that will disagree but you will not get the MPG from supermarket fuel as you will from a petrol station. Everyone who has done a MPG test has found a huge difference in consumption up to 30% more miles on petrol station fuel. No fuel won't come down below a £1L again but using better quality fuel, driving more economically, keeping tyres at the right pressure, keeping up with servicing and keeping your car clean all helps save you money on fuel.
If they want to get the economy going again it would help to raise interest rates. I know that sounds mad but raising the interest rate to 1/1.5% won't affect mortgages that much and would give those with money invested in this country some disposable income to spend. At the 0.5% it's been at for the last couple of years has only helped to stagnate the economy more. If you can't afford a mortgage with a 1.5% base rate then you can't afford that house, the auction sales of these properties will also help the economy. The cost of fuel isn't helping day to day living for everyone but there are plenty of other ways to get this country moving again.
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Possibly across the sea they do things differently. But in the Republic of Ireland it was Statoil that supplied Tesco. I think its now Topaz? They are called.

In the North it was either Maxol or BP I forget which one that supplied Tesco. Asda I am not sure.
 
Raising the interest rate to allow already clearly well off ppl to spend 'disposable' income is a tad flawed in my opinion. Surely they will just re-invest it, and now with such a global economy whsts to say they will spend it in the correct area even if they do spend? If I received a rebate for instance, it would more than likely go on small goods, CDs books etc from an online retailer maybe a present for the other half. Now as we are all now aware and have been for some time these sites pay very little tax thus the CofE wouldnt recoup my money.
If on the other hand I was fortunate to be in a position where my investments returned enough for me to buy something big like a new car then the govt is in a terrible position because they are just funding the middle classes and above again creating political suicide.
 
Andy808 said:
For starters what the hell are you doing filling up in Tesco or any other supermarket?
I know there is a member on here that will disagree but you will not get the MPG from supermarket fuel as you will from a petrol station. Everyone who has done a MPG test has found a huge difference in consumption up to 30% more miles on petrol station fuel.
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Well the one I did showed no discernible difference!
 
Cherry13 said:
Raising the interest rate to allow already clearly well off ppl to spend 'disposable' income is a tad flawed in my opinion. Surely they will just re-invest it, and now with such a global economy whsts to say they will spend it in the correct area even if they do spend? If I received a rebate for instance, it would more than likely go on small goods, CDs books etc from an online retailer maybe a present for the other half. Now as we are all now aware and have been for some time these sites pay very little tax thus the CofE wouldnt recoup my money.
If on the other hand I was fortunate to be in a position where my investments returned enough for me to buy something big like a new car then the govt is in a terrible position because they are just funding the middle classes and above again creating political suicide.
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The majority of people with disposable income are retired people. I know a lot of retired people who aren't having work done on their house as they aren't making anything in investments. This stops the smaller builders from employing more staff, these people are then left on the dole and just stuggling on. It's a case of make do and mend, slapping a coat of paint on the bathroom instead of having a new suite fitted, fixing up the garage door instead of having a new one made and fitted, even down to staying at home instead of having a holiday in the UK or abroad. All this has a knock on effect. Whether you like it or not it's these people who keep smaller businesses going. I know one couple who had new panels fitting in the roof or their conservatory instead of having a new one fitted. I know many people who don't like to hear it but it's the middle classes who keep the country ticking, stop them spending and you stop a lot more than you realise.
 
Phil2511 said:
Possibly across the sea they do things differently. But in the Republic of Ireland it was Statoil that supplied Tesco. I think its now Topaz? They are called.

In the North it was either Maxol or BP I forget which one that supplied Tesco. Asda I am not sure.
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The supplier has little to do with what is being delivered. Shell deliver to Asda down here but it's not the same fuel shell sells on their forecourts and that has come from a driver, he has one card for shell deliveries when he picks up the fuel and another for Asda fuels. We sell Gulf fuel at our place but it's delivered in either a plain lorry or a Texaco lorry but it's different fuel to Texaco. If addative quantities were advertised on a forecourts sign it would become plain for all to see how different they are but it's not as it would become very confusing to most consumers.
 
Andy808 said:
The supplier has little to do with what is being delivered. Shell deliver to Asda down here but it's not the same fuel shell sells on their forecourts and that has come from a driver, he has one card for shell deliveries when he picks up the fuel and another for Asda fuels. We sell Gulf fuel at our place but it's delivered in either a plain lorry or a Texaco lorry but it's different fuel to Texaco. If addative quantities were advertised on a forecourts sign it would become plain for all to see how different they are but it's not as it would become very confusing to most consumers.
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I would have thought the Shell driver having a different card for Shell and Asda would be for accounting/billing purposes.

Never heard of Gulf Fuel. What about the additives? Could you explain this part?

I drive for a living so am genuinely interested if I thought it could save me money.
Tried BP ultimate before but saw no saving.
 
Andy808 said:
The supplier has little to do with what is being delivered. Shell deliver to Asda down here but it's not the same fuel shell sells on their forecourts and that has come from a driver, he has one card for shell deliveries when he picks up the fuel and another for Asda fuels. We sell Gulf fuel at our place but it's delivered in either a plain lorry or a Texaco lorry but it's different fuel to Texaco. If addative quantities were advertised on a forecourts sign it would become plain for all to see how different they are but it's not as it would become very confusing to most consumers.
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Agreed, In my experience the supermarket fuel just doesn't cut it. I seem to get significantly more mileage out of the garage across the road charging a penny or 2 more per litre. Not that I fill up round home often. HID has to travel past Lifford, in the south, to get to work. AT 10-15p a litre cheaper guess what happens. Yup that's right, we don't give the HMRC very much of our money as fuel duty.
 
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