Conference terri::cars_uk

    One thing I have noticed in this part of the world (Thames Valley,
    compared with the Midlands and Scotland where I have also lived) is
    that the price of petrol doesn't seem to matter. For example, where
    there is a garage such as Shell who always sell at the "full price"
    very near or opposite another such as ICI whose prices are generally
    cheaper by 5-10p, each is used as much as the other. Something else
    I've never seen down here are queues at the pumps on Budget day.

    IMHO, Tesco's in Chineham(?) Basingstoke seem to be cheapest in this
    part of the world for unleaded. In general, the Midlands seems to be
    10p cheaper than elsewhere in the UK.

    Peter

    There is a Tescos just south of Newbury that was selling 4 star last
    night at 41.7p a litre and unleaded at 176.n a gallon.
    
    Rich
    

Most Ayr garages are similar in price:

    4 star   -   2:04p per gallon

    Unleaded -   1:94p per gallon

    Diesel   -   1:90ish per gallon

Funny how the price is so expensive up here. 

Tony.    
     

    
    Tescos off J8 of the M27 has the cheapest petrol in the Fareham area.
    
    I don't know the prices, I'll post the new lot next time I go there.

    
    One explanation to an earlier point about the expensive Shell garage
    being just as busy as the cheap ICI:
    
    The vast majority of companies that supply company cars (in fact,
    Digital is the only one that doesn't, as far as I know) also pay for
    ALL petrol, private as well.
    
    When I got my petrol paid for, I was more interested in the stamps
    available than the price.  Shell stamps are better than ICI's no
    stamps.
    
    Graham

    Re .2 
    
    4* is now 199.n a gallon, Unleaded 186.n a gallon
    
    Rich
    

    
    re .6 - I thing this is a very good point - and one of the reasons why
    petrol is cheaper further north - there are fewer company paid cars,
    People are paying out of there own pockets, so _will_ go to the
    cheaper places, so competition is in evidence.

    Today, 09-Aug-90
    
    Tesco's  Jct 8  M27
    
    199.6  per gall.   (Hate those litres !)
    
    R.

    
    What was unleaded ?

    re .8
    
    Now if there were no company cars, and people have to put their hand
    into their pockets to buy their own cars........sorry, couldnt resist
    the other rathole.
    
    A northerner

    re.9
    
    ...then people would also drive at a sensible speed and not consume
    as much fuel...save lives  etc. etc.             
    
    Price as of 7/8/90
    
    4* Rowstock corner (near Harwell) 1.976 per gallon
    
    Unleaded to BS 7070               1.85 per gallon
    
    Brand = JET  (you can't win 'em all)

    -1) Ref 8 and 12

    
    What's wrong with Jet petrol?
    
    The only cases I know of petrol being of an inferior quality were the
    disasterous Formula Shell and a small BP garage outside Paris which 
    seemed to have muddled tractor fuel with their Super-Essence!
    
    Mark

    
>    ...then people would also drive at a sensible speed and not consume
>    as much fuel...save lives  etc. etc.             
 

	Ahhhhh, I understand,

	I have to put my money in my pocket to buy a car, and the go-go-gone
	juice.

	What do I choose?

	I choose a car with a Rover/Buick 3.5   V8,     which can to 0-60 in 
	4.mumble seconds, does under 20 miles per gallon if you treat it
	gently, and has a top speed in excess (   :-)    ) of 70 mph.

	It currently has no roll bar, or hard-top.

	So 'cmon, les of the twaddle,I buy the car 'cause I like the way it 
	drives, and the way it looks, that's why it's my car.   

	Economy and sense has nothing to do with it   (did I say that?)

	Heather

Diesel @ 171p/gal today; Jet Garage on old Basingstoke Rd. just South of 
A33/M4 roundabout near DECpark.

    At Parkgate, near Solent Business Park;
    
    Diesel @ 175 p/gal
    
    4 * at 216 p/gal
    
    Peter		(who is very pleased he drives diesel!)

	I used to find that whenever I filled up with JET petrol,
	fumes would make the interior of the car inhabitable for
	a few miles, and that was with 3 different makes of car.

	Also when I had a succession of Fords, I found that these
	cars would be sluggish after filling up with certain brands.
	I found Esso, Texaco and Amoco to be the petrol that gave
	best acceleration, and I still use these brands in preference
	to others such as Shell, BP, etc.

	Has anyone else noticed this or is it just my imagination......

		p1

    Do you also find a thicker layer of grease on the windscreen with
    some brands of petrol?
    
    Andy

    why do you put petrol on the windscreen...??
    
    it is much better to put it in a large container attached to the
    car called a petrol tank...
    
    :-)
    

Re: .19

If you go to a fuel distribution depot you will see the Jet, Amoco, BP,
Shell, and all the other trucks filling from the same pipes. 

The specification of the fuel is controlled by BS 7070.  Sometimes an
additive may be added to the tanker fill, but after the Formula Shell 
debacle this is less likely.

Over the weekend I saw a Jet tanker with the words "Why pay through the 
nose" in large letters on its side.

jb

    Anyone seen any cheap diesel within 15 miles of Reading recently?
    
    Say 170p/gal or thereabouts.

    Might be worth checking out Savacentre, near Jn 12 of M4.  Unleaded pet
    is 191/gal at the mo.
    
    Mikef