Oil doesn’t stay in the ground or fuel in forecourt takes either.
It’s a delicate process of shipping and sale.
My advice is try to use less then “top up, don’t fill up” Leave them with it - and watch the price tumble as they have to get rid of it (because they’ve already bought it in advance), and the punters won’t buy it at top price.
But surely if you put in 20 litres a fortnight but change it to 10 litres a week you are still using the same amount
an eccentric friend of mine always keeps a very low volume of diesel in his car, on the basis that hauling less weight will keep his m p litre/gallon as high as possible. Surprisingly, to my knowledge he's yet to run out of fuel in the middle of a journey
I rarely fill up more than half a tank for that reason. Probably only saves me a few pence though.
If you are making an extra unnecessary trip to gas up, you are probably using more that way. Cars use way more fuel when cold. My car is only doing around 8mpg when cold, rather than the usual 25-28 mpg when up to temperature.
petrol is 1.43 at Costco if you have a membership card. Best price I’ve seen in Essex, beat my local area by 10p+ a litre.
just shows what can be done .. how much is the yearly membership ? .. there is not a Costco anywhere near me, nearest ones are Sheffield and Nottingham .. answer my own question, depends on status, anything from .. £26.40 to £74.40
Any excuse here to put up fuel.....its gone from $1.70 for 98 octane to $2.25......once upon a time fuel here was half the price of the UK. Not so long ago you could buy a litre of 91 octane for 90cents....not anymore.
It’s around the $NZ3 mark here Tel for 91 but reading the posts on here re UK prices perhaps that’s not too out of line. All depends on rate of the $NZ among other things.
Shell petrol station in Bearsted, Maidstone £1.67 for unleaded and £1.79 for diesel.
That's insane.
I bought diesel yesterday at ASDA in Borehamwood for 153.9. My local Co-op at lunchtime today was 159.9. We drive past it again this evening on the way home from the game & it's now 162.9. An increase of 3p in under 6 hours. Never known a forecourt to put up prices during the day.
Shell petrol station in Bearsted, Maidstone £1.67 for unleaded and £1.79 for diesel.
That's insane.
I bought diesel yesterday at ASDA in Borehamwood for 153.9. My local Co-op at lunchtime today was 159.9. We drive past it again this evening on the way home from the game & it's now 162.9. An increase of 3p in under 6 hours. Never known a forecourt to put up prices during the day.
It is insane because there is a Tesco Express Esso station opposite, which is usually lower, not sure what it was today.
Yesterday BP in Dulwich lordship Lane was 179.9, the esso round the corner was 156.9, I don't think I've ever seen such a gap between a couple garages close to each other
Seen on Facebook that Shell station in Bearsted was 1.79 at 5.20 last night, by 11.45 pm it was 1.90 and this morning is 1.93. These prices are frightening.
Correction I've just checked and Shell Station charging 1.80 and Tesco Express Esso opposite is 1.64. Why would people pay 1.80 when station on opposite side of road is 16p less.
Also, if you have the app waze you can also see petrol prices on there as well, although I don't think they are always as up to date as pp, but always useful to have a 2nd option
Also, if you have the app waze you can also see petrol prices on there as well, although I don't think they are always as up to date as pp, but always useful to have a 2nd option
Cheers I've got the Waze app downloaded on my phone, but still tend to use Google Maps for navigation.
the prices quoted for fuel around here at least are a couple/three days behind .. so the app is not quite so accurate or reliable as I at first thought
I couldn't believe it when I went to get petrol yesterday. Last Wednesday it was around 1€50/55 a litre, now it's 1€77. I reckon it will pass the 2€ a litre mark within a few weeks. Then the 'gilets jaunes' will be out but that's for another discussion. Just thought I'd let you know that it's the same here in France.
11 days later: It's already over 2 euros a litre at 2 supermarkets. I managed to get 1€87 at my local supermarket.
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I bought diesel yesterday at ASDA in Borehamwood for 153.9. My local Co-op at lunchtime today was 159.9. We drive past it again this evening on the way home from the game & it's now 162.9. An increase of 3p in under 6 hours. Never known a forecourt to put up prices during the day.
179.9
Hayes high street.
Fill it up and drive off without paying = £50 Court fine and a slapped wrist.
Martin Lewis got nothing on me
Failing that, there is the website version: the Asda round me says: 150.9 for unleaded and 154.9 for diesel
https://www.petrolprices.com/
Habit
Thankfully I live near the US border. Gas in Washington state currently 76p/litre.