Petem95

http://www.reuters.co.uk/newsPackage...2&section=news

Apparently the amount we pay for fuel at the pumps is pretty much what it was in 2000 (fuel protest year), yet crude oil prices are almost 50% HIGHER!

Factors such as weak dollar and lower profit margins for sellers has meant we havent see much of a rise (unlike US where fuel has risen almost 40% at pump).

So thats great news, sounds like we can look forward to 1 pound per litre for optimax soon then!

misty

Still cheaper than.....Beer! Wine! spirits!
dave

Tony MY03WRX

It doesn't matter to me as i only put £20 in every week.

Tony

scooby-tc

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I only use about £40 a month

ahh the joys of a second car

Petem95

Yeah for now!!... Wonder what the octane rating of Tesco Vodka is?...

pslewis

Nah, doesn't bother me either as I'm LOADED!!

And have a more economical 2nd and 3rd car!

Bring it on ......... make the roads quieter, price the poor off them!

Pete

unclebuck

Remember what happened to the luxury car market after the first oil crisis? There are going to be a *lot* of cheap secondhand BMW X5s and lardy *** Mercs on the market soon.

UB

AndyC_772

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Petem95: The factor that means we've not seen much of a rise, is that 80% of the cost of fuel in the UK is tax anyway - it's nothing to do with a weak dollar or profit margins. The US has seen a much higher rise for the simple reason that the oil price is a much greater proportion of the pump price to begin with.

milo

yes thats horrendous. the govt should understand that we're all forced at gunpoint to use our cars and as a result should subsidize us all *******izing the environment.

milo

i thought i read in one of your other posts that u made 85k/year. i dont know how u can barely survive on that let alone have 3 cars and call yourself loaded...

is there a big promotion u havent told us about, or have the subsidy rates for your heating gone up considerably? do tell

Loost

dont boover me either ............nto driving for a while ....

pslewis

£85k a year?? Good grief thats an old post You may be getting confused because what you may have misunderstood is that its about £85 an hour?

Also, I don't think I'm loaded - others do!

Most people on here earn more than the National Average Wage of £35k, or they couldn't run an Impreza properly .....

Pete

ALi-B

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I wish....I must be a pauper

Or is the £35K the average for benefit payouts per Chav

Lagamorph

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lol he must be working in iraq

Petem95

I know its mainly tax here, unlike the US where the pump price is 'only' 25% tax, however the article still forcasts 7p a litre on UK pump prices....


Oh no, not an estate agent on the forum?....

You're paying for the poor to stay off the roads with your huge tax bill though! You drive round in your Subaru getting speeding fines, they sit on their ***** and watch you on police camera action!

milo

yes - im still young enough to have a reasonable memory


if it makes you feel any better, i dont think you're loaded either


too true!

Simon C

I'm on less than 1/2 that. I have a sport. Owning and running it ain't a problem, until parts need replacing.

Simon

DEEDEE

Originally Posted by pslewis

Most people on here earn more than the National Average Wage of £35k, or they couldn't run an Impreza properly .....

I do not speak to many people who earn a N.A.W. of £35k, must be that I live in a deprived area, or even mix with the wrong people, mind you of what I see on the TV may be they are the kind I should befriend.

Iwan

Ahh the joys of walking to work and saving the P1 for special occasions.

_Meridian_

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IIRC the current figure is £23000 or so.



M

pslewis

Oh, yeah, right!! ............. who in their right mind would get out of bed for that?!

Pete

Lagamorph

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you wind people up so well have you nothing better to do

pslewis

You seem to be doing the same as I am ..... expressing an opinion on a BBS - have you nothing better to do?

At 76 I have had my life, you - on the other hand are not - so? should you really be sat in front of a BBS getting wound up at your age?

Or have you no mates?

Pete

mad_dr

So when you getting your 1DsMkII then mate?

<flame suit on>

pslewis

I spend what I need to on what I want to and not a penny more!!

Thats why I will always remain a notch above the 'Also Rans'

Pete

Lagamorph

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1. you mis understand I am not getting wound up i am just making an observation.
2. if i want to sit infront of a bbs i will its sunday not much else to do other than recover from friday and saturday (to much beer) is that not why sunday exists????
3. sold all my mates to get the scoob lol

retire, sell your computer and move to spain!

Andy Pandy - earns enough to drive a scoob and has more life left than pete that makes Andy Pandy very happy.

hugo

PMSL!!!

pslewis

1. Oh, REALLY?

2. Yeah, whatever -

3. You can't sell what you ain't got

You seem to be a classic case of a saddo sat at home (its your Mummies home, right?) in his bedroom dreaming of one day owning an Impreza

VERY close aren't I??

Pete

Lagamorph

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thanks for proving my point i could have got annoyed at the last comment

come to a worcs meet (see my scoob), a night out with me and my mates oh sorry your to old no stamina give me chance to get a house im only 22 (23 in november nudge nudge wink wink - lol)

at 76 have you not worked out how to treat people and give them respect or are you going to die a lonley old man!

you are so funny!

Andy

pslewis

You got a Sport then with stick-on scoop??

Me and me mates, at 22????? Ha Ha Ha - you ain't got a clue how to live it up ..... come back when you start shaving!

So? You ARE sat at home with Mummy!! I just bet you are twiddling with her apron strings right now as the big, old, nasty man on the PC takes the pi55??

And, yes, I am funny!!

Pete