PhilMcAvitie

Looking good

Gear Head

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It won't drop much lower than this at the current exchange rates.

Mitchy260

The gap is now 16p between petrol and diesel.

105.9 diesel
89.9 petrol

The gap was only 12p a couple of weeks ago, now its 16p

16p x 50l is an extra £8 on fill up, so any advantages that diesel motoring once had is now being slowly frittered away.

Especially when you consider the higher initial cost of the car in the 1st place over its petrol equiv.

Apparently could drop down to low 80's/petrol by xmas though so im not complaining

PhilMcAvitie

It's soon going to be time to buy the most unfriendly uneconomic environmental damaging vehicle known to man ................
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Just remembered, I already own a Subaru Impreza Turbo

AndyC_772

iTrader: (2)

Still higher than it was during the 2000 fuel protests, though - and remember how we all felt about the price of petrol back then.

Please, don't fall into the trap of regarding it as 'cheap' just because it was even higher a short while back.

PaulC72

As good as any savings are on fuels I am still confused why diesel is still so far away fromt he cost of unleaded.

kingofturds

iTrader: (1)

Yet diesel was cheaper than petrol in Gran canaria when I visited 4 weeks ago 74 cents and 84 for the latter

fivetide

iTrader: (1)

Exactly. Strange how the oil companies always put huge profits down to rising oil prices but never seem to lose money when it drops!! Down to $50 a barrel yesterday so less than half what it was. The exchange rate doesn't account for that much surely?

5t.

Luminous

iTrader: (3)

well, i enjoyed paying less for fuel today than i have done for quite some time.

At the end of the day, during my lifetime, petrol is going to be become so expensive on the very rich will be able to buy it. Oil will one day run out, it is only a question of when.