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Bofh5
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PostPosted: 13:12 - 15 Oct 2008    Post subject: Petrol below a quid Reply with quote
Asda is cutting its unleaded to 99.9p a litre.

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PostPosted: 13:14 - 15 Oct 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote
Good news

Shame it's shite supermarket fuel though. Hopefully other retailers will follow suit. Should of happened a long time ago as barrel prices have been on the downturn for a while.
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PostPosted: 13:18 - 15 Oct 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote
Was gonna post this, saw the 99.9 at Morrisons at lunchtime.

About bloody time, lets have it even lower now.
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PostPosted: 13:25 - 15 Oct 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote
Waaahey, aren't we lucky, bargain price of just £1 per litre!!! Very Happy

Thank you Gordon Brown, you're not such a wanker really. Rolling Eyes

Now we also need diesel to go back to being cheaper than petrol, another 20p or so off petrol, and then they can start doing something about the road tax.
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PostPosted: 13:28 - 15 Oct 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote
might be cheap supermarket stuff but i'm off to fill up just to see how much difference it makes in a tank.

so does anyone know what the difference is between supermarket fuel and other fuel. i always thought supermarkets were supplied by BP etc
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PostPosted: 13:28 - 15 Oct 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote
That's good news as the Shell station opposite Asda does track the Asda price. So that means decent fuel (with the additives/detergents/etc.) for a realistic price Razz

Bofh5 wrote:
...so does anyone know what the difference is between supermarket fuel and other fuel. i always thought supermarkets were supplied by BP etc

I found this out a bit back. The supermarket fuel does come from the same refineries but just before it goes into the tanker the additives/detergents are put in (like the mixer tap in bars that serves you coke/lemonade/soda/water/etc.). The supermarket fuel doesn't get the same mix as the big name brands.

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PostPosted: 13:30 - 15 Oct 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote
Bofh5 wrote:
so does anyone know what the difference is between supermarket fuel and other fuel. i always thought supermarkets were supplied by BP etc

Varies between supermarkets, but on the whole stuff you get from supermarkets is from exactly the same refineries as the stuff from places like BP/Texaco/Shell/etc.
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PostPosted: 13:34 - 15 Oct 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote
thanks all Thumbs Up
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PostPosted: 13:38 - 15 Oct 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote
Yeah ... wot Ste said.

Be good when they get it down to something *reasonable* where we're not actually being fucked up the arse for buying petrol, practically more than everybody else in the world.

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Thinking

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PostPosted: 13:38 - 15 Oct 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote
I think this was the governments idea...

To put it so far over a pound so when it eventually drops to under a quid we will be satisfied where as 5 years ago this would have been extortionate.

I know it's not the government directly affecting the prices but if people are happy with a quid then they will be happy as its more than they were getting a year ago.

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PostPosted: 13:40 - 15 Oct 2008    Post subject: Re: Petrol below a quid Reply with quote
Bofh5 wrote:
Asda is cutting its unleaded to 99.9p a litre.

Cool


Should think so too, oil is now at $70 a barrell.

It was last at $70 in September 07, the price of petrol then was at 92 or 93p.
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PostPosted: 13:43 - 15 Oct 2008    Post subject: Re: Petrol below a quid Reply with quote
Mr.Everready wrote:
Bofh5 wrote:
Asda is cutting its unleaded to 99.9p a litre.

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Should think so too, oil is now at $70 a barrell.

It was last at $70 in September 07, the price of petrol then was at 92 or 93p.


It wasn't 92p in Sept 07, i passed my driving test in may 07 and it was still 99p
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PostPosted: 13:44 - 15 Oct 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote
i'm amazed everyone is so happy about this. i mind when fuel was at 70p a litre Laughing
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PostPosted: 13:45 - 15 Oct 2008    Post subject: Re: Petrol below a quid Reply with quote
Mr.Everready wrote:


It was last at $70 in September 07, the price of petrol then was at 92 or 93p.

But the pound is much weaker now, trading at about 1.75 rather than 1.99 Smile
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PostPosted: 13:55 - 15 Oct 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote
hellkat wrote:
Death and destruction to all capitalist bastard pigdogs!
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You forgot the term 'degenerate scum'... Wink
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PostPosted: 13:59 - 15 Oct 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote
UrbanRacer wrote:
i'm amazed everyone is so happy about this. i mind when fuel was at 70p a litre Laughing


I remember when everyting was imperial and I filled up in gallons. Laughing

£1.60 a gallon or 35p a litre. Razz
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PostPosted: 15:21 - 15 Oct 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote
A full tank of fuel on my RX-S will cost me something like £6.50 now Mr. Green
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PostPosted: 16:06 - 15 Oct 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote
£17.50 instead of £20 Very Happy
OFC everyone has less money to spend so it's not any cheaper relative to the state of the economy.
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PostPosted: 16:13 - 15 Oct 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote
Well i bet that good ole GB ain't too impressed that its taken the supermarkets to cut the prices..... All that money he's just laid out and now he's losing alll that tax.....
Whats the betting that the Gov wacks 2p a ltr tax on now that they defered due to high price....

Still lower fuel is one thing. The supermarkets will just whack a couple of P on bread or milk and make even more profit.... To cover the little loss leader on petrol Twisted Evil
So at the end of the day who is the loser......

Yep YOU & ME Karma
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PostPosted: 19:31 - 15 Oct 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote
iooi wrote:
Well i bet that good ole GB ain't too impressed that its taken the supermarkets to cut the prices..... All that money he's just laid out and now he's losing alll that tax.....
Whats the betting that the Gov wacks 2p a ltr tax on now that they defered due to high price....

Still lower fuel is one thing. The supermarkets will just whack a couple of P on bread or milk and make even more profit.... To cover the little loss leader on petrol Twisted Evil
So at the end of the day who is the loser......

Yep YOU & ME Karma


I don't eat nearly as much bread as the Frontera does petrol!

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PostPosted: 19:54 - 15 Oct 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote
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PostPosted: 20:13 - 15 Oct 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote
About time considering the price of oil has fell through the floor...
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PostPosted: 20:51 - 15 Oct 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote
iooi wrote:
Well i bet that good ole GB ain't too impressed that its taken the supermarkets to cut the prices..... All that money he's just laid out and now he's losing alll that tax.....
Whats the betting that the Gov wacks 2p a ltr tax on now that they defered due to high price....

Still lower fuel is one thing. The supermarkets will just whack a couple of P on bread or milk and make even more profit.... To cover the little loss leader on petrol Twisted Evil
So at the end of the day who is the loser......

Yep YOU & ME Karma


The only thing I buy is petrol so my life just got that little bit better.
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PostPosted: 21:13 - 15 Oct 2008    Post subject: Reply with quote
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I remember when everyting was imperial and I filled up in gallons. Laughing

£1.60 a gallon or 35p a litre. Razz


I do to! But I also remember, some retailers went metric and put the price up so people wouldn't notice!!

Same thing happened in Ireland when it went Euro.
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Yeah, but then you've got to use more fuel actually getting to an ASDA with a pump - negating any saving.

Yeah, I've travelled three miles to save 3 p per litre. Them is shit odds, my friends.
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