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petrol going up !

Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 9:36 am
by jason11
heard on news petrols going up 2p next week and cud be going up to 1.50 a litre,

thinkin the gti's gonna cost a bit now :cry: (oh well i love it )

Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 12:56 pm
by pip_polo
i saw 5 pounds a gallon on tv too..

it's getting stupid.

Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 1:12 pm
by tomo87
it happens...pay the price or get a bicycle

Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 3:30 pm
by ModifiedMadness
I'm afraid I agree with Tom, it's bloody disgusting I know but there's nothing we can do about it.

I put £50 in mine the other day!

Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 6:10 pm
by shantybeater
yeah its lame, £1.50 a litre is going to screw me up big time

Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 6:29 pm
by Mouse_GTI
Looks like time to sell the GTI and buy a 1.4 TDI!

Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 6:44 pm
by pip_polo
Mouse_GTI wrote:Looks like time to sell the GTI and buy a 1.4 TDI!
already done.. lol

Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 7:43 pm
by Tim_GTi
I'd never comprise my nice car for a cost efficient one, although the prices are awful! It does suck.

I haven't driven in a month, whats the price currently sitting at?

Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 7:52 pm
by Ollie_R
106/7.9p in my area. I've seen 108.9 in Central London today. I try to not get too bugged by petrol prices, it happens and we can't do much about it. The price for a barrel of oil hit an all-time high last week. We have to realise that we're slowly diminishing our planet's resources, and we need to find a viable alternative.

Try driving a Micra for cheap motoring. It does the daily drive and lasts all month with a tank of unleaded. It gets you from A to B fairly comfortably. Bloody reliable, too!

Posted: Fri Mar 07, 2008 10:06 pm
by david burton
Tim_GTi wrote:I'd never comprise my nice car for a cost efficient one, although the prices are awful! It does suck.
never say never.....

Posted: Sat Mar 08, 2008 4:44 pm
by CymruPolo
tomo87 wrote:it happens...pay the price or get a bicycle
True :lol:

Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 5:33 pm
by JoeG07
absolute joke, theres enough oil left to last at least a hundred years based on current reserves and maximum usage, theyll find more reserves. Its easy to say "pay it or dont drive" i try to use my bike wherever possible and not use my car, but theres certain times when u have to drive, e.g when i come back form uni at easter i cnt really take my entire room contents on my handlebars.

Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 7:19 pm
by david burton
JoeG07 wrote:absolute joke, theres enough oil left to last at least a hundred years
that's a damn good reason to stop people using oil! 100 years is absolutely NOTHING compared to the size of the planet. we must have almost used it all up!

renewable energy is the way forward - ethanol/veggie oil and so on

Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 7:34 pm
by Dee-vub
Tim_GTi wrote:I'd never comprise my nice car for a cost efficient one, although the prices are awful! It does suck.

I haven't driven in a month, whats the price currently sitting at?
I'v got a wee feeling you wouldnt be saying that if you were driving something like a VR which needs to use the likes of V-power! if prices continue the way they are, i'm not even going to bother keeping the VR

Get myself a mk4 diesel or something!

Its getting a complete and utter disgrace now considering what the likes of america are paying!!!

Posted: Mon Mar 10, 2008 7:37 pm
by Dee-vub
Tim_GTi wrote:I'd never comprise my nice car for a cost efficient one, although the prices are awful! It does suck.

I haven't driven in a month, whats the price currently sitting at?
I'v got a wee feeling you wouldnt be saying that if you were driving something like a VR which needs to use the likes of V-power! if prices continue the way they are, i'm not even going to bother keeping the VR

Get myself a mk4 diesel or something!

Its getting a complete and utter disgrace now considering what the likes of america are paying!!!