fuel prices
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Paul Smith
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Round here it ranges from 97.9 to 103.9 for unleaded. It is getting stupid again bearing in mind oil still isn't as high as it once was its still farely cheap at the moment and that the budget is set to put the fuel up again another 2p a litre in september. There is no reasonable explanation for the fuel prices at the moment. Its just our politicians being stupid. remember they are 'for the working person' well i'd dread to think what they would do if they weren't for us because they seem to be making a big enough mess of the country.
In reality if they knocked fuel prices down say to 65 -70 pence a litre more people wouldn't worry about filling the cars up so would go out more and spend more, bigger engines would make a come back thus more vehicle purchases all massive contributions to our economy. So short term loss long term gain unlike now. The economy has slowed because of greed and rather than look long term they have a knee jerk reaction and panic which has caused stupid mistakes.
In reality if they knocked fuel prices down say to 65 -70 pence a litre more people wouldn't worry about filling the cars up so would go out more and spend more, bigger engines would make a come back thus more vehicle purchases all massive contributions to our economy. So short term loss long term gain unlike now. The economy has slowed because of greed and rather than look long term they have a knee jerk reaction and panic which has caused stupid mistakes.
MicraFish
Rollin' with Diesel and V8 Power
I know I paid 104.9 for Shell V-Power the other day - which sucked!!
It's been going up steadily for the past couple of weeks here in Salisbury, currently at about 97p for Unleaded and 99.9 for Diesel at Shell - which is usually the cheapest place to go to for petrol here
It's been going up steadily for the past couple of weeks here in Salisbury, currently at about 97p for Unleaded and 99.9 for Diesel at Shell - which is usually the cheapest place to go to for petrol here
James
Chairman
Nans_Micra
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Where I live it's 102.9 for unleaded and 104.9 for diesel.
Not good, but at least I don't have to top up so often, that's what's good with Micra's!:laugh:
Not good, but at least I don't have to top up so often, that's what's good with Micra's!:laugh:
frank
Club Member
there is an alternative , at 40p/ltr, but nobody seems interested :suspect:
http://www.micra.org.uk/attachment.php?attachmentid=12893&stc=1&d=1243783501
, at 40p/ltr, but nobody seems interested :suspect:http://www.micra.org.uk/attachment.php?attachmentid=12893&stc=1&d=1243783501
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frank
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np peter :grinning:
haven't you seen the mp expenses scandals? That is why they are so high!
chipedwood
Ex. Club Member
The more we pay for fuel the nicer a house the MP's can get in Central London.
Why they don't live outside of London and use the Public transport they are always telling us to use? I don't know. Instead they need a house right next to work and a car to drive them there as well.
Around here only 1 place has broken the £1 a litre barriar and that is one of those expensive stations.
Always wondered what is LPG like performance wise?
Why they don't live outside of London and use the Public transport they are always telling us to use? I don't know. Instead they need a house right next to work and a car to drive them there as well.
Around here only 1 place has broken the £1 a litre barriar and that is one of those expensive stations.
Always wondered what is LPG like performance wise?
chipedwood
Ex. Club Member
You loose 10% power, and get slightly less miles per gallon. Basicly works out half price!
Modded it's not just power you lose. You will have engine problems because lpg has less calorific (hope it's spelled this way) power and will damage segments. I know this because it was told to me by a mecanic who installs LPG on cars...
Long live gasoline, but not on this prices... By the way i miss old SHELL stations here in Portugal, they were and are the best gasoline. (Y)
Long live gasoline, but not on this prices... By the way i miss old SHELL stations here in Portugal, they were and are the best gasoline. (Y)
It will be fine on a low power engine like the CGs. Just ask frank, he's done thousands of miles on it.
frank
Club Member
very true MM (Y), 34k miles in 2 yrs (this car) and a previous 4 yrs of use when it was fitted to my old super s
frank
Club Member
mine,s the old basic singlepoint (cheap lol) jobbie jabran, the sequential ones have injector emulators that you have to setup with a laptop i think, and which i would,nt know where to start :wasntme:, the rest is just pipefitting and tankstraps really
frank
Club Member
its just more accurate metering of the fuel eh (akin to "carb as opposed to injection")
I noticed this in France last month too!
Petrol's ridiculously expensive over there!
It's always been like that on the continent though. Their government's subsidize diesel because it's so many people us it as a fuel. You go to france, and most of the cars you see run on diesel.
And the serious question to why petrol costs so much. There's a few factors. The biggest part of it is fuel duty. Because driving is a necessity in todays modern britain (trains and buses are expensive, dirty, late, and crap), the government can milk lots of money from it, because people are willing to pay it. Then, there's the cost of oil, which, because it's sold in dollars, and the pound is pretty low, although getting better against the dollar, which makes it more expensive. And then, just because the government hates us so much, they whack VAT on the combined amount of petrol, and tax. That's right, you have to pay tax, on tax.
Because of all this, about 70% of the amount you pay for petrol now or something goes to Allistar darling and his little red briefcase, about 25% goes to the oil company's, and about 5% goes to the garage.
It's a very bad system, because it becomes exponential. If the price of oil increases, the tax increases. If this government cared for the 30 million motorists that use the road, then they might consider using all that money from the fuel tax, and VAT, and road tax, and congestion charges, and speeding fines, and parking fines, to make the road system a bit better, but alas no.
frank
Club Member
i,m not sure jabran, (online ?) mine was from a local (1man) lpg fitter, it cost me a bit more, but he gave me loads of advice, and checked it over afterwards
jabran200
Ex. Club Member
i,m not sure jabran, (online ?) mine was from a local (1man) lpg fitter, it cost me a bit more, but he gave me loads of advice, and checked it over afterwards
gonna look on ebay see what I can find.
frank
Club Member
it works exactly the same scott :grinning: (not the sequential kit tho)
Yer most of the newer and more expensive systems let the engine warm up and then switch over. Then you can switch back to petrol to get your extra 10% power if you ever need it
superls
K10 Tuner
I mean where would i put the gas and how to cut the fuel etc?
would i just disconnect the fuel going to the carb and put the gas into the top of the carb?
you would have to have a way of cutting the petrol suply, i did this on my old landy by fitting an eletric facet fuel pump.
