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I've just been reading the Daily Express and the front page story is that it looks like petrol will hit £1.50 per litre by the end of the year but to add to the frustration of this, the government want to add ANOTHER 2.35p onto the price of petrol on the 1st of April. I wish we could get the Conservative party back into power instead of the f**king labour party wan*er Gordon Brown (obviously i do realise that a lot of you will probably disagree with this)
Marc,
I don't tbh think any government will be nice to the Motorists, we are seen as a cash cow for the coffers.
This is just another way to make motoring an elite past time.
THe UK is a whole mess, we are heading for a 100% melt down as costs spiral out of control.
This is not good news for our club either.
This means that some guys won't be able to afford the fuel so their cars will go up for sale; resulting in massive depreciation as the market becomes flooded.
At the end of the day, I bet there are a fair few guys in this fine club of ours that saved their arse off for their Supras but didn't quite realise the true cost to run the thing.
This is not good news for our club either.
This means that some guys won't be able to afford the fuel so their cars will go up for sale; resulting in massive depreciation as the market becomes flooded.
At the end of the day, I bet there are a fair few guys in this fine club of ours that saved their arse off for their Supras but didn't quite realise the true cost to run the thing.
Like Me :rolleyes:
I guess it's time to invest in a Smart car.. :blink:.
Like Me :rolleyes:
Don’t worry Dave, you can always resort to burglary like what Saxo and Corsa drivers do:innocent:
Don’t worry Dave, you can always resort to burglary like what Saxo and Corsa drivers do:innocent:
And I would have a quick get away car, (thats if I havent run out of petrol!) Hmmm not much space for "stock" :d
miko_supra
22-02-08, 10:34
£1.50! all this government does is put the tax up on everything!
im going to invest in a fuel tanker and do some runs to france
the government want to add ANOTHER 2.35p onto the price of petrol on the 1st of April.
i hope our pay rises will cover this inflation then
And I would have a quick get away car, (thats if I havent run out of petrol!) Hmmm not much space for "stock" :d
I can see the petrol stations being done over but for the petrol in this case and not for the money in the till.
That will be a funny sight when the armed robber is filling his car up on the forecourt instead of nicking the dosh.
The daily express is a conservative paper.
The daily express is a conservative paper.
Only using recycled toilet paper, remember. :)
price of oil has been dropping the last couple of weeks - but have we the consumers seen any of the action? what amazes me is how we've all been groomed to accept that £1.05 for diesel is now "the norm".... the price at my local shell went up to 1.08 yesterday :( i'm spending an extra £50 a month getting to work compared to three months ago, and i bet a LOT more compared to this time last year :(
RiceRocket
22-02-08, 10:57
I don't think the British public would accept paying anywhere near £1.50 per litre, it would a tipping point and maybe we'll emulate the French (recent) mentality. If the Labour government don't drop the fuel duty then they simply won't win the next election. Maybe the Tories should announce they'd cap petrol prices at 95p for unleaded and make up the losses by increasing oil companies' taxes slightly and pulling out of Iraq/Afghan'.
all this government does is put the tax up on everything!
That's one of the points I was ranting about yesterday
i hope our pay rises will cover this inflation then
And will they bol**x :taped:
price of oil has been dropping the last couple of weeks - but have we the consumers seen any of the action? what amazes me is how we've all been groomed to accept that £1.05 for diesel is now "the norm".... the price at my local shell went up to 1.08 yesterday :( i'm spending an extra £50 a month getting to work compared to three months ago, and i bet a LOT more compared to this time last year :(
It's not just the fuel either.
About 6 months ago I would pay less then £90 for a weekly food shop (mainly essentials, not luxuries'), now I be lucky to get the same stuff for £120-£130 a week. :(
From "The Greatest Newspaper in the World" (How do they prove that one?)
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/35741/Petrol-to-hit-1-50-a-litre
i hope our pay rises will cover this inflation then
And will they bol**x :taped:
I direct you to Post #22 on this thread.
http://www.mkivsupra.net/vbb/showthread.php?t=141349
If employers have to start paying people more - then start expecting redundancies.
I don't think the British public would accept paying anywhere near £1.50 per litre, it would a tipping point and maybe we'll emulate the French (recent) mentality. If the Labour government don't drop the fuel duty then they simply won't win the next election. Maybe the Tories should announce they'd cap petrol prices at 95p for unleaded and make up the losses by increasing oil companies' taxes slightly and pulling out of Iraq/Afghan'.
that was said before, the public would never pay a £1 a litre:tongue: remember we are a nation of complainers but not a nation of protesters;)
how come no one is doing the petrol strikes anymore?
Sounds good to me :)
Maybe a few cheap Vipers up for sale :d
I direct you to Post #22 on this thread.
http://www.mkivsupra.net/vbb/showthread.php?t=141349
If employers have to start paying people more - then start expecting redundancies.
We just let go 31 people in December.
I changed Departments last August and I was meant to get a pay rise in November I didn't get it because of Redundancies so I was promised one this April. I am not holding my breath. :taped:
how come no one is doing the petrol strikes anymore?
Did you see the strike in Hampshire (i think) only 1 guy turned up lol.
Remember that strikes means no income so its got to be planned well!
Here comes the Recession!
:(
how come no one is doing the petrol strikes anymore?
Did they really start? I get all my fuel from Tesco anyway!
From "The Greatest Newspaper in the World" (How do they prove that one?)
http://www.express.co.uk/posts/view/35741/Petrol-to-hit-1-50-a-litre
Written by propaganda merchants, read by idiots.
Government dont seem to realise fuel costs have a direct affect on inflation. Pretty much everything we buy/use in our daily lives relys on fuel at some point, be it power for production or petrol for delivery.
Fuels gone up about 20p in the last year (say 25% increase)
Electricity/gas went up 15% last month, let alone the rest of the year,
Foods on the increase,
Houseing markets just stupid.
And inflations running at 2.something % - yeah course it is! :taped:
The UK is a sleeping giant, as a nation we take far too much on the chin with our stiff upper lips, but theres only so long you can kick a dog before even the most dosile ones bite back!
Making this country a better place is not done by jacking the price of everything up, thats how we got here in the first place! Its done by beating teenages in hoodies and getting our priorities right.
Token efforts to reduce CO2 emmisions - are not worth it when people in developed countries start starving because they cant afford food, or to heat their houses anymore.
Please, an ounce of common sense from the government, just for a day!
I think that figure is a sensastionalist quote. it will go up though thats for sure. Get ready for a huge slump in the market for anyone looking to sell their Supra :(
im going to invest in a fuel tanker and do some runs to france
Not that I've thought about it but you need a license to store petrol over a certain amount of litres
I don't think the British public would accept paying anywhere near £1.50 per litre
We have no choice. Remember when it was 60p a litre? Everyone would never had dreamed of paying over £1 for litre back then
Luckily my car is purely a weekend car, but £1.50 is a joke.
There will more than likely be a mass flood of protests but they never get organised well enough to make any sort of impact.
And also when is the pipeline card going to actually kick off?
Been going for a couple of years now, they must have really crap negotiators working for them.
Written by propaganda merchants, read by idiots.
You just read it! ;)
We just let go 31 people in December.
I changed Departments last August and I was meant to get a pay rise in November I didn't get it because of Redundancies so I was promised one this April. I am not holding my breath. :taped:
Sorry to hear that, but this is exactly the kind of thing I expect we'll be seeing more of.
The more our labour bills go up to sustain steep rising in cost of living the more likely company heads will decide to outsource to China and other countries, meaning more redundancies.
This flinch reaction of "well pay me more money" is far from the answer.
You just read it! ;)
Prove it!
And also when is the pipeline card going to actually kick off?
Been going for a couple of years now, they must have really crap negotiators working for them.
Its a pretty flawed idea, as we all know most of the money in fuel goes to the government, leaving the likes of shell with about 20p per L. They arnt going to want to give any of that up for the sake of a few thousand motorists pledging to use their stations - they already do that in the form of optimax cards etc.
Tesco offer 5p a L off, BUT its only if you spend £50 with them in store - so one way or another tey get their pound of flesh.
I think the pipe line cards a dead duck, although id gladly be prooved wrong!
Prove it!
I could of course, but I don't have time at the moment. :p
I could of course, but I don't have time at the moment. :p
I honestly have clicked on the links.
RiceRocket
22-02-08, 13:57
Remember when it was 60p a litre?
Nope :cry:
You just read it! ;)
Sorry to hear that, but this is exactly the kind of thing I expect we'll be seeing more of.
The more our labour bills go up to sustain steep rising in cost of living the more likely company heads will decide to outsource to China and other countries, meaning more redundancies.
This flinch reaction of "well pay me more money" is far from the answer.
We do outsource to China a lot already. I work in the Purchasing Department of a Chemical Firm.
The other problem is aswell that all though the price of living will inevitably go up and up but if wages don't go up accordingly more people will be pushed towards the poverty limit.
We do outsource to China a lot already. I work in the Purchasing Department of a Chemical Firm.
:(
The other problem is aswell that all though the price of living will inevitably go up and up but if wages don't go up accordingly more people will be pushed towards the poverty limit.
I wonder how long can it go on for?
We do outsource to China a lot already. I work in the Purchasing Department of a Chemical Firm.
Which Chemical company :search:
Which Chemical company :search:
ThermoFisher Scientific formerly known as Maybridge Chemicals, you know it?
When I first started driving I remeber it was 52p a litre.:rolleyes:
i remember when it was 76p a GALLON:(
I remember the first time I filled my old Escort up to the brim.
Just over £25 IIRC!
I remember the first time I filled my old Escort up to the brim.
Just over £25 IIRC!
i always thought you were an old git like me:d lees than a tenner for me
This better be a joke! It'll to cost over £100 to fill up the car :faint:
i remember when it was 76p a GALLON:(
:shock::faint::shock:
£64 to fill the Supra right up when I bought it. :rolleyes:
DODGYDODDS
22-02-08, 17:21
:blink: I hope this aint true, but then again with our governments track record, i wouldnt be suprised. We are called Great Britain, but really we should be dropping the Great.:(
Lpg - biofuel conversion anyone:search:
:( not good especially then for the price of Shell Vmax:(
Why is this news? We've been discussing this on the forum for over a year now.
LPG is the way forward.
Then the Gov't will raise the duty on that when everyone is using it!
No real way of getting around the problem, see how they made people buy diesel's and then raise the price.
We need a rebellion or something cause this will just get worse and all owners of big capacity engines will suffer.....not that the Gov't care.
Don't worry, when the revolution comes (which I doubt it ever will) this will all be history.
LPG is the way forward.
Havard will give a big Amen to that:d
What we need is petrol dealers insteads of drug dealers lol!
More profit in this than drugs these days me thinks.
I really hope something happens so the gov't lose out big time, don't know what though!
martynwin1981
13-03-08, 21:09
It's a joke, without us tax payers the goverment would be screwed why don't the realise this and help us all out.
the only way to bring fuel prices down is to boycot 2 of the major petrol stations for a couple of weeks ( pb llehs etc makes more sense backwards) for example, and everyone who used these stations did it they would then be forced to bring down the price, after all for every £40 you put in £32 goes to goverment!!!!
if you have multi millions of pounds you can get away with paying 10% tax, so you can afford to pay the higher bills:rulez::badmood:
martynwin1981
13-03-08, 21:48
if you have multi millions of pounds you can get away with paying 10% tax, so you can afford to pay the higher bills:rulez::badmood:
sucks, the way foward might be a fake plate and baseball cap to hide face, fill your car up and drive of, rob them like they rob us. c**:taped:ts
What I find most annoying is that we are getting taxed to high heaven for fuel and our cars by emissions and shi*.
Yet the Americans (no offence to anyone specific) all drive around in their massive gas guzzlers and their petrol is dirt cheap, but their polluting the world just as badly :(
martynwin1981
13-03-08, 23:11
What I find most annoying is that we are getting taxed to high heaven for fuel and our cars by emissions and shi*.
Yet the Americans (no offence to anyone specific) all drive around in their massive gas guzzlers and their petrol is dirt cheap, but their polluting the world just as badly :(
they don't have gordon brown!!!! i went to america a couple of years ago and milk comes in gallon bottles, can't remember exactly but it cost about 2 dollors (£1) the fuel was about $1 90c
a gallon,
Max Headroom
13-03-08, 23:18
I have no idea why this thread is here, purely for the fact that we all go "isn't it terrible" and do c*ck a**.
We may as well just drop our pants and start singing "moon river", because nothing ever happens and we are allowing this to happen. It's all our fault and we are either too scared, too disinterested or having to cope with the rest of the s**t thats thrown at us.
I've only bin driving 3 years and just as I finaly have the money together to buy the car I've always wanted its gone cost a freakin fortune to run and it aint fair :( although it is just a weekend car I'm still pd bout it all. I'm havin a dose of deja vu. V for vendetta comes to mind! Lets blow up parliment :sly:
If that don't work then I am SO outa here and off stateside!
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