Tessa the Duchess Posted June 16, 2008 Share Posted June 16, 2008 I heard on the news that garages in the South West are selling diesel for £1.99 litre So we have at last reached the point where petrol is £10 a gallon. Time to get a horse and cart methinks. Tessa Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Reikiranf Posted June 16, 2008 Share Posted June 16, 2008 Horses need shoes, granted not Jimmy Choos but still costly so might be better to cycle I think it's sickening though, the way companies profiteer from people by holding us to ransom for things that they know we need Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea Posted June 16, 2008 Share Posted June 16, 2008 yes there is a garage in exeter selling fuel for almost £2 a litre A lot of my workmates have had trouble getting fuel in exeter over the weekend and today, a lot of the garages are closed. luckily I dont live in exeter but I work there. Im not surprised this part of the country yet again is one of the dearest , we have such poor public transport here and its so expensive when you do have to use it, it really makes me I cant wait to move. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted June 16, 2008 Share Posted June 16, 2008 Come and live here Chelsea! It's only £1.35 a litre for diesel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stevie Posted June 16, 2008 Share Posted June 16, 2008 One particular garage has put diesel upto £1.37 per litre-a 7p increase in 4 days.Its greed nothing else. Im giving biodiesel some serious consideration and at £1.12 per litre its a lot cheaper than regular. http://www.cambridgebiodiesel.co.uk/index.php?id=1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea Posted June 16, 2008 Share Posted June 16, 2008 Come and live here Chelsea! It's only £1.35 a litre for diesel bargain!! *chelsea puts her house on the market to sell up and live in Christian's wood shed* (if there's room!! ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paola Posted June 16, 2008 Share Posted June 16, 2008 The world has gone mad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted June 16, 2008 Share Posted June 16, 2008 (edited) Come and live here Chelsea! It's only £1.35 a litre for diesel bargain!! *chelsea puts her house on the market to sell up and live in Christian's wood shed* (if there's room!! ) I could squeeze you into the top left hand corner if that is any good? Edited June 16, 2008 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Lesley Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 Christian - you've got some of the colours wrong! there's a patch of darker logs in the L/H corner Apparently, the garage owner says it's to stop panic buying! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 Christian - you've got some of the colours wrong! there's a patch of darker logs in the L/H corner That's what happens when you go to work and OH is left to stack the logs! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
my fat hen Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 I keep eyeing our horse up instead of getting the car out - only I think our regular 150 mile round trip might be a bit much She doesn't wear shoes though and copes fine, so not too expensive to run. My DH collects logs for the multifuel stove -he's built a special trailer to go on the back of his bike, but we are really going to have to tighten our belts the way things are going Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christian Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 Same Here My fat hen. The cost of heating oil is through the roof. Glad we filled up a few weeks ago. Still, it won't last that long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 A friend of ours used to have a GP who did home visits (remember those?) on horseback. Maybe it will come back into fashion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tiggy Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 it must be getting bad my OH is a GP & is switching his merc for a prias soon, runs most of the time on battery - will have to re name him Ernie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..lay a little egg for me Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 I keep eyeing our horse up instead of getting the car out - only I think our regular 150 mile round trip might be a bit much She doesn't wear shoes though and copes fine, so not too expensive to run. My DH collects logs for the multifuel stove -he's built a special trailer to go on the back of his bike, but we are really going to have to tighten our belts the way things are going Think she might start to need shoes if you really used her for errands though! Only problem is lack of hitching posts in town these days, especially outside the saloon bar...great thing about riding is that if you get drunk the horse will still get you home! Unfortunately, I think my old boy [horse, I mean] would peg out if I started using him for the school run! I need to break him to harness and get a cart! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keanie Bean Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 We are quite lucky here in London the petrol is still at £115.9 a litre but I doubt that will be for long. I'm thinking of turning the girls bedroom into a donkey house . Do you think we could squeeze two in, we have bunk beds? Sarah.x Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egluntyne Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 We are quite lucky here in London the petrol is still at £115.9 a litre Bloomin' eck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chelsea Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 Apparently, the garage owner says it's to stop panic buying! he was on radio 2 today I believe. One of my best friends was on the telly last night buying diesel @ £1.99 a litre from this garage. Its terrible, loads of the garages down here have no fuel or they are limiting people to £10 purchases. I think there is going to be a problem in a moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clur Posted June 17, 2008 Share Posted June 17, 2008 Handed in my 2.2l turbo-diesel car, and bought a 659cc run-around. Hubbie's doing the same. It's fine for town driving, has a little turbo so feels quick enough to drive, costs 35 quid p.a. road tax, and 28 quid for a full tank of super-unleaded. Miss my flashier motors, but blimey, don't miss the fuel bills. Can't believe the cost of driving - I thought it was bad enough when I first started driving and prices went up to 50p per litre Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkshire Pudding Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 We recently replaced our car - another 2 litre diesel family motor, but automatic (OH's left knee is no longer up to clutching). I wish we'd bought a horse and cart. It would mean leaving home at 4am to get to work and the horse would need to be blinkered along the M62, but still... the day might come when we have to go back to more of this type of transport. Or perhaps the public transport might have to improve a bit so I could get to work in under 2 hours using that, instead of a 25 minute drive! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
..lay a little egg for me Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 A propos of getting a fuel-efficient car, my (very eco-conscious) friend last year bought a Renault Clio which she hoped to get a good mpg from. However, she says that in practice it only does 35 mpg, which is terrible as my 4x4 (diesel RAV4) does over 40 mpg. She was wondering if I knew any good small car (but seats 2 kids the driver and a ton of books and papers that seem to have permanent residence in her car !) that actually does 60mpg or thereabouts. She thinks the poor performance might be due to her having to negotiate several long steep hills on the way to work! Anyone got any recommendations I could pass on? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Helen&Lee Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 She thinks the poor performance might be due to her having to negotiate several long steep hills on the way to work! Anyone got any recommendations I could pass on? Wouldn't be Stockton Bank would it? We do the Tenbury to Wocester road every day and used to have a small engine/economical car. After seeing one to many bad accidents (my OH was caught up on one ) and appauling fools overtaking at ridiculous opportunites we 'upgraded' to a 4x4. We spend the same money in fuel a week as we did with the smaller car simply because we are not forever changing gears. No doubt if it was just city driving the small economical cars win hands down. We'd have also been stranded in the middle of nowhere last year in those floods. So no advice as to what car I'm afraid. Edited to add - the man in the unit opposite says his Diesel Focus do great mpg. Helen Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cinnamon Posted June 19, 2008 Share Posted June 19, 2008 wondering if I knew any good small car (but seats 2 kids the driver and a ton of books and papers that seem to have permanent residence in her car !) that actually does 60mpg or thereabouts. She thinks the poor performance might be due to her having to negotiate several long steep hills on the way to work! Anyone got any recommendations I could pass on? Yes,yes,yes - My Fiat Panda is fantastically efficient, & does for us & we are a family of 4 with 2 teenagers. It is a fab little car - I downgraded from a Merc for this & was not a happy bunny at the time,but I have never looked back Jeremy Clarkson thinks they are great too & said he would get one if his legs were shorter. He must ba massive - Hubby is 6.2, & he fits in fine Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
