£2 a Litre!!! - Page 2

lacroupade · 06-03-2011, 10:06

And like a lot of commodities, there are people making massive profits without ever owning the oil/grain etc.. just by buying and selling these so-called 'futures' which just jacks the price up to the end user for absolutely no good commercial reason other than some f**ker cornered the market in something a few months prior.

clivvy · 06-03-2011, 11:11

unrest in eastern countries is just an excuse to put the price of fuel up. I bet anything, that even with the troubles, fuel could stay at the price it is now and be no bother.

why doesnt this country just supply itself??

glen · 06-03-2011, 12:13

Showing my age I can remember Paying 75P Gallon for petrol 1979 when I got my first car you can see why the younger ones with good jobs are heading for OZ I have 2 Nieces living they with husbands, cost of living is catching up with uk but must be a better life style

Glen

donkeydel · 06-03-2011, 12:13

Can you use students and chavs as fuel ? Grind em up a bit then liquidize them.
They've got to be flammable considering all that white lightning cider they've drunk.
It would be handy coz I've got thousands of them around here and we could do with culling a few (hundred). I be doing everyone a favour.

briggie · 06-03-2011, 12:15

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Originally Posted by glen

Showing my age I can remember Paying 75P Gallon for petrol 1979 when I got my first car you can see why the younger ones with good jobs are heading for OZ I have 2 Nieces living they with husbands, cost of living is catching up with uk but must be a better life style

Glen

i remember paying 37p a gallon

donkeydel · 06-03-2011, 12:21

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Originally Posted by briggie

i remember paying 37p a gallon

Bloody hell Briggie !! You must be older than Gods dog !!

briggie · 06-03-2011, 12:22

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Originally Posted by donkeydel

Bloody hell Briggie !! You must be older than Gods dog !!

at the time i had a ford anglia 997 cc ..... anyone remember those ?

clivvy · 06-03-2011, 12:25

well, i can remember 55p a litre, and I remember when the road block started when it hit 75p litre, we were going on holiday to wales at the time!

briggie · 06-03-2011, 12:25

this is a interesting read ...... how fuel prices have changed over the years and how much of it is tax

http://www.theaa.com/public_affairs/...te_gallons.pdf

donkeydel · 06-03-2011, 12:27

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Originally Posted by briggie

at the time i had a ford anglia 997 cc ..... anyone remember those ?

Nope

The last time I saw one of those was at the pictures. 'Harry Potter and the chamber of secrets'
They used magic to make it fly.
Might not be a bad idea considering the fuel prices.

briggie · 06-03-2011, 12:29

amazing car , could reach 60mph on a good day ( downhill with the wind behind you )

donkeydel · 06-03-2011, 12:34

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Originally Posted by briggie

amazing car , could reach 60mph on a good day ( downhill with the wind behind you )

I used to have a 1987 E reg 3 cylinder 1 litre diesel Daihatsu Charade. Top whack 70mph but could do 60mpg. It used to sound like Satans lawnmower.
Brilliant little car, saved my life after a spanish 18 wheeler knocked me off the M1.

macabethiel · 06-03-2011, 12:54

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Originally Posted by glen

Showing my age I can remember Paying 75P Gallon for petrol 1979 when I got my first car you can see why the younger ones with good jobs are heading for OZ I have 2 Nieces living they with husbands, cost of living is catching up with uk but must be a better life style

Glen

When I passed my test in 1965 you could buy 4 gallons of Esso Golden Petrol (5 star leaded) for 19 shillings and 8 pence that's about 97 pence for 18.2 litres.

About 5.3 pence per litre !

macabethiel · 06-03-2011, 12:57

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Originally Posted by briggie

at the time i had a ford anglia 997 cc ..... anyone remember those ?

You mean a 105E Anglia or the 100E model ?

105E had that sloping in rear window !!

briggie · 06-03-2011, 13:22

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Originally Posted by macabethiel

You mean a 105E Anglia or the 100E model ?

105E had that sloping in rear window !!

i cant really remember because i had two , i had the 997 first , then i upgraded to a 1200

...... one of them had a sloping window .... i think it was the 1200 , but im not sure

06-03-2011, 12:13	#18
glen Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Shipley West yorkshire Vehicle: Terrano 2 2002 Posts: 519	75p Gallon Showing my age I can remember Paying 75P Gallon for petrol 1979 when I got my first car you can see why the younger ones with good jobs are heading for OZ I have 2 Nieces living they with husbands, cost of living is catching up with uk but must be a better life style Glen

06-03-2011, 10:06	#16
lacroupade Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: All hail to the Glove of Love... Posts: 9,212	And like a lot of commodities, there are people making massive profits without ever owning the oil/grain etc.. just by buying and selling these so-called 'futures' which just jacks the price up to the end user for absolutely no good commercial reason other than some f**ker cornered the market in something a few months prior.

06-03-2011, 11:11	#17
clivvy Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Huddersfield Vehicle: Terrano 03 LWB Posts: 6,947	unrest in eastern countries is just an excuse to put the price of fuel up. I bet anything, that even with the troubles, fuel could stay at the price it is now and be no bother. why doesnt this country just supply itself??

06-03-2011, 12:13	#19
donkeydel Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Stevenage, Hertfordshire, England Vehicle: 1997 Terrano II 2.7TD SE Posts: 13	Can you use students and chavs as fuel ? Grind em up a bit then liquidize them. They've got to be flammable considering all that white lightning cider they've drunk. It would be handy coz I've got thousands of them around here and we could do with culling a few (hundred). I be doing everyone a favour.

06-03-2011, 12:25	#23
clivvy Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Huddersfield Vehicle: Terrano 03 LWB Posts: 6,947	well, i can remember 55p a litre, and I remember when the road block started when it hit 75p litre, we were going on holiday to wales at the time!

06-03-2011, 12:25	#24
briggie Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: peoples democratic republic of west yorkshire Vehicle: " alice " Posts: 10,473	this is a interesting read ...... how fuel prices have changed over the years and how much of it is tax http://www.theaa.com/public_affairs/...te_gallons.pdf

06-03-2011, 12:29	#26
briggie Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2010 Location: peoples democratic republic of west yorkshire Vehicle: " alice " Posts: 10,473	amazing car , could reach 60mph on a good day ( downhill with the wind behind you )