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Sorastro:
Having had diesel motors on and off for over 20 years I got myself a petrol one a few weeks ago.
 I never really studied fuel prices closely, obviously I knew where the dearest stations were so kept away plus petrol is now cheaper than diesel. I have only re fuelled this car 3 times {as yet} as I tend to just put in £20 worth at a time and was surprised at the difference in prices, I don't count supermarket fuel in with this as I tend to visit a supermarket petrol station perhaps once out of maybe 4 re fuels, or if I'm going on a long trip as I still don't really trust supermarket fuel, so keep my tank topped up with the "good stuff". I do tend to keep the Tesco shopping vouchers for re fuelling for long trips

So far I've been to E.G. on the bypass, Red House at Heath and the Coop at Nth. Wingfield. Turns out the cheapest was the Coop which surprised me, likewise E.G with it being on the bypass I would have thought it expensive but although more than the Coop was still not as expensive as Red House.
So discounting supermarket fuel I've paid £1.27p p/ltre at the Coop has anyone found better?

Sorastro:
I put some fuel in at Tesco Clay X yesterday and I paid £1:44-9p per/ltre for E10 fuel.
At the same time I got some fuel for my lawnmower {ready for Spring} E5 and paid £1:55-9p.
I cannot understand why E5 is dearer than E10 as E10 is supposedly a better mix for your car so you would think it would be dearer! it's like saying shandy is dearer than champagne, no doubt someone will explain.

The last four times I fuelled up
 The first was Coop at Nth Wingfield and I paid £1:41-9p p/ltre
The second was Tesco Clay X and paid £1:40-9p p/ltre {I drove past Esso on Derby rd from town and it was priced at £1:48-9p p/ltre}
The third was Coop at Duckmanton and paid £1:43-9p p/ltre
The fourth was yesterday.

One good thing about this is I got rid of my diesel car just in time as diesel is now much the dearer of the fuels.
 

Tarzan:
When i can get E5, i use it because i get less mpg on E10. If i work it out on pence per mile, i find that it works out about the same & sometimes i'm slightly better off using E5. The main reason for this is that E10 produces less energy so reqiures more to give the same bang ? Also, due to the higher ethanol content of E10, it's more likely to absorb more water & cause issues. Unfortunately, i'm finding it more & more difficult to just drive on to a local forecourt & find the one or two pumps that may have E5 ? The only good thing i can say about E10 is that it does appear to have cleaned my fuel system, & probably the catalytic convertor as well, so when i went for the last MOT, the emissions were lower than last year, even though i had put E5 in prior to the MOT ?

Sorastro:
According to the news petrol will be at about £1:60 p/ltre by the end of the WEEK, and it is forecast that this trend will continue for the foreseeable future.

This is why we went to town today on the bus, when I say on THE bus it was more like standing at the bus stop for half an hour till A bus showed up. Those electronic boards and timetables at bus stops are a sheer waste of time. The buses turn up whenever they like.

Alsatian:
I'm sure that no-one will be the least bit surprised at this, but apparently the wholesale price of petrol has dropped by 12p a litre in the last few days, and none of the retailers have dropped their retail prices - indeed many have INCREASED them!

This situation is shameful.

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