Member Since: 24 Jun 2021
Location: West Sussex
Posts: 436
Petrol Station Greed!
Well it must be Bank Holiday!! 5 petrol stations in my local area all put up their prices first thing this morning. By an average of 3p. Coincidence! I think not.
28th Mar 2024 11:39 am
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 73056
You’d love it here in Malaysia. Petrol is 34 p/litre, diesel is 36 p/litre. Shame I can’t bring any back!
28th Mar 2024 12:01 pm
gstuart
Member Since: 21 Oct 2016
Location: kent
Posts: 14103
Re: Petrol Station Greed!
Garwood56 wrote:
Well it must be Bank Holiday!! 5 petrol stations in my local area all put up their prices first thing this morning. By an average of 3p. Coincidence! I think not.
Indeed a ripoff , always useto notice higher prices when I went on holiday during peak season in Dorset with the difference from here in Kent
Know West Sussex is also a holiday destination , would be interesting to see if they increase even more month by month
Currently for me , diesel is 152.9p and petrol 142.9p
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28th Mar 2024 12:31 pm
gstuart
Member Since: 21 Oct 2016
Location: kent
Posts: 14103
DSL wrote:
You’d love it here in Malaysia. Petrol is 34 p/litre, diesel is 36 p/litre. Shame I can’t bring any back!
28th Mar 2024 12:31 pm
Garwood56
Member Since: 24 Jun 2021
Location: West Sussex
Posts: 436
Also the next village to ours has an Esso and when Goodwood Festival of speed and The Revival are on they mysteriously increase prices and then they come down again, on a Monday, after the events🤔🤔🤔
28th Mar 2024 1:04 pm
gstuart
Member Since: 21 Oct 2016
Location: kent
Posts: 14103
Blimey that’s terrible to do that , wonder if that’s even legal , but in reality who do u even report things like that to
Drivers are being warned petrol prices are set to rise above 150p a litre for the first time in four months - just in time for a sting on Britons planning trips over the extended Easter weekend.
A jump in the price of oil is set to trigger an increase in costs at filling station, the AA says, with some non-motorway forecourts already charging 149.9p per litre for unleaded.
With an estimated 15million car trips likely expected per day between Good Friday and Easter Monday in a week's time, motorists can expect their getaways to become slightly more expensive as a result of higher fuel prices.
28th Mar 2024 1:36 pm
Worms
Member Since: 24 Sep 2023
Location: Highlands
Posts: 378
I mis-calculated last week when heading home up the A9. I knew that the Tesco Filling Station in Perth was closed for refurbishment and thought I had enough in the tank to at least get to Aviemore. At Drumochter, I realised I was about 30 miles to Aviemore and my dash was telling me I had 32 miles range, so I chickened out and turned off into Dalwhinnie, where the diesel price turned out to be 166.8p per litre.
I'm happy to pay that, if it is what enables the filling station to remain there for this sort of occasion, but it still comes as a shock when you see the price.Previously:
2010 FL2 TD4e GS
‘93 Defender 110 200TDi CSW - still got this, non-runner on SORN.
‘87 Defender 90 4 cyl Petrol
‘83 110 CSW V8 - best ever!
Range Rover 2-door V8 (not sure of year - 4-speed box and vacuum diff switch)
Series III SWB Diesel
28th Mar 2024 2:22 pm
M3DPO
Member Since: 22 Sep 2010
Location: Notts.
Posts: 8219
DSL wrote:
You’d love it here in Malaysia. Petrol is 34 p/litre, diesel is 36 p/litre. Shame I can’t bring any back!
Couldn’t you organise a group buy? It can when others can't,
It will when others won't,
It goes where others don't.
28th Mar 2024 7:29 pm
Moo D3 Decade
Member Since: 13 Aug 2010
Location: UK
Posts: 14345
Cheaper than logs.... New Defender L663 110 SE (known as Noddy!)
Sold Volvo XC90 R-Design (known as Basil)
Sold - D4 HSE (Known as Gerty)
No longer the Old Buses original owner
231,000 miles and counting
05 S manual owned from March 2005
D4 Face lifted
Still original injectors and turbo
V8 Front brakes
BAS Remap, Allisport Intercooler and deCat
EGRs blanked
T-Max split charge
Hanibal Expeedition rack
Prospeed ladder
Duratrac tyres
IID BT
BAS FBH control
28th Mar 2024 11:20 pm
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 73056
Damn their peskie liquids in hand baggage restrictions!!
29th Mar 2024 12:08 am
Moo D3 Decade
Member Since: 13 Aug 2010
Location: UK
Posts: 14345
Just check your luggage in..... New Defender L663 110 SE (known as Noddy!)
Sold Volvo XC90 R-Design (known as Basil)
Sold - D4 HSE (Known as Gerty)
No longer the Old Buses original owner
231,000 miles and counting
05 S manual owned from March 2005
D4 Face lifted
Still original injectors and turbo
V8 Front brakes
BAS Remap, Allisport Intercooler and deCat
EGRs blanked
T-Max split charge
Hanibal Expeedition rack
Prospeed ladder
Duratrac tyres
IID BT
BAS FBH control
29th Mar 2024 12:27 am
DSL Keeper of the wheelie bin
Member Since: 11 May 2006
Location: Off again! :-)
Posts: 73056
Checked bags?? What a weird concept.
29th Mar 2024 5:05 am
Gary_P
Member Since: 03 May 2016
Location: Kent
Posts: 1645
DSL wrote:
Damn their peskie liquids in hand baggage restrictions!!
There’s nothing stopping you shipping it back Gary
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29th Mar 2024 9:11 am
GrumpyPenguin
Member Since: 06 Mar 2024
Location: Thanet Kent
Posts: 37
It's simply market forces at work.
The hotel industry works the same way, so does the airline industry & so on.
Stop moaning & get out there & enjoy the Easter break.
Anyway, nobody buys any RR for economy motoring.
29th Mar 2024 10:44 am
Moo D3 Decade
Member Since: 13 Aug 2010
Location: UK
Posts: 14345
Yep. Demand pricing.
Question is, if it was your business, what would you do?New Defender L663 110 SE (known as Noddy!)
Sold Volvo XC90 R-Design (known as Basil)
Sold - D4 HSE (Known as Gerty)
No longer the Old Buses original owner
231,000 miles and counting
05 S manual owned from March 2005
D4 Face lifted
Still original injectors and turbo
V8 Front brakes
BAS Remap, Allisport Intercooler and deCat
EGRs blanked
T-Max split charge
Hanibal Expeedition rack
Prospeed ladder
Duratrac tyres
IID BT
BAS FBH control
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