First £70+ fill-up

r.welfare · Post by **r.welfare** » 27 May 2008, 20:30

Hmm. Time to visit CostCo again and check the price of their 20L barrels of veg methinks! Paid £50 for 35L earlier today, mind you the 35L that replaced did get me just over 400 miles so not too bad, on mixed roads.

Post by **myglaren** » 04 Jun 2008, 17:50

Xac wrote:I put £40 of diesel in last night as Costco was shut, got me just over 31L!
So that would have been £80+ to fill her up!
Thankgoodness a tank load of SVO costs around £50.

You need to be carefull at Costco
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r.welfare · Post by **r.welfare** » 04 Jun 2008, 18:44

What on earth! I thought this would link to the class action in the US over CostCo's Wi-Fi leading to people's credit card details being obtained

Anyway, I didn't get any SVO as I didn't have room in the trolley due to other "essentials". Have been running the Hunter from Newbury to Trowbridge every day, and to Solihull and back today - worked out I got 375 miles from 31.1L, which I make 54.4mpg. Not bad at all!

Post by **myglaren** » 04 Jun 2008, 19:19

Just don't buy a Hummer.
Not likely I know, unless the French decide to make them.

Just got the latest local diesel prices - £1.29/L cheapest.

Xaccers · Post by **Xaccers** » 05 Jun 2008, 04:10

myglaren wrote:Just don't buy a Hummer.
Not likely I know, unless the French decide to make them.

Just got the latest local diesel prices - £1.29/L cheapest.

Although I've heard that Hummer's are a good way to get around the increase in VED.
Apparently to import cars, you don't have to declare the CO2 emissions, so it reverts to a default £185.
No idea on whether there is any truth in that though.

ACTIVE8 · Post by **ACTIVE8** » 07 Jun 2008, 09:29

The congestion charge had an initial effect on traffic levels, but the congestion is just as bad now if not worse. After watching a news report this morning where the price of a barrel of oil is expected to go a lot higher it will have more of an effect on traffic levels than the con charge ever did, because drivers will not be able to afford to use their cars!

The Real "Con" Charge Is The Price Of The Fuel & The Tax On It !

Plumb bob · Post by **Plumb bob** » 07 Jun 2008, 20:02

Filled the car this week, and it cost £83.00 for 65 litres

Post by **myglaren** » 11 Jun 2008, 16:01

Just been and filled up. £74:75 for 65 Litres.

This is 100% Biodiesel made from virgin rapeseed oil.
The company I buy it from has abandoned reprocessing WVO as supplies were sporadic and processing complex. They find it more economical to use rapeseed oil as a starting point and claim a higher quality product.

The rather lumpy idling I experienced from the last fillup has disappeared.

For mainly town driving and short trips I achieved 447 miles from the last tank.

Off to Whitby at the weekend so Italian Tune-Up time again

XantiaMan · Post by **XantiaMan** » 11 Jun 2008, 19:19

Running up to 75% SVO @ 83ppl...

THELABMAN · Post by **THELABMAN** » 15 Jun 2008, 21:45

Went to get diesel yesterday and big ques at the garages already, my local Jet is limiting you to £10 a time, what a joke it's not even two gallons these days, and they have put a penny on diesel up from 126.9 to 127.9, luckily I got a full tank from Tesco at 126.9 but 60 litres cost me over £76.....

I notced today though that Morrison's in Airdrie is already up to 128.9 somebody is taking the micky somewhere, the papers were saying only last week the cost of oil had dropped from $135 to $122 a barrel and diesel import prices had come down 10% since the end of May so why the price increase......

reblack68 · Post by **reblack68** » 15 Jun 2008, 22:26

The current high price has absolutely nothing to do with the price of crude. They are hiking the price for one reason and one reason only- because they can.

Ditto the increasing food prices.

Post by **myglaren** » 16 Jun 2008, 08:44

Touring around North Yorkshire yesterday I noted that many fuel stations were charging 134.9p/L.

isisalar · Post by **isisalar** » 22 Jun 2008, 19:00

I managed to get nearly £90 of diesel in my xantia estate when I wasn't panicking about the latest fuel crisis.

jgra1 · Post by **jgra1** » 23 Jun 2008, 15:02

nothing

Post by **myglaren** » 23 Jun 2008, 18:54

This seems a very grim way to get Cheap Diesel.

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