Cheapest Petrol In and Around the City/Suburbs

Generic Dreadhead · 22-07-2014 11:33am #1

I thought we could all share our experiences here and maybe all save some money too, who's got a station they use regularly based on price?
Filling up my 1.6l car now takes about €70

.red. · 22-07-2014 11:55am

Check out pumps.ie or their app.

ofcork · 22-07-2014 6:56pm

My 1.6 took 75 to fill last week in whites cross at 153.9.

Nino Brown · 22-07-2014 7:03pm

Most of the time it's a waste of time looking for cheap petrol/diesel. You probably have a 50L tank, so even if you find a place that's 2c per liter cheaper, you'll only save a euro. So unless it's the closest station to you it's probably a false economy anyway. Then you couple that with the fact that most people never bother doing the math, so there's usually longer queues at the cheaper station, which are totally worht skipping for the sake of a few cents.

cantdecide · 22-07-2014 8:18pm

Nino Brown wrote: »

Most of the time it's a waste of time looking for cheap petrol/diesel. You probably have a 50L tank, so even if you find a place that's 2c per liter cheaper, you'll only save a euro. So unless it's the closest station to you it's probably a false economy anyway. Then you couple that with the fact that most people never bother doing the math, so there's usually longer queues at the cheaper station, which are totally worht skipping for the sake of a few cents.

True and add the fact that if value and economy are the priority hauling a full tank of fuel around is almost like carrying a large child. However the object of the exercise should be to find a reasonably priced place maybe on your commute. The worst thing you could do is give your money to one of those rural stations which are 10c above the average with God knows what lurking in their ancient tanks.

There's a massive new Amber being built at the start of the Bandon road alongside Wm. O'Brien's and they are almost sure to be at the low end of the pricing scale. At the moment, the Amber in Glounthaune (another freshly built facility) are at about 1.53 for petrol but I don't know about diesel.

cantdecide · 22-07-2014 8:19pm

ofcork wrote: »

My 1.6 took 75 to fill last week in whites cross at 153.9.

My 1.2 Stilo costs over €90 to fill :eek:

bogman · 22-07-2014 9:30pm

Esso? South City Link Road, Cork, petrol is around 151.9, diesel somewhere around 1.43/l from what I remember when I passed it yesterday, ive seen prices 7-9c/l more expensive in the past week
Thats 30-35c a gallon dearer

soundsham · 22-07-2014 10:46pm

Id be more interested in getting the cost of a gallon of Heineken under €35

leahyl · 22-07-2014 11:03pm

bogman wrote: »

Esso? South City Link Road, Cork, petrol is around 151.9, diesel somewhere around 1.43/l from what I remember when I passed it yesterday, ive seen prices 7-9c/l more expensive in the past week
Thats 30-35c a gallon dearer

That place is known to be one of the cheapest stations in the city - or at least I've always know it to be one anyway!

GavRedKing · 23-07-2014 12:05am

Theres a great gas out in glounthane thats usually very cheap if you're out that direction, think its was around 151/2 for petrol at the weekend.

Its an automated station though so only takes cards.

hoodwinked · 23-07-2014 8:08am

bogman wrote: »

Esso? South City Link Road, Cork, petrol is around 151.9, diesel somewhere around 1.43/l from what I remember when I passed it yesterday, ive seen prices 7-9c/l more expensive in the past week
Thats 30-35c a gallon dearer

i love that station, use it all the time, they always tend to be one of the cheapest

one morning i was in there and the price on the sign said 152.9 (something like that) when i got to the pump it said 151.9, so when i went in to pay i said this to them in case it had gone up and the pump hadn't changed,

he laughed thanked me and told me the guy was just gone out to lower the sign.

just thought it was nice that they do actually lower the prices where others would have waited until the end of the day (my husband worked in a petrol station that would leave it until the last possible minute to do decreases but they were shoo'd outside straight away for increases)

leahyl · 23-07-2014 8:59am

There's a station on the model farm road as well that is meant to be fairly "cheap" in comparison to the rest

GavRedKing · 23-07-2014 11:41am

Just to add to this theres one out by Woodies and Musgrave Park, just passed Turners Cross, right before the Volkswagen Garage that does cheap petrol/diesel.

daveohdave · 23-07-2014 1:23pm

Amber up in Mayfield is usually pretty keenly priced.

I used to use Discount Fuels in Hollyhill but they're not so cheap these days.

I don't agree about not shopping around for the sake of a euro or so. For a start, it's fifty quid or more over the course of a year, and more importantly I think it's important to support companies that make an effort to compete.

draiochtanois · 23-07-2014 1:27pm

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daveohdave · 23-07-2014 1:35pm

What effort exactly?

ktc99 · 30-08-2014 8:10pm

Maxol on Boreenmanna Road in Balinlough are the cheapest in the city now I think. 150.9 for petrol and 143.9 for diesel. Get petrol there regularly. Sound lads there.

Roger Hassenforder · 30-08-2014 11:58pm

leahyl wrote: »

There's a station on the model farm road as well that is meant to be fairly "cheap" in comparison to the rest

Lee Garage (Peugeot Dealer, towards Dennehy's cross.
Cheap all right.
Your man's a laugh in there though (not)

hoodwinked · 31-08-2014 11:25am

ktc99 wrote: »

Maxol on Boreenmanna Road in Balinlough are the cheapest in the city now I think. 150.9 for petrol and 143.9 for diesel. Get petrol there regularly. Sound lads there.

i paid 149.9 for petrol in esso on the link last week...

daveohdave · 31-08-2014 11:26am

It was a cent more than the above yesterday though, at least according to Pumps.ie. Offline today though, can't check when it was last updated.

byronbay2 · 02-09-2014 1:51pm

Roger Hassenforder wrote: »

Lee Garage (Peugeot Dealer, towards Dennehy's cross.
Cheap all right.
Your man's a laugh in there though (not)

Ha Ha. Yeah, he's a character alright - would have had a spot in our (dearly departed) "Characters of Cork" thread.

Lee Garage is always good value, as is the 24 hour self-service place in the business park by the Kinsale Road roundabout - across the road from Harvey Norman.

Funnily enough, I was in Ballincollig at the weekend and found there was great value - yes, I look at the price of diesel in EVERY SINGLE petrol station I pass!! I filled up for 141.9 per litre in the place on the way out of Ballincollig (is it Topaz??) heading west.

-Toppy- · 03-09-2014 9:57am

The maxol on the west side of ballincollig has a 10c off per liter offer next thursday (a special opening offer)

see maxol.ie/fuelsaving
(no affiliation - just got the flyer in the door)

ktc99 · 15-10-2014 10:36pm

Where is the cheapest at the moment do people think/know?

physioman · 16-10-2014 12:01am

ktc99 wrote: »

Where is the cheapest at the moment do people think/know?

Iniscarra top garage I'd say. Just look up pumps.ie and you'll find it ;-)

run_Forrest_run · 16-10-2014 8:22am

Applegreen in Ovens was 1.48 (petrol) last week anyway, and had been that price for quite some time.

delahuntv · 16-10-2014 9:36am

you should see price drops of about 5c-6c in the next week to 10 days. Similarly you should see home heat drop by about €50 per 1000 litres.

Since last week, oil prices have dropped a net 10% after currency changes (previous oil prices reductions were mostly consumed by a stronger dollar).
Of the approx 1.53 you pay (or 1.43 in case of diesel), about 50c - 52c if the cost of the fuel, about 10c-12c is split between distributor and retailer and the rest is tax.
Within that 50c is also refining costs and transport costs to/from refinery from oil fields. - I estimate about 5c-7c a litre.

That give a net raw material cost of each litre of about 45c

So as oil prices have dropped 10%, this means a 4.5c reduction + the vat on that 4.5c, meaning approx 5.5c reduction due at the pumps in a week - 10 days time.

If oil was $1 - we'd still be paying about €1.10 at the pumps. Likewise if oil doubled overnight to $170 and dollar stayed as it was, the increase at the pumps would be about 50c

mikeym · 16-10-2014 11:20am

Having a Diesel car helps if you do long distances.

But the only thing is diesel cars cost more to buy.

Mumha · 16-10-2014 12:39pm

Roger Hassenforder wrote: »

Lee Garage (Peugeot Dealer, towards Dennehy's cross.
Cheap all right.
Your man's a laugh in there though (not)

He's the reason I stopped going there, serious attitude problem.

draiochtanois · 16-10-2014 1:18pm

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Mumha · 16-10-2014 1:28pm

draiochtanois wrote: »

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to each their own !

mikeecho · 16-10-2014 1:37pm

run_Forrest_run wrote: »

Applegreen in Ovens was 1.48 (petrol) last week anyway, and had been that price for quite some time.

as of yesterday, its €1.468 for petrol and
€1.388 for daysul

run_Forrest_run · 16-10-2014 1:48pm

Mumha wrote: »

He's the reason I stopped going there, serious attitude problem.

his name is Ronan and he's as mad as a brush. He sort of reminds me of the lead singer of Future Islands...I wonder does he have the same killer moves

leahyl · 17-10-2014 11:58am

I have just deleted a number of posts that have absolutely nothing to do with the topic of the thread - keep on topic please

ofcork · 17-10-2014 5:29pm

Paid 1.47 last night at the garage start of the south link.

rosie16 · 18-10-2014 7:08pm

it's 1.48 (for petrol) in the west-link services petrol station- off pouladuff road

clerk · 19-10-2014 12:11pm

mikeym wrote: »

Having a Diesel car helps if you do long distances.

But the only thing is diesel cars cost more to buy.

True - but if you're only doing short distances to work and the odd long distance drive there is no fuel cost advantage to using diesel.

In terms of their prices second hand the Diesels tend to hold up a bit better but the volumes buying new diesels ( as opposed to petrol ) has increased hugely in Ireland in the last 5 Years so the second hand diesels might start getting a bit cheaper going forward. Supply and demand.

In terms of a new car they're very little in the price between a diesel and a petrol these Days. This is largely because the diesels have lower CO2 emissions for similar engine sizes and therefore attract lower VRT, which is a significant part of the cost of a new car.

Darius.Tr · 19-10-2014 4:03pm

It's 1.45 for petrol on Model Farm Road in Bishopstown.

Starscream25 · 19-10-2014 4:08pm

Darius.Tr wrote: »

It's 1.45 for petrol on Model Farm Road in Bishopstown.

This station will generally have the best prices all year round aswell as the station up by turners cross. Filled up the petrol when it was 143.9 on Thursday.

mikeecho · 20-10-2014 4:31pm

Starscream25 wrote: »

This station will generally have the best prices all year round aswell as the station up by turners cross. Filled up the petrol when it was 143.9 on Thursday.

GreatGas @ Turners X isnt all that fantastic unless you're using a Tesco voucher.
Usually Esso on the link is cheaper

rosie16 · 21-10-2014 4:59pm

I'd agree about the great gas not being fantastic. The west-link services was 1.45 today and diesel is 1.39. I find the maxol on upper pouladuff to be pretty good too

Frog Song · 22-10-2014 1:39pm

Diesel 136.9 in Millfield Service Station on the Mallow Road yesterday.

mikeecho · 22-10-2014 1:44pm

Petrol 143.9 on the link rd

opus · 22-10-2014 3:01pm

Not petrol related but I needed to replace a light bulb on the auto, €3 in Dicksons motor factors on Anglesea St vs €9.99 for the cheapest own brand one in Halfords!

rosie16 · 11-11-2014 10:49pm

Petrol still 1.45 in westlink togher place. The maxol on upper pouldauff has dropped to 145. And the topaz on vicars road is 147. Diesel is 139. in westlink and maxol.

ktc99 · 12-11-2014 4:08am

rosie16 wrote: »

Petrol still 1.45 in westlink togher place. The maxol on upper pouldauff has dropped to 145. And the topaz on vicars road is 147. Diesel is 139. in westlink and maxol.

Thought I saw diesel in maxol on pouladuff road at 1.38 today?

rosie16 · 12-11-2014 12:18pm

ktc99 wrote: »

Thought I saw diesel in maxol on pouladuff road at 1.38 today?

Maybe it was ? I could have got it wrong.

hoodwinked · 21-12-2014 11:35am

Esso on the south link was 131.9 yesterday just said i would post it here as all the topaz garages around i've seen seem to be staying around the 138/139 mark..

at 8 cent a litre in the difference it can make a bit of a difference.

what the hell! · 21-12-2014 8:35pm

hoodwinked wrote: »

Esso on the south link was 131.9 yesterday just said i would post it here as all the topaz garages around i've seen seem to be staying around the 138/139 mark..

at 8 cent a litre in the difference it can make a bit of a difference.

Texaco model farm rd have petrol for this too. Amazing for them because they are usually expensive!

rebelden · 21-12-2014 8:44pm

Hennessys Daybreak Filling Station Whites Cross, had petrol at 128.9 and diesel at 124.8 this morning when filling up.

Darius.Tr · 21-12-2014 10:51pm

what the hell! wrote: »

Texaco model farm rd have petrol for this too. Amazing for them because they are usually expensive!

I find it to be the complete opposite, they always seem to be one of the cheapest petrol stations i pass by.

Bongalongherb · 21-12-2014 10:55pm

Jezz, I looked at the topaz at the rivervalley swords shopping centre and it was €1.49 per litre of petrol, madness. They are very quick to put the price of petrol up, but it takes them forever to lower it the shower of greedy robbers.

Cheapest Petrol In and Around the City/Suburbs

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