£64 to fill my car up

[zeitghost]

Because Gordon is a moron?

Because Gordon wants even more of your money.


It would cost £78 to fill the Passat from bone dry empty now...

[BrilloPad]

Because Gordon wants even more of your money.


It would cost £78 to fill the Passat from bone dry empty now...

Why not get a 7 series then?

[Troll]

I cannot even fill my 10 year old 4x4 up as the garages have set a £99 limit on the pumps

[zeitghost]

Why not get a 7 series then?

I'm thinking about a Micra next.

[BrilloPad]

I cannot even fill my 10 year old 4x4 up as the garages have set a £99 limit on the pumps

Quite a few garages got caught when price went over 99.9p per litre.

[Marina]

I picked up a copy of "The End Of Oil" recently. Version I have was published in 2005 and the author talks about oil prices "in the next decade rising to 60, 70... even 100 dollars a barrel". Three years later and it's currently 127 dollars a barrel.

So, even someone who was trying to point out the rather gloomy future seems to have underestimated how quickly things would go bad.

A recent article in (I think) the Economist reckoned it might reach $200 a barrel by the end of the year, with increasing 3rd world demand, and supply disruption in places like Nigeria and Venezuela

(and stay there)

[BrilloPad]

While driving back from Forest Mere health Farm the other day I did a consistent 60mph - I was on the mobile(hands free!).

I noticed the number of miles available from the tank went over 700 with 60 driven - it usually never gets above 600 and is often 500.

I must try to drive at 60 instead of 80....

[darmstadt]

Filled up yesterday with still a quarter tank and it came to €72 and will probably fill up again this week. Diesel here is cheaper than petrol (around €1.45) but they made a small change a little while ago where normal petrol is now the same price as that super petrol, which is nice as the new car uses the super petrol

[Churchill]

No, just a run of the mill 7 series.

I remember the same on my old XJ6.
£50 to fill both tanks!!!

It'd be over £100 now.

Ah well, tough tulip!

I'll just have to "up the rate to compensate!!!"...

[BrilloPad]

I remember the same on my old XJ6.
£50 to fill both tanks!!!

It'd be over £100 now.

Ah well, tough tulip!

I'll just have to "up the rate to compensate!!!"...

And another BTL?