Jamesrob637
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Petrol and diesel prices are just creeping back up. Hopefully only extremely slowly though.
Greater Glasgow from 1.399 to 141.9 for standard unleadedBP at Gatwick Airport is 147.9 for petrol and I am quite surprised that isn't around 170 also!
That is 63.1p/litreGone up here. Now $3-00 per US Gallon (3.784 litres)
Trust me - Americans still bitch about it. The weather and the price of gas - always the two main topics of conversation here!That is 63.1p/litre
I was looking at car hire for Canada the other day. The car I was looking at was a Toyota RAV4 which over here has a quoted economy figure of 53mpg. On the Hertz website, it was listed as about 25mpg!That is 63.1p/litre
1. UK gallons are about 20% larger than US gallons.I was looking at car hire for Canada the other day. The car I was looking at was a Toyota RAV4 which over here has a quoted economy figure of 53mpg. On the Hertz website, it was listed as about 25mpg!
So whilst the fuel might be cheaper stateside, your going to need a lot more of it to travel the same distance.
Also in a car market where new cars pay more tax if they have high fuel consumption, its worthwhile for the manufacturer to fit expensive tyres, with low rolling resistance, particularly if it gets into a lower tax bands (and also engineer the engine management to work well in the test conditions).1. UK gallons are about 20% larger than US gallons.
2. The different countries have different testing regimes that emphasise different things. ie are those numbers for urban, extra-urban, combined?
If it really is the same car, it's going to get pretty similar real-world fuel consumption regardless of location.
Where’s here? It appears very expensive as you’ve put a £ instead of pence. I assume that’s an error on your partDiesel £144.9 here yesterday.
Where’s here? It appears very expensive as you’ve put a £ instead of pence. I assume that’s an error on your part
Here in Plymouth I don’t think diesel has dropped under 150 for months.
I paid 151.9 this morning which is cheapest about Plymouth that I’ve seen
I live in Liskeard, work in Plymouth. Plymouth is 5p a litre cheaper than LiskeardFuel in Plymouth is always dearer than the cheaper sites where I live in Stockport (mum's in Plymstock). House prices are cheap for Southern England standards though.
Same or similar in South / East Manchester. Unleaded at 142.7p per litre at Asda sites and 142.9p per litre at Sainsbury's. Diesel currently about 7.0p per litre more expensive. Bigger differential at BP filling stations.Tesco in Watford was 142.9p (all for unleaded).