petrol prices

[indebtforever]

the government is to delay adding another 2p to the astronomical price
how big of them, time for gordan and the boys to pack their bags the only thing is they are all as bad as each other .

Did you know that petrol is over £5 a gallon now?
Pricing in litres has hidden this fact.

Did you know it has gone up over 50% since 1997?
Have your wages gone up this much?

Did you know that around two-thirds of the price of petrol is tax?
For every £50 you spend at the pumps, you only get £17 of petrol.

40 LTR UNL PREM £ 9.72
GOVERNMENT FUEL TAX £ 19.52
VAT £ 5.11
TOTAL £ 34.35



The government pushed up tax whilst oil prices were falling so that nobody noticed. Now oil prices have returned to previous levels, pump prices are shooting up.

And don't forget that VAT is charged fuel tax too — a tax on a tax.
Do you think high fuel taxes are inevitable because the Government has to raise taxes from somewhere? Wrong.
Why should an essential like fuel be taxed at several hundred %, when heating fuel is only taxed at 5%? Poorer motoring families are hit hardest — a rural family earning £15,000 per annum and running two modest cars pays more in fuel tax than in income tax. Thats not fair. Transport is the lifeblood of the economy, so taxing it until the pips squeak is actually harming the economy and reducing tax revenues elsewhere.

Not content with imposing extortionate tax on fuel, the treasury have the audacity to tax you on the tax!

[Wizzard]

When I started driving petrol was seven shillings and sixpence a gallon. That's 37.5 pence a gallon. I could easily afford a run out in the country then. Today I live in the country and can't afford to leave it [:(!][:(!]

[Jan01]

I can remember moaning to our local garage when petrol went up to 37p a gallon, those were the days when you could afford to go for a drive.

My car won't start and is in the garage dreading to think how much it will cost.[:(]

Jan

[lighton]

We are really struggling to keep our car on the road petrol here 119.9 and thats up here in north yorkshire.be interesting to here what petrol prices are around rest of the country.

[lighton]

I used to love driving out in school hols with kids.Now really going to have to think what we are going to do.We dont have anywhere that is less that 20 miles away ,not only do you now have to thik how much its going to cost to get in somewhere ,you also have to work out how much fuel is going to cost.

[kallis3]

When I was 16, I used to work at a petrol station at weekends. People used to come in and have £1's worth of petrol! And that used to fill the tank!

When I had my first car at 17, I used to just jump in and drive for the sheer fun of it, I went all over the place on my days off. Now, I drive to work and back, shopping and that's it.

My daughter started driving two years ago, and she used to jump in her car and drive anywhere (a random drive she called it). Now she watches the petrol, and won't go anywhere she doesn't have to.

Just goes to show how things have changed.

[Angleparkinn]

When I was 16, I used to work at a petrol station at weekends. People used to come in and have £1's worth of petrol! And that used to fill the tank!

It was one of these though.

[Skippy]

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Petrol here (South East) is around 119.9 - 123.9 - extortionate!

My first car was an H reg white Ford Fiesta and I loved it! I kept it until bits were falling off it and I cried when I had to get rid of it!

[TheArrow]

I'm using my bike more. Thankfully don't work too far away.

Went to a steam rally at the weekend and the stall making the most money was a rifle shoot with pictures of Gordon Brown as the target. No-one even bothered with the Bin Laden pics!!!

[TheMatrix]

117.9p for unleaded the cheapest I can find in the midlands area, any one else do better.

Here is a good site: http://www.petrolprices.com

[Lisa2009]

[:D][:D][:D] Love it!!!!

[jpj]

Gordon was making billions off stamp duty..now houses arent selling and hes lost half his revenue im sure hes happy hes getting extra off petrol....one way or another they will tax us...if they lowered petrol tax they would just shove it on something else!! (

[TheMatrix]

The Gord Giveth, The Gord Taketh Away

[lighton]

doesnt seem to be a north south divide in petrol prices i wish we could say the same for wages .Maybe we should move back down south cost of living seems the same ,but wages alot bless up here

[kallis3]

Angleparkin I've just seen your post!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I'm not that old!!!!!!!!!![:D][:D][:D]

Just feel it sometimes!