What's with the fuel prices! And cheap whisky, apparently ...

[Andy in Germany]

Watch out, watch out, some smug leccy car driver will be along in a moment.

Me, however, cycled to work today. Zero cost.👅

I have to admit I only looked because of this thread, otherwise I wouldn't have a clue.

Better pop over there and fill up .

I don't know how much variation there is within Germany. As I understand it, French drivers are filling up in the border towns, so it looks like we're still cheaper.

Many garages in this region are independent, which may have an effect.

 

[jowwy]

Thats cheap compared to UK as we are still near GBP £2 for smelly diesel

202.9 near me at the moment for diesel…….

 

[fossyant]

With my recent cycling, we have an 'app' at work that rewards 'activity'. I just link it to strava. I've enough 'points' now to get two free coffee's ! Win win.

 

[gbb]

As I understand it/was advised the colder the air the better the bang & less fuel used, hence why sports cars try to get cold air into the throttle body, also fuel is denser the colder it gets. Potentially you get worse fuel in winter due to having to warm the engine up, also the air is denser so maybe it takes more to push through it, unfortunately I'm not a scientist just relating what I have been told which may or may not be brolacs.

Id be hazarding a guess but the idea colder air and fuel is more dense therefore better but...the advantage of hotter weather allowing the engine to work more efficiently and heat up quicker possibly outweighs it.
All guesswork of course...

 

[gbb]

I noticed an invoice on goods that arrived at work the other day, a 10% fuel surcharge.

 

[PeteXXX]

I noticed an invoice on goods that arrived at work the other day, a 10% fuel surcharge.

Cheeky!

 

[gbb]

I noticed an invoice on goods that arrived at work the other day, a 10% fuel surcharge.

Cheeky!

In a way, yes. But this is a small independant distributor who will no doubt have seen the running costs, electric, gas and fuel skyrocket. As a middleman, theyre perhaps not making much profit on an item anyway...i could imagine small businesses really feeling it if theyre working on low margins.

 

[Deleted member 26715]

Son has just sent me a message from Cornwall saying he's just paid £1.90 a litre for diesel & how sad it is that he's happy about it

 

[gbb]

The next stage will be...what will prices creep back down to. I don't think we will see £1.50 ltr again, maybe £1.70 for E10 would seem a result right now .
Same with everything, unfortunately when there's been a spike in inflation, it never returns back to the old norm.

 

[Mike_P]

E10 was 172.9 yesterday at the local Asda, first time in a couple of weeks they have been cheaper than a Texaco or more recently an Esso.

 

[Jenkins]

Prices round here have eased off a whole 2 or 3 pence per litre over the past week.

 

[vickster]

I paid 181.9 for super UL E5 at Sainsburys on Saturday, E10 was 174.9, so certainly better than the 186.9 / 193.9+ of recent weeks!!

 

[Deleted member 26715]

I paid 181.9 for super UL E5 at Sainsburys on Saturday, E10 was 174.9, so certainly better than the 186.9 / 193.9+ of recent weeks!!

Being nosey, but I thought you had a post 2003 Skoda? It should be okay with E10

 

[vickster]

Being nosey, but I thought you had a post 2003 Skoda? It should be okay with E10

It's a VRS...meant to have super according to the filler cap (97+ RON) but I have been told I can use standard from time to time if needed. It runs better and more economically with super IME.

I use so little petrol, the cost difference isn't a big deal, but I'll check with the dealer next time it's serviced.
I'll happily admit I know very little about such stuff, just doing what I have done for the last 9 years of ownership!

 

[Mike_P]

E10 was 172.9 yesterday at the local Asda, first time in a couple of weeks they have been cheaper than a Texaco or more recently an Esso.

Down a smidge more to 172.7 yesterday so the car only managed to drink £63 worth