Fuel prices rising by the week now it seems

Leslie · Post by **Leslie** » Sat Jun 11, 2022 6:05 pm

Have crunched the numbers and I could save £100/month by getting a cheap runabout like an old passat (47mpg) but then you have to factor in tax at £220 plus insurance probably £300 and that's if it doesn't break or need money spending , with a frugal but maybe fragile

corsa Diesel (60 mpg) could save £150 month and £20 tax.
Neither particularly appeals unless a change of job involves a big increase in mileage or the price/litre jumps north of £2

sapphireblack · Post by **sapphireblack** » Sat Jun 11, 2022 6:16 pm

Just back from my local bar here in Greece. Opposite is a fuel station, unleaded tonite is 2.41€ diesel is 'only' 2.12€ ☹

Been here since April so not in sync with UK prices, but they're up and down here like a "whores draws".

Leslie · Post by **Leslie** » Sat Jun 11, 2022 7:52 pm

The diesel is probably similar to the uk which is around 185p/litre now on average though quite a few are charging a lot more

Alan Gunn · Post by **Alan Gunn** » Sun Jun 12, 2022 8:06 am

Just back from Egypt.
Rental car was an MG-5 thing but cost £20 to fill.
Nearly cried thinking about what it would cost back home in the uk.

marti · Post by **marti** » Sun Jun 12, 2022 10:38 am

£2.01.98 in a town 10 miles up the road from me, its always been the highest charging fuel station for decades.....maybe to do with they are an Aston Martin franchise

Leslie · Post by **Leslie** » Sun Jun 12, 2022 11:29 am

Must be good stuff Marti worth paying extra for

marti · Post by **marti** » Tue Jun 14, 2022 12:51 pm

It is Shell so better than supermarket stuff.....

Leslie · Post by **Leslie** » Thu Jun 16, 2022 10:17 pm

Got a half tank before it goes up again ,its up another 5p/L at 182.9 but saw 2:03 today on my travels

StuBeeDoo · Post by **StuBeeDoo** » Fri Jun 17, 2022 8:27 am

I paid £1.919 yesterday at my usual Esso. Several outlets around here are above that, even supermarkets. I suspect our local motorway services will be well over the £2.00 point by now.

sapphireblack · Post by **sapphireblack** » Fri Jun 17, 2022 2:33 pm

My location means either 50€ or 100€ at a time when needed. I don't shop around per-se it is what it is, i just avoid the really expensive places.

X5Sport · Post by **X5Sport** » Fri Jun 17, 2022 7:05 pm

Based upon what I’m seeing now, my energy costs (gas, elec, diesel) will be hitting £800/month this winter. Not something to look forward to at all!

StuBeeDoo · Post by **StuBeeDoo** » Fri Jun 17, 2022 7:49 pm

StuBeeDoo wrote: Fri Jun 17, 2022 8:27 amI suspect our local motorway services will be well over the £2.00 point by now.

Drove past earlier this evening.......... £2.079 for standard unleaded and £2.099 for standard diesel. The next one further south is usually even more expensive!

Leslie · Post by **Leslie** » Fri Jun 17, 2022 7:56 pm

X5Sport wrote: Fri Jun 17, 2022 7:05 pm Based upon what I’m seeing now, my energy costs (gas, elec, diesel) will be hitting £800/month this winter. Not something to look forward to at all!

Think a lot are in the same boat , for me £300 diesel , 100 electric , 200 heating oil minimum a month in winter and that's without any further price rises

Not hard to see how consumer spending is going to stop for non essentials in the very near future ....

If fuel poverty is when you spend more than 10% of your income on fuel then we are all in it now

sapphireblack · Post by **sapphireblack** » Sat Jun 18, 2022 7:17 am

We could post daily /weekly updates on this for the foreseeable future. Sadly nothing dramatic is going to happen to bring about a significant reduction, we'll have to live with it however unpalatable it is on the wallet

Leslie · Post by **Leslie** » Sat Jun 18, 2022 11:30 pm

Think the government will be under pressure to do something more than the 5p joke they did already if this keeps going

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