Petrol Prices - Are they to high - What can we do about it.

[cia260895]

scrap road tax and put it onto the cost of petrol 1/2p a litre no-one would notice and at least then its a pay as you drive system much fairer imo

[Graham C]

Fuel tax is horrendous and should be changed, or certainly frozen.  Also, they should build more refineries so we can process the oil that's sat about waiting to be refined.  The backdating of car duty really suck and the increase is outrageous too. 

1.00 or 1.25 perhaps doesn't make that much difference, but the cost of the price last year and 1.25 is one hell of an increase, not far of 50% and that is certainly noticeable.

[AndrewT]

There is no short term fix for all this. Sadly, the arrangement of where we live and work in this country (city centre for work, suburbs/commuter towns for living) revolves around the car.

There is simply no way the public transport system could ever be upgraded to the point where everyone could abandon their cars and carry on living our lives in the same way.

The only way to change things would be for everyone to either live closer to work, or work closer to home. Fewer large conurbations and more smaller towns/villages. More working from home. More cycling to work - most people whose commute is less than a few miles could easily cycle to work (which would have massive health benefits as well). But far too many people live 20, 30 or 50 miles from their jobs because they can't afford to live closer.

But all this is not going to change quickly, it would take a generation at least.

[Horneris]

I filled my car for £39 last night at Sainsburies.

So i got a full tank, a bottle of lucozade and change from £40, i still think this is decent value.

[AndrewT]

I filled my car for £39 last night at Sainsburies.

So i got a full tank, a bottle of lucozade and change from £40, i still think this is decent value.

That lucozade is going to play havoc with the engine.

[Royal Flush]

Fuel price.

Honestly i don't really care, if its 1.00 or 1.25 i am not going to notice, if i felt it got to high i would switch to a more efficient car or i would revert back to public transport.

If only life was that simle for us all.

How often do you HAVE to use your car?

[The_nun]

Everyday. Darren needs it to go to work, I can use the bus. We need it to get to the hossy, as if we were to use the public transport after we had done our shifts it would take forever to get there thus cutting visits down to a minimum. Then we deffy need it to transport his machines etc.

[Royal Flush]

Everyday. Darren needs it to go to work, I can use the bus. We need it to get to the hossy, as if we were to use the public transport after we had done our shifts it would take forever to get there thus cutting visits down to a minimum. Then we deffy need it to transport his machines etc.

Is there no public transport to get to work for Darren? Does no-one else who works with him live nearby? How far is the hossy?

[The_nun]

Darren would find it very hard to get ladders and a bucket on the bus. Hospital is at Pendlebury, Manchester, we live the oppo side of Huddersfield.

[Bongo]

I filled my car for £39 last night at Sainsburies.

So i got a full tank, a bottle of lucozade and change from £40, i still think this is decent value.

I filled mine up and got 2 bags of marshmallows for £45.

I did feel ripped off though, as the sign said 2 bags for £2 and yet I got charged full price for both.

I then forgot to take the marshmallows to the bbq, which sucked.

[Horneris]

I filled my car for £39 last night at Sainsburies.

So i got a full tank, a bottle of lucozade and change from £40, i still think this is decent value.

I filled mine up and got 2 bags of marshmallows for £45.

I did feel ripped off though, as the sign said 2 bags for £2 and yet I got charged full price for both.

I then forgot to take the marshmallows to the bbq, which sucked.

Brag: you now get them all to yourself tho.

[boldie]

Darren would find it very hard to get ladders and a bucket on the bus. Hospital is at Pendlebury, Manchester, we live the oppo side of Huddersfield.

Bless you, that cracked me up

[RED-DOG]

I filled my car for £39 last night at Sainsburies.

So i got a full tank, a bottle of lucozade and change from £40, i still think this is decent value.

This post reminds me of the woman who told me "I don't care how much petrol goes up, I always have £10 worth so it makes no difference to me"

[AndrewT]

I filled my car for £39 last night at Sainsburies.

So i got a full tank, a bottle of lucozade and change from £40, i still think this is decent value.

This post reminds me of the woman who told me "I don't care how much petrol goes up, I always have £10 worth so it makes no difference to me"

Horneris's car

[rajkan]

Isn't that the smallest car in the world, the one that Jeremy Clarkson drove around the offices in.