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Fuel Prices

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  • 14-06-2011 4:49pm
    #1
    911s
    Registered Users Posts: 201 ✭✭


    Just noticed diesel @ 159.0/lt at ESSO on old Airport Rd. I thought most places were 144 - 149 approx. or is this a special for tourists returning hire cars to the adjacent hire companies?


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    #2
    Tallon
    Closed Accounts Posts: 22,569 ✭✭✭✭Tallon


    Always been higher there


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    #3
    galwaytt
    Registered Users Posts: 12,761 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    Well, Topaz in Ballindine Co Mayo were 1.39 for diesel and 1.47 (iirc) for petrol yesterday: cheapest I've seen.

    Ode To The Motorist

    “And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road” 



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    #4
    mikedragon32
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,939 ✭✭✭mikedragon32


    OP that station is there to catch out Hire Cars on their way back to the airport! It's been like that since I were a lad.


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    BronsonTB
    Registered Users Posts: 1,891 ✭✭✭BronsonTB


    Garage on the headford road in Galway were 1.35.9 for diesel yesterday - That's the cheapest I've seen in a while.

    www.sligowhiplash.com - 3rd & 4th Aug '24 (Confirmed!)



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    coylemj
    Registered Users Posts: 25,338 ✭✭✭✭coylemj


    mikedragon32 wrote: »
    OP that station is there to catch out Hire Cars on their way back to the airport! It's been like that since I were a lad.
    There used to be a Texaco filling station on the Upper Drumcondra Road near the Skylon that had the same reputation and for the same reason.

    And on the topic of ripping off tourists....

    Up to a few years ago when French tourists with cars came off the ferry in Rosslare they were usually driving on vapour because at the time petrol was cheaper here than over there so they usually arrived with an empty tank. Naturally they bought fuel in the first filling station they came across but within minutes of driving up the road it became obvious that they had been royally ripped off.


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    Mc Love
    Registered Users Posts: 14,015 ✭✭✭✭Mc Love


    Wow that is expensive! I paid 138.9 today


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    pippip
    Registered Users Posts: 2,249 ✭✭✭pippip


    Doubt they are trying to catch people out considering they are two doors up from one of the cheapest stations around.

    I would say it's the same situation as the usher quay station used to be. Extortion prices on the pumps as they probably have a large number of accounts with all the rental and dealer companies around them and use the high prices to keep the forecourt clear for these customers and give discount prices to the accounts.


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    Gophur
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,921 ✭✭✭Gophur


    Like any business, the filling stations are free to charge any price they like.


    I'd like any member to state what percentage margin profit they deem acceptable for fuel retailer.


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    #10
    The Don
    Registered Users Posts: 1,571 ✭✭✭The Don


    There's a place on the Lower Ballymount Road in Ballymount Industrial estate that has Diesel for €1.35.9. Cheapest I've seen.


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    #11
    fryup
    Registered Users Posts: 18,069 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    144.9 for petrol at my local, will it continue i wonder?


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    freighter
    Closed Accounts Posts: 332 ✭✭freighter


    fryup wrote: »
    144.9 for petrol at my local, will it continue i wonder?

    DERV came doen 4 cents last week.


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    TestTransmission
    Registered Users Posts: 19,106 ✭✭✭✭TestTransmission


    freighter wrote: »
    DERV came doen 4 cents last week.

    Still needs to drop about 20 cent imo


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    Hal1
    Registered Users Posts: 8,720 ✭✭✭Hal1


    It ain't dropping quickly enough.


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    #15
    -Corkie-
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,025 ✭✭✭✭-Corkie-


    Hal1 wrote: »
    It ain't dropping quickly enough.

    Actually it is going up a cent again tonight..:mad:


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    #16
    Nissan doctor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,223 ✭✭✭Nissan doctor


    141.9 for unleaded and 132.9 for Diesel in two stations in Ardee the last few days.


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    #17
    fryup
    Registered Users Posts: 18,069 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    will the reduction in VAT be reflected at the pumps or is that just for the hospitality industry?


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    whiterebel
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 14,835 Mod ✭✭✭✭whiterebel


    -Corkie- wrote: »
    Actually it is going up a cent again tonight..:mad:

    Jesus, someones home heating oil tank in Letterkenny spring a leak again????


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    -Corkie-
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,025 ✭✭✭✭-Corkie-


    whiterebel wrote: »
    Jesus, someones home heating oil tank in Letterkenny spring a leak again????

    It went back down again last night by a cent.


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    whiterebel
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 14,835 Mod ✭✭✭✭whiterebel


    -Corkie- wrote: »
    It went back down again last night by a cent.

    They fixed that leak pretty quick!!


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    #21
    Explosive_Cornflake
    Registered Users Posts: 2,105 ✭✭✭Explosive_Cornflake


    Cold engine is probably a bit harder on fuel.
    It's only 5k away, you could walk some days. would make the task easier.
    robbie_998 wrote: »
    actually just after doing some maths

    my on board computer says i will do about 890KMS with my current tank

    my job is exactly 5KMs away from my house according to google maps

    i only go into and home from work 5 days a week

    so 890KMs on a tanks and 10KMs a day

    and i wont be using my car for anything else after tomorrow

    thats 89 days of getting into work and home

    thats 3 months until my next fill up.

    will we make this a challenge for me on boards to see if i can do it ?

    (bearing in mind i have to go to rathcoole tomorrow before work) !!!

    will we have a go at my onboard computer and see how accurate it is ?


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    #22
    robbie_998
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,222 ✭✭✭robbie_998


    -Corkie- wrote: »
    Thats all hear say bullsh1t that has absolutley no evidence.

    either way this thread is not about that

    Texaco clondalkin petrol 1.43.3 and vouchers !

    Esso Clondalkin 1.46.9 petrol

    done


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    #23
    Kristopherus
    Registered Users Posts: 11,907 ✭✭✭✭Kristopherus


    Howleys in Gort, Co. Galway 143.9c for petrol and 136.5 for diesel.


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    99nsr125
    Registered Users Posts: 1,183 ✭✭✭99nsr125


    TestTransmission wrote: »
    Still needs to drop about 20 cent imo

    It needs to have an additional 10 cent duty, not come down
    considering it's lower duty rate and higher energy content.

    I drive diesel before anyone screams bias


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    #25
    ottostreet
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,987 ✭✭✭ottostreet


    I won't feel happy until it drops below about 1.25.


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    #26
    TestTransmission
    Registered Users Posts: 19,106 ✭✭✭✭TestTransmission


    99nsr125 wrote: »
    It needs to have an additional 10 cent duty, not come down
    considering it's lower duty rate and higher energy content.

    I drive diesel before anyone screams bias

    Funny man indeed


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    99nsr125
    Registered Users Posts: 1,183 ✭✭✭99nsr125


    TestTransmission wrote: »
    Funny man indeed

    I don't want additional duty but there should be
    for the sake of balance.

    The last figures from the CSO that I can think of were
    from October-ish last year with two thirds of new cars
    diesel, it used to be the other way around !

    The CO2 linked car tax has got rid of the need for the lower duty
    rate as was given in an answer in the Dail sometime in the 80's.


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    #28
    TestTransmission
    Registered Users Posts: 19,106 ✭✭✭✭TestTransmission


    99nsr125 wrote: »
    I don't want additional duty but there should be
    for the sake of balance.

    The last figures from the CSO that I can think of were
    from October-ish last year with two thirds of new cars
    diesel, it used to be the other way around !

    The CO2 linked car tax has got rid of the need for the lower duty
    rate as was given in an answer in the Dail sometime in the 80's.

    wait a sec,you want diesel to go up is it?


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    #29
    Max Power1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,272 ✭✭✭✭Max Power1


    99nsr125 wrote: »
    The CO2 linked car tax has got rid of the need for the lower duty
    rate as was given in an answer in the Dail sometime in the 80's.
    No it hasnt, there are still a lot of pre 2008 diesel cars, so we should just convinietly forgot them these?


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    GavMan
    Registered Users Posts: 1,913 ✭✭✭GavMan


    robbie_998 wrote: »
    Texaco clondalkin petrol 1.43.3 and vouchers !

    Got some of that action myself last night


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    #31
    99nsr125
    Registered Users Posts: 1,183 ✭✭✭99nsr125


    TestTransmission wrote: »
    wait a sec,you want diesel to go up is it?

    Like I said

    I don't want additional duty but there should be
    for the sake of balance.


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