O.T. Petrol prices

[Sclox]

What is the price per litre over there, today in my area in Niagara it went down to $1.27 CAN which in your money is around 62p.
About bloody time too.

WOW. Last time I paid 62p was around 1997. I remember the lorry drivers went on strike when it hit 70p FFS.

[Cannylad]

It's all relative though, the Can dollar is worth a lot less than the pound. What is the average wage in the UK ?

[Ragatino]

It's all relative though, the Can dollar is worth a lot less than the pound. What is the average wage in the UK ?

TBF Qatar refines it's own oil so it's literally coming out the ground here haha

[Cannylad]

These price differences are basically tax. Petrol is the new tobacco: “Now we’re going to charge more and more tax for your own good (……while we pocket billions).”

True, most of the cost is taken up by tax, if I fill up in the States it is quite a bit cheaper due to their lower rates.

[Jammy89]

£1.49 here where I fill up.

Seen it at £1.60 today near us though.

[ex_pat_magpie]

WOW. Last time I paid 62p was around 1997. I remember the lorry drivers went on strike when it hit 70p FFS.

When I first started driving it was 4s 11p per gallon and that's equivalent to about 6p per litre.

[toptoon]

When I first started driving it was 4s 11p per gallon and that's equivalent to about 6p per litre.

I thought cars hadn’t been invented when you were a lad, Pat?
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Sorry.

[ex_pat_magpie]

I thought cars hadn’t been invented when you were a lad, Pat?
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Sorry.

First car I had then when retuning from National Service in 1956 was a 1934 Ford 8 with spoke wheels and spare on the back boot. It was immaculate, as new even at that age. I paid £40 for it from a lad who worked for my Dad.

Oddly enough at 4s 11p for a gallon fags were the same price for a 20 pack then so they have doubled in price compared with petrol.