1 hour ago, shyVRS245 said:

In Leicester Asda and Morrisons are charging £1.027 per litre for unleaded and Sainsbury's £1.029 per litre.

Similar in Barnstaple - Asda £1.027 but Tesco & Sainsburys £1.029 per litre.

@shyVRS245

No point posting duff gen when it is so easy to check.   You posted some real howlers earlier on about benefits.

4 minutes ago, PetrolDave said:

Similar in Barnstaple - Asda £1.027 but Tesco & Sainsburys £1.029 per litre.

 

Does not Exmoor petrol stations get to charge 5p a litre less like the Highlands ?

Tavistock is 99p unleaded and £1.04 Diesel.

 

And were usually a good few pence more expensive than Plymouth but no been there for weeks to know.

31 minutes ago, lol-lol said:

Does not Exmoor petrol stations get to charge 5p a litre less like the Highlands ?

Sadly the opposite, petrol stations on Exmoor are more expensive - the one nearest to me is currently charging £1.099 per litre for unleaded.

 

 

My local Shell garage are charging a scandalous £1.159 per litre for regular unleaded yet the BP garage nearest to me charge £1.069 per litre.

When Danny Alexander Liberal Democrat MP at the time and in the coalition government secured the 5 pence fuel subsidy was not just for areas in Scotland.

Actually some of the Postcode areas north of Pitlochry had fuel prices already lower than a few miles South of Pitlochry.

http://bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-highlands-islands-30829356

 

1 hour ago, Defenderben said:

Tavistock is 99p unleaded and £1.04 Diesel.

 

And were usually a good few pence more expensive than Plymouth but no been there for weeks to know.

 

That is mad, nearest refinery is Southampton I guess.

I usually fill up at Tescos Roborough but at least has completion with Asda selling lofs of fuel but then  it does not sell high octane which I prefer in the bike and the Fabia VRS preferred. 

52 minutes ago, lol-lol said:

 

That is mad, nearest refinery is Southampton I guess.

I usually fill up at Tescos Roborough but at least has completion with Asda selling lofs of fuel but then  it does not sell high octane which I prefer in the bike and the Fabia VRS preferred. 

We have main fuel terminals in Plymouth, Cattedown area: I know one is run by Greenergy, as I work on that site sometimes. The other is the one that supply Morrisons and some others. Perhaps this makes it so cheap for us?

I was having a look on the GREENERGY website and some of the terminals / depots / storage they co-owned with Royal Dutch Shell are now not on the map.

I have not seen what they have done with or who now owns or operates them.

Different brands as well that i had not seen like INVER in the UK.

4 hours ago, Defenderben said:

We have main fuel terminals in Plymouth, Cattedown area: I know one is run by Greenergy, as I work on that site sometimes. The other is the one that supply Morrisons and some others. Perhaps this makes it so cheap for us?

 

Oh yes, I remember seeing them on my coastal patrol and popping between marinas as to yacht arrivals, might be a reason but I suspect it is simply down to competition and what the supermarkets reckon they can get away with sadly.   Plymouth has plenty but Worcester little.

Edited 11 May, 20206 yr by lol-lol

16 hours ago, lol-lol said:

That is mad, nearest refinery is Southampton I guess.

When I lived in Southampton it was "local knowledge" that you bought petrol as far away from Fawley as possible - as the petrol price got HIGHER the nearer you got to Fawley. Crazy but true...

8 minutes ago, PetrolDave said:

When I lived in Southampton it was "local knowledge" that you bought petrol as far away from Fawley as possible - as the petrol price got HIGHER the nearer you got to Fawley. Crazy but true...

 

I have worked out of Cadnam and now occasionally go to Totton.

 

What MPG do you average in your MK 3 1.4 TSI ?

So impressed with mine where I have spent nearly all my time averaging well over 50 mpg but in the last 2 months, with only runs to Tesco a mile away, I am down to 30 MPG ! 

6 hours ago, lol-lol said:

What MPG do you average in your MK 3 1.4 TSI ?

So impressed with mine where I have spent nearly all my time averaging well over 50 mpg but in the last 2 months, with only runs to Tesco a mile away, I am down to 30 MPG ! 

The majority of our driving (pre-lockdown) has been local shopping runs, so we average 45mpg.

Just now, PetrolDave said:

The majority of our driving (pre-lockdown) has been local shopping runs, so we average 45mpg.

 

I tend to do long runs in the Octy and use the naturally aspirated car for the short journeys so I bought a 1600 cc scenic for runs to the dump etc and that only gets 40 mpg or so.

 

Mines the 7 speed DSG which helps MPG especially when in eco mode when it goes in to coast mode and one watches the range climb.

 

Went for a CSMA warranty as it passed 3 years old and intend to keep for another 2 or 3 years before going electric.

 

Tesco in Dunfermline was 99.9p for petrol and 106.9 for derv.

 

Which is great except I've done about 50 miles in the last month.