99 RON coming to Shell

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Apr 10, 2013 | 02:46 PM

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Cappa

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And I never saw the days of petrol being under a pound a litre.

Apr 10, 2013 | 03:39 PM

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Ultra_Nexus

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From: Frustration

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Originally Posted by Daytona-Dave

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Originally Posted by sound_wave' timestamp='1365627138' post='22465343

Two and a half GALLONS?!!!! Bloody hell, bring back the olden days!!

Yep when I started driving

When you started driving you had to stoke the boiler and went on a look out for the finest colliery!

Apr 10, 2013 | 10:05 PM

#23

Daytona-Dave

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And I never saw the days of petrol being under a pound a litre.

I think it was very early 80s there was up roar because it reached a pound a gallon, and then we had the choice of 2, 3, 4, and at some stations 5 star which was about 101 octane

Apr 10, 2013 | 10:21 PM

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ROB1980

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When I started driving it was 59.9 per litre for unleaded and 63.9 for 4 star at the local Shell station.

Apr 10, 2013 | 11:27 PM

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arsie

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From: Sunny Norf*ck

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Originally Posted by Ultra_Nexus

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Originally Posted by Daytona-Dave' timestamp='1365630163' post='22465473

[quote name='sound_wave' timestamp='1365627138' post='22465343']
Two and a half GALLONS?!!!! Bloody hell, bring back the olden days!!

Yep when I started driving

When you started driving you had to stoke the boiler and went on a look out for the finest colliery!

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And anyone else remember the guy with the red flag? No this was before 1917 ...

Apr 11, 2013 | 12:31 AM

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Coldfuse

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It was below a pound a litre in 2007? i think the price of it crashed to around 83.9 a litre but since then it has just slowly risen back up to what we see today.

Apr 11, 2013 | 12:35 AM

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RichwiththeS2000

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Hopefully it doesn't go up in price!

Apr 11, 2013 | 01:51 AM

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Bandit_287

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Who do you think will pay for the advertising and re-branding? I'll stick to Momentum, it's cheaper, seems to do the job well enough and I get my clubcard points.

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Hopefully it doesn't go up in price!

Apr 11, 2013 | 04:02 AM

#29

WinFreak

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They still need it competitive with other brands so can't just push the price up lots I don't think

Apr 11, 2013 | 05:04 AM

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PTR300

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Originally Posted by Daytona-Dave

How time's change, years ago we wouldn't entertain putting shell in our fuel tanks, orible stuff back then, we used to hunt at the Jet stations for 2 quid's worth (two and a half gallons) of 5 star

I always thought shell super was 99 Octane....does anyone know if it is true that it does not have bio-sh**e in it?

35p a gallon was the time to be around ! I seem to remember I could fill my bike up for less than a quid !and we were complaining then as the price had doubled !!