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UK Petrol hits £1.99 a litre!!

Old Jun 16th 2008, 10:56 pm
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Default UK Petrol hits £1.99 a litre!!

A Devon petrol station has been charging £1.99 a litre - more than £9 a gallon - as nearly 400 forecourts in the county suffered dwindling supplies!

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Time to leave the country me thinks
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Old Jun 17th 2008, 4:16 am
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bloody hell, that's outrageous...!!

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Originally Posted by madferrit
A Devon petrol station has been charging £1.99 a litre - more than £9 a gallon - as nearly 400 forecourts in the county suffered dwindling supplies!
Surely not as bad as trying to get aed3M for a 3 bed townhouse at arabian ranches?
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Default Re: UK Petrol hits £1.99 a litre!!

Originally Posted by madferrit
A Devon petrol station has been charging £1.99 a litre - more than £9 a gallon - as nearly 400 forecourts in the county suffered dwindling supplies!

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Time to leave the country me thinks
Time to return to the cycle and the horse and cart then!....
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Old Jun 17th 2008, 6:59 am
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Originally Posted by admon
Surely not as bad as trying to get aed3M for a 3 bed townhouse at arabian ranches?

or 60million for some lakes pads
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Default Re: UK Petrol hits £1.99 a litre!!

Originally Posted by madferrit
A Devon petrol station has been charging £1.99 a litre - more than £9 a gallon - as nearly 400 forecourts in the county suffered dwindling supplies!

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Time to leave the country me thinks
Well, I hope the residents of Exwick remember this and take their business elsewhere when the supply shortage is over.
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Originally Posted by NedKelly63
Well, I hope the residents of Exwick remember this and take their business elsewhere when the supply shortage is over.
Quite.......... and I'm sure they will.
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Originally Posted by shiva

or 60million for some lakes pads
what are selling for 60 mill? the Hattans?
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...petrol....another reason why I shall be happy to leave the UK.
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OMFG so glad we left when we did, that's just crazy!!!!!!!
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Default Re: UK Petrol hits £1.99 a litre!!

Originally Posted by madferrit
A Devon petrol station has been charging £1.99 a litre
not any more

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/e...on/7458425.stm
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Originally Posted by Daz968
...petrol....another reason why I shall be happy to leave the UK.
Well, what's more important to you... being able to fill up cheaply, or knowing that if you need medical treatment, nobody's going to check that you can afford to pay for it before a doctor so much as looks at you? Or, if you have kids, that they're entitled to an education without your having to stump up thousands of pounds in fees at the start of each term? Etc.

That's the thing, really... yes, petrol in the UK is painfully expensive, but the tax that makes it painfully expensive means that other aspects of UK life are not as painfully expensive as they are in many other countries.

And let's face it, in not very many years, cheap petrol's going to be a thing of the past everywhere, including the UAE... Britain's just getting people used to the idea early
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The £1.99 a litre is the price a rip off garage has been charging down in Devon - they are making the most of the recent tanker strike and should be fined for doing this. I'm currently in UK and have just filled up at £1.15 a litre - still expensive though!:curse:
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Originally Posted by Eeyore
Well, what's more important to you... being able to fill up cheaply, or knowing that if you need medical treatment, nobody's going to check that you can afford to pay for it before a doctor so much as looks at you? Or, if you have kids, that they're entitled to an education without your having to stump up thousands of pounds in fees at the start of each term? Etc.

That's the thing, really... yes, petrol in the UK is painfully expensive, but the tax that makes it painfully expensive means that other aspects of UK life are not as painfully expensive as they are in many other countries.

And let's face it, in not very many years, cheap petrol's going to be a thing of the past everywhere, including the UAE... Britain's just getting people used to the idea early
Well said, that man. I think some perspective is required.
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Originally Posted by Eeyore
Well, what's more important to you... being able to fill up cheaply, or knowing that if you need medical treatment, nobody's going to check that you can afford to pay for it before a doctor so much as looks at you? Or, if you have kids, that they're entitled to an education without your having to stump up thousands of pounds in fees at the start of each term? Etc.

That's the thing, really... yes, petrol in the UK is painfully expensive, but the tax that makes it painfully expensive means that other aspects of UK life are not as painfully expensive as they are in many other countries.

And let's face it, in not very many years, cheap petrol's going to be a thing of the past everywhere, including the UAE... Britain's just getting people used to the idea early
I'm not sure I agree with you on this point. Whilst you're right that our taxes do (supposedly) pay for things like Health and Education here in the UK, the NHS is near to incompetant and the falling standards in the schools is forcing many people to consider private education in the UK. So, in effect you pay your taxes for health and education and then pay again in private medical policies and school fees.

I know I'd rather pay less in petrol, and although it will be a requirement to pay for medical and education, at least I know I'm not paying for it twice.
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