Petrol prices break 140p barrier

[super jumbe]

The average cost of a litre of unleaded petrol in the UK has broken through the 140p mark for the first time, causing more misery for motorists already disappointed by the chancellor's decision not to cancel a fuel duty increase set for August.


Figures from the AA show drivers are now paying an average of 140.20p a litre ? almost 8p a litre more than at the start of the year. The price of diesel has also hit a new record of 146.72p.

The AA said that the owner of a car consuming, on average, 106.17 litres of petrol a month would now be spending ?8.44 a month more than at the start of the year.

Link:
Petrol prices break 140p barrier | Money | guardian.co.uk



If you use car to get to work, 25miles to work and 25 miles back that?s 50 miles a day I dowted any one can survive with that small amount of money left from your wage

[Kalipo]

Seen it for ?1.47.9.. i paid today, ?1.44.9..

Good price if you ask me.. because back in 2000.. the price was that bad people blockaded the fuel refinery's.. obv people are very happy to pay todays prices..

[skegsagypsy]

Aye we're all happy to pay the rip off prices for fuel, or maybe the ~~~~in car won't move if we dont !!

[GastonJ]

You'll keep on paying and it will keep on rising, always the same.

[andiewill]

I have worked out that i pay an average of ?1,400 per annual compared to ?960.00 five years ago.

When i look at it like that and the rate of inflation i dont know if it's a good thing or bad thing ?

[vampone]

i think thay want every body to buy some electric "thiiings" to drive

[super jumbe]

More war rattling going on, we will be talking about the rise of petrol over ?2.00 a litre.

The question is why the prises are going up???????????

[gopher7]

The governments motto is, "tax everything."

[daithi]

any websites like this in england tells ya where the cheapest and most expensive fuel is in your area

Pumps.ie - Ireland's fuel price website

[super jumbe]

Tell us ya where the cheapest petrol in UK?

I go fill my tanker!!!!!!!!!!

[Captin]

any websites like this in england tells ya where the cheapest and most expensive fuel is in your area

Pumps.ie - Ireland's fuel price website

Yes here - Free UK fuel prices. Over 11,000 petrol stations covered - PetrolPrices.com

84p for autogas is a rip off, I'm paying less than 70p per litre at the moment.

[indio5012]

Petrol is got very high also in Germany. At the moment around 1.70 euros a liter.

[GastonJ]

Yeah for some odd reason we accept tax and price hikes in the UK, part of normal everyday life to be ripped off so it seems. I do recall that the fuel protests took place when the price was a lot less than it is now, and yet we just continue to pay like the sheep that we are *shrug*

[anon2122]

A rise in the duty was the last thing we needed.

[Kalipo]

Petrol is got very high also in Germany. At the moment around 1.70 euros a liter.

Which is the same as here.. We're all on the same boat

If i was incharge i would tax the lot of you to the high heel... ~~~~ you all..