Petrol Prices?

gimmick · 16-05-2005 12:52PM #1

Wheres the best place to go for petrol around the city at the moment? It seems everywhere is gone €1+. Anyone know anywhere where, where its sub €1. In principle I havent paid over €1 yet, but its looking increasingly likely ill have to succumb sooner or later.

Perhaps, if anyone sees a decent price for fuel, post it here, so that way we can keep abreast of whats happening and not get more ripped off than we need to.

I realsie we are talking savings of cents, but why pay more?

dahamsta · 16-05-2005 01:02PM

I couldn't believe it when I went to the garage last month and saw the prices. Forking loony-toons, cost over €70 to fill my penis extension. Thank the gods I don't actually have to drive anywhere, like, far away!

adam

KNS · 16-05-2005 01:39PM

Try:

http://www.irishfuelprices.com

beer enigma · 16-05-2005 01:46PM

Its madness - I'm seriously thinking of selling my Alfa as she's just too juicy. Like you Adam, costs about €70 to fill - trouble is, I DO use mine quite a bit........

Generally use either the Shell or the Esso in Douglas - both 99.9 at the moment (he says like its cheap !!!)

rymus · 16-05-2005 01:55PM

Is Midleton still as cheap as it used to be or have they caught up with the rest of the city?

Theres a couple of palces outside Roscarbery that have cheap motion lotion if anyone wants to take a spin... Thank Gawd I have a diesel card.. I normally end up looking for the most expensive fuel I can find

Nukem · 16-05-2005 02:34PM

dahamsta wrote:

cost over €70 to fill my penis extension

Christ thats some extension. What is it an M1 Ambrihams Tank?

Nukem

beer enigma · 16-05-2005 02:38PM

Tesco have partial planning for a filling station at Wilton & Mahon point - if it gets through, that should halp the local prices

lostinsuperfunk · 16-05-2005 03:32PM

Midleton Shell (Ballinacurra Rd) was 99.9c per litre unleaded on Saturday.

daveirl · 16-05-2005 04:19PM

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MidnightQueen · 16-05-2005 06:08PM

Great topic to post up!

My parents and friends are always going on about the price of petrol and where to find the cheapest. So far theres a cheap petrol station in Mitchelstown up by Dairygold.

Does anyone know of any around Mallow or Charleville?

dahamsta · 17-05-2005 02:42PM

Nukem wrote:

Christ thats some extension. What is it an M1 Ambrihams Tank?

'93 525i. Complete self-indulgence that I occasionally feel guilty about - tax alone costs over €800 - but then I give it some juice in a corner and the tail pops out and the guilt mysteriously disappears...

adam

brettmirl · 17-05-2005 08:05PM

109.9 for diesel in the Esso on the Cork road in bandon - that is the dearest I have seen in a while!

Nukem · 17-05-2005 08:28PM

dahamsta wrote:

'93 525i. Complete self-indulgence that I occasionally feel guilty about - tax alone costs over €800 - but then I give it some juice in a corner and the tail pops out and the guilt mysteriously disappears...

Ah yes a beast:eek:
Paying the tax you must go in with your pants down and get ready a good shafting.
Me gets away with 151euro tax but then i go into a corner push the accelerator and nothing happens:mad: .....................shakes fist a Damhasta in BMW.

Nukem

rymus · 17-05-2005 09:51PM

mick_irl wrote:

109.9 for diesel in the Esso on the Cork road in bandon - that is the dearest I have seen in a while!

Gah! If only it was Statoil I'd go down there and fill up...

PowerHouseDan · 17-05-2005 09:53PM

Douglas Both station there 99.9 Maxol on Boreenamana R.d is 99.9 the dearest i've seen is 1.09.9 The Mazda Garage by Turners Cross(Petrol that is)

flyz · 18-05-2005 09:01AM

I got mine for 97.9 in the Top Station in Blarney yesterday.

It's 99.9 in the Commons Road as well.

Charlivelle last time I passed through was 98.9 I think

brettmirl · 18-05-2005 09:34AM

rymus wrote:

Gah! If only it was Statoil I'd go down there and fill up...

Yeah have the diesel card for statoil too myself. Where is the dearest you found for that?

dahamsta · 18-05-2005 11:03AM

Nukem wrote:

Paying the tax you must go in with your pants down and get ready a good shafting.

Actually I'm just paying half this time around, take it out of sync with the insurance, both of which add up to a real killer. Especially after you've just been shafted with a €1200 front suspension rebuild...

Me gets away with 151euro tax but then i go into a corner push the accelerator and nothing happens:mad: .....................shakes fist a Damhasta in BMW.

BMW drivers get a lot of that apparently - I don't see it so much meself - but it's the Merc drivers you have to watch out for. At least many MBW drivers know how to, you know, drive...

adam

gimmick · 23-05-2005 09:51PM

The best Ive seen recently is the Shell next to Dinos on the Commons Rd - only 98.5c

the evil belly · 23-05-2005 10:02PM

saw 98.9 in dennehys cross. must fill up in blarney in futre though

deRanged · 23-05-2005 10:52PM

I paid 97.9 in Midleton yesterday. Much better than 1.15 in France on Saturday.

corblimey · 25-05-2005 02:38PM

And if you don't want to go as far as Midleton, there's a little garage in Carrigtwohill that pretty much always matches that price. It's on the left just as you're coming out of the village back onto the N25. Try not to disturb the locals

the evil belly · 27-05-2005 12:56AM

97.9 now in dennehys cross and 98.9 in ballincollig

brettmirl · 29-05-2005 09:23PM

paid 94.9c for diesel in maynooth on friday in Statoil. Was 102.9 on the signs in cork when i got back down.

smileygal · 29-05-2005 09:34PM

97.9 in Wilton Statoil today :cool:

kevinroche · 30-05-2005 12:15AM

Glanmire is still 97.9 as far as I know. Otherwise, up the hill to Mayfield by the RUC station style shopping centre where the price is 98.9

vector · 31-05-2005 06:18PM

kevinroche wrote:

Glanmire is still 97.9 as far as I know. Otherwise, up the hill to Mayfield by the RUC station style shopping centre where the price is 98.9

I've always wondered why some garage doesn't just build loads of spare tanks and fill them up when the wholesale price is low and then undercut slightly, but consitently their competitors, they could get a name for cheapness and people would drive there without question

dahamsta · 31-05-2005 06:44PM

Legal requirement on the amount stations can store for safety reasons possibly? (I'm speculating.)

adam

lostinsuperfunk · 31-05-2005 06:51PM

I've always wondered why some garage doesn't just build loads of spare tanks and fill them up when the wholesale price is low

There are 2 reasons not to do this. One is that if you are sitting on a huge tank of petrol all your cash is tied up in it. You already paid the wholesaler for it, but it might take you months to get your cash back by selling it to customers. That cash could be earning you interest in the bank.

The second reason is to do with risk. It's very difficult to guess whether prices are going to go up or down in the future. They might *look* low now, so you buy a load of petrol, then the prices go down and you have to sell at a loss.

Also, building giant tanks is expensive. And the wholesaler has already done that. 3 reasons

snow scorpion · 31-05-2005 10:50PM

$2.10 per gallon = what? 42c per liter?

:cool:

(Sorry about that everybody.)

vector · 31-05-2005 11:08PM

actually what I've described is a wholesaler, its nothing new, lets move on.

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