Petrol Prices

[Benzowner]

At least that's decimal currency lol. Geoff2 was talking about paying a 1969 pound to fill a Mini!!! Back when money was real......lol

I used to go down t' pub wi a ten bob note, 4 pints 20 embo's and still have change Just toooo kin old

 

[SilverSaloon]

How much do you pay per litre?

0p

:bannana:

 

[Gridlock]

...sleep in a shoebox by the side of the road, eat some cold gravel, work 27 hours a day in the mill...

 

[nigel cross]

When I started driving in 1971 it was 3/11p or to you kids about 20p per Gallon. And 20 No6 was 4 shillings

 

[renault12ts]

When I started driving in 1971 it was 3/11p or to you kids about 20p per Gallon. And 20 No6 was 4 shillings

Obviously talking about a time just before 15th February??

When I started it was 76p per gallon. Then fell to 72p. Bliss. I remember when it reached £1 just after Thatcher got in and produced her first budget.

 

[crockers]

Obviously talking about a time just before 15th February??

That would have thrown most people...

 

[gazzz]

When I started driving in 1971 it was 3/11p or to you kids about 20p per Gallon.

Had a motorbike back then and if I ran the tank down to empty I could just squeeze in £1 worth

Bit cheaper in 1896 though:

Petrol prices 1896 to 2005

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[NICKYB]

Dont you just love it:

1. 
   [*]Tax (fuel duty) was introduced in 1909, suspended in 1919 (when car tax was introduced) and reintroduced in 1928.
   

Dangle the carrot, get people used to paying then kick them in the teeth!!!

 

[shorty]

When I strted driving back in 1995 , petrol was around 60p ( irish punts ) , now im paying € 1.30 per litre .

 

[scumbag]

Let me see.

Todays price.....£0.89ltr*. (I won't mention no road tax either)
I remember the price was about £0.83ish when I started driving my own car way back in the late 80's. And the insurance for that was about £650 a year too. (Nova 1.3SR)

I think my insurance for the trollmobile was £319.



VAT


*It has gone up here and 98RON might be £0.99. I will be filling up tommorrow so will let you know.

 

[arkamelis]

thay do make it hard on the motorist, this is part of the reason i got a diesel, to save some money on drivin. i have my road tax to pay the end of this month too, gonna be a bad month for me

 

[mbenz76]

Fuel protests like we saw at the start of the last decade don't work (as we all saw) and server only to turn everyone (driver or not) against the protesters as supermarkets ran low etc.

I was lucky as I brimmed my tank the day before it all kicked off so continued to drive regardless.

Had I not been so fortunate it would have impacted my ability to get to work etc.

Ever since I have never let my tank drop below 3/4 full just in case (unless on a long single run in which case I fill up as soon as I arrive).

The shoddy UK government could solve the problem in an instant by cutting duty. They take something like 75% of every litre in tax! And due to the underlying cost of oil rising they get billions of extra tax. They could reduce it to help the motoring public.

I think many years of them treating the motorist as a cash cow have shown us what they think of us.

Doubt a change in colour at No 10 will improve matters though. Labour have made such a pigs ear of the country and it's finances that any government will rely on every income stream they have just to keep going.

 

[s500colin]

£1.16 at Sainsburys today I think back to when the pounds rolled slower than the litres

 

[renault12ts]

When I strted driving back in 1995 , petrol was around 60p ( irish punts ) , now im paying € 1.30 per litre .

In 1999, using a favourable exchange rate I was getting diesel at 50p per litre in Donegal. I would travel and fill every week. I reckoned the saving was the equivalent of getting every third tank free!!

 

[Wizeng]

When I started riding my motorbike petrol was 7/6p per gallon, but I was only earning £6/15/6p per week!

 

[A210AMG]

To be honest and I know its bad, I don't tend to look.


Luckily I don't do many miles in my ML, Morrisons is round the corner, when the car is thirsty I take it for a drink. It costs what it costs and I enjoy it for however long that tank takes to use, sometimes a couple of months...

I will notice it on our summer trip to europe, I think I put £90 worth in it last yr, the most its ever cost to fill.

 

[Gridlock]

Doubt a change in colour at No 10 will improve matters though. Labour have made such a pigs ear of the country and it's finances that any government will rely on every income stream they have just to keep going.

Yes, I'm sure a petrol duty decrease was high on their priorities until Labour stole all of our money...

 

[stevesey]

Ever since I have never let my tank drop below 3/4 full just in case (unless on a long single run in which case I fill up as soon as I arrive).

I'd have to fill up at least 3 times a week I did that

Now lets see how good our memories are - check your prices here http://www.theaa.com/public_affairs/reports/Petrol_Prices_1896_todate_gallons.pdf

Even the older members are catered for

 

[renault12ts]

To be honest and I know its bad, I don't tend to look.


Luckily I don't do many miles in my ML, Morrisons is round the corner, when the car is thirsty I take it for a drink. It costs what it costs and I enjoy it for however long that tank takes to use, sometimes a couple of months...

I will notice it on our summer trip to europe, I think I put £90 worth in it last yr, the most its ever cost to fill.

£90 a year!! Now that's cheap.

 

[wxmclk]

It's hovering around £1.14/£1.15 a litre in sunny Wrexham