The car petrol and diesel thread....

PopeBuckfastXVI · 23-05-2007 4:17pm #1

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?

workaccount · 23-05-2007 5:08pm

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?

Hows it going? You should get one of these... http://www.benchmark.ie

Current price is 115.02. http://www.motorcard.ie/prices_this_week.php

Its a free card and it debits your bank account every month (direct debit)

I've been using it since last September and its great. They will email you the invoice every month and always respond to emails if there is any problems with anything. Very happy!

CrowdedHouse · 23-05-2007 5:13pm

It was 115.9 in Derrydonnell last Sunday anyway....

Sfinn · 23-05-2007 5:37pm

What about diesel,

Lowest price i have come across is with Corrib oil on the Tuam road.

fifib · 23-05-2007 7:57pm

anyone know the price in Loughnanes in Turloughmore. Usually really good with prices. Was very low so cudnt make it there 2day tho so had to stop in Carnmore..114.9!!

Peter C · 24-05-2007 10:13am

Always amazes me the price at all the pumps in Galway are the same, cartel springs to mind.

I use the benchmark card and that saves me a few EEuro a fill everytime

PopeBuckfastXVI · 24-05-2007 10:36am

Thanks for the info on the benchmark card guys... I'll certainly check it out!

JohnCleary · 24-05-2007 12:43pm

Just buy a fecking diesel and pop into Corrib Oil on the Tuam Road - 105c a litre!!

Petrol: Most expensive is always Statoil, cheapest i've found was Maxol at Whitestand (Near Salthill)

scart · 24-05-2007 12:51pm

Corrib oil have opened a new outlet in Ballinasloe and are selling petrol at €1.10 per litre. Shell a few hundred yards down the road are €1.12 per litre.
Sorry didn't check the diesel prices.

nollaig · 24-05-2007 1:23pm

Does the benchmark thing work out much cheaper?

24-05-2007 1:29pm

Use this website, anyone can update it

WWW.PUMPS.IE

IF enough people update it then you will always know where the cheapest spot is. Click on the map and zoom into Galway! I passed a playe on the quays in Dublin City center, a statoil, with diesel and petrol both at 159.9 per litre!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

snubbleste · 24-05-2007 1:39pm

I thought eveyone used www.irishfuelprices.com
Everyone contributes - sample..

22 May Oughterard Tucks, Main Street Statoil 117.90
22 May Moycullen Main Street Statoil 117.90
22 May Moycullen Main Street Texaco 117.90
22 May Galway Newcastle Statoil 117.90
22 May Oughterard Main Street Esso 118.90
22 May Roundstone Main Street Statoil 118.90
22 May Recess Recess Texaco 120.90

aben3313 · 24-05-2007 1:45pm

are there no tesco petrol stations in Galway? with the extra 5c off per litre if you spend over €50 in stores it can make for a great saving on your fuel bill.:)

:rolleyes:

Poppy84 · 25-05-2007 12:29pm

aben3313 wrote:

are there no tesco petrol stations in Galway? with the extra 5c off per litre if you spend over €50 in stores it can make for a great saving on your fuel bill.:) :rolleyes:

Just a word of warning, I have heard that the tesco petrol has caused problems in some cars. I know someone working in a garage who said that it does something to the car. Its whatever is in the petrol , anyway just thought id let you know

galah · 25-05-2007 12:51pm

aben3313 wrote:

are there no tesco petrol stations in Galway? with the extra 5c off per litre if you spend over €50 in stores it can make for a great saving on your fuel bill.:) :rolleyes:

we don't even have clean water here, let alone tesco fuel pumps...This is the West...;-)

Anyways, the benchmark card is worth it, I find...it usually works out a bit cheaper!

Robbo · 25-05-2007 9:49pm

Poppy84 wrote:

Just a word of warning, I have heard that the tesco petrol has caused problems in some cars. I know someone working in a garage who said that it does something to the car. Its whatever is in the petrol , anyway just thought id let you know

Now *that's* specfic.

There was a contaminated lot of petrol sold in Tesco stations in the southeast of *England* a couple of months ago that caused Mass Airflow meters in some cars to fail. The source of the contamination was identified. It was silicon.

DaBreno · 25-05-2007 11:12pm

115.9 out my way. I saw 113 at a Texaco in Claremorris last weekend.

gerryo · 07-06-2007 11:16pm

Robbo wrote:

Now *that's* specfic.

There was a contaminated lot of petrol sold in Tesco stations in the southeast of *England* a couple of months ago that caused Mass Airflow meters in some cars to fail. The source of the contamination was identified. It was silicon.

Think you mean lambda sensors, MAF's are on the air intake, lambda's are on the exhaust side & very prone to fail if they get contaminated. Cost a good few €€ to put right.

IrishToffees · 08-06-2007 12:41am

I travel from Tipperary to Galway weekly to work and the further west I get the more expensive the petrol. Galway City been the most expensive. Portummna always averages around 5cent a litre cheaper than Galway City

workaccount · 06-05-2008 3:41pm

I normally get it in tesco at the home place for 1.15.9

I've to fill up in Galway this evening. The only stations I know are Statoil who are always a rip-off. pumps.ie is rubbish for the city.

Captain Darling · 06-05-2008 4:07pm

theres a cheap place the Monivea side of the lights in Carnmore (if you are close to that side of the city/area).

Bass Cadet · 06-05-2008 4:39pm

The Esson beside Tom Hogans Motors (beside Ballybrit race course) is the cheapest I've found in the city. They had 1.19 there for ages while most other places were 1.23 or more. Think its gone to 1.23 now but still cheaper than almost everywhere else

At the end of the day though you save feck all or at least not worth the hassle shopping around for saving €2 per every €50 euro purchase...imo

gaeilgegrinds · 06-05-2008 5:33pm

Being terrible at maths I wonder how much one would saveon a 60yo yo tank...Any ideas?

Robbo · 06-05-2008 6:16pm

gaeilgegrinds wrote: »

Being terrible at maths I wonder how much one would saveon a 60yo yo tank...Any ideas?

Zero.

biko · 06-05-2008 6:36pm

My SAAB can take 62 litres so if I fill from empty to full I think I'll save a couple euros if I go to the cheapest from the dearest place.

Zzippy · 06-05-2008 7:17pm

biko wrote: »

My SAAB can take 62 litres so if I fill from empty to full I think I'll save a couple euros if I go to the cheapest from the dearest place.

'bout right. Biggest price difference you'll find is prob about 4c/litre * 62 = umm, 2 euro something!

workaccount · 06-05-2008 8:36pm

True but if you fill up every week you save over 100 quid a year which is abit towards your tax or insurance. However, I only fill up twice a month. Your still saving something - all the euros add up I suppose.

Maybe it's more about mindset...if you apply that mindset to everything you save a power of money.

Petrol is actually 1.16 in my home place at Tesco. 50L tank is €58.

Most places in galway seem to be at least 1.23. It would cost €61.50 to fill the tank. Saving of €3.50. Thats €91 a year for me or €182 if you fill every week.

Zzippy · 06-05-2008 11:52pm

workaccount wrote: »

True but if you fill up every week you save over 100 quid a year which is abit towards your tax or insurance. However, I only fill up twice a month. Your still saving something - all the euros add up I suppose.

Maybe it's more about mindset...if you apply that mindset to everything you save a power of money.

Petrol is actually 1.16 in my home place at Tesco. 50L tank is €58.

Most places in galway seem to be at least 1.23. It would cost €61.50 to fill the tank. Saving of €3.50. Thats €91 a year for me or €182 if you fill every week.

Yes, but how much petrol does it take to get to your home place? You'll save a lot more by never going home!

po0k · 07-05-2008 10:02am

Omni-fuel electric drive vehicles ftw.

wet-paint · 07-05-2008 4:46pm

I'd prefer Mr. Fusion.

Bobeagleburger · 06-11-2008 3:23pm

Whats the cheapest petrol in the city?

Seen 112.9 in a few garages myself but was on pumps.ie and theres a maxol in westside advertising 99c a litre. That true??

{mod-edit} www.pumps.ie {/mod-edit}

Robbo · 06-11-2008 3:48pm

rarnes1 wrote: »

Whats the cheapest petrol in the city?

Seen 112.9 in a few garages myself but was on pumps.ie and theres a maxol in westside advertising 99c a litre. That true??

That Maxol is usually a few cent more expensive so it must be an old listing. It certainly wasn't 99c when I drove past there yesterday.

Bobeagleburger · 06-11-2008 3:52pm

Robbo wrote: »

That Maxol is usually a few cent more expensive so it must be an old listing. It certainly wasn't 99c when I drove past there yesterday.

i thought as much although on pumps.ie it does say it was updated today. Dont believe it though. Anywhere else cheaper than 112.9 ?

GerardKeating · 06-11-2008 3:59pm

rarnes1 wrote: »

i thought as much although on pumps.ie it does say it was updated today. Dont believe it though. Anywhere else cheaper than 112.9 ?

The new Texaco in the Docks was the cheapest when i toured the city centre at the start of the week, but for the life of me, i canny remebmer any prices.

Bass Cadet · 06-11-2008 4:15pm

Sweeney Oil Esso in Oranmore after the train tracks has always been very decent since statoil fecked off

Also the esso in Ballybrit

they're the cheapest I've found

biko · 06-11-2008 4:18pm

My car holds 60 litres. If I fill up at the cheapest I save less than 2 euro compared to the most expensive if my maths is sound.

TerrorFirmer · 06-11-2008 4:21pm

Thought I saw 112.5 at Topaz yesterday. Maybe not.

big b · 06-11-2008 4:47pm

biko wrote: »

My car holds 60 litres. If I fill up at the cheapest I save less than 2 euro compared to the most expensive if my maths is sound.

That €100 a year you'd save would buy you something nice next Christmas.

Assuming you weren't going miles out of your way to get to the cheapest.

Recessionary penny-pinching ftw :pac:

cornbb · 06-11-2008 4:50pm

I did a good bit of driving around the country a couple of weeks ago (Galway to Cork, Kerry and Dublin and back) and could find plenty of places where petrol was far cheaper than anywhere in Galway, at least 8-10c. Can't remember the exact prices now. Any reason as to why we seem to be getting ripped off?

tonyhiggins · 06-11-2008 5:07pm

That'd be my experience too, most places cheaper than Galway and sometimes pretty significantly. The cheapest I usually find is Gort when I'm on my travels but one station in Limerick was matching that too. At times that difference was up to 10c! And the cheapest of all that I've found was 1.09 in a Tesco in Dublin last weekend...:cool:

Zzippy · 06-11-2008 6:00pm

Yep, Galway seems to be more expensive than anywhere else, I'm on the road a bit with the job too and see much lower prices almost everywhere I go. Its amazing how almost every station in Galway has the exact same prices :rolleyes:

Bobeagleburger · 06-11-2008 6:08pm

Zzippy wrote: »

Yep, Galway seems to be more expensive than anywhere else, I'm on the road a bit with the job too and see much lower prices almost everywhere I go. Its amazing how almost every station in Galway has the exact same prices :rolleyes:

that says it all, so true

leninbenjamin · 06-11-2008 6:25pm

Zzippy wrote: »

Yep, Galway seems to be more expensive than anywhere else, I'm on the road a bit with the job too and see much lower prices almost everywhere I go. Its amazing how almost every station in Galway has the exact same prices :rolleyes:

indeed, and everyone on the street has a pretty good idea of who's behind it too. good luck getting any action done about it though. sure, remember in 2006 yer man from Clairmorris got a €15000 fine for home-oil price fixing that's supposed to have made him and the others involved at least €4.4million?

galwaybabe · 06-11-2008 6:59pm

Someone told me recently that the new Topaz stations are actually Shell owned. The name change was spurred on by negative publicity re Rossport. Is this true?

Robbo · 06-11-2008 7:03pm

galwaybabe wrote: »

Someone told me recently that the new Topaz stations are actually Shell owned. The name change was spurred on by negative publicity re Rossport. Is this true?

No.

Shell and Statoil's retail operations were bought out by Topaz (who are backed by local property speculator Gerry Barrett amongst others).

kraggy · 06-11-2008 7:05pm

Maxol in Westside is closed as of today.

The cheapest I saw as well was the new Texaco by the docks. 112.9.

Came down from Dublin yesterday and fuel got more and more expensive as I neared Galway. Started off at 109 in Dublin, then 112 in Ballinasloe then 115 and even 116 in Galway city.

Galway has always been more expensive than other parts of the country and the similarity in prices over the years should have come to the attention of the Consumer Protection Agency long ago. It stinks.

galwaybabe · 06-11-2008 7:06pm

Robbo wrote: »

No.

Shell and Statoil's retail operations were bought out by Topaz (who are backed by local property speculator Gerry Barrett amongst others).

They are bordering on having a monopoly here in Galway by the looks of things.

kfd · 06-11-2008 7:29pm

Two petrol stations at Turloughmore, Fahy's in the middle of the village and Loughnane's are cheaper than in the city most times. Grealish's in Carnmore in front of pub also very competitive. Don't know what they are today.

paconnors · 06-11-2008 9:52pm

kfd wrote: »

Two petrol stations at Turloughmore, Fahy's in the middle of the village and Loughnane's are cheaper than in the city most times. Grealish's in Carnmore in front of pub also very competitive. Don't know what they are today.

Grealish's of carnmore is 110.9 for petrol and diesel

06-11-2008 10:14pm

I know this thread is about the city but anyway. I got petrol in the Topaz in Tuam for 109.9 today, diesel was 112.9. I find it strange as I usually find Topaz stations expensive. Also Flanagan's in Corrandulla were 112.9 for both diesel and petrol on monday and as they are usually the cheapest around I would expect them to be even cheaper today.

Also What is going through peoples heads that are getting petrol in campus in Claregalway. They are always at least 10cent dearer than the going rate.

kfd · 07-11-2008 6:39pm

Petrol and deisel at Fahy's and Loughnane's in Turloughmore is priced at 1.09.9. Is there any cheaper around the county. Heading east at the weekend, wondering where is cheaper, or should I fill first.

The car petrol and diesel thread....

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