RE: Fuel prices coming down
Its great that the price has dropped but has anyone noticed a substantial saving to their fuel bill in comparison to a few months ago when it was circa 1.50/L?
For example a 55L tank at 1.5= €82.5
Now 55L @ 1.3 = €71.5
So unless you are using a full tank a week your only going to save roughly a tenner. I probably use half that a week so €5-6 is my savings currently.
For reps, haulage etc. it would be a worthwhile saving alright but for the average joe not so much, it would want to drop to €1L for me to notice anything substantial.
This is why I can't understand people queueing up at stations on the night before budget changes come in, they probably burn off their savings waiting in the queue! Or people who drive miles to a service station that has fuel a couple of cents cheaper.
Don't get me wrong I am not complaining but I don't get why the joe public is so price sensitive to fuel. If we could get the govt to remove some of their duties/VAT etc, we could really have substantial savings then alright.
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I'm probably driving a bit easier but, I've been getting a weeks driving on 55euro worth of petrol whereas before it was costing 70odd euro a week and it's always the same journeys! So nearly twenty a week for me!
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1.19,9 for Diesel earlier! :cool:
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Originally Posted by hooch
Its great that the price has dropped but has anyone noticed a substantial saving to their fuel bill in comparison to a few months ago when it was circa 1.50/L?
For example a 55L tank at 1.5= €82.5
Now 55L @ 1.3 = €71.5
So unless you are using a full tank a week your only going to save roughly a tenner. I probably use half that a week so €5-6 is my savings currently.
For reps, haulage etc. it would be a worthwhile saving alright but for the average joe not so much, it would want to drop to €1L for me to notice anything substantial.
This is why I can't understand people queueing up at stations on the night before budget changes come in, they probably burn off their savings waiting in the queue! Or people who drive miles to a service station that has fuel a couple of cents cheaper.
Don't get me wrong I am not complaining but I don't get why the joe public is so price sensitive to fuel. If we could get the govt to remove some of their duties/VAT etc, we could really have substantial savings then alright.
A tenner a week is 520 euro a year to be fair now!:huh:
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Originally Posted by mk2glenn
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Originally Posted by hooch
Its great that the price has dropped but has anyone noticed a substantial saving to their fuel bill in comparison to a few months ago when it was circa 1.50/L?
For example a 55L tank at 1.5= €82.5
Now 55L @ 1.3 = €71.5
So unless you are using a full tank a week your only going to save roughly a tenner. I probably use half that a week so €5-6 is my savings currently.
For reps, haulage etc. it would be a worthwhile saving alright but for the average joe not so much, it would want to drop to €1L for me to notice anything substantial.
This is why I can't understand people queueing up at stations on the night before budget changes come in, they probably burn off their savings waiting in the queue! Or people who drive miles to a service station that has fuel a couple of cents cheaper.
Don't get me wrong I am not complaining but I don't get why the joe public is so price sensitive to fuel. If we could get the govt to remove some of their duties/VAT etc, we could really have substantial savings then alright.
A tenner a week is 520 euro a year to be fair now!:huh:
Your right and to some people that will mean more food on the table etc, all depends on personal circumstances I guess.
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1.18/L diesel in Mount Brown earlier on..I'm struggling to think when I last saw that! Now I gotta start re-tuning myself to look at petrol prices :D
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I've been driving on Applegreen fuel (from the M4 stations) almost exclusively for 4000ish miles.
Brimmed it at Maynooth Maxol just to see if I could feel a difference. Have done about half a tank so far and haven't noticed any MPG or performance differences as yet.
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Originally Posted by hooch
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Originally Posted by mk2glenn
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Originally Posted by hooch
Its great that the price has dropped but has anyone noticed a substantial saving to their fuel bill in comparison to a few months ago when it was circa 1.50/L?
For example a 55L tank at 1.5= €82.5
Now 55L @ 1.3 = €71.5
So unless you are using a full tank a week your only going to save roughly a tenner. I probably use half that a week so €5-6 is my savings currently.
For reps, haulage etc. it would be a worthwhile saving alright but for the average joe not so much, it would want to drop to €1L for me to notice anything substantial.
This is why I can't understand people queueing up at stations on the night before budget changes come in, they probably burn off their savings waiting in the queue! Or people who drive miles to a service station that has fuel a couple of cents cheaper.
Don't get me wrong I am not complaining but I don't get why the joe public is so price sensitive to fuel. If we could get the govt to remove some of their duties/VAT etc, we could really have substantial savings then alright.
A tenner a week is 520 euro a year to be fair now!:huh:
Your right and to some people that will mean more food on the table etc, all depends on personal circumstances I guess.
I'm using nearly 70L of diesel a week so at the minute I'm saving 20 quid a week which is a thousand euro a year :surprised: Thats the price of a very nice holiday :cool:
RE: Fuel prices coming down
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Originally Posted by mk2glenn
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Originally Posted by hooch
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Originally Posted by mk2glenn
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Originally Posted by hooch
Its great that the price has dropped but has anyone noticed a substantial saving to their fuel bill in comparison to a few months ago when it was circa 1.50/L?
For example a 55L tank at 1.5= €82.5
Now 55L @ 1.3 = €71.5
So unless you are using a full tank a week your only going to save roughly a tenner. I probably use half that a week so €5-6 is my savings currently.
For reps, haulage etc. it would be a worthwhile saving alright but for the average joe not so much, it would want to drop to €1L for me to notice anything substantial.
This is why I can't understand people queueing up at stations on the night before budget changes come in, they probably burn off their savings waiting in the queue! Or people who drive miles to a service station that has fuel a couple of cents cheaper.
Don't get me wrong I am not complaining but I don't get why the joe public is so price sensitive to fuel. If we could get the govt to remove some of their duties/VAT etc, we could really have substantial savings then alright.
A tenner a week is 520 euro a year to be fair now!:huh:
Your right and to some people that will mean more food on the table etc, all depends on personal circumstances I guess.
I'm using nearly 70L of diesel a week so at the minute I'm saving 20 quid a week which is a thousand euro a year :surprised: Thats the price of a very nice holiday :cool:
That's good going alright! Like I said it's very good to anyone on long haul commutes and haulage companies etc. Seems to be dropping more every day too!
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Just went digging at the historical averages.. The last time we seen similar prices was January 2009. The higest in the recent past was September 2011, petrol @ 1.70/L & Diesel @ 1.60/L, the national averages.
Got to go back 10+ years to get to €0.cc/L prices!
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I was away on holidays the last 3 weeks and just got back this morning first thing i noticed other than the cold is its gone down to 125.5 in Waterford and i filled up in Topaz Dublin airport earlier and it was 128.9,i read that Shell are expecting the price of oil to stay the same for the next 3 years
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Originally Posted by Chris P. Bacon
I was away on holidays the last 3 weeks and just got back this morning first thing i noticed other than the cold is its gone down to 125.5 in Waterford and i filled up in Topaz Dublin airport earlier and it was 128.9,i read that Shell are expecting the price of oil to stay the same for the next 3 years
Seen that bp are predicting the same but in all honesty they siad they dont know. it could just as easily shoot past 1.50 a ltr again in 6 months time a 25c saving at the pumps is still not enough considering oil by the barrel is below half the price it was in october
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Filled the X5 on Sunday in Tesco Arklow for €98 @ 1.18 I think it was. Be interesting to see how far it goes. Filled it last week in Applegreen for €100 on the nose which got me 875km. Reasonable enough compared to the 120-30 a week it was costing before.. that's a fair chunk every year!!!
(When I say filled it, it was down to a range of <10km each time so not exactly scientific but close enough that I wouldn't want to risk getting to work or home on what was left in the tank!)
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Originally Posted by Gar
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Originally Posted by Chris P. Bacon
I was away on holidays the last 3 weeks and just got back this morning first thing i noticed other than the cold is its gone down to 125.5 in Waterford and i filled up in Topaz Dublin airport earlier and it was 128.9,i read that Shell are expecting the price of oil to stay the same for the next 3 years
Seen that bp are predicting the same but in all honesty they siad they dont know. it could just as easily shoot past 1.50 a ltr again in 6 months time a 25c saving at the pumps is still not enough considering oil by the barrel is below half the price it was in october
Yeah we really should be at least €1/L by now!
It will be sweet when it does. Got 450kms out of €50 this week so starting to notice a difference alright.
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I don't think it will ever get to €1 per litre! The rate at which prices are falling is snails-pace compared to the fall in price-per-barrel. Still no mention of energy prices falling yet either! Lowest petrol price I've come across is 127.9 whereas diesel in the same garage is 113.9. Last week there was about 2-3cent in the difference between petrol and diesel!
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I'm almost sure I saw petrol at 1.19 and diesel at 113.8 in applegreen tullamore yesterday
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124.9 in Esso 2 days ago :) Petrol
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Mount Brown cheapest in Dublin, possibly Ireland
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Definitely noticing the difference, the 328 is a thirsty car, getting around 20mpg in the city these days, got it at 124.9 yesterday near walkinstown.
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Cheapest fuel prices I have seen in years :surprised: 12c per litre
I went to tesco to fill the tank this morning before heading to Dublin (pay at pump) and either there was a problem with their system or someone f#%ked up but it cost me €4.88 to fill the tank. :happy:
Only realised it when I looked at the receipt :happy::hehe!:
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Cheapest fuel prices I have seen in years :surprised: 12c per litre
I went to tesco to fill the tank this morning before heading to Dublin (pay at pump) and either there was a problem with their system or someone f#%ked up but it cost me €4.88 to fill the tank. :happy:
Only realised it when I looked at the receipt :happy::hehe!:
Excellent!! :D :D