fuel costs

[Ells]

does anyone agree that the petrol cost has gone up? it used to be cheap now it's not... ahhhh 

[Catlover]

Well, if you only just noticed must mean you have plenty of it.... money that is.

[Ells]

Just now, Catlover said:

Well, if you only just noticed must mean you have plenty of it.... money that is.

sorry if i said something wrong... I have just started paying attention :) never used to be bothered until now

[Catlover]

I think it’s been said it’s at its highest since 2008, I can’t remember that far back. 🙂

[Ells]

Just now, Catlover said:

I think it’s been said it’s at its highest since 2008, I can’t remember that far back. 🙂

ah okay. how are you today?

[Catlover]

I doing ok Ellie. How long have you had the Sienna? Not a vehicle I am conversant with. Presumably it’s a people carrier type.

[Ells]

2 minutes ago, Catlover said:

I doing ok Ellie. How long have you had the Sienna? Not a vehicle I am conversant with. Presumably it’s a people carrier type.

it is yes. not long me and my partner share it as we are busy people during the days thats good your doing okay :)

[RUToyota]

It's not impossible that it will get even more expensive....but fortunately I'm largely untroubled by fuel costs as I'm retired and only do a few thousand miles in my Estima each year.

It's a 3 litre V6 so not the most economical of vehicles but for me worth every penny I spend on petrol...lol

[Ells]

1 minute ago, RUToyota said:

It's not impossible that it will get even more expensive....but fortunately I'm largely untroubled by fuel costs as I'm retired and only do a few thousand miles in my Estima each year.

It's a 3 litre V6 so not the most economical of vehicles but for me worth every penny I spend on petrol...lol

aha well done you. im 24 and I spend too much on fuel.. how are you?

[Cyker]

*****... when I bought my first Yaris, diesel prices were something like 79p/L!!!!!!

That wasn't even 20 years ago!!!  

 

[Ells]

1 minute ago, Cyker said:

*****... when I bought my first Yaris, diesel prices were something like 79p/L!!!!!!

That wasn't even 20 years ago!!!  

 

awww hey

[TonyHSD]

It’s seems like the fuel prices are at its highest ever as it’s anything else. You can zoom in but hold strong for something.,  BP at South Mimms services M25/J23, that from two days ago, just stopped for a coffee, not fuel for obvious reasons 🤣👌 

[Rhymes with Paris]

Shell v power last Saturday here was £1.60/litre near as damn it.

Which for us older ones brought up on imperial is £7.20/gallon.

Tried to zoom in on your pic Tony but can not see the price.

 

For comparison I go back to the heady days of 1973 when  a young me would fill up his 105e Anglia on payday for around £0.30 a gallon or £0.07/litre.

I had the petrol coupons for the Anglia issued due to the looming Suez crisis that never happened , so did not use them.

Along with that though,went the 3 day week , power cuts and around £20/week.☹️

[TonyHSD]

2 hours ago, Rhymes with Paris said:

Shell v power last Saturday here was £1.60/litre near as damn it.

Which for us older ones brought up on imperial is £7.20/gallon.

Tried to zoom in on your pic Tony but can not see the price.

 

For comparison I go back to the heady days of 1973 when  a young me would fill up his 105e Anglia on payday for around £0.30 a gallon or £0.07/litre.

I had the petrol coupons for the Anglia issued due to the looming Suez crisis that never happened , so did not use them.

Along with that though,went the 3 day week , power cuts and around £20/week.☹️

Here I did it. Prices are beyond imagination, £1.70 per litre premium petrol, this is a robbery. 🤭

[Trewithy]

l can't remember how many years ago it was but I recall going to the petrol station just to fill up before the price went over £1 per litre! 

[Cyker]

@TonyHSD - Yeah, motorway services fuel prices have always been stupidly high; They've even somehow managed to carry that through to EV charging! (70p/kwH!!!  )

The government are supposed to be looking into putting an end to that, as apparently people putting in a fiver's worth just to get to a sanely priced petrol station and then running out of fuel on our new Smart All-Lane Killer Motorways with Extra Congestion is suddenly a problem...

 

@RwP - Hold on I think I might still have some green shield stamps from back then...  

[Ells]

50 minutes ago, Trewithy said:

l can't remember how many years ago it was but I recall going to the petrol station just to fill up before the price went over £1 per litre! 

aha :)

[Ells]

4 hours ago, TonyHSD said:

Here I did it. Prices are beyond imagination, £1.70 per litre premium petrol, this is a robbery. 🤭

thank you for replying :)+

 

[Rhymes with Paris]

23 minutes ago, Cyker said:

@TonyHSD - Yeah, motorway services fuel prices have always been stupidly high; They've even somehow managed to carry that through to EV charging! (70p/kwH!!!  )

The government are supposed to be looking into putting an end to that, as apparently people putting in a fiver's worth just to get to a sanely priced petrol station and then running out of fuel on our new Smart All-Lane Killer Motorways with Extra Congestion is suddenly a problem...

 

@RwP - Hold on I think I might still have some green shield stamps from back then...  

If you have 20 or so books of them it might be enough to fill a Zippo 😊

Ah it was for gifts from a catalogue though wasn't it ?

Re the petrol price I remember being told that depreciation is the biggest cost of motoring , maybe it was at one time , but with the price of good recent cars going up , who knows now .

Crazy times indeed.

 

[Stopeter44]

51 minutes ago, Rhymes with Paris said:

Re the petrol price I remember being told that depreciation is the biggest cost of motoring , maybe it was at one time , but with the price of good recent cars going up , who knows now .

Depreciation, most likely, still is the biggest component, especially so the more frequently one "upgrades" to a new car. I don't have to drive to go to work, and I spend, probably 120 € a month on petrol depending on my activity. With 6 year old car depreciation is about 1000 € a year now, but the car when new carried a retail price of 23k€, and today is worth about 10k€. So over the 6 years fuel and depreciation are about equal, but the annual rate of depreciation now is less than the fuel cost, but before, say, when the car was 2 years old, it was t'other way round.

[Bos]

When I first started buying petrol I paid £1 for 4 gallons, how is that for inflation!

[RUToyota]

29 minutes ago, Bos said:

When I first started buying petrol I paid £1 for 4 gallons, how is that for inflation!

Me too.!!...that would have been in the 1960's.

[Ells]

It is such a pain not having enough fuel