Like everything else there that garage has always been expensive for fuel. I’m there a lot and very very rarely fill up there
Price of diesel in your area?
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I filled the van up today for the first time since the end of October last year it was 133.9 / litre but I used my fuel card so that will be a 4p/litre saving when the bill comes through! Our first big trip away since then starting on Sunday Yorkshire here we come!!
I pay £1.49 / litre for BP's best brew, I do about £180 a month, I could drive a van much cheaper, something like a Peugeot or similar. My father in law, he's a master of money saving. He drove ten miles further than normal because bread was ten pence a loaf cheaper. And he drove that in his DB7. How does anybody think that stacks up??? 
Life's too short......
Life's too short......
If I had a DB7 I would drive the extra 10 miles too.....I pay £1.49 / litre for BP's best brew, I do about £180 a month, I could drive a van much cheaper, something like a Peugeot or similar. My father in law, he's a master of money saving. He drove ten miles further than normal because bread was ten pence a loaf cheaper. And he drove that in his DB7. How does anybody think that stacks up???
Life's too short......
After reading this I realize fuel is much cheaper in Australia but our driving distances are probably greater so it may even out.
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£147.9 east Horsley Surrey for V Power diesel everything costs more in Surrey
168.9!
Yes it's v-power, and yes it's technically a motorway service station, but due to all the white trash down in Kent sucking up all available fuel it was all i could get. Wallet shattering; even more than i paid for the tank of Super 100+ from that Aral station by the Nurburgring!
Yes it's v-power, and yes it's technically a motorway service station, but due to all the white trash down in Kent sucking up all available fuel it was all i could get. Wallet shattering; even more than i paid for the tank of Super 100+ from that Aral station by the Nurburgring!
I was trying to remember the date when there was an uproar over fuel reaching a £1 a litre. I think it was at the end of 2007. In earlier years, anyone remember paying any of these for a litre of petrol?
| Year | Price per Litre (p) |
| 1983 | 36.7 |
| 1984 | 38.7 |
| 1985 | 42.8 |
| 1986 | 38.2 |
| 1987 | 37.8 |
| 1988 | 34.7 |
| 1989 | 38.4 |
| 1990 | 40.2 |
| 1991 | 39.5 |
| 1992 | 40.3 |
| 1993 | 45.9 |
| 1994 | 48.9 |
| 1995 | 50.9 |
| 1996 | 52.9 |
| 1997 | 57.9 |
| 1998 | 60.9 |
| 1999 | 61.9 |
| 2000 | 76.9 |
| 2001 | 77.9 |
| 2002 | 69.9 |
| 2003 | 77.9 |
| 2004 | 77.9 |
| 2005 | 79.9 |
| 2006 | 88.9 |
| 2007 | 87.9 |
| 2008 | 103.9 |
| 2009 | 89.9 |
| 2010 | 111.9 |
| 2011 | 129.9 |
| 2012 | 134.1 |
| 2013 | 138.9 |
| 2014 | 130.9 |
| 2015 | 109.9 |
| 2016 | 103.9 |
| 2017 | 117.9 |
| 2018 | 115.9 |
| 2019 | 119.9 |
| 2020 | 119.9 |
| 2021 | 123.9 |
Under 5 shillings ( 25p ) for a gallon when I used to get a can full for my grandfather apprx 1961 I think.
143.9 for standard Esso in London SE22
Did you take the Greenshields stamps back to him as well?
Oh, what Green Shield stamps could get you.... 950 books for a Ford Escort 1300 super!
To put it in context, a stamp was awarded for each 2.5 new pence spent. Each book contained 1280 stamps. £30,400 would have to be spent to get the 950 books needed for this car ...or a purchase of 121,600 gallons of petrol at 25p/gallon. So about 4 million miles later, the car would be all yours!
Back in the day when 10% of the petrol came out of the exhaust and the anti roll bar was the roof rack.