I’ve just filled up and for the first time fuel was over 2 quid a litre…

 

Cars never seen anything other than 99Ron but I’m seriously considering alternating tanks now with 95.
 

Crazy times.

Filled ours this afternoon at Morrison's and the pump shut down at £100. Started the car and the needle is below full. Definitely scary times ahead

1/2 (34l) tank of Momentum99 at Tesco New Malden one month ago today = £1.75pl.

1/2 (36l) tank Momentum99 at Tesco New Malden today = £1.97pl. 
 

It’s absolutely feckin ridiculous. Wish I still had my 1962 NSU Quickly…🙄

I only do about 6k a year thank god ...

There is always Sainsbury E5 Super Unleaded 97 ron minimum at not too much a litre more cost than Sainsbury E10 95 ron.

Can't remember the price at the time, but I filled up three weeks ago with 125 miles showing as remaining fuel, and it took £103 to do it.

 

Prices dropping in the north east though, a garage that was 189.9 five days ago was 182.9 on Saturday.

My most recent fill up last week was £1.49 (€1.67) per litre for diesel.  I was in Slovenia though and it'll be back to UK prices next week!

Due to a change in personal circumstances I hardly use the car at all now. Unfortunately I have to make a 200 mile round trip at granny speeds this Thursday to pick family up since the train they had booked is cancelled...

 

I always used Tesco Momentum but now my daughter has CostCo membership I'll be using their 97 RON to save a penny or two. I say save but that's gone up 20p a litre since my last fill up.

9 hours ago, Nick_H said:

I only do about 6k a year thank god ...

I’m now around 5k Nick, but even so, that’s still nearly £2,000 @ avg 25mpg. 

8 hours ago, unclerichy said:

…..now my daughter has CostCo membership I'll be using their 97 RON….

Unfortunately, the closest Costco is a 20 mile round trip, thus eliminating any potential saving. 

13 hours ago, numskull said:

I’m now around 5k Nick, but even so, that’s still nearly £2,000 @ avg 25mpg. 

 

Yeah when you look at it like that ! I always thought my weekend car would be an F-Type not a Skoda Estate !! 🤣

12 hours ago, numskull said:

Unfortunately, the closest Costco is a 20 mile round trip, thus eliminating any potential saving. 

 

Probably cheaper to fill up with triple shot Amaricano ....

Haven't refilled the Fabia yet (last time was Tesco @ £1.867 p/L), but think it's going to be expensive. Commuting daily is a ****ing fortune.

Edited 21 June, 20223 yr by AnnoyingPentium
Canny work da computer.

My last fill up was in Nov 21 @ £1.45.9/L even at that price it was £105.03 !!  it's only done 16 miles since that fill up 😞 

1 hour ago, Nick_H said:

I always thought my weekend car would be an F-Type

Be even worse if it was, mate! 

21 hours ago, numskull said:

Be even worse if it was, mate! 

 

But I could live with it ....

2 hours ago, Nick_H said:

 

But I could live with it ....

You might get fed-up with the build quality! 

4 minutes ago, numskull said:

You might get fed-up with the build quality! 

 

Please, Please ! Just let me try !!! 😂

5 minutes ago, Nick_H said:

 

Please, Please ! Just let me try !!! 😂

Oh g’won den! G’won, g’won, g’won, g’won, g’won! 

1 hour ago, numskull said:

Oh g’won den! G’won, g’won, g’won, g’won, g’won! 

 

Cant 😢

First borns FiL has just had a AM DB11 V8 roadster delivered.  Black everything; looks like a batmobile! 

RaRo will need fed soon, not looking forward to that. I've alos droped mileage, lucky if I'm doing 3k a year now.

Fuel up in price the most since June 2022.     (At least electricity prices are seeing a big fall ie 20% or so)

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/2023/08/08/ftse-100-markets-live-news-inflation-interest-rates/

 

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Drivers hit with largest rise in fuel prices for a year  -   8 August 2023 • 6:37pm 

Drivers have been hit with the largest weekly rise in fuel prices in more than a year as the Energy Secretary claimed households are being overcharged.  Prices at the pump have risen for three straight weeks as oil production cuts by Russia and Saudi Arabia drive up wholesale prices.  Figures published by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero show UK forecourts charged an average of 146.2p per litre for petrol and 148.2p per litre for diesel on Monday.  Analysis by the PA news agency found this represents the largest weekly increase in petrol prices since June last year at 2.1p per litre.  There was a largely uninterrupted fall in average petrol prices from late October 2022 until late June, when prices began to rise.

Edited 8 August, 20232 yr by lol-lol

Paid £1.36 yesterday for full tanks in both the Kodiaq and Swift... 

5 hours ago, skomaz said:

Paid £1.36 yesterday for full tanks in both the Kodiaq and Swift... 

 

I think you live in one of those luck areas where you pay a few pence per litre less than the UK average.

Here is was 143 for Tescos who are the dominant supermarket in Worcester, Sainsburys are still 143 but I suspect they will change soon to align to Tesco within a penny a litre.  We have no ASDA and that is why, I think, we do not get cheaper prices though I gather there is some rumour that the ASDA take over by the new owners is not seeing as cheap prices.

 

Treated the new Clio ETECH to Tescos 99 to help with its running in and that was Momentum at only £149.9 which is an OK price I feel, may get a couple more mpg with its higher calorific value and worth it for the extra cleaning properties as well as higher octane rating but it is a non turbo engine so probably will be OK on 95 octane for normal fill ups.  Small 39 litre, ie little 8.6 litre tank so never going to be a costly affair.  First 50 miles showing 60 mpg but this should climb close to 70 mpg as we get use to driving a full hybrid cat that can spend half or even three quarters of its time on journey in EV mode.

 

Crude is up around 12% in the last 3 months, Saudi is looking to throttle supply to keep prices up and Russia is limited where it can sell so it will be interesting to see where prices go.  I would not be surprised to see oil stabilize around $90 a barrel for Brent but as we know it is Excise taxes that have the big effect on pump prices and with the Uk government in such dire straights financially ie paying £200B a year now in interest payments they my look to reverse the 5p a litre concession and do this and more in the November Autumn Statement to try and close the fiscal gap but then an election is only about a year away and many people are alway squeeze by food, mortgage and rent cost increases.

 

Edited 9 August, 20232 yr by lol-lol