View Poll Results: Price Per Litre At Which Point You Will STOP Driving?
£1:10 - £1:25
9
9.57%
£1:25 - £1:50
8
8.51%
£1:50 - £1:75
13
13.83%
£1:75 - £2:00
6
6.38%
£2:00 - £2:50
9
9.57%
£2:50 - £3:00
1
1.06%
£3:00 - £3:50
1
1.06%
£3:50 - £4:00
1
1.06%
£4:00 - £5:00
2
2.13%
I will pay whatever it takes
44
46.81%
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At What Point Will You Stop Buying Petrol?
05 September 2005, 08:09 PM
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Originally Posted by mattvortex
I think petrol stations might soon notice an increase in people driving off without paying!
You need to watch what they do, its interesting, they drive past the target station in their un-registered transit and see if the FIRST pump nearest the road is free (or likely to be free soon) ........... they do drive-bys until they see its empty and then they whizz in.
A lad jumps out and opens the rear doors, climbs in and starts filling up the big barrels in the back ....... they continue this until they are clocked and then they shoot off and the nozzle is left floudering on the floor ....
It's usually diesel they nick .......
If I tried that stunt the Fuzzy Wuzzies would be banging on my door within the hour!!
Pete
05 September 2005, 08:54 PM
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unless my wages go up in line with petrol price hikes, i guess when it gets to £3 or so per litre. if wages stay the same, i will moonlight as a bank robber!
05 September 2005, 11:06 PM
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Originally Posted by pslewis
If I tried that stunt the Fuzzy Wuzzies would be banging on my door within the hour!!
Pete
06 September 2005, 02:21 AM
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To use a term from economics, petrol is highly price inelastic. In other words, if the price goes up 10% tomorrow, there would be a small but not significant drop in petrol usage. What can we swap to instead of petrol (and for the sake or arguement I'm including diesel, lpg etc)? For many people, usage of a car is no longer an option, it is a necessity. People have to live further from work because of house prices, and often public transport is unavailable or insufficient. People don't shop at local butchers, bakers, greengrocers etc, they drive to edge of town supermarkets. And because of reduced trade many of those former small shops have gone out of business anyway so the options have been reduced.
People will whinge and moan, but ultimately most will cough up whatever it takes, at least until the time comes when they move house to be nearer work/shops and trade the car for a bicycle
People will whinge and moan, but ultimately most will cough up whatever it takes, at least until the time comes when they move house to be nearer work/shops and trade the car for a bicycle
Last edited by Brit_in_Japan; 06 September 2005 at 02:25 AM.
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