Petrol is £1.21 a litre!

[Arya2.0S]

Unbelievable!

[Andrew 2.8i]

Hi,
I wish it was!
Do you mean a litre?

Andrew.

[andyd]

Maybe 30 years ago.......Must be a litre

Robbery

[Andrew 2.8i]

Maybe 30 years ago.......Must be a litre

Robbery

It wasn't all that long ago that unleaded was under £1 a litre in some places.

Andrew.

[andyd]

Maybe 30 years ago.......Must be a litre

Robbery

It wasn't all that long ago that unleaded was under £1 a litre in some places.

Andrew.

I remember it well......
Glad mine is SORN until April, use the Mrs car it's cheaper

[Arya2.0S]

Thread title fixed.

I think i know the reason why its so expensive, but wont mention it for fear of getting into a political argument.

[Arya2.0S]

Maybe 30 years ago.......Must be a litre

Robbery

It wasn't all that long ago that unleaded was under £1 a litre in some places.

Andrew.

Yep...maybe a year or two ago, maybe less?

[Andrew 2.8i]

I think i know the reason why its so expensive, but wont mention it for fear of getting into a political argument.

Why not? This is the rant and rave section after all!

Andrew.

[Caprigear]

I can remember back in 1979 I was banned from driving for three months, the day my ban started petrol was 75 pence a gallon. Three months later it had gone up to over £1 a gallon.

[andyd]

I can remember back in 1979 I was banned from driving for three months, the day my ban started petrol was 75 pence a gallon. Three months later it had gone up to over £1 a gallon.

I was still on pedal power or Shanks's Pony

[Knez]

Petrol is up to £1.30 a litre here in Sweden, so you guys are still better off than us

[Craigorypeck]

It was 28p a litre here in Canada last year...

[Andrew 2.8i]

Although the price of petrol in this country irritates me, I console myself with the thought that, as a rule, it's cheaper to buy than Perrier water. I know which of those I'd rather spend my money on!

Andrew.

[Arya2.0S]

Although the price of petrol in this country irritates me, I console myself with the thought that, as a rule, it's cheaper to buy than Perrier water. I know which of those I'd rather spend my money on!

Andrew.

True, and cars run a lot better on petrol too! Lol.

But seriously though, it's insane, and if it wasn't for certain people lying to everyone from thier big red bus, screwing things up and upsetting the world economy, and ultimately leaving ours in absolute ruin, leaving a huge mess in their wake and running away with their tail between their legs when they couldn't figure out what to do next as nobody had a clue what they were doing in the first effing place, so they "retired" (again) while claiming a huge cheque in the process, and running away to the US to go and work for a "news" channel (what a joke) we wouldn't be in this mess, and paying for it out of our pockets for the foreseeable future while they sit in their ivory towers laughing at us through the bottom of a pint glass with their racist, crooked, ugly stained teeth.


What? You asked why I didn't say anything the first time, this is why. I tend to go off on one.

I'll be quiet and go sit in the corner now.


P.s. I blame Obama

[stevemarl]

I can remember back in 1979 I was banned from driving for three months, the day my ban started petrol was 75 pence a gallon.

Ditto. When I started driving, the Viva had an 8 gallon tank IIRC, and If it was absolutey running on fumes I could just squeeze £5 in it...

[stevemarl]

P.s. I blame Obama

He`s about the only one I don`t blame... but I`m guessing that was sarcasm?

[Arya2.0S]

P.s. I blame Obama

He`s about the only one I don`t blame... but I`m guessing that was sarcasm?

Definitely. Talk about a downgrade eh?

[stevemarl]

Mmmmm.... Basically we have a deluded, mentally unstable, narcissistic psycho in the most powerful position in world politics.... What`s to worry about? And don`t get me started on Trump!

[Paul G]

The price of fuel is bad now (even though it was about £1.45 /litre a few years ago) and motorists are a cash cow for governments.

We could have fuel for 28p/litre like Canada but in this country and most of Europe we want a free at the point of use Health service, we want our mums and grannies to be found a place in a nursing home if they're too frail to look after themselves; we want benefits if we lose our jobs or are not able to work and a state pension at the end of our working lives. We also expect our roads to be built and maintained, our dustbins to be emptied and our country properly defended just to name a few things. Sadly no government provides all of these perfectly and to everyone's complete satisfaction.

In order to get rid of all these pernicious little taxes and duties that governments impose can you imagine any party - Labour, Conservative, Liberal or whatever saying in their manifesto pre an election that they would do away with all the duties but everyone would have to pay perhaps a 60% basic income tax rate and VAT standing where it is as well. They wouldn't get many votes at all apart from those who don't work and don't care where their services are financed from. That's why we are screwed with all these taxes on everything.

As for Trump, well the bloke just seems like a bull in a china shop at the minute. We must all just hope that the advisors around him can calm him down and make him more sensible, diplomatic and presidential.

In 1978, when I was 16 I had a Suzuki AP50 moped and petrol was 78p a gallon - that's about 17p/litre!

[D366Y]

In 1978, when I was 16 I had a Suzuki AP50 moped and petrol was 78p a gallon - that's about 17p/litre!

Wish it was like that for me when I was 16! My first car was the Capri so driving to school and back in it each day (in High Wycombe, small world Paul!) was expensive enough, let alone fuel being £1.36 a litre at the time!!

Danny