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The car petrol and diesel thread....

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    #362
    paulgalway
    Registered Users Posts: 533 ✭✭✭paulgalway


    Passed 3 Topaz garages this morning. Unleaded is now €165.9.

    Was seriously in the red so had to stop at one of them. Only got the minimum (2 Litres) and told the guy I was just getting enough to make sure I got to Maxol in the westside where it is €162.9 - he just laughed.


    BTW: woman in next pump over put on a disposable glove before using the pump.:confused:


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    #363
    Irishgoatman
    Registered Users Posts: 1,741 ✭✭✭Irishgoatman


    paulgalway wrote: »
    Passed 3 Topaz garages this morning. Unleaded is now €165.9.

    Was seriously in the red so had to stop at one of them. Only got the minimum (2 Litres) and told the guy I was just getting enough to make sure I got to Maxol in the westside where it is €162.9 - he just laughed.


    BTW: woman in next pump over put on a disposable glove before using the pump.:confused:

    Re disposable glove, was she at a diesel pump perhaps?.


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    #364
    paulgalway
    Registered Users Posts: 533 ✭✭✭paulgalway


    Irishgoatman wrote: »
    Re disposable glove, was she at a diesel pump perhaps?.

    Would Diesel make a difference?


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    #365
    Irishgoatman
    Registered Users Posts: 1,741 ✭✭✭Irishgoatman


    paulgalway wrote: »
    Would Diesel make a difference?

    Yes because Diesel is very greasy, takes ages to get it off your hands if you splash any.:)

    :pac: . . . .


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    #366
    barryd09
    Registered Users Posts: 1,581 ✭✭✭barryd09


    Petrol is 165.9 in Topaz on the bridge & everyones friend in topaz/the arch on seamus quirke road is a whopping 166.9.

    It wont even take until the end of the year to hit €2 at the rate its going.


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    #367
    snubbleste
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 31,117 ✭✭✭✭snubbleste


    Topaz on SeamusQuirke now 167.9 for unleaded, the Maxol up the road is a full 2c cheaper.


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    #368
    Asmodean
    Registered Users Posts: 1,644 ✭✭✭Asmodean


    A good tip if youre annoyed with topaz prices is to ask the cashier for the pricing departments phone number in dublin. Theres a number especially for those types of complaints. Complaining to the cashier will get nothing done i can assure you because they dont have any power at all over price. Let the guys at the top know how you feel.


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    #369
    snubbleste
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 31,117 ✭✭✭✭snubbleste


    Topaz newcastle now 169.9 for unleaded.


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    #370
    paulgalway
    Registered Users Posts: 533 ✭✭✭paulgalway


    snubbleste wrote: »
    Topaz newcastle now 169.9 for unleaded.

    All Topaz in the city are €169.9.

    Texaco at the docks are €165.9

    Maxol in Westside €166.9

    Why do people still go to Topaz ???


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    #371
    antoobrien
    Registered Users Posts: 6,106 ✭✭✭antoobrien


    How much are Esso in Monaghans/Hogans?


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    #372
    desaparecidos
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,332 ✭✭✭desaparecidos


    paulgalway wrote: »
    Why do people still go to Topaz ???

    Gift voucher.


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    #373
    xtradel
    Registered Users Posts: 533 ✭✭✭xtradel


    antoobrien wrote: »
    How much are Esso in Monaghans/Hogans?

    Hogans Esso is 168.9 at the mo.


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    #374
    yer man!
    Registered Users Posts: 1,646 ✭✭✭yer man!


    Diesel is €1.549 in woodquay service station.


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    #375
    barryd09
    Registered Users Posts: 1,581 ✭✭✭barryd09


    yer man! wrote: »
    Diesel is €1.549 in woodquay service station.

    Is this a new place?? How much is petrol do you know?


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    #376
    yer man!
    Registered Users Posts: 1,646 ✭✭✭yer man!


    barryd09 wrote: »
    Is this a new place?? How much is petrol do you know?
    I can't remember how much the petrol was but its the small service station where the dyke road meets the headford road, it's attended to so you can stay in the car... :)


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    #377
    ingalway
    Registered Users Posts: 651 ✭✭✭ingalway


    barryd09 wrote: »
    Is this a new place?? How much is petrol do you know?

    It was €164.9 today.


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    #378
    Sappa
    Registered Users Posts: 885 ✭✭✭Sappa


    Folks I got dodgy diesel from a new service station in Galway city centre car emissions started acting up took it to the garage and he said your last fill of diesel caused the problem and he said the fuel filters were needing replacement as a result.
    So by trying to save a few pennies I had to fork out a bit today,not a happy customer.


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    #379
    yer man!
    Registered Users Posts: 1,646 ✭✭✭yer man!


    Sappa wrote: »
    Folks I got dodgy diesel from a new service station at Woodquay,car emissions started acting up took it to the garage and he said your last fill of diesel caused the problem and he said the fuel filters were needing replacement as a result.
    So by trying to save a few pennies I had to fork out a bit today,not a happy customer.
    Hmmm it's impossible to know whether or not it was THAT fill up that caused the problem without testing the fuel you got from the station. Loads of taxis use the place and still are as of today, most of which with diesel.


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    #380
    yer man!
    Registered Users Posts: 1,646 ✭✭✭yer man!


    Sappa wrote: »
    Folks I got dodgy diesel from a new service station at Woodquay,car emissions started acting up took it to the garage and he said your last fill of diesel caused the problem and he said the fuel filters were needing replacement as a result.
    So by trying to save a few pennies I had to fork out a bit today,not a happy customer.
    Did performance drop just after the fill up or was there problems before?


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    #381
    Sappa
    Registered Users Posts: 885 ✭✭✭Sappa


    Something similar happened with emissions when I used to fill out at fahys on headford road but I stopped using that garage on advice.
    My last two fills both in the space of 5 days were at the station in town,my mechanic said without a doubt it was the culprit.
    I could`nt care to much if loads of taxis use that station,there not exactly known for looking after their cars.
    I certainly won`t be filling from any unbranded stations anymore,too much dodgy diesel around unfortunately.


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    #382
    yer man!
    Registered Users Posts: 1,646 ✭✭✭yer man!


    I do wonder why they left the Texaco brand all right and set up independently. Is bad diesel just someone buying in certified refinery diesel and diluting it with something? if it came from a refinery it would have to be perfect. Would love to test the stuff to see as there ain't that many combustible products cheaper per liter than petrol or diesel. I know laundered diesel is simply red diesel hydrolyzed with concentrated hydrochloric acid to get rid of the dye, however this isn't always done correctly and can decrease performance dramatically and destroy a fuel filter. Customs do not check for acidity, just the dye and sulphur content as there is far more in red diesel for identification but that can also be removed so it wouldn't be picked up easily during routine checks by the government.


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    #383
    celtictiger
    Registered Users Posts: 105 ✭✭celtictiger


    Sappa wrote: »
    I could`nt care to much if loads of taxis use that station,there not exactly known for looking after their cars.

    That has to be the stupidest statement I've heard for quite awhile.

    Aragh sure...we love to run our cars into the ground so that we have to fork out more to garages when our cars fall apart beneath us and leave us without an income.


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    #384
    Sappa
    Registered Users Posts: 885 ✭✭✭Sappa


    Ehh ever see a secondhand taxi for sale,they are run to the ground.


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    #385
    biko
    Registered Users Posts: 81,223 ✭✭✭✭biko


    Stay on topic - prices.


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    #386
    barryd09
    Registered Users Posts: 1,581 ✭✭✭barryd09


    Sappa wrote: »
    Ehh ever see a secondhand taxi for sale,they are run to the ground.

    To be fair, if any group would be aware of dodgy fuel from a dodgy station it'd be taxi drivers.
    Taxis run into the ground? They are taxis, its not unusual to see an ex-taxi for sale at 150,000km.

    Did you go back to the station and say it to them about the fuel?


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    #387
    Sappa
    Registered Users Posts: 885 ✭✭✭Sappa


    barryd09 wrote: »
    Sappa wrote: »
    Ehh ever see a secondhand taxi for sale,they are run to the ground.

    To be fair, if any group would be aware of dodgy fuel from a dodgy station it'd be taxi drivers.
    Taxis run into the ground? They are taxis, its not unusual to see an ex-taxi for sale at 150,000km.

    Did you go back to the station and say it to them about the fuel?
    Not yet but I fully intend to tomorrow after work.


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    #388
    billbee
    Registered Users Posts: 24 ✭billbee


    PopeBuckfastXVI wrote: »
    Hi Folks,

    With the Rising costs of fuel it might be an idea to share knowledge about where to find cheap petrol in Galway. According to an RTE news article the average price in the country is 115.9
    http://www.rte.ie/news/2007/0523/petrol.html

    I haven't found anything under 117.9 in Galway City... Has anyone found anything cheaper than this?

    A if only this were still true now in 2012 its now nearly 2 euros a litre :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:


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    #389
    Sappa
    Registered Users Posts: 885 ✭✭✭Sappa


    billbee wrote: »
    PopeBuckfastXVI wrote: »
    Hi Folks,

    With the Rising costs of fuel it might be an idea to share knowledge about where to find cheap petrol in Galway. According to an RTE news article the average price in the country is 115.9
    http://www.rte.ie/news/2007/0523/petrol.html

    I haven't found anything under 117.9 in Galway City... Has anyone found anything cheaper than this?

    A if only this were still true now in 2012 its now nearly 2 euros a litre :mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad::mad:
    The price of crude had actually come down to 2007 ironically.


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    #390
    PopIT
    Registered Users Posts: 223 ✭✭PopIT


    I have bought a couple of 20e lots from there and have not had an issue. Maybe because I was using diesel from other stations besides there but the last time I was there I did notice there was a sign in the window for Claddagh Oil Company so maybe any complaints should be directed to them. Would imagine thought that it is under new ownership as well.

    Edit: If there is any question at all about the quality I will avoid it like the plague.


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    #391
    barryd09
    Registered Users Posts: 1,581 ✭✭✭barryd09


    And is this garage much cheaper than other garages?


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