Anyone else notice the prices dropping over the last few weeks the cheapest i seen in Waterford has been at Applegreen for petrol at 141.9 and most of the Topaz's are 143.9 ,will this continue for much longer?
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Anyone else notice the prices dropping over the last few weeks the cheapest i seen in Waterford has been at Applegreen for petrol at 141.9 and most of the Topaz's are 143.9 ,will this continue for much longer?
http://www.pumps.ie/Quote:
Originally Posted by Chris P. Bacon
Used to be a good site but appears to be down :mad:
Yes, filled my car with texaco's finest from almost empty the other day for 76 euro , sweet....
varies a lot in Dublin. On the run which I hate using are 5c cheaper from one garage to the next in a close area.
Tesco do 10c off too at the minute which is handy, getting diesel for 124.9c filling up saves 5-6euro with the voucher :)
You know most apple garages go down 3c after 11pm. 137.9 last night in cherry orchard.
Not down enough lads...
Brent Crude price - 3 month historic
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The price of oil is predicted to drop more before ChristmasQuote:
Originally Posted by ciars
It's always slow to drop, once the news breaks of oil prices going up the forecourts put up the prices the same day even though the fuel they are selling is made weeks earlier using the lower priced stuff
Anyways, seeing the prices at 141.x or thereabouts is a nice improvement
Time for a V8 :D :p
It's not going down fast enough because oil is purchased in $ and the € seems to be getting weaker against it so one is off-setting the other.
While on the subject of petrol, I heard that the quality seems to be sh1t. Noticed that the M seems to pink more when using Applegreen. Thought Texaco was a bit better but under some load conditions it pinks. Esso appears to be the best. Not an exhaustive test but thats my impression so far. Next visit to a station I'll try Esso again.
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I'm glad you said that about Applegreen, ages ago on the way to Naas I put some Applegreen in and the car ran rough. A few weeks ago in Meath on the way back to dublin I used it again because the car was running on fumes, the next few days it was struggling to start and running idling terribly. That's enough for me to never use their stuff again.Quote:
Originally Posted by IrishEyes
My car always runs best on maxol petrol so it might be worth giving them a go
Were both times you filled up with Applegreen when the car was running on fumes? Is it possible that the dirt in the tank became unsettled when re-filling at such a low point?
It very unlikely, I always allow the needle to hit the same point before I top up and it doesn't happen with other petrols plus on both occasions the symptoms were improved by mixing other brands of petrol in the tank.
Been using Applegreen the past 3 weeks as there is a new garage in Swords, and they have the prices reduced to get people in the door - no problems to report!
Applegreen were affected by fuel stretching apparently. I either use topaz or texaco try not use anyone else.
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Originally Posted by FunkySeeFunkyDoo
Garage is brand new Dave give it a while, I don't like using Applegreen either, same for some other garages but car never feels great on their fuel.Quote:
Originally Posted by Curran
Is applegreen shell rebranded for the Irish market?
No it's a privately owned chainQuote:
Originally Posted by Venom
Shell is topaz pretending to be someone else .Quote:
Originally Posted by Venom
Are there any shell branded stations in Ireland?Quote:
Originally Posted by Lucifer
Same hereQuote:
Originally Posted by Curran
I use applegreen in clonsilla quite a lot, no complaints car runs 100% on it.
The fuel stretching must be isolated to one or two garages.
Have used an Applegreen near work quite a bot too, and also the odd time in other locations and never had a problem...and its would usually be filling up by a 1/2 tank or more at a time. ..so not just a tenner in with other fuel.
Interesting mix of results. It's only in the last 2-3 months that I've noticed the pinking. Prior to that as I pass an Applegreen on the way to the office, I'd fuel up there and it was fine up to that point. Since noticing, I rotated and used Applegreen, Topaz, Texaco and Esso. Any time I went back to Applegreen it seemed to me more apparent.
I don't know exactly what the differences between each of the different fuels are, but I'm led to believe that it's exactly the same quality of fuel that all brands use and it's only their own 'additives' that make the difference.
Maybe in that sense, if the quality of fuel coming in is shit, they'd all have the same effect.
Also heard that the quality of petrol extracted from US shale oil is poorer, has a lower octane rating than the normal stuff and it's this grade that is dropping in price in the US more so that then the higher octane fuels. Seems to be affecting the higher end cars such as BMW's and Mercs so their owners are not experiencing the same 'savings' with price drops as the rest of the motoring plebs over there. :-)
Might try and get the M converted to Kerosene and 'stretch' the engine life just in case it is stretching causing the problem :-)
Im using applegreen in enfield for last few years and have never had any problems with any fuel related issues with any of my cars. 1.41 a litre there at the moment aswell which is very cheap.
My father worked for a company and they had a credit card to pay for diesel for there vans they used to use a texaco garage down the country and some of the trucks started having problems. Then one brand new truck only 6 months old went into the mechanic broken down and turned out they had to replace fuel pumps etc destroyed the fuel system in the truck.
Yet i know someone who uses a different texaco all the time for vans and performance cars and never an issue.. so i suppose the moral of the story is it depends how honest the owner is they either use decent fuel or buy in cheap washed fuel!! So if there fuel is delivered at 3 in the morn by a truck with no logo on the side beware [emoji2]
I only ever use Esso and try to stick to the same garages too.
What do you mean by "pinking"?Quote:
Originally Posted by IrishEyes
Begin your voyage of discovery hereQuote:
Originally Posted by hooch
Engine knocking or pre-ignition of the fuel outside of the normal envelope of combustion. Knock sensors and ECU should help alleviate it but can be caused by a number of things, crap fuel being one if them.Quote:
Originally Posted by hooch
You hear a lot about pinking on the M engines, specifically the S54. Can be a sign of head gasket issues too.
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Originally Posted by John_D
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Could be but mines a daysul there boss. :cool:
Looks like a few things can cause it, fuel-air mixture, quality of fuel blah blah blah
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Originally Posted by 318 iS Cosmos
I only use Topaz as i have their fuel card which is handy,i noticed today it has dropped to 140.9 in both Topaz and Maxol here in Waterford
Same price drop in my local texaco today.its noticeable on a fill:)Quote:
Originally Posted by Chris P. Bacon
1.38 today, what annoys me is that it should be a whole cheaper, the Arabs are practically giving the stuff away, yet we get raped on excise and vat etc, In theory it should be be about 70c a liter including our spastic tax rates!Quote:
Originally Posted by Bb1981
129.9 for diesel on the green hills road.
Wonder how low they'll go?
1 euro/litre would just be so nice.... !
Not a chance:(Quote:
Originally Posted by Peter-E36
128.9 in Ennis
Petrol or diesel ?Quote:
Originally Posted by Moses