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Petrol prices on the UP AGAIN

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  • #62
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 23,339 ✭✭✭✭[Deleted User]


    What exactly happened in Poland?
    What are your actual aims from this protest? Have you made any communication to the Government etc etc etc ?


  • #63
    Sobanek
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,354 ✭✭✭Sobanek


    RoverJames wrote: »
    What exactly happened in Poland?
    What are your actual aims from this protest? Have you made any communication to the Government etc etc etc ?

    Hundreds if not thousands of people blocked the main motorways in Poland. They also took their time on the petrol stations, fueling for about €1.20 each, then spending as much time as possible in the shop - this resulted in the petrol stations having large queues.

    I've no idea how did this affect the overall price, but when I've been there, I've seen a 4c decrease over a week.

    I wrote about this to the Minister of Transport and a couple of other bodies including the RSA and AA. I wonder what their response will be (if any).


  • #64
    Mycroft H
    Registered Users Posts: 9,316 ✭✭✭Mycroft H


    I paid 1.60 a litre for diesel today. Sickened.


  • #65
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 23,339 ✭✭✭✭[Deleted User]


    Sobanek wrote: »
    It worked in Poland. Why wouldn't it work here?
    Oh, true. People don't mind paying €3 for fuel.
    Sobanek wrote: »
    ............

    I've no idea how did this affect the overall price, but when I've been there, I've seen a 4c decrease over a week...................

    So you don't know if it worked in Poland so ?


  • #66
    Sobanek
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,354 ✭✭✭Sobanek


    RoverJames wrote: »
    So you don't know if it worked in Poland so ?

    I don't how it worked in the whole country, but in the masovian voivodeship, including Warsaw, the overall trend for the prices was decrease by 3-5 cent a litre. This is quite a lot and it does make a large difference. (even over €10 per month for a single household).


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  • #67
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 23,339 ✭✭✭✭[Deleted User]


    And you reckon the decrease was as a direct result of the protest and nothing to do with fluctuating petrol prices which are know to fluctuate quite often? I'm being serious by the way.


  • #68
    TestTransmission
    Registered Users Posts: 19,106 ✭✭✭✭TestTransmission


    Sobanek wrote: »
    I don't how it worked in the whole country, but in the masovian voivodeship, including Warsaw, the overall trend for the prices was decrease by 3-5 cent a litre. This is quite a lot and it does make a large difference. (even over €10 per month for a single household).

    Do you mind me asking how long you own your own car, how long you are driving and if you are in full time employment/education?


  • #69
    Sobanek
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,354 ✭✭✭Sobanek


    RoverJames wrote: »
    And you reckon the decrease was as a direct result of the protest and nothing to do with fluctuating petrol prices which are know to fluctuate quite often? I'm being serious by the way.

    Yes, since the overall trend since October 2011 was an increase, even regardless of the currency change. The difference between the prices here and there is now smaller than ever.

    @TestTransmission: Is this in any way relevant? I don't own a car personally, however I've been driving the same car as a Named Driver since April 2011.


  • #70
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 23,339 ✭✭✭✭[Deleted User]


    Sobanek wrote: »
    .............The difference between the prices here and there is now smaller than ever.

    Soooooooooooooo that's because of a protest ?

    What price is a litre of unleaded now and what price was it in April 2009 over there?


  • #71
    questionquick
    Registered Users Posts: 122 ✭✭questionquick


    In Norway they pay about €1.95 a litre check the AA website for European petrol prices ..I doubt a protest willbe happening
    .
    What happened to the million people who were supposed to protest about getting Ireland a reply in the world cup qualifier against France? ?


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  • #72
    TestTransmission
    Registered Users Posts: 19,106 ✭✭✭✭TestTransmission


    Sobanek wrote: »

    @TestTransmission: Is this in any way relevant? I don't own a car personally, however I've been driving the same car as a Named Driver since April 2011.

    I think it does tbh.

    I'm guessing you're in full time education then aswell,ya?


  • #73
    Sobanek
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,354 ✭✭✭Sobanek


    RoverJames wrote: »
    Soooooooooooooo that's because of a protest ?

    What price is a litre of unleaded now and what price was it in April 2009 over there?

    January 2012
    Ireland: 1.55 EUR per litre average
    Poland: 5.72 PLN per litre which is 1.37 EUR

    18 cent difference

    February 2012
    Ireland: 1.59 EUR per litre average
    Poland: 5.69 PLN per litre which is still 1.37 EUR

    22 cent difference - 4 cent increase after the protest

    April 2009
    Ireland: 1.099 (1,10) EUR
    Poland: 4.12 PLN which in these days was 0.89 EUR

    20/20.9 cent difference

    It was relatively stable, kept at around 20-21c difference, never went below 20c though until December 2011.


  • #74
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 23,339 ✭✭✭✭[Deleted User]


    Sobanek wrote: »
    ................. The difference between the prices here and there is now smaller than ever.

    @TestTransmission: Is this in any way relevant? I don't own a car personally, however I've been driving the same car as a Named Driver since April 2011.
    Sobanek wrote: »
    January 2012
    ..............

    18 cent difference

    February 2012
    .................

    22 cent difference - 4 cent increase after the protest

    April 2009
    .................

    20/20.9 cent difference

    .................


    :confused:

    22c now is bigger than the 18c in January and the 21c in April 2009.


  • #75
    Sobanek
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,354 ✭✭✭Sobanek


    30144048204359827958.png

    Quick Excel spreadsheet to show you what I'm talking about

    Smaller difference in Dec 2011 than in Feb 2012.


  • #76
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 23,339 ✭✭✭✭[Deleted User]


    Sobanek wrote: »
    ...........

    Smaller difference in Dec 2011 than in Feb 2012.

    2% VAT increase in Ireland account for that and more :)


  • #77
    Cookie_Monster
    Registered Users Posts: 24,468 ✭✭✭✭Cookie_Monster


    when was the last time petrol went down by more than 1-2c in Ireland?


  • #78
    meoklmrk91
    Registered Users Posts: 4,085 ✭✭✭meoklmrk91


    Cookie_Monster wrote: »
    when was the last time petrol went down by more than 1-2c in Ireland?

    Feels like it has been steadily rising since I first started driving in feb 09. I don't think we will ever see a significant drop again.


  • #79
    rabbitinlights
    Registered Users Posts: 4,002 ✭✭✭rabbitinlights


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  • #80
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 23,339 ✭✭✭✭[Deleted User]


    Cookie_Monster wrote: »
    when was the last time petrol went down by more than 1-2c in Ireland?

    It was €1.519 in May '11, €1.459 in June '11

    €1.499 in Sep '11, €1.449 in Nov '11

    They're actual prices I've purchased fuel at.


  • #81
    HJL
    Registered Users Posts: 582 ✭✭✭HJL


    I passed a Topaz filling station in Letterkenny yesterday evening and it was 163.9 for a litre of unleaded :eek:


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  • #82
    Seweryn
    Registered Users Posts: 4,487 ✭✭✭Seweryn


    HJL wrote: »
    I passed a Topaz filling station in Letterkenny yesterday evening and it was 163.9 for a litre of unleaded :eek:
    1.589 in Sunny South East. Not bad.


  • #83
    Seweryn
    Registered Users Posts: 4,487 ✭✭✭Seweryn


    RoverJames wrote: »
    It was €1.519 in May '11, €1.459 in June '11

    €1.499 in Sep '11, €1.449 in Nov '11

    They're actual prices I've purchased fuel at.
    €1.169 on 19th Jan 2010
    €1.119 on 30th Jan 2010

    That was Diesel fuel actually, but I believe petrol went down proportionally.


  • #84
    HJL
    Registered Users Posts: 582 ✭✭✭HJL


    Seweryn wrote: »
    1.589 in Sunny South East. Not bad.

    I think its 159.9 in most places for petrol, i drive a diesel so dont pay too much attention to the unleaded prices, but that 163.9 really stuck out!
    I dont normally drive past that station so can't say if its normal for it to be higher that the other in the region.


  • #85
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 23,339 ✭✭✭✭[Deleted User]


    Seweryn wrote: »
    €1.169 on 19th Jan 2010
    €1.119 on 30th Jan 2010

    That was Diesel fuel actually, but I believe petrol went down proportionally.

    no doubt :)
    Didn't look that far back in my records.


  • #86
    patwicklow
    Registered Users Posts: 1,937 ✭✭✭patwicklow


    Every time i pass the petrol station on the Dublin rd arklow there price display is higher 161.9 latest hike wont be long till its 170 so yes deffo heading for the 2euro mark by summer id say,But gubberment ministers wont have to worry about will they sure they can claim for the bog roll were they had there last ****!


  • #87
    savagecabbages
    Registered Users Posts: 871 ✭✭✭savagecabbages


    piston wrote: »
    Do you melt in the rain?

    People who want to ride in the dark have been fitting lights to their bikes since the days of the penny farthing. Lights are are wonderful invention which allow me to see where I'm going and allow others to see me.

    Besides, in my experience, the people who say it's too dangerous to cycle on the roads are very often the type of drivers that make it dangerous to cycle on the road in the first place.

    I dont melt in the rain. Do you? sensationalise much??? I do get cold + wet...
    I don't enjoy arriving at work having cycled in the rain along a dangerous, potholed, narrow, cow sh1t splattered winding rural road populated by ignorant drivers and articulated lorries. And thats if its bright...

    In another part of the country, with a safer route to work I'd gladly cycle. But thats not what this thread is about...

    Anyway back OT(ish), any bets on when we'll see €2? I'm saying september.
    Is it going up everywhere in Europe at the same rate?


  • #88
    dgt
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,985 ✭✭✭✭dgt


    Got petrol today at 156.9 outside Ashbourne :)

    Saw on the old airport road, petrol for 169.9 :(


  • #89
    For Forks Sake
    Registered Users Posts: 11,465 ✭✭✭✭For Forks Sake


    161.9 at Topaz on the M8 at Cashel when I was on the way home from Langerland yesterday.


  • #90
    Jimbob 83
    Registered Users Posts: 2,033 ✭✭✭Jimbob 83


    Only been driving like 5 years petrol price has almost doubled in that time :(

    Tax on my 1.4 has gone up a fair bit too 35%+

    Im a young person and i buy a sensible car, drive sensibly and im getting robbed left right and centre ><


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  • #91
    hairyprincess
    Registered Users Posts: 2,290 ✭✭✭hairyprincess


    I know this thread is a few weeks old but I just thought I'd update on a price I saw today which shocked me.....unleaded at €1.669 :eek::eek:. Just outside Letterkenny, Newmills.
    I for one am very thankful that the weather is getting milder so we can walk more and leave the car at home!


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