Save money in fuel

Esel

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122103654#Comment_122103654

Agricultural diesel is 'washed' then smuggled and sold as road-legal. The profit margin is high.

When last was the price of petrol in both jurisdictions such that smuggling it was profitable? Latest report I could find was from 2002...

hoodie6029

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122099738#Comment_122099738

The Parking Tag app gives 4c a litre off at Circle K but obviously that app won’t suit everyone.
Buy fuel at Tesco and you’ll get club card points. Not an immediate saving but still good.

Waze app is good for fuel prices and you also get maps, speed alerts, hazard alerts.

It’s not for everyone but a cheap EV would work for a lot of people. If they monitored their driving for a few weeks, daily distances travelled etc. it would suit people more than they assume. There are plenty of Leafs out there for 3 to 4 grand.

blindsider

If you drive medium or long distances on a motorway, use cruise control if you have it. You will quickly notice the difference if you set CC at the optimum speed for your car. My 2.0l diesel will sit very comfortably at 2000rpm, delivering 122km/h and giving excellent fuel economy.

elperello

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122103718#Comment_122103718

You are right about the price on both sides but the smuggled stuff doesn't necessarily come from Irish sources.

Anyway this is a bit off topic because you won't be saving at the pump.

Raichų

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122103454#Comment_122103454

I think most drivers need to remind themselves the difference between a limit and a target.
Then there’s the cohort of gobshites who think it’s appropriate behaviour to drive right up your ass and flash your lights because I’m daring to drive at or perhaps below the limit for whatever reason. For myself illl stick CC on 124km/h and let that be that.
Can’t be arsed chancing penalty points if I’m caught by a speed van or unmarked breaking the limit to keep some gobshite happy behind me.
I’d love to know where they are all going that requires such intense urgency.

Capt'n Midnight

https://xkcd.com/951/ ..

extra-ordinary_

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122101638#Comment_122101638

cool story, brah

Charles Babbage

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122103577#Comment_122103577

If there is a 15C difference in the price of petrol then that is your margin. For many years, a substantial proportion of petrol in NI was smuggled, a decade before the traffic was in the opposite direction.

Washed diesel is not necessarily smuggled, the profit comes from the processing. However, as the NI base product was a bit cheaper it often involved some smuggling also.

colm_mcm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122103958#Comment_122103958

do you need to pay for the Parking Tag service or anything to get the discount?

hoodie6029

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122105860#Comment_122105860

You have to keep your account topped up for the discount. I use the app anyway so this is a bonus but it wouldn’t be worth having for this discount on its own.

whatever.

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122104755#Comment_122104755

Maybe move over, actually definitely move over, it's an offence to knowingly impese and that vehicle behind you may be an unmarked car needing to get past

Just move over

DaveyDave

People saying to drive to a cheaper garage might want to do some homework on that. If I went somewhere 5 cent cheaper I'd save €2.40 on a 48 litre fill. Ignoring the 30-40 minutes detour, my petrol Golf doing 6L/100km on a 10km detour would cost €1.10. I'm not spending 30 minutes to go to a garage further away to save €1.30 on a €90 fill.

Buddy Bubs

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122129053#Comment_122129053

Shop around for prices but locally. You're never going to save a fortune but might get a free fill or 2 a year by doing it.

That might be worth a lot for some people.

Raichų

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122128273#Comment_122128273

Impediment if I’m going the limit? That sounds like a you problem.
yeah you’re right next time I’ll drive into the ditch or under someone so the Cnut behind me can go faster.

If an unmarked car needs to get past they’ll have their lights and/or sirens on and it’s an appropriate use of the hard shoulder. Some spanner acting like they’re at a rave because they are in a hurry to go home and do nothing all evening is hardly the same thing.

mikeecho

Fuel is only ever going to get more and more expensive, enjoy it while you can. (afford it)

prawnsambo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122129808#Comment_122129808

If you're not overtaking anything, you shouldn't be in the overtaking lane.

allinthehead

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122130566#Comment_122130566

Where did they mention not overtaking or the overtaking lane for that matter?

prawnsambo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122130619#Comment_122130619

"Move over" is only legally possible on a two lane road.

allinthehead

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122130628#Comment_122130628

Who said move over?

prawnsambo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122130677#Comment_122130677

The guy you replied to with the rant about a "you problem". Maybe make a note of the posts you reply to or go up the thread if you can't remember what you said a few hours ago. I actually replied to that post and you couldn't be arsed to follow it back. FFS.

allinthehead

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122130711#Comment_122130711

You might want to follow your own advice there sham. You didn't reply to me and I didn't go on any rant about a "you problem". Do you think I'm someone else?

prawnsambo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122130725#Comment_122130725

Doesn't change a blind thing. You replied to me where I quoted the post I was replying to. You couldn't be arsed to read it and pick up the thread. It wasn't you that I quoted, but it should have been clear if you'd been arsed to check back.

allinthehead

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122130744#Comment_122130744

Hilarious you can't even admit when you're wrong. I have read back on the thread, the poster you said shouldn't be driving in the overtaking lane never said he was. It was another poster that told him to move over.

prawnsambo

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122130757#Comment_122130757

Honestly, I can explain, but clearly can't make you understand. Time to move on, beating my head against the impenetrably thick.

Raichų

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122130566#Comment_122130566

yeah thanks. However what’s being said is if you’re going less than 120km/h or apparently whatever speed the fella behind you has decided you should be then I should “move over”.

Scenario recently where a few HGV’s were in left lane so I naturally moved to right lane to overtake them. I stated previously I won’t go over the limit cos I’m not arsed with €120 fine to keep some gobshite happy but that doesn’t stop (usually people in vans or SUV’s) riding your ass flashing lights etc which is severely more dangerous than sticking to the limit.

My options were, go faster (not happening), drive underneath a lorry (definitely not happening), continue at pace and try to ignore the clown behind me (very difficult to do in the circumstances). Seems shocking to me but probably a reasonable explanation as to why so many people are dying everyday on the roads to see people arguing for this type of behaviour.

It’s lashing rain at the moment but still you’ll see lads tearing it down the motorway. What’s the plan if a car ahead suddenly breaks down? Sure that probably happen I guess.

Raichų

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122130628#Comment_122130628

not true either. You can move into the hard shoulder to allow traffic to pass if necessary. Assuming it’s safe to do so and only for short periods.

also I didn’t state anything about driving in an overtaking lane or indeed “moving over”. It was the poster I replied to whom stated if someone’s driving to pass you then you should either go faster or “move over” as apparently you’re illegally impeding probably an unmarked car as if Gardai don’t have the ability to inform you they need to get past.

LIGHTNING

And so in a thread about saving fuel we have folks arguing about the use of the hard shoulder. Jesus wept. Thread closed.