cheap petrol/diesel near salisbury

[cloverleaf159]

hi, on the a30 at the bp petrol station at barford st martin, just past wilton noticed cheap diesel

136.9

petrol is 131.9

its a jubilee special price so i expect it will go back up wednesday

[liamb159]

Mate, just went to an ESSO garage in Derby at Diesel was at 135.9 ...must be down for some reason? And i doubt its the Jubilee.

Liam

[cloverleaf159]

all the other garages round here are 139.9 to 141.9 .. aint seen any near the 136.9

the bp garage actually had a sign outside saying special jubilee price, thats why i quoted it

of course your 135.9 is even better.

[Alfiefreak]

135.7 in parts of bristol for diesel.

[FiremanAxe]

That's still expensive.

I'm paying £1.10 a litre.

(I've got a 1.9jtdm 159)

It's a long story which I'll tell if anyones interested (but not as a thread hijack. LOL)

[wynne71]

Sutton Coldfield (near Brum), just paid £1.379 at the Shell garage. Same price as Tescos, and I have a loyalty card, so an ok deal.
Still cost £85.50 to fill up though. Grrr.........


Paying £1.10 a litre can only mean one thing, red diesel!

[mymito10]

we're only 129.7 up here in Aberdeen for petrol at the moment

[FiremanAxe]

Originally Posted by wynne71

Paying £1.10 a litre can only mean one thing, red diesel!

No, Red is illegal in a road vehicle.

This is completely legit and legal.

[Alfadisiac]

Originally Posted by FiremanAxe

No, Red is illegal in a road vehicle.

This is completely legit and legal.

Red is legal during a fuel shortage (like in April) but you have to declare the tax.
I'm pretty sure you can run it every day too if declared...

[alfacool]

We have £1.31 for BP petrol up here.

[FiremanAxe]

Originally Posted by Alfadisiac

Red is legal during a fuel shortage (like in April) but you have to declare the tax.
I'm pretty sure you can run it every day too if declared...

isn't that only if you are licenced to do so with HMRC?

and unless there are exceptional circumstances they will not approve applications.

Simply applying because you want to won't cut it. and anyway then you would still be paying the tax on the fuel which would put the price up anyway.

Infact I've just checked with the HMRC and there's no dispensation to use red in a fuel shortage, especially the one in June where there wasn't actually a shortage, just a possibility of one.

I wouldn;t risk running red in any circumstances unless I was allowed to, the penalties are just too high.

[Pud237]

Originally Posted by FiremanAxe

No, Red is illegal in a road vehicle.

This is completely legit and legal.

Go on then, I'd like to hear how you're managing it.

[FiremanAxe]

Originally Posted by Pud237

Go on then, I'd like to hear how you're managing it.

Ok, this is starting to look like a thread hijack (which I wanted to avoid)

I'll start a new one shortly.

[cloverleaf159]

sure enough, the diesel went back up to 138.9 wednesday....