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...petrol prices...did I miss something ?

  • 16-01-2010 12:33am
    #1
    galwaytt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,822 ✭✭✭✭


    ....had to get juice today, and drove past 3 stations locally - all at €1.269

    Did I miss an invasion, somewhere..........oil is only $82 iirc..........what's going to happen when it hits $125 or more ?

    We've been fugged. Again. :mad:

    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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  • #2
    Bonito
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,399 ✭✭✭Bonito


    galwaytt wrote: »
    ....had to get juice today, and drove past 3 stations locally - all at €1.269

    Did I miss an invasion, somewhere..........oil is only $82 iirc..........what's going to happen when it hits $125 or more ?

    We've been fugged. Again. :mad:
    My local garage done an xmas special all xmas week up til after new years. €1.16.9 a litre. Now it's €125.8 a litre. Yes we has been fugged again unfortunately :rolleyes:


  • #3
    Mc Love
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,015 ✭✭✭✭Mc Love


    128.9 in some places. In swords today it was 127.9


  • #4
    kyote00
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,604 ✭✭✭kyote00


    carbon tax also added a few cent per litre in nov....
    Bonito wrote: »
    My local garage done an xmas special all xmas week up til after new years. €1.16.9 a litre. Now it's €125.8 a litre. Yes we has been fugged again unfortunately :rolleyes:


  • #5
    unkel
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 66,122 ✭✭✭✭unkel
    Chauffe, Marcel, chauffe!


    Excise on petrol has been upped several times in the past year or two. And then we got the carbon tax to satisfy the party of idiots. Paid 125.9 yesterday (didn't shop around though)

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  • #6
    EPM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,822 ✭✭✭✭EPM


    I stopped doing heavy mileage before Christmas. Used to fill the tank. Put 30 squid in Monday and got 300km...on my old 1100km a week that's a serious difference


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  • #7
    Our man in Havana
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,473 ✭✭✭✭Our man in Havana


    126.9 in places around here. I got petrol for 121.9 in Windgap, Kilkenny yesterday.


  • #8
    Random
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,080 ✭✭✭✭Random


    noticed a local garage here in dublin upped the price by about 2c in the last week :(


  • #9
    Our man in Havana
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,473 ✭✭✭✭Our man in Havana


    The winter tax me thinks.


  • #10
    bazz26
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,363 ✭✭✭✭bazz26


    Jumped by about 4 to 6c per litre down here in the last 2 weeks. As most of Northern Europe has been suffering from the big freeze for the last month or so I'm guessing that extra demand for fuels has simply driven the price up.

    I'm sure there is a bit of profiteering in there somewhere too.


  • #11
    Flyer1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 664 ✭✭✭Flyer1


    The joys of driving an old fashioned diesel engine, veg oil, bio diesel, even a drop of regular ole diesel, she loves it all ! 65mpg all day long :D Recession beating vehicle !


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  • #12
    bazz26
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 51,363 ✭✭✭✭bazz26


    Flyer1 wrote: »
    The joys of driving an old fashioned diesel engine, veg oil, bio diesel, even a drop of regular ole diesel, she loves it all ! 65mpg all day long :D Recession beating vehicle !

    Yeah but it probably smells like a chipper....:pac:


  • #13
    Senna
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,800 ✭✭✭Senna


    bazz26 wrote: »
    Yeah but it probably smells like a chipper....:pac:

    Thats only a problem for the people behind him:D


  • #14
    Max Headroom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,101 ✭✭✭Max Headroom


    Senna wrote: »
    Thats only a problem for the people behind him:D

    MMMMM...C H I P S .......:p


  • #15
    glanman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,859 ✭✭✭glanman


    try this site for cheap stations in your area. it is update by its users, very good for finding the bargains!

    http://www.pumps.ie/


  • #16
    Tipsy Mac
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,559 ✭✭✭Tipsy Mac


    A carbon tax at a time of global cooling so we can stop global warming :rolleyes:


  • #17
    Flyer1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 664 ✭✭✭Flyer1


    bazz26 wrote: »
    Yeah but it probably smells like a chipper....:pac:

    It's good for business :D

    Only disadvantage to running the oil is that its a tad harder to start on a cold morning, but it was still fine even down to -8c like we had there last week.


  • #18
    Elessar
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,267 ✭✭✭Elessar


    glanman wrote: »
    try this site for cheap stations in your area. it is update by its users, very good for finding the bargains!

    http://www.pumps.ie/

    They also just launched an iPhone app which is fantastic - tells you where the cheapest petrol station is nearest to you, and provides directions!


  • #19
    JHMEG
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,686 ✭✭✭JHMEG


    E85 is now 30c cheaper per litre. As I posted before it's worth experimenting with mixes. 30% E85 works well for me, bringing the overall price of fuel down by about 9c a litre.


  • #20
    Our man in Havana
    Closed Accounts Posts: 29,473 ✭✭✭✭Our man in Havana


    What sort of cars can handle E85 safely?


  • #21
    Bonito
    Closed Accounts Posts: 8,399 ✭✭✭Bonito


    Bond-007 wrote: »
    What sort of cars can handle E85 safely?
    IIRC the ford econetics?

    Also ford are apparently developing an engine that gives the engine a shot of alcohol when needed. E.g. ascending a hill or overtaking.

    Read it in an online forum last year I'll try fish out the link

    *Here it is - http://www.newscientist.com/article/mg20227105.500-alcohol-makes-autos-more-climatefriendly.html


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  • #22
    JHMEG
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,686 ✭✭✭JHMEG


    Bond-007 wrote: »
    What sort of cars can handle E85 safely?

    Nearly any modern car. Officially only flex-fuel tho.


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