Petrol prices

Bruthal

If petrol was going to go up 3 cent at midnight, would you go out to fill up to save the once off €1.50 just because of that, or not bother filling until you were going to anyway the next day.

BBDBB

f**k your petrol prices

Ive a horse outside

Bruthal

Thats you knackered so.

Seth Brundle

Depending on the current level in the tank, I would probably fill up as I would be out driving anyhow.

Kenny DNK

its a joke...

mass boycott imo... hardly possible though?

Bruthal

Kenny DNK wrote: »

its a joke...

mass boycott imo... hardly possible though?

Its going a bit mad alright. 2 euro a litre not too far off the way its going.
I would`t go out myself to save the once off saving though. Unless i was out driving anyway.

Maybe BBDBB is right, time for some horses.

ICE HOUSE

robbie7730 wrote: »

If petrol was going to go up 3 cent at midnight, would you go out to fill up to save the once off €1.50 just because of that, or not bother filling until you were going to anyway the next day.

I dont understand why people do this, especially on budjet day etc. Just fill up while your passing. Most people would spend that €1.50 and more on petrol driving to and from the garage in the first place. Seriously WTF

jimmynokia

BBDBB wrote: »

f**k your petrol prices

Ive a horse outside

excellent made my day


is it going up tonight its supposed to be coming down and i have a horse outside

Seth Brundle

It will keep going up as long as there is tension within North Africa.
Should the protests head over to the Middle East, expect to see me risking my life on one of those bus things!

BBDBB

I was being facetious:o

but as someone who had to get rid of the Kia Sorrento cos it just got too damned expensive, it is galling to see the prices just go up and up


they have us by the balls and they know it, we squeal a bit with each hike, but in a week we simply get used to that new price

best thing I did was calm myself a bit as a driver, boring I know, but it was astonishing how many more miles I seemed to get when I just eased up on the accelerator, less stress too

Bruthal

BBDBB wrote: »

I was being facetious:o

but as someone who had to get rid of the Kia Sorrento cos it just got too damned expensive, it is galling to see the prices just go up and up


they have us by the balls and they know it, we squeal a bit with each hike, but in a week we simply get used to that new price

best thing I did was calm myself a bit as a driver, boring I know, but it was astonishing how many more miles I seemed to get when I just eased up on the accelerator, less stress too

When ye put €20 in the car, it seems to do very little mileage. I would say the prices are going more or less one way now.

Atlantic Dawn

Around 90 cent a litre going to the government in taxation, there's where the problem is.

Bullseye1

I believe prices eased on SAs commitment to pump out more oil. The world economy is likely to slow down if oil continues to rise so it's not in Antibes interest.

Gumbo

already 150.9 in Tesco Finglas.

Bruthal

kceire wrote: »

already 150.9 in Tesco Finglas.

It was 79 cent a litre there in finglas when they first started selling it in 2004, and 74 cent when you spent €20 in tesco.

Seth Brundle

robbie7730 wrote: »

It was 79 cent a litre there in finglas when they first started selling it in 2004, and 74 cent when you spent €20 in tesco.

Most of the increase is down to government taxes.

Bruthal

kbannon wrote: »

Most of the increase is down to government taxes.

Your probably right there, a lot seem to have been duty increases alright. But a price of a barrel of oil increase has its associated duty increase automatically anyway.

yop

They will have to review it or it will kill (the near dead) country. That in itself will take weeks with the new government.

It was 141 in Dublin for diesel when I left last night and I got it for 137 in Mayo. That doesn't make sense.

Supraman

141.9 for petrol in Cork in the station near the guards in Anglesea street.

Bandara

yop wrote: »

They will have to review it or it will kill (the near dead) country. That in itself will take weeks with the new government.

It was 141 in Dublin for diesel when I left last night and I got it for 137 in Mayo. That doesn't make sense.

Why doesn't it make sense ?

Every single industry has different companies selling at different prices.

Can of coke is €1 in one shop, 90c in another. Electricity is one price with the ESB, another with bord gas and yet another with Airtricity. A 8oz fillet steak with fries is €20 in one resturant, €30 in the one next door.

It's up to the buyers to vote with their feet and buy where they perceive value, if no one buys off the dear guy he'll soon realise and have to price his fuel more realistically in the Market

there's also loads of other trade related reasons why one garage can be anything up to 6 or 7 cents dearer than the garage next door. And the guy who is cheaper can quite easily actually be making more profit on his fuel than the dearer guy!

It's not a normal business. Not to mention the close to 70% taxes the government take

andyseadog

Petrol dropped by a cent from 147.9 to 146.9 in my local overnight. i know its sod all of a difference but at least it was in the right direction

michael999999

Three garages in listowel,one is 141.9, another is 143.9 and the third is 146.9 for petrol. some difference in prices.

Voodoomelon

I put €50 in last night, and the needle made it a few millimetres past 1/3 full. We're doomed I tells ya...

yop

Hammertime wrote: »

Why doesn't it make sense ?

Every single industry has different companies selling at different prices.

Can of coke is €1 in one shop, 90c in another. Electricity is one price with the ESB, another with bord gas and yet another with Airtricity. A 8oz fillet steak with fries is €20 in one resturant, €30 in the one next door.

It's up to the buyers to vote with their feet and buy where they perceive value, if no one buys off the dear guy he'll soon realise and have to price his fuel more realistically in the Market

there's also loads of other trade related reasons why one garage can be anything up to 6 or 7 cents dearer than the garage next door. And the guy who is cheaper can quite easily actually be making more profit on his fuel than the dearer guy!

It's not a normal business. Not to mention the close to 70% taxes the government take

All Topaz though, would you not expect them to be the same?

bmarley

I filled up last night,first time ever - more out of fear that it would run out and I would have to cycle 18km to and fro from work, wouldn't like to see that happen.

Big Nasty

yop wrote: »

All Topaz though, would you not expect them to be the same?

The majority of sites are franchised - they can charge as much or as little as they like within reason.

Bandara

yop wrote: »

All Topaz though, would you not expect them to be the same?

No if you opened a garage yourself tomorrow you could sign with topaz to be your supplier, they would fit out the forecourt with the signage and supply you with fuel at an agreed margin off the schedule price.

They cannot tell you what to charge as that would consititute price fixing.

whiterebel

Hammertime wrote: »

No if you opened a garage yourself tomorrow you could sign with topaz to be your supplier, they would fit out the forecourt with the signage and supply you with fuel at an agreed margin off the schedule price.

They cannot tell you what to charge as that would consititute price fixing.

Yes, God forbid that would ever happen......

Bandara

whiterebel wrote: »

Yes, God forbid that would ever happen......

* walks away whistling loudly

Seth Brundle

whiterebel wrote: »

Yes, God forbid that would ever happen......

AFAIK Topaz recommend prices to the different forecourts but doesn't tell them what to charge.
Think of the former Topaz on Dublin's south quay. Topaz couldn't stop them being the most expensive place in the country and Danny Murphy (Topaz's then CEO) was on the record saying how it was shocking and their contract wouldn't be renewed (which it wasn't).

Testament1

Voodoomelon wrote: »

I put €50 in last night, and the needle made it a few millimetres past 1/3 full. We're doomed I tells ya...

That would be pretty depressing. 50 quid will bring my car fairly close to full

michael999999

The two garages in listowel have charged exactly the same prices as each other for the last few years ie 143. That was until today when one of the garages raised theres to 146. I could almost guarantee that the other garage will match them at 146 in the next few days!

stevenmu

Oil prices ease as Saudi ups output

Absurdum

I read earlier that every 10% increase in oil prices takes 0.5% off our GDP growth :eek:

we're fcuked

Bruthal

Testament1 wrote: »

That would be pretty depressing. 50 quid will bring my car fairly close to full

You have a 35 litre tank so:eek:

jimmynokia

is kenny/gilmore going to reduce the prices ? think there was something on radio this morning sayin they where
they would say anything to get into power i suppose

-Chris-

The current info is that they're putting up Motor Tax, so I don't see why they'd bother lowering fuel taxes.

paddydriver

yop wrote: »

They will have to review it or it will kill (the near dead) country. That in itself will take weeks with the new government.

It was 141 in Dublin for diesel when I left last night and I got it for 137 in Mayo. That doesn't make sense.

Is that you Enda? - 2 weeks time you will be in the state merc so no more fuel worries:D

Max Power1

kceire wrote: »

already 150.9 in Tesco Finglas.

:eek:

wrong side of 1.50 already.

How long will it be until we see the €2/litre barrier broken? We really need to reduce the near €1/litre in taxes that we pay currently.

jimmynokia

-Chris- wrote: »

The current info is that they're putting up Motor Tax, so I don't see why they'd bother lowering fuel taxes.

well if they increase anything it will be a great start for kenny/gilmore, wouldn't it having said they are lowering the fuel almost immediately.
its just outrageous the price of fuel.

Testament1

robbie7730 wrote: »

You have a 35 litre tank so:eek:

45 litre tank but I usually fill as soon as the petrol light comes on, I dont like running the car low on petrol in case it dislodges some gunk from the bottom of the tank, clogging fuel lines.

jimmynokia

no sign of this dropping its climbing like fcuk
so much for the kenny/gilmore merchants dropping as promised if elected

johnos1984

jimmynokia wrote: »

so much for the kenny/gilmore merchants dropping as promised if elected

In fairness they aren't even in power yet. These things take time and if numpties expect changes to happen in the blink of an eye they may as well leave the country

Sick of a lot of the ill founded complaining of people

jimmynokia

they paid it would be immediate obviously you dont drive or else your a shill

slimjimmc

I think you mean

jimmynokia wrote: »

they paid said it would be immediate obviously you dont drive or else your a shill

They have no power to change anything immediately until they get their seals of office, we'll just have to wait until then to see if their promises come through (though I wouldn't hold my breath).

johnos1984

jimmynokia wrote: »

they paid it would be immediate obviously you dont drive or else your a shill

As they aren't in power nothing will be immediately obvious for a time. Give them a chance they aren't magicians. I do drive and I ain't a shill. I'm just a realist and not a thicko

In other new I hear Gilmores car was clamped outside the Dáil this morning

jimmynokia

average price 149.9 and rising ridiculous

coylemj

If you're expecting a new Govt. to reduce the price of motor fuel you're living on a different planet to the real world. The budget deficit is still negative, that means the Govt. is still spending more than it is receiving in taxes so how can they reduce taxes?

Don't pin your hopes on anything anyone said during the election campaign, remember that both FG and Labour can use the fact that they're in coalition to simply 'forget' what they promised in the election campaign and if confronted with the unfulfilled election promise they can simply say that it was part of their policy but they had to give it up along with several other policy matters as part of the negotiations for Govt.

jimmynokia

im well aware of that again its just going to show the lies these politicians will tell to get into power so its one corrupted government gone and another come in
where does it stop
they take 90 cent per litre which is a crime
so you enjoy the hike in fuel
just by general chit chat with locals etc people are saying they wont drive so in turn this will stop sales of cars ,people wont purchase fuel so to make a long story short they will loose out
i remember seen somebody saying have a no fill your car day or something to that effect but that would need to be a country wide thing and for more than one day to make a point
as usual we all bitch and moan and sit back and take it
look at where we are now new government almost im place and its already corrupt

Tragedy

Most countries in Europe pay even more than us for petrol.

http://www.aaireland.ie/AA/Motoring-advice/Petrol-Prices.aspx

jimmynokia

Tragedy wrote: »

Most countries in Europe pay even more than us for petrol.

http://www.aaireland.ie/AA/Motoring-advice/Petrol-Prices.aspx

how may cars per capita?