Anyone know if petrol prices are going to go down soon?

They're going to start going up significantly due to the Coalition increasing VAT...

Oh No! Its already expensive though! How much more will it go up by? Its about £1.15 here which is already a rip off

No chance of them going down Shelli.

It's dropped to 110.9 up here.

 

Petrol Tax is disgustingly high however.

It's dropped to 110.9 up here.

 

Petrol Tax is disgustingly high however.

 

Yep ... that's what it is in Wigan at Sainsbury's. And I'm sure if our Sainsbury's has it at that price ... Morrison's have it a penny or two cheaper ... I've just not checked yet.

 

It is ridiculous. I can't get over how we've all just sat back and let it happen without a glimmer of a protest. I remember when it went up past 90p for the first time and there were people stopping wagons getting out of the Stanlow refinery. Yes I know it didn't make much difference ... but at least we tried. We were almost French for a while ... standing up for ourselves.

 

I think this country deserves all it gets to be honest!

 

Kath

 

I think it should be 50p a litre

I think it should be 50p a litre

And then our already overcrowded roads would be congested pretty much all the time, as it'd get rid of the current deincentivisation to use the car whenever. Not to mention the fact that getting rid of pretty much all of the petrol tax would make the deficit even worse...

And then our already overcrowded roads would be congested pretty much all the time, as it'd get rid of the current deincentivisation to use the car whenever. Not to mention the fact that getting rid of pretty much all of the petrol tax would make the deficit even worse...

 

But when prices are put up constantly obviously the cost of public transport goes up too. No way on earth will I use public transport when no matter how much petrol goes up ... my car will always be cheaper for me to get to work (safer and more reliable too).

 

Kath

 

 

But when prices are put up constantly obviously the cost of public transport goes up too. No way on earth will I use public transport when no matter how much petrol goes up ... my car will always be cheaper for me to get to work (safer and more reliable too).

 

Kath

Which is why I think fuel efficient cars/hybrids should be subsidised in a sort of modification of the 'cash for clunkers' scheme they had going on...and that fuel inefficient off-roader SUVs should not be allowed, except by permit, only given where the owner can prove they have a need to go off-road.

I think it should be 50p a litre

And how would you raise the tax revenue which would be lost?

What does petro tax go on exactly?

 

I swear when I was in the USA it wasnt half as much as here :(

 

To increase revenue for tax I would put up taxes on cigarettes and double the price of them

Oh I agree with this Kathy lady. Pubic transport is horrendous! Id still take my car even if it cost triple that of a bus

What does petro tax go on exactly?

 

I swear when I was in the USA it wasnt half as much as here :(

 

To increase revenue for tax I would put up taxes on cigarettes and double the price of them

Petrol tax just gets lumped in with all the other tax revenue. US governments haven't been as keen to tax fuel as most other governments so they raise money by other means and don't have much of a health service.

 

There are a number of principal aims of a tax system. The first, obviously, is to raise revenue. Another main aim is to influence behaviour. In theory, petrol, alcohol and tobacco are taxed heavily to try and change behaviour. The reality is that that doesn't really work but it's a good earner. However, a massive reduction in tax on petrol may well lead to a sharp increase in driving which would be a bad thing.

Id still pay petrol if it was £5 a litre. Buses usually smell of tramps and urine! Not my thing at all.

 

I would prefer if they didnt tax petrol as much. I find it unfair

Id still pay petrol if it was £5 a litre.

That's why governments are able to tax petrol so heavily.

£1.10?! Its like £1.25 here :/. Okay, maybe more like £1.15 in supermarkets and stuff but still, most things are meant to be cheaper here. Hardly isolated here but by UK standards it is, i guess they can afford to rip people off coz they have nowhere else to go...

 

Oh and if you can get to it, public transport all the way.

Public transports smells tho

Which is why I think fuel efficient cars/hybrids should be subsidised in a sort of modification of the 'cash for clunkers' scheme they had going on...and that fuel inefficient off-roader SUVs should not be allowed, except by permit, only given where the owner can prove they have a need to go off-road.

Hybrids are dirty, disgusting foul excuses for cars. Hybrids are pretentious, hypocritical c**t mobiles driven by people who should be sterilised and/or shot.

 

Can't stand the vile things. There is no need for the rancid things whatsoever. All savings in CO2 and MPG can easily be achieved by getting a smaller engined car. The Renault Megane and the Toyota cuntmobile are very similar in size and weight. Not only are the smallest Megane engines more fuel efficient and have fewer CO2 emissions but the Megane is also cheaper. Oh look, while everyone is busy wanking over these green mobiles the automotive industry has surpassed them without the need to tag a big battery to the engine.

 

Ooooh, and, the savings in CO2 and MPG made by hybrids depends on how the car is driven. You drive it like a normal person and those lab results are unachievable.

 

 

 

Full Electric vehicles i'm all for, and fuel efficient cars too. Hybrids are a dark mark in the history of the car. SUV's are necessary in some parts of the country/world i agree that they shouldn't be used in the cities by people who'll never take them off road.

 

 

Oh and the green brigade who harp on about emissions from cars can take that broken record off. Car's are not the biggest polluter, hell, Cow's produce more CO2 per annum than f***ing cars. So unless the hybrid driving pretentious jumped up green freaks are going to start suggesting we should tax cows for Farting it's high time we back the f*** off the car.

 

I agree with the EU law enforcing major manufactures to have an average co2 output of 120g/km with it coming down to 100g/km in the future. Air going into car's is dirtier than the stuff that comes out and our cars a soooooooooooooooooooo many times cleaner than they were 10years ago never mind 25years ago.

 

Green freaks disgust me.

Weren't Morrisons doing a promotion where you can spend £40 or more in store in one go, and you get a voucher that lets you get 5p off per litre at any Morrisons petrol station.

 

 

 

 

Not that it matters now, today was the last day to get the vouchers, and they'll all be closed by now :P My advice is to go and work for a car company. When my dad worked for Land Rover, he got a free Land Rover & the petrol was paid for my the company if you bought it from Esso :o :heehee: