Saw a local garage today (East Midlands) where diesel was 10p a litre more than petrol. Is this a record? I am used to seeing 6p but 10p is a nonsense.
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I've noticed that as well in the East Midlands. Tesco have 104.9 for petrol, 111.9 for diesel, whereas BP have diesel ultimate at 120.9 and Texaco have 6/7p difference between petrol vs diesel. The Shell garage was packed with customers yesterday, they were 1p less per litre than Tesco and a 7p price diff between petrol and diesel.
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Better fuel as well - my cars much prefer Shell to Tesco for some reason...
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Let's not start that debate up again - Petrol is petrol is petrol...
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The debate is not closed - the jury is out! All petrols are equal but some are more equal than others! That isn't what this thread is about though!
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Went into Asda yesterday and the fuel price is well down(petrol and diesel)-Tesco up the road hasn't changed-anyone else noticed?
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Let's not start that debate up again - Petrol is petrol is petrol...
Actually it was diesel! And in my old Fabia there was a noticable difference - I tested both over about 1200 miles each...
And as Shell round here is usually the same or less in price I now stick with them...
Edited by b308 on 20/03/2008 at 09:11
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say that to the people who were affected by the dodgy batch of superarket petrol and see if they agree with you (or was that just a dirty tanker or 2 or however many it was).
my car works best on Shell Diesel. Better mpg, better performance.
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Fuel price is back up at Asda this morning but the pump I used earlier in the week now has a sign "Do Not Use-OUT of ORDER".
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It's 10p difference in most places down here where diesel now costs between 114.9 and 116.9.
Mind you, that was yesterday. The prices seem to be rising daily at the moment.
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In Leicesterday I noticed a Texaco garage is now 106.9 for petrol and 114.9 for diesel, a diff of 8p per litre, and the diff is increasing as prices move upwards. Be interested to hear how trends are in other parts of the country.
Is this a particular problem for the East Midlands as per AS observations of diffs in this area ?
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"In Leicesterday I noticed a Texaco garage is now 106.9 for petrol and 114.9 for diesel, a diff of 8p per litre,"
Lucky man! In my Leics village it's 112.9 and 119.9 - less difference but more expensive. Strangely, just up the road in Nottingham I saw a Shell garage with diesel at 108.9 the day before. Leics always seems to be more expensive than surrounding areas - or is it just me imagining it?
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After reading some of the other threads to your question - it's very tempting to answer with "my car works better with Shell diesel than BP petrol" :) - but I won't.
The biggest price differential I've seen (near Chester) was a litre of BP Ultimate diesel for 1.289 - whilst an identical quantity of BP petrol (non ultimate) was 106.9.
I filled with regular diesel though for 1.119.
Still too bloomin' much though!
Edited by Chips with everything on 20/03/2008 at 18:47
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Filled up yesterday at 111.9 for Shell diesel - petrol was 104.9 - I suspect it will now have gone up for the Bank Holiday Weekend - will check on the way into work!!
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In the press today
"The cost of diesel has soared to a record high and wiped out fuel efficiency savings, motoring leaders warned yesterday.
Once the cheaper alternative to petrol, it is now far more expensive.
Figures show diesel is selling at an average £5.20 a gallon (114.25p per litre), compared with unleaded at £4.85 a gallon (106.76p per litre)."
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Interesting Henry........ So on that basis even if you were doing 30k per annum the annual saving in fuel is "only" £680 assuming a diesel getting 45mpg and a petrol getting 35 mpg. If you then divide that into the £1400 you mention elsewhere it takes over two years even at 30k per annum to see a benefit. Wonder how long it will take the fleets to cotton on to this ?
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>>Petrol is petrol is petrol... <<
Absolute nonsense - of course there are different petrols, different RON ratings for a start, different %contents of bi- ethanol, different sulphur content, different additives supplied by different petrol companies. Do you really think the petrol companies would be allowed to claim they have their own unique cleansing additives if they really did not add them.
The jury is more than still out on this one - the verdict is final - off course there are different petrols.
You'll be telling me next that oil is oil is oil - even though they are different grades & synthetics etc. - or red wine is red wine is red wine - when clearly there are differences.
Everything we buy can be bought in varying grades of quality, regardless of what we want. The difference is whether you think you get any additional benefit from paying the difference. You pays your money and takes your choice.
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