Current fuel prices (POLL)

[andy_k]

Any of you guys here protested yet?

Actual fuel value is like 18p, add some for other charges like Transport, Admin etc, but the DUTY IS OVER THE TOP AND THE GOVERNMENT MUST CUT DOWN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

yes now that's a good idea ..........


hmmmm now where are they going to generate the revenue from if they cut down on fuel taxation

At the end of the day the motorist is going to pay because they DO pay and they are an easy selfish target.

The slightest threat of taking their precious car off them and they go into panic mode believeing that they alone are different to everyone else and therefore are more important than everyone else so have the right to drive their car whenever and wherever they want.

Today, when all the so called crisis was fading into insignificance I drove into my local garage to buy some lunch there was a guy who had filled his car right to the brim (the pool of fuel on the floor suggested he'd completely filled it to the top of the filler tube) and had then started on filling plastic containers. The garage assistant told him over the forecourt PA that he wasn't allowed any more fuel and the guy went ballistic saying it was his right to buy as much petrol as he needed because his son was a doctor and therefore he needed his car

How many people on this forum can honestly say that they didn't change their petrol buying pattern this week and grab a few extra gallons just in case?

I suspect we all bought when we got the chance - I'm honest enough to admit that I filled mine up when normally I would have put £30 in

How many people on here could be "priced out" of their cars?

We may complain and moan but at the end of the day we place such a high value on the car that virtually no amount of taxation is too much. At the end of the day it's a luxury which is consuming a finite resource of fossil fuels at an increasingly rapid rate and contributing to the slow destruction of the planet.

I feel sorry for the lorry drivers but haven't they had it good for so long?

When I was young my Father was an area manager for one of the leading hauliers (Roadline UK formerly BRS Parcels). Their lorry drivers were very much employees and were also very much "working class". None of them had the standard of living that todays drivers do

Saying they are "poor" and suffering financial hardship is about the same as farmers complaining there is no money in farming at the same time as buying a new Range Rover. I've never met a genuinely poor farmer or Lorry driver and I don't suppose I ever will

Economic climates change, it's the responsibility of every business person to react to that. Those that do survive, those that don't will eventually fail.

Andy

 

[Thmsshaun]

I feel sorry for the lorry drivers but haven't they had it good for so long?

Andy

The minority are to blame for rate undercutting I dont oppose to fuel taxation on cars as it is indeed a luxury and for that we should pay. How can we say cars are expensive now when more people have them now than have ever had.

So should I choose to buy a car such a the C43 it is my choice to pay more tax as it uses more fuel. If I feel I am paying too much tax then i should sell it and buy a cheaper economical car.

However haulage is a different issue and there should be tax rebates. The key to keeping a stable economy, or more and more hauliers will be priced off the road and prices will just go up and up.

I really hate my companies views of trying to slash and trim rates but well all want things delivered at the lowest price to get from a to b as cheap as possible but I offer my total support to the haulier.

If the haulage industry got behind one another and just no protest all the driver in country simply had a day off work in protest, After all no one can prosecuted for what is taking a legal requirement, the country would be in complete and utter carnage.

However there are too many out there who would jump at the chance undercut and take the work and with that aspect I have no sympathy.

Sorry to go on. Sorry if it doesnt make sense and sound like s@~t but there you go.

 

[BonzoDog]

Personal opinion(although my reputation is bad anyway ):

You people make me laugh... Driving Mercs and crying about the fuel prices... Get a Nissan Micra

I'm driving a 5.0 ltr armoured (veeeery heavy) monster and full tank doesn't last a week for me. And I'm not crying. Look at teh whole world. There isn't a place where the fuel prices are NOT rising. And look at the economy of Britain (as I've see fuel price comparison with other countries somewhere on this forum). Example - average Lithuanian is making 800 LTL (Lithuanian Litas) per month. Fuel price? 3.20 LTL per litre. Imagine how would it be if you'd make 800 GBP per month and would have to pay 3.20 GBP per litre. What would you say then?

I know - I'll get trashed for this opinion, but still... I think I'm making a point here...

Can't say that I like your choice of name, you can't even blame your mother but you are spot on with your view. Not only thatmany people although they will never admit it, can at least walk, cycle, take a bus or train for some of their journeys.
And why on earth should car tax go on over pampered motorists anyway, there are plenty more people and needs higher up the queue . Should the tax on cigarettes and booze go on smokers and alcoholics - absolutely no way.
The real problem is that in rich societies, such as UK, there is a high demand for choice of goods and an ever greter ability to put that choice on the sheoves adn in the mail and that means ever more trucks on the road. The real question and one that is bound to arise is when will it become time to favour goods tranport over non essential passenger transport. In German they have introduced the Maut, which is probably one of Schroeder's craziest actiosn. This puts a tax on trucks using autobahns. Result? More big trucks on small roads, a higher price to the end user, more jobless because of truckers going out of business. The motorist is just the winger in these circumstances but it is the transport industry and the public at large that pays.
Now there's a nice bit of provocation to start the day.

 

[mergli]

How many people on this forum can honestly say that they didn't change their petrol buying pattern this week and grab a few extra gallons just in case?

I have always driven from full to empty and as I was empty on Monday I filled up, I will fill up again next week when the light comes on again.
If there is no petrol next week I'll use the bus/train/tram/train/walk combo which gets me to work in only 1 hr 15 mins (as opposed to 35 mins in the car).

 

[glojo]

How many people on this forum can honestly say that they didn't change their petrol buying pattern this week and grab a few extra gallons just in case?

We certainly haven't. Poor old wife wants top fill up our empty jerry can with petrol for the lawn mowers, but is to embarrassed. I reckon by tomorrow everything will hopefully be back to normal.

John

 

[GRAV888]

Nor me.
Orange light still on

Prices are starting to fall now too :bannana: :bannana:

 

[Shude]

Congratulations to the panic-buying idiots for proving that the average Brit is as selfish as he is stupid.

Prices are starting to fall now too :bannana: :bannana:

Meanwhile the orange light is due on mine soon, should appear around the 370-380 mile mark

 

[lotusmark2]

Happy to say that I did not have to add to the problem with me filling the Smart up this morning (220 miles on £15, I love it ) and the SAAB needs filling tonight (not quite so nice on the wallet)