Velocita Rosso Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 Today saw a large rise in fuel costs. Now around £7.10 a gallon.......I remember it was once six shillings a gallon!🙄 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrianb Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 Yes but that was 47 years ago! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vader Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 It’s only going one way. It’ll be £2 per litre before we know it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clive Posted March 7, 2022 Share Posted March 7, 2022 This makes intersting reading (if you are interested in how prices have changed!) http://www.speedlimit.org.uk/petrolprices.html No current price included, but by my reckoning, we are at about the same level compared to 2012ish. Of course, although the table does work on the RPI, maybe it should include median wages too? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Hunt Posted March 8, 2022 Share Posted March 8, 2022 Humour today, reality tomorrow! Tim 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescrapman Posted March 8, 2022 Share Posted March 8, 2022 It was said on radio that crude is at same level as it was a few years ago, but I don't remember £1.80 litres of diesel a few years ago. Nor do I remember £1 litres of heating oil. Think I need to follow the money chain and buy shares as long as it doesn't end at Rosneft or something similar. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velocita Rosso Posted March 8, 2022 Author Share Posted March 8, 2022 14 hours ago, Adrianb said: Yes but that was 47 years ago! Yes ....but I can still remember it....and today they are saying it would rise again shortly to $300.00 a barrel for crude. Tim .....you`ve been raiding Daves old joke book again! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrianb Posted March 8, 2022 Share Posted March 8, 2022 I had a Triumph Trophy motor bike 47 years ago and used a couple of Ten Bob notes to fill her up ! Should have kept the bike not that I can ride them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnD Posted March 8, 2022 Share Posted March 8, 2022 "Ten bob notes"!!! Bet you were paid in white fivers too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rosbif Posted March 8, 2022 Share Posted March 8, 2022 2 hours ago, JohnD said: "Ten bob notes"!!! Serious money back then. A gallon of petrol plus a pint of beer and enough change for crisps and pork scratchings Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Hunt Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 21 hours ago, Velocita Rosso said: Yes ....but I can still remember it....and today they are saying it would rise again shortly to $300.00 a barrel for crude. Tim .....you`ve been raiding Daves old joke book again! 21 hours ago, Velocita Rosso said: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Hunt Posted March 9, 2022 Share Posted March 9, 2022 Forgot to attach this. I have achieved remarkable economy from the 4A on three occasions - on the back of low loaders returning home from the 1978 and 1982 RBRRs and the 2012 AutoEcosse! Tim 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Velocita Rosso Posted March 9, 2022 Author Share Posted March 9, 2022 Yes just take out a rotor arm and neither an AA,RAC or Green Flag would understand why it wont start.....saves petrol, get recovered! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Hunt Posted March 10, 2022 Share Posted March 10, 2022 Good wheeze Mike but my failures to proceed were rather more serious. Specifically - a failed water pumpo with no replacement on board, total oil loss and consequently lunched main bearings and a failed head gasket! Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dogsbody47uk Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 When I started riding a Triumph Tiger Cub back in 1964 petrol was about half a crown a gallon, so I could get 8 gallons for £1...Oh well.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobPearce Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 38 minutes ago, Dogsbody47uk said: back in 1964 ... and your house was worth a fiver, and you earned a farthing a month. OK, I exaggerate but when I checked (pre-"special military operation"), the inflation-adjusted price of petrol was the same as when I passed my test in 1988. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thescrapman Posted April 12, 2022 Share Posted April 12, 2022 When I started driving petrol was £1.10 a gallon, which factoring in inflation is £3.54 now but it is about £7.50, so more than twice the price. Someone is making a bit of profit somewhere. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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