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I've got an 05 wrx, and it states 98 RON only on the filler cap.

misty

Petrol eh?..............£4.56/gallon (optimax)

bottled water...........£3.90/gallon (evian)

milk........................£4.40/gallon (doorstep delivered)

Guiness..................£18.80/gallon (any pub)

stella.....................£19.60/gallon (any pub)

really it's cheap isn't it? Everyday on here are a load of whiners going on about how much petrol costs!! GET A DIESEL OR BETTER STILL YOU DON'T HAVE TO DRIVE YOU KNOW.

BigAl024

Bollocks

yhe chod

wot a plonka!

no wonder the government pisses on us motorists from a great height ...
we never bite back we just ..take it

hmmmm how much **** per gallon is that then i wonder...?

misty

Hmm? Another reasoned argument from one of the lower orders!
dave

misty

Thanks for the comment Mr Einstein!!!
dave

BigAl024

Well how is petrol cheap smartarse??

We get shafted by the government in fuel tax!! Are we supposed to be grateful for this??


Over a quid a litre is scandalous. I'd be very interested to know the overall profit that the government makes out of fuel taxation. It must be a massive amount. Couple this with road tax, and what exactly do we get for our money?? Some of the worst roads in europe.

So yeah, I stand by my first comment.

Bollocks

DIPSY

I logged on to petrol price.com and it tell you what the cheapest fuel is in your area after typing in the name of town etc you live in

BedHog

Meaningless.

Post the TAX per gallon on those.......

yhe chod

it proves nothing but that everything is over taxed

misty

Why is it meaningless? Is your life so boring that you have to work out the amount of tax you pay on everything? The comparison still stands, you moan about paying for petrol yet have no qualms about pissing 4 times the amount down the bog!! Wake up dreamer!!! This is life get used to it! stop whingeing!
Or better still leave this over taxed country you seem to hate so much! Did you get a free education? Do you get free healthcare? Have you not enough to eat? Can you say as you please? can you more or less do as you please? Should I go on? You do have a choice as to which car you drive! If you can't afford the petrol costs then I refer you to my previous comment.....GET A DIESEL. But please stop whining like a bitch....
dave

DJ2000

14 bhp difference between the supermarket fuel and optimax
YouTube - 5th Gear Report Fuels and BHP

jayltee1

If you can't be arsed to look at the video, go here for a text based version....Optimax all the way for me (V-Power now) as it gets 10ft lbs more torque than BP plus the extra 1bhp
Features - Fifth Gear

Grey Import

I believe V-Power is now 99 RON not 98 like Optimax was!
I'm running MY97 JDM on it and it seems to be running well on it with no Octane Boosters.

Brun

I actually save money (works out to a few pence per tank IIRC) using SUL due to the extra mpg i get from it.
Post #41

Martin2005

Who's the plonker? Yes they could cut tax on fuel, then perhaps close a few schools, shut down some hospitals, sack the police force etc, still at least you'd be paying less for your petrol then

Shark Man

Vintage thread

Martin2005

I think you'll find that the government isn't here to 'make a profit' as you rather naively put it.

Fuel tax is part of the overall tax mix, which is then spent on public services, surely you weren't suggesting that Gordon Brown keeps all the fuel duty collected under his pillow.

1 more thing, in real terms the cost of motoring has gone down from 10 years ago, this however I suspect is about to change. Then the real whinging is gonna start.

MrRA

10p!!!!!!????????

So when filling up your talking the cost of a McDonalds in difference

If your worried about running costs then you can't afford the car, end of.

nick_wrx

Same here with the PPP, i never understood what people were talking about when they said they had to use a particular fuel but since owning my scoob for a few months i can really notice the difference say from sainsburys / Esso super say compared to shell V-power. V-Power all the way now, wouldnt touch anything else unless i was about to run out. I'd probably consider pushing it to a shell garage though!

Nick.

MrRA

Same here. I used to have a Shell garage only 2 miles from my house until they closed it

I now do a 16 mile round trip just to use V Power