Petrol

[Nancie]

What about the price of petrol locally?

It was 95.9p on Thursday and rose to 101.9p on Friday. In Perth it is, according to someone who lives there, 92.9p.

Highland Fuels who owns the County should be asked for an explanation. I will bring this up at CCC next Monday.

Nancie

[Reidiboy]

Up here in Thurso it is 108.9p per litre.

It jamp 10p in one day and rumor has it that its going to go up again before the weeks out!

When is this ever going to stop! For once diesel is cheaper than unleaded. Its not been like that since the government realised that people were saving money by buying noisy heavy oil burners and decided to put it up!!

[ChrisA]

Keep it quiet, but I reckon that Malky has designs on strapping his car to a cheetah.

Makes sound economical sense of course, but I'm not sure if cheetah's would fall for the carrot on a stick trick

[jaywalker]

I am not sure Nancie, but I suspect the County garage are probably ripping you off, but then again it has been going on for years.. When I asked in the shop a couple of years ago why the prices were so much higher than just about everywhere else.. I was told it was because of the cost of delivering the fuel so far out.. but I think that would only be the case if they were transporting the fuel in buckets. I did mention this but was told that if I didnt want to pay the price I could always fill up elsewhere.. (which I always do now).. But I think that better answered the question...

[amron]

I wish that we had a choice of filling our cars up elsewhere but we don't so we just have to grin and bear it.
We have no competition in the town. The County garage must be coining it in.

[scotty]

Here are some fuel prices from around the country dated yesterday


Location of Petrol Station e.g. Cambridge Retailer e.g. Tesco Area of Petrol Station Petrol Price
Stevenage Esso South East 91.9
newcastle Total North East 95.9
Maidstone Shell South East 94.9
Broadway Private garage Midlands 103.0
Linwood Shell Scotland (lowlands) 93.9
A50 Derby Shell Midlands 93.9
Northampton Texaco Midlands 89.0
Burgess Hill Tesco South East 94.9
Aylesbury BP Midlands 99.9
birmingham Tesco Midlands 92.9
Scarborough Morrisons North East 93.9
Ash, Surrey Esso South East 99.9
Blyth Asda North East 89.9
Stirling Sainsburys Scotland (lowlands) 91.9
Denbigh Shell Wales 95.9
Cranleigh Esso South East 99.9
Coventry Asda Midlands 90.0
Canterbury Asda South East 89.9
whistable Tesco South East 94.9
preston BP North West 92.9
Southampton Shell South Coast 93.9
Bellshill Shell Scotland (lowlands) 93.9
Banbury Tesco South East 93.9
beckton Sainsburys South East 88.9
Promenade Morrisons North West 92.9
milton keynes Other North West 93.0
bradford Esso North East 99.0
bradford Tesco North East 91.0
Newbury BP South East 95.9
Milton keynes BP East Anglia 96.0
barnstaple BP South West 97.9
Redbourn Shell South East 94.9
Potters Bar BP South East 93.9
A46 cotgrave Shell Midlands 93.9
Sutton Total South West 91.0
Nuneaton Total Midlands 96.9
Crewe BP North West 96.9
ely BP East Anglia 99.9
Brighton Shell South East 93.9
Abingdon Tesco South East 95.9
Arundel Road Texaco South Coast 99.9
Rhyl Morrisons Wales 91.9
Hartlepool Morrisons North East 91.9
hounslow BP South East 96.8
Flitwick Tesco South East 96.9
Norbury London BP South East 96.9
pontypool Tesco Wales 96.9
pontypool Texaco Wales 96.9
Basingstoke Shell South East 93.9
Chandlers Ford Shell South Coast 88.9
hartlepool Tesco North East 93.9
Probus Jet South West 101.0
bishops stortford Tesco South East 92.9
Orkney Other Scottish Isles 107.8
chatteris,cambridge BP East Anglia 98.7
Yeovil Esso South West 95.9
Dunfermline, Halbeat Asda Scotland (lowlands) 89.9
Queensferry Asda Wales 89.9
diss Private garage South East 99.9
Watford Tesco South East 89.9
Prestwich Tesco North West 91.0
al2 3ss Asda South East 86.0
ilminster Shell South West 95.9
bulwell, nottingham Morrisons Midlands 92.9
Portsmouth (Cosham) BP South Coast 93.9
Freuchie Other Scotland (lowlands) 98.9
durham Tesco North East 94.9
Blackwood Esso Wales 96.9
Stirlingshire Tesco Scotland (lowlands) 92.9
earlston Esso Scotland (lowlands) 101.9
horley Shell South East 95.9
cardiff bay Asda Wales 89.9
surbiton Shell South East 90.0
CHESTERFIELD Other Midlands 90.0
Dumfries Tesco Scotland (lowlands) 91.9
woodford Other South East 89.0
Stafford Asda Midlands 89.9
Silsden Shell North East 95.9
Keighley Shell North East 94.9
Keighley Texaco North East 93.9
Toronto, Canada Esso Non UK 63.3
Wigan BP North West 94.9
Maidenhead Esso South East 91.9
FAKENHAM Shell East Anglia 94.9
Havant Tesco South Coast 89.9
Portsmouth (Copnor) Tesco South Coast 91.5
luton BP South East 96.9
luton Sainsburys South East 91.9
birmingham BP Midlands 92.5
birmingham Shell Midlands 92.9
Corby Jet Midlands 89.9
Park Gate Esso South East 93.9
basingstoke Tesco South East 89.5
warwick Shell Midlands 90.0
York, Clifton Moor Tesco North East 93.9
Great Bridge Asda Midlands 89.9
northampton BP Midlands 93.9
WATFORD Asda South East 86.9
WATFORD Shell South East 91.9
whitfield Tesco South East 89.9

On average i think we are paying about 6p a litre more than the rest of the uk . That oil tanker that comes to the County must cost more than the royal family to deliver around the country.

[Malky]

Toronto, Canada Esso Non UK 63.3

Must pop over and fill up

Malky

[jaywalker]

Please Scotty tell me you didnt sit and type that list out.. But if someone could get the tanker driver to fill up in Glasgow rather than when he gets to the County that would help bring the price down quite a bit

[scotty]

Please Scotty tell me you didnt sit and type that list out..

Yes but the hard part was phoning round all the garages to find out the prices . I don't think the guy in canada was to happy i think he was at his lunch

[Neco]

DUNDEE 89.9P

[Ship called Dignity]

I never buy into the idea of prices being so expensive because of our remote location. Been told the same for years about the pubs too!

[Neco]

Tesco's sell food at the same price nationwide. It does not matter where you go a tin of beans is the same price (Tesco stores) . So why cant fuel be the same price nationwide.

[Neil]

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[ChrisA]

I see the people who nearly shut the country down(blocking petrol suppliers) a few years back are on about protesting again around the north west,its the only language this government will listen to,i don't think the Americans,french or Spanish would put up with it!!!!.Lets face it its RIP OFF UK i was looking at the new psp for my lad i found out it costs more in this country than abroad and like other machines the are bringing measures in to stop us buying it from abroad.

Yeah. I live near an AA building and for some reason or other (Er, Cars = petrol ???) a group of idiots have been shouting all day and mincing around with placards.

"Rip off Britain" ..... "Tony, sort it out" " Bring out your bikes" ...and most puzzlingly " Gas is a gas". (EH?)

It's like a bloody sitcom round our way

[oorly gourlay]

A few years ago I stopped at Dumbarton to fill my tank as it was 5p per litre cheaper than Campbeltown and standing at the next pump was a previous owner of the County doing the exact same as me! I think that just about sums up the situation here

oorly