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      11-20-2007, 04:01 AM   #1
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Now its 113.9p per litre for Ultimate diesel !!

I had 60 miles left in the tank this morning so I pull in to my local BP petrol station and fill up with the usual Ultimate diesel........

113.9p per litre !!! FFS.........

Fill the tank up...... £62.08p........ OUCH!!
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      11-20-2007, 04:51 AM   #2
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I just use the standard stuff nowadays... doesn't make much difference to me now at these prices. I would rather only use the ultimate or V-power for country runs.

It is crazy taxation to fund more looting and destruction of foreign lands!
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It is crazy taxation to fund more looting and destruction of foreign lands!
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I'm thinking seriously of getting regular BP diesel and adding some Millers Diesel Power Sport 4
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I'm thinking seriously of getting regular BP diesel and adding some Millers Diesel Power Sport 4
I wouldnt bother matey, i think within the month it will come back down.
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      11-20-2007, 09:55 AM   #6
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I wouldnt bother matey, i think within the month it will come back down.
I'm not so sure about not bothering.......

Ive just spotted on fleabay...........

5 litres for £55 plus £6.50 delivery.

By my calculation at a total cost of £61.50, it would be equivalent to £6.50p per 500ml.

That's a gnats over 1p per litre.......... that's got to be a bargain!!

All that's needed is a measure to ensure only 60ml goes in a full tank

I do 30,000 miles per year so if you assume at the very best there will be a 5p premium for Ultimate over normal diesel, I will save 4p per litre and thats £120 a year.

That goes a long way towards the road tax!!
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      11-20-2007, 10:03 AM   #7
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I had 60 miles left in the tank this morning so I pull in to my local BP petrol station and fill up with the usual Ultimate diesel........

113.9p per litre !!! FFS.........

Fill the tank up...... £62.08p........ OUCH!!
its 1.09€ over here, about 78p...and thats expensive for us !

i dont know how the UK govt get away with it....
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it's effin rip-off Britain
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      11-20-2007, 10:17 AM   #9
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it's effin rip-off Britain
I know mate, im currently looking to buy my first home.. struggling.. then a load of poles come over and get handouts
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I know mate, im currently looking to buy my first home.. struggling.. then a load of poles come over and get handouts
From your dad who pays them to fit tyres, clean the house and wash the BMW collection

I don't think you can blame polish immigrants for the price of diesel.
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Until Lech Walesa has pipped good old Gordon Brown to the post of PM I think that you are going to have to lay off the Poles on this one.

Blame the Scottish instead.

After all there was a reason why Hadrian decided to get stuck into the building game. In AD 122 he clearly had an inkling that a smug fat git would cause the English major problems. Better to invest in a bit of masonry in cumbria than a white elephant in Stratford .........
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      11-20-2007, 10:33 AM   #12
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You really do make me laugh Evil - superb.

Garage in the sticks outside of York today - ORDINARY diesel 110.0p per litre!
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      11-20-2007, 11:19 AM   #13
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Another good reason to find someone who can get some blooming toluene cheap..

Would save you a lOT of money at the Petrol Pumps

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Unfortunately fuel is such a necessary commodity that the Government can pretty well do what they like in terms of taxation.
You need it,they know it,we pay it!

In all honesty I never look at the price per litre,I just grimace when I've filled it and gone to pay.
It's not that I'm rich or anything,it is just needed for day - day living, what choice does Joe Public have?
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Unfortunately fuel is such a necessary commodity that the Government can pretty well do what they like in terms of taxation.
You need it,they know it,we pay it!

In all honesty I never look at the price per litre,I just grimace when I've filled it and gone to pay.
It's not that I'm rich or anything,it is just needed for day - day living, what choice does Joe Public have?
I agree, altho i am not happy paying 113p per litwah, for

''BP Ultimate performance extwah 30bhp Densil''

I just get on with it as i enjot driving so mucho
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Another good reason to find someone who can get some blooming toluene cheap..

Would save you a lOT of money at the Petrol Pumps

It is could a company fuel card
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Aye I have one of them too but don't tell anyone...

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Company fuel card means £1500 in tax. If I ever drove my D sensibly this would be circa 9 - 10,000 of personal mileage to break even.

I am lucky if I do half that .......
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Company fuel card means £1500 in tax. If I ever drove my D sensibly this would be circa 9 - 10,000 of personal mileage to break even.

I am lucky if I do half that .......

Hmmn .. it seems that the best option would be to take cash in leiu of a company car. Then instead of having a fuel card, simply pay for all your petrol using your company credit card and have your personnel people declare the cost associated with personal mileage to the taxman as a benefit in kind.

That way you are reimbursed fully for your business miles and pay tax on your personal mileage at the prevailing rate.

For a 40% taxpayer this is equivalent to a 60% discount on the price at the pump.

Works for me
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Hmmn .. it seems that the best option would be to take cash in leiu of a company car. Then instead of having a fuel card, simply pay for all your petrol using your company credit card and have your personnel people declare the cost associated with personal mileage to the taxman as a benefit in kind.

That way you are reimbursed fully for your business miles and pay tax on your personal mileage at the prevailing rate.

For a 40% taxpayer this is equivalent to a 60% discount on the price at the pump.

Works for me
Works for me too....!!!!
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but isnt that illegal, and not helping the company out but helping you out more. If it was your own company you would not do this right..?!

Surely your emlpoyer could just say ''Fuck you'' when you ask that request!
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Yeah - we did that but had some hassle with HMRC.

We claim for business miles driven at about 27p (in the fleet car) so its not too bad. The company hires a parking space for me at £4000 pa, pays the congestion charge (£2,000 pa) and, best of all, gives me a fully loaded 335 to play in.
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