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29-05-2008, 10:10 AM
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I know this is an ongoing topic on this forum but I nearly dropped to the floor about 15 mins ago. Was with a client on the way back from a site in his bentley and needed to fill up.
£108.85! Amazing car btw, and the fuel wouldnt start for ages as the recognition system couldnt recognise his number plate "1 DCT" for some strange reason.
£108.85! Amazing car btw, and the fuel wouldnt start for ages as the recognition system couldnt recognise his number plate "1 DCT" for some strange reason.
That is rather a large sum of money.
29-05-2008, 10:40 AM
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29-05-2008, 11:01 AM
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as posted on another thread:
there has to be a price to pay for personal transport, and at the moment it is still relatively cheap. we don't know we're born these days. it was not so long ago (only a couple of generations) that people did not have cars, and now look at how we rely on them. we've had the golden days of motoring.
as for fuel being expensive at the moment - a litre of diesel is 130.9p/litre around here at the moment which does sound very expensive. but compare it to alcohol. it's not uncommon to pay £3/pint (568ml) in a pub. that works out at nearly £6/litre. so for something that can accelerate a mass of 2 tonnes up to 100 mph and keep it there for a couple of miles, fuel looks cheap imo.
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29-05-2008, 11:07 AM
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as posted on another thread:
there has to be a price to pay for personal transport, and at the moment it is still relatively cheap. we don't know we're born these days. it was not so long ago (only a couple of generations) that people did not have cars, and now look at how we rely on them. we've had the golden days of motoring.
there has to be a price to pay for personal transport, and at the moment it is still relatively cheap. we don't know we're born these days. it was not so long ago (only a couple of generations) that people did not have cars, and now look at how we rely on them. we've had the golden days of motoring.
29-05-2008, 11:27 AM
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you all make good points. but when you think that the americans are paying $2 a gallon wich is like.... £1.20ish a gallon you realise just how much we are paying the government in fuel duty. there has to be some kind of cap on it. im in a 1.25 fiesta and it cost me £37 to fill my tank yesturday. thats not alot compared to what everyone else with massive tanks is paying but its still canny rediculus.
29-05-2008, 03:02 PM
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you all make good points. but when you think that the americans are paying $2 a gallon wich is like.... £1.20ish a gallon you realise just how much we are paying the government in fuel duty. there has to be some kind of cap on it. im in a 1.25 fiesta and it cost me £37 to fill my tank yesturday. thats not alot compared to what everyone else with massive tanks is paying but its still canny rediculus.
29-05-2008, 03:09 PM
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I swear i go to asda's for lunch every day as its right near work and its gone up a penny every day its ridiculous its the government being gready bastards they earn too much and don't realise what impact taxes and things have on peolple cos they don't have to pay it themselves the goverment is shit!!!!
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