So, more news about fuel prices dropping overnight last Thu/Fri but has anyelse noted / confirmed that it only seemed to apply to unleaded?! Diesel prices remained unchanged (in my area and on the daily commute) as petrol dropped 2-3p a litre The extra relative cost of diesel keeps rising, creeping into double figures, seemed to steady at +12p / litre over petrol but is now +14-15p / litre :eek:. I bet they try to keep that as the new norm. Do the companies think we won't notice? Now, if the price of a barrel of oil drops, that should surely be reflected in the prices of both fuel types or is diesel now being refined from extra special and more expensive barrels :confused:?!?! There's bound to be some PR rubbish being spouted somewhere trying to justify this with totally transparent excuses. Rant off!

Yep noticed that here as well - Diesel at around £1.06 and Petrol at arounf 95p per litre...

Yep noticed that here as well - Diesel at around £1.06 and Petrol at arounf 95p per litre...

thats bloody good, here we have unleaded at 96p and diesel at £1.11

93.9p in our bit of West Yorks. That's two bits of luck - I fancied a diesel but settled for a petrol Fabia and nearly changed to a fixed rate from a tracker mortgage and decided against it. There are benefits to procrastination it seems!

93.9p in our bit of West Yorks.

93.9 for unleaded but diesel is still at 107.9 - that's 14p differential

its because the garages are maintaining their profits whilst keeping the majority of customers happy.

Leave diesel as is, and drop petrol by twice as much.

92.9 in our local Morrisons - then today they closed the site for a week for refurbishment (something to do with fitting vapour collecting pumps and hoses) just as I went there to fill up. :(

I normally use Morrisons but have a bit of a downer on them. I filled up about three weeks ago with the warning light on but I hadn't driven far. The Fabia fit almost £50 of fuel in. The most I'd managed with petrol dearer was about £45 from bone dry, I even gave the trigger a quick squirt out the car at £48 to see whether it was working!

Being in a hurry I thought it may be imagination but when I filled up a week later at the same forcourt and a similar fuel level it wouldn't take £40. I told the guy on the till and he shrugged and said the pumps are checked regularly and no-one else had a similar issue. Not regularly enough IMO.

In september last year , diesel was 95p and unleaded was 92.

Now unleaded is back down to that price and diesel is at least 10p more.

As manny says , they are simply getting diesel owners to subsidise unleaded - the demand for the two fuels hasn't changed that much in 12 months.

Also when you take the VAT and Duty out of the pump price the difference in cost is even more ludicrous.

Unleaded at 93p a litre is 50.4p duty , 13.9p VAT and 28.8p for the fuel and profit.

Diesel at 107p a litre is 50.4p duty , 15.9p VAT and 40.7p for the fuel and profit.

That means the oil companiess are actually charging FOURTY ONE percent more for the actual fuel!

My way is 92.9p for petrol but it is going to drop another 2p this week according to the garage.

Derv is at 107.9 and not going to move according to same person in the garage.

Work that one out :thumbdwn:

Was in Italy mid October on holiday. Diesel was less than petrol and petrol was pretty much the same price as here.

Less demand for diesel means less competition so a more 'stable' price. Apparently.

About Fuel - Why diesel costs more than petrol (even though it is easier to make) - PetrolPrices.com

I also paid 92.9 for unleaded today at Shell in Coventry, But as I get 3p/litre cashback with my Shell Citi card I am now paying under 90p/litre:)....will it last?

will it last?

No

HTH :P

I also paid 92.9 for unleaded today at Shell in Coventry, But as I get 3p/litre cashback with my Shell Citi card I am now paying under 90p/litre:)....will it last?

I think it is 3% cashback on fuel at Shell and 1% off any other purchases.

It certainly makes it harder to justify a diesel. Super Unleaded cheaper than diesel - how does that make sense :confused:

Not that I'm complaining!!!

It certainly makes it harder to justify a diesel.

People will just say they love the awful noise and the lazy driving experience

We petrol boys don't get any sympathy when we struggle to get 40mpg so I'm afraid you get none either when petrol and diesel prices decouple

I think it is 3% cashback on fuel at Shell and 1% off any other purchases.

I'd have to double check but when I signed up it was 3p/litre at Shell and 1% on all other purchases. Now the price has fallen they have switched to 3% on the fuel. The original contract said 3p/litre applied to fuel at more than £1/litre however I phoned to check and they confirmed they would still honour the cashback on lower priced fuel.

Either way it's a pretty good deal.

Dan

No

HTH :P

Point taken

Yes I've got a shel card too about £10 cashback a month. The headline on the promo leaflet says 3p but the small print says 3% which is better for diesel.

Shell MasterCard from Citi - Credit Cards - Citibank

Edited 12 November, 200817 yr by loskie

I do love that awful noise and damned lazy driving experience of a diesel don't you?

I do love that awful noise and damned lazy driving experience of a diesel don't you?

Oh look , a troll.

Oh look , a troll.

mea culpa

Eh?

Eh?

Mea Culpa: Latin, "by my fault"

I'm not that clever, looked it up in a dictionary.