howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
posh barry tipped me off on this one, he has a deal with p and o where he can take his car and 4 courtiers for a rock bottom price.
Then fire up the hounds, Howard, away we go!
Guest 640- Registered: 21 Apr 2007
- Posts: 7,819
Peter I never knew that re Post 13..well I never.
Speak of the devil the latest AA Fuel Price Report as just turned up in the past few minutes and the previous price I mentioned as taken from their last mailing on post 9....has dropped a tad.
Not possible to reproduce tables very well but here we go with some of the stats..
Figues show Litre unleaded Gal Unleaded. Litre Diesel Gal Diesel. Sup Unl litre Gal of same.
East Midlands 133.1 605.1 140.6 639.18 141.5 643.3
East Anglia 134.1 609.6 141.1 641.45 141.5 643.3
South East 134.3 610.5 141.1 641.45 141.4 642.8
South West 133.7 607.8 141.2 641.91 141.3 642.4
London 134.8 612.8 140.9 640.54 142.3 646.9
UK AVERAGE 133.7 607.8 140.9 640.54 141.5 643.3 73.9
Per cent taken as Tax 60.0 - 57.80 - 57.6
Quite a hefty tax take there.
Guest 651- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 5,673
Another solution is an economical car - I do Deal to Ashford every day on M20 and still get 60+mpg
Been nice knowing you :)
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
- Posts: 10,540
My BMW 320d gives me well over 50mpg; with cruise control on the motorway, driving around 70, it's even more.
Roger
Howard as long as we have Hamonds with his three sites and setting the price garages in and around Dover are going to Fallow so we will never have cheap petrol in this town.I shop every week at Morrisons and get my 6p a lite off voucher and go to Canterbury to fill up and it still works out cheaper. Hammond has many times been reported to BP for having high prices and been told to drop it by at lest 1p.in a conversation with a friend he admitted he is not bothered about local trade he only wants the trade going and coming from Europe.
Guest 710- Registered: 28 Feb 2011
- Posts: 6,950
Yes Alan. The fear of the unknown is something that any business can bank-on. Whichever the direction of traffic flow.
The point made earlier, "Previous page", about additives; I find odd. It may well be the case, but I am sure there are stories from various 'fuel-blockades' that no matter the Logo on the truck they all fill-up from the same hose at the depots.
BTW
Another handy hint I have received concerns the wearing of sunglasses while driving in conditions of heavy rain. This, it is said, is a good idea as it cuts down the glare and sparkle and helps visibility no end.
Ignorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.
Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
how to save fuel ............. dont buy a car,moter bike or a scooter.but use a bus/train instead.
Don't be a silly ares they don't run on time they are over crowded they cost more than a car to go a small distance
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
alan,you silly arse you have a bus pass,only the 0945 from aycliffe is crowded the rest are half empty.
Guest 710- Registered: 28 Feb 2011
- Posts: 6,950
So... So much for fuel. What about insurance...
How much care do you take in defining your occupation for insurance purposes...do you EVER volunteer?
http://uk.finance.yahoo.com/news/This-blunder-void-car-yahoofinanceuk-442363539.html
Below is a link to the 'handy tool' mentioned in the news item...
http://www.moneysavingexpert.com/insurance/car-insurance-job-picker/Ignorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.
Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
- Posts: 8,664
There is a huge difference between rates for 'publican' and 'hotelier '. As we have b&b rooms I am therefore a hotelier. Chefs suffer a huge penalty too, probably because they are all presumed to have a few sherbets after evening service, then drive hone.
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
Guest 649- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 14,118
Yes I paid more because I worked at hights and welding.
3 garages in Dover....two either side of the docks....and one at the end of
Folkestone Road.....
All owned by Hammonds....always expensive petrol, no matter what the situation...
No competition whatsoever........
