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Title: petrol down to 88.9
Post by: Bacon Butty Man on 05 December 2008, 18:46:23
near me, whats it near you
Title: Re: petrol down to 88.9
Post by: TheBoy on 05 December 2008, 18:55:45
91.9 at tesco yesterday, no idea about the other petrol station around here, probably about £1.50 knowing those robbers.  I refuse to use the other station in Brackley (the BP on the A43) as the idiots they employ make the Tesco attendents look like geniuses....
Title: Re: petrol down to 88.9
Post by: Elite Pete on 05 December 2008, 19:16:53
88.9 at Sainsburys so filled the MX5 and it cost me £35 ;D
Title: Re: petrol down to 88.9
Post by: amba on 05 December 2008, 19:35:41
Cheapest here is 89.9,but they have been doing offer on back of council car park tickets for an extra 3p off a litre,so almost getting bearable at 86.9..especially as I drive 650/750 miles each week.
Title: Re: petrol down to 88.9
Post by: Danny on 05 December 2008, 21:07:45
i'm at 88.9ppl here too, and like pete, filling at about £35 ;D
Title: Re: petrol down to 88.9
Post by: damon80 on 05 December 2008, 21:47:05
87.9p near work!  

Danny - sent you a PM btw bud
Title: Re: petrol down to 88.9
Post by: LaserLance on 05 December 2008, 21:47:33
 >:( >:( i have to pay £1.04.9/ltr for diesel, bunch of robbing gits ,every other country in europe's, diesel is cheaper than petrol but not in not so good old gormless brown's robber state ......GRRRRRRRRR
Title: Re: petrol down to 88.9
Post by: Entwood on 05 December 2008, 21:52:05
What's petrol and diesel ??  ;D ;D ;D ;D

Not bought any since 27 July 2008 when I filled it, and done 6500 miles ....  mind you I'll need to put some in soon, down to less than 1/4 tank now.. :(

Savings running at 34.76% (8.65 pence/mile  :) )

If anyone is interested :(  the results for the first 6 months ...

Totals:

Ltrs  LPG               2165.04      
Cost LPG              £1255.22            
Total Miles                7730      
Gals LPGl              476.88      
Est      Gals petrol    377.15            
Est Cost petrol    £1924.08      

Est Saving              £704.91

Est Cost Petrol/mile       0.2489 p      
Cost Gas/mile              0.1624 p      
Savings/mile              0.0865 p      

Overall Saving      34.76 %      

Calculated Payback (miles)            25122.38
Miles to go                              17392.38

:)


      
Title: Re: petrol down to 88.9
Post by: Darth Loo-knee on 05 December 2008, 22:44:20
Yeap same at Morrisons, filled up on £48  :y
Title: Re: petrol down to 88.9
Post by: albitz on 06 December 2008, 01:56:25
Paid 90.9 at Tesco last week (Braintree),might be less now.Oil dropped below $40 pb today, it was over $140pb a few months ago. :o
Title: Re: petrol down to 88.9
Post by: Taxi_Driver on 06 December 2008, 08:25:08
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What's petrol and diesel ??  ;D ;D ;D ;D

Not bought any since 27 July 2008 when I filled it, and done 6500 miles ....  mind you I'll need to put some in soon, down to less than 1/4 tank now.. :(

Savings running at 34.76% (8.65 pence/mile  :) )

If anyone is interested :(  the results for the first 6 months ...

Totals:

Ltrs  LPG               2165.04      
Cost LPG              £1255.22            
Total Miles                7730      
Gals LPGl              476.88      
Est      Gals petrol    377.15            
Est Cost petrol    £1924.08      

Est Saving              £704.91

Est Cost Petrol/mile       0.2489 p      
Cost Gas/mile              0.1624 p      
Savings/mile              0.0865 p      

Overall Saving      34.76 %      

Calculated Payback (miles)            25122.38
Miles to go                              17392.38

:)


      

To save you more petrol Entwood.....not sure of the changeover switch you have fitted tho, but if the same as mine.....when starting from warm/hot press down the switch just before and during starting....makes it start on lpg and not petrol  :y
Dont really recommend trying to start on LPG when cold.....altho it will...my 2.2 will....but misses quite a bit until warmed up a bit.
Title: Re: petrol down to 88.9
Post by: Entwood on 06 December 2008, 12:50:30
My change over is controlled by a pressure switch, so it usually starts on Gas when warm anyhow, takes about 1/2 - 3/4 mile to change from petrol to gas when cold.

AFAIK the BRC system has no facility to force a start on Gas, but I'm willing to be told otherwise !!

:)
Title: Re: petrol down to 88.9
Post by: Lizzie_Zoom on 06 December 2008, 14:02:44
89.9 at last at Sainsbury's in Ashford! :y :y :y

Plus 5p off per ltr when you spend £50+ in the store! ;D ;D ;)
Title: Re: petrol down to 88.9
Post by: Lazydocker on 06 December 2008, 16:31:19
Those figures compound mine Entwood... I've not really been keeping track like you but said I'd save enough in 7000 miles to payback the cost of converting... I've done 6900 so far and have said that I'm upping payback to 8k just to be safe so it'll be saving me money by the middle of January at the latest :y :y :y :y
Title: Re: petrol down to 88.9
Post by: Markie on 06 December 2008, 18:06:53
Local 88.9ppl and 49.9 for gas...

saw today ( after filling up at the above prices) 87.9ppl in Edinburgh  :)
Title: Re: petrol down to 88.9
Post by: cbowditch on 06 December 2008, 18:30:51
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My change over is controlled by a pressure switch, so it usually starts on Gas when warm anyhow, takes about 1/2 - 3/4 mile to change from petrol to gas when cold.

AFAIK the BRC system has no facility to force a start on Gas, but I'm willing to be told otherwise !!

:)

Thats a real shame. I've got a BRC system and I'm fed up of filling with Petrol. Seem to have to put £20 of Petrol in every other time I fill up with gas. Going to start putting a full tank in. My system doesn't switch to Gas until I've driven at least a mile even when warm  :(
Title: Re: petrol down to 88.9
Post by: jonpau11 on 06 December 2008, 19:36:41
down to 88.9 or 89.9 in Maldon / Danbury, Essex.  went from Danbury to Sandon, back Heybridge then on to Bocking and back to Heybridge fully loaded with all seats down with 300 + books, weekend shopping, two mobile phones (no Sat Nav (hint hint to the wife for Christmas ;D, ) the wife - all this on a ten quids worth of petrol and still some left in the tank  :o - and to think i was talking about getting rid of Omega - maybe not time for a rethink  :-?
Title: Re: petrol down to 88.9
Post by: jereboam on 06 December 2008, 19:48:14
What is the actual capacity of the Omega fuel tank?  I never seem to be able to get much more that 60 litres in.  

Is it actually empty 50 miles after the fuel light comes on? Or, like the Jaguar on Top Gear the other week, is there still a bucketful of fuel in the tank?

Oh, and petrol's down to 88.9ppl in the Ipswich area. :) :)
Title: Re: petrol down to 88.9
Post by: Lizzie_Zoom on 06 December 2008, 20:27:04
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What is the actual capacity of the Omega fuel tank?  I never seem to be able to get much more that 60 litres in.  

Is it actually empty 50 miles after the fuel light comes on? Or, like the Jaguar on Top Gear the other week, is there still a bucketful of fuel in the tank?

Oh, and petrol's down to 88.9ppl in the Ipswich area. :) :)

I have managed 62.5 litres before now, but that has been to the top of the filler neck! :D :D ;)