rb5037

Done a google but all the prices i find are old

How much are we paying for a litre of Diesel these days


Thanks Adam

CooperS

86.9 here (sheffield)

ScoobyDan

94.9p here (West Sussex), although some garages are doing it for a little bit less (but not much)

rb5037

Thanks CooperS

How about Good old Surrey??

Anyone?

little miss fire

93.9p a litre in our local garage, 89.9p at Tesco!!!! Thats Cambridgeshire.

Party Bird

Driving past my local Sainsburys this morning and noticed that the Diesel was priced at 87.9! I thought that was extortionate but looking at all your other prices, its one of the better ones! (Bedfordshire by the way...)

GC8

I just paid 86.9 at Tesco on Abbeydale Rd; it may be cheaper at the Shell at Shalesmoor too but there are plenty of comedians asking 90.9 pence per litre ffs!

Simon

scoob_babe

85.9 in Hemel (Tesco / Sainsbury) but higher at other places. Watford bound to be 1-2p a litre cheaper

fatscoobyfella

I seen a little station in Ashbourne,Derbyshire sellin derv at 96.9p..Hows that for cheek....????

CooperS

That's the area I'm talking about too Simon, although I go to the Sainsbury's the other side of the train tracks for me Nectar points hehehe

GC8

When they were having a price war and Sainsbury matched Tesco at 80.9p per litre; I made the mistake of stopping there the other day and they were 4p per litre dearer on diesel. I know that its only 4 pence but that would have £2:60 of gratuitious profiteering had I filled up before I realised; it really pisses me off. I noticed that Tesco in Chesterfield were considerably dearer last night; I wonder if theyd ever consider selling milk for more in an area where there was less competition, the crooks.

Simon

pappasmurf

Sod 90p.....try 46p a litre for cooking oil at aldi/netto etc .
Works the same as diesel. Mix 60% oil and 40% diesel and 50/50 in winter.
330,000 miles on a transit can't be wrong can it.

CooperS

I was behind a transit the other day and I thought someone was having a BBQ, then I realised that I'd been able to smell the bbq for miles and it dawned on me hahahaha

Si, At the mo both Sainsbury's and Tescos are the same, I think they keep tabs on each other

pappasmurf

BBQ fumes......that explains why i always feel hungry.

GC8

He's been to ASDA then! They have the cheapest vegetable oil by far.....

CooperS

Do you have to add anything to the veg oil apart from diesel, If I put a few litres in with my diesel it wouldn't need anything else would it?

GC8

It depends on your fuel pump; Lucas type pumps dont do very well with it but Bosch ones will pump anything. You can experiment with a little petrol I suppose but not too much as it will run very 'hot'.

My Citroen (Bosch pump) fared pretty well on it during the fuel protests, but it smelt like a chip shop!

Simon

I forgot to say: vegetable oil thickens in Winter and you really need a warming device in the fuel supply, but in the Summer youll be fine.

CooperS

Cheers, I'll give it a go, got a VAG TDi so it should be OK hopefully.

Hanslow

Takes a while to catch up with current trends but this might help http://www.theaa.com/allaboutcars/fuel/.

john_s

iTrader: (1)

Have google for biodiesel

John.

merlin

International costs are interesting - see http://www.theaa.com/allaboutcars/fuel/motfue001.html In most countries diesel is cheaper. According to the AA tax is the same for both petrol and diesel here, so why has diesel become so much more expensive here?

pappasmurf

....you need to be careful using vegetable oil if your diesel engine has a turbo.
No problems with non turbos on German injection system. Have a look at the dieselveg.co.uk web site. They do conversion kits.
I use a 50/50 mix in colder winter conditions or even a 30%oil 70% diesel if the temp drops below 6 degrees C. The viscosity of veg oil will thicken when it's cold so you don't want too much in your tank after a cold winters night. The rest of the year i use upto a 70% oil mix.
The first diesel engines were designed to run on Vegetable oil and not mineral diesel.

Also remember that although it is perfectly legal to use vegetable oil as a fuel, because it's being used as a fuel it is subject to both VAT at 17.5% to customs and Excise and Fuel duty of 27p a litre. You can obtain the appropiate forms to declare this. However, declare just a very small % of what you use.

With the milage i do a year i save myself over £2000 a year on the cost of Diesel........which gets spent on optimax