I for one am getting well and truly sick of the price of petrol going up and up and up. The government should be ashamed of itself!! In the paper this morning, I read that the price would be 41p per litre were it not for tax etc!!

It's almost got to the stage where i'm thinking I may need to start using the train to get to work.......because it works out about £30 per week cheaper.

Is it stopping anyone else use their S as a daily driver?

 

Some would say that you've just proved the system works.

However, there are many of us for which train travel/public transport is not an option

 

3p rise due in a couple of weeks too...

 

It's worse than it's ever been - surprised the truckers aren't striking again.

Not sure who the blame is with this time, although it's clear we pay far more tax on fuel than anyone in the universe! An oil company still only (and i;m not playing the violin here) takes a small percentage.

Note the double tax. The hit we got on tax for producing at may last job was huge. Chart below is based on a £1.09 litre.



The oil price isn;t that high right now either, esp compared with the mid 08 peak.

 

Fuel is a necessity.
The ptb can tax it as much as they like and the majority of people will still have little choice but to keep paying.

Just one of those things that we all need to put up with.

 

I'm contemplating taking up two wheels again in the form of a little put-put to get back and forth work as both cars give little in the way of MPG's.

Imagine how much revenue via fuel duty the Government would lose if we all took up Public transport though. They need us, I think they've forgotten this point. Organising some sort of day where no-one buys fuel would be some sort of protest to demonstrate the power we have over them. They should fear us, not the other way round!

 

Only prob is cheggers, a day of no fuel means a day of double fuel later. They still win.

They always win because we let them.

We are very quickly being shafted left right and centre.

Take the new high rate tax thing - shafted.

Death tax.

Etc.

 

At least they're spending the money on keeping our roads in good condition and pothole free.

 

I have use the train for the last 7 months instead of the S, this means several things:
1. it takes me a minimum of 1hr 15 mins to get from home to work and 1 hour 27 mins to do the return journey, (includes walking to and from stations at both ends) which by car is 25 mins out and 35 mins back door to door. Worth noting I do not have to pay for parking at work.
2. A train ticket which makes sense to buy (monthly or longer) is valid for all days of week, which means that I need to use it for at least 20 out of the (average) 22 working days in the month, and sometime this is not possible with my work requirements but buying other ticket configurations is not as economic (£11.30 per day on a return ticket)
3. The timing of the trains means if one cocks up then my journey time can double due to connections
4. Train costs are £47 per week which is fuel in the S (but not wear and tear and so on)
5. the 12500 miles per annum to get to and from work means I need a car which does at least 45mpg and only needs servicing once a year which means from a capital expenditure position I am better using the train by the time you factor in loan costs and so on.
6. Quality of life due to working practices of myself and Lloyd means using the train I do not see him all week but using the car I do see him.
7. trains either work or spectacularly don't there is no in between
8. fuel costs are the main reason for me using the train, coupled to the fact I don't want to rack the miles up on the S
9. I need a beater, but buying a suitable one on a VERY limited budget is not going to result in a more economic method of getting to work and is likely to costs more when the think breaks down, so train and saving it is then.

 

Item on the radio this morning about fuel prices. Yes, there's another 3p/litre due along shortly but the problem is the lack of refining capacity worldwide.

No one is building new refineries (anywhere) and the much of the capacity in the southern US was affected by Katrina and more recent storms.

Additionally, the fact that crude prices have dropped isn't really being seen at the pumps due to the weak pound.