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Hogzy wrote: »

Oil prices have been going up the last 5-6 weeks. OPEC hasnt increased production in line with economies opening up so its putting a squeeze on barrell prices.

and maybe the suez canal holdup a few months back?

Bummer1234 wrote: »

How long can the use that excuse for everything?, Someones lining there pockets here.

The last sting of the dying wasp. Within 10 years there will be so many electric cars powered by roof PV panels that fossil sales will collapse. In 25 years OPEC will not be able to give away crude oil. We'll all be driving electric, they'll be driving camels, and Elon Musk will own Man City.

Del2005 wrote: »

Oil is used for a lot more than cars and people have been calling peak oil for a long time, it's nowhere near yet.

By the time oil is no longer used for the majority of vehicles no one will be driving, it'll be level 5 autonomous vehicles for all and neither are anywhere near.

Have you read of Musk's autonomous electric car pool plan? You can own one, drive to work. Park. A rental user can take from there, or it will autonomously drive to his location. After a busy day, it will return to you in work, or in the pub, and bring you home, plastered across the back seats. Sounds a bit like a rural family car in the 70s.

Created this thread 4 months ago and got a bit of stick in it tbh

https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?p=116288508

The Maxol mentioned is 152.5 now - Other stations in Ennis around 149-151 too.

Where is the line eventually drawn. Just as long as oil prices go up stations do the same? Surely there's a gap in the market for a station to break-even on fuel and charge even 139.9 or something?

€1.55 for petrol at my local - highest i ever seen it:(

mikeecho wrote: »

Back when oil was $100+ I remember it being €1.649, maybe a little more.

and when was that?

Now on top of expensive fuel, used car prices have rocketed. And BTW, Colm McCarthy, who is always on the money, stated today that as soon as electric vehicles gain market dominance, with fossil fuel cars penalised beyond affordability and availability, all EV subsidies will vanish, and normal extortionate tax will apply. Expect €50K for a f*****g Nissan leaf. And 50% VAT on your charger bill. Government have to replace the cash cow somehow, like for like. You didn't really think you could drive 200 EV miles in the future without revenue trousering at least €16-20 off you?

They had the reduced fuel (reduced by 24.7¢) for 2hrs 47min. ... Sometime around lunchtime.

I was hoping for 99¢ or 24.7¢ fuel.

Applegreen do a sale every 24th July.

In some towns/ villages other stations might price match the promo.

2yrs ago AG sold fuel for 99.9c , for most of the day, the local circle k , price matched.

Generally stations don't do flash sales., Unless it's for an official opening etc.

the guards were probably filling up themselves☺️

i swear there's a petrol pump at my local that not calibrated correctly, cause i seem to be getting more than i should😋 going to keep stumm until they get wise to it

^^^^^^^^^^^

😶 but why report a pump thats giving too much?

Similar for me too on more litres going in than usual.

Thing usually clicks at 410 miles but on my last fill I got it to 440 without it clicking.

It would be difficult to be certain that a higher than normal fill was due to a pump giving short measure or your tank was extra far into its reserve. You can only estimate the amount based on how far you have driven after the permanent fuel light shows, but after a good number of fills, you'll get a feel for whats right, and a big deviation from this will ring alarm bells.

Sometimes dodgy stations with lower prices are not the best idea. There was a time there a few years ago that a West of Ireland local paper reported that people were driving into Galway City for fuel, such was the risk of washed diesel, diluted fuel and other scams which had reached epidemic proportions in the more western areas. At least an incorrectly metered pump won't harm your engine, just a minor dent in your pocket.

I think that's because they wait to empty their tanks filled at the higher wholesale price, otherwise their margin is affected. Tbh, fuel is a very low margin business, compared to a pint in a pub at €5, or the €4 rump steak served with chips for €29 that I seen on a menu last night on my first return to a restaurant in over a year. Service stations make their money on coffees, toffees and jumbo breakfast rolls. Did coffee prices drop when the vat dropped? Did it hell, but went up when the vat rate was restored, but that's a discussion for a different angry thread!

Reread last two comments. They referred to the Tardiness of forecourts in dropping their prices, not raising them. Of course they will raise them while they have a full tank at the pre increase wholesale price, but it depends on all the other stations doing the same.

simple answer - no.

The barrel of oil only represents about 50c (41c + vat) of the 1.60 you are paying.

Oil would need to go to $120+ for €2/L and that won't happen as the taps would be turned on well before that.

If oil was free, you'd still be paying almost €1.10/litre

Why is it though that stations in some towns have such higher prices than in other towns. That’s more what I would complain about. Hardly just a simple case of supply and demand. That’s what really gets me.

^^ where?

I use Waze to get the latest prices for fuel. But its not updated that often.

I always try to update it even when i am a passenger passing a garage, but you have to stopped at the garage to be able to update the prices in the app now. So no wonder nobody updates it anymore.

Pumps.ie used to be fantastic. It saved me a fortune over the years. Gone to sh!t now though