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Tesco fuel save I guess - that's quite a lot of pence off per litre - most I've ever managed is 8p.


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I had 14p off over the weekend. Did spend over £400 on the clubcard first though.

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Tesco fuel save I guess - that's quite a lot of pence off per litre - most I've ever managed is 8p.

18p motherfucker!

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Currently £1.27.9p for normal unleaded over here, we've been told by our OFT that a 4p price differential with the UK is acceptable due to the smaller market and increased transport costs etc etc, and admittedly it has come down a bit recently, but folks are starting to get a bit cross about the cheap fuel that's widely available across now.

I remember it peaking at something utterly fucking ridiculous like £1.52.9p for super unleaded for the Scooby, that stung a bit on a car that did about 15-18mpg when driven 'enthusiastically'.


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I had 14p off over the weekend. Did spend over £400 on the clubcard first though.

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Currently £1.27.9p for normal unleaded over here, we've been told by our OFT that a 4p price differential with the UK is acceptable due to the smaller market and increased transport costs etc etc, and admittedly it has come down a bit recently, but folks are starting to get a bit cross about the cheap fuel that's widely available across now.

I remember it peaking at something utterly fucking ridiculous like £1.52.9p for super unleaded for the Scooby, that stung a bit on a car that did about 15-18mpg when driven 'enthusiastically'.

Super unleaded in Saltaire today was £1.18

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Tesco fuel save I guess - that's quite a lot of pence off per litre - most I've ever managed is 8p.

18p motherfucker!


I spend far too much money in Tesco, did spend a lot on booze and other Xmas Crap, I also get fuel there and we spend at least £50 a week on shopping.


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Unleaded is 109.9 here now. That makes vpower 117.9 and tesco about 114.9. Dunno, never buy either any more.

With 14p on the lubcard that means we'll be filling the focus at 95.9 tonight. Cor!


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Unleaded is 109.9 here now. That makes vpower 117.9 and tesco super about 114.9. Dunno, never buy either any more.

With 14p on the clubcard that means we'll be filling the focus at 95.9 tonight. Cor!


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Holy crap, it was 106.9 - so we paid 92.9 for each of 50ish litres!


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It looks brilliant, but without four wheel drive it's going to be a proper joke in the mud - even if the rear diff is fully locked. No mention about axle articulation either, which is more important for non-4x4s. I'd love a go though, obviously.

Also 'virtually unbreakable' bahahahaahahhahahhahaaahhahahahahahaha

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I do love the way there was a 3p difference between diesel and unleaded when prices were abouve £1.40, but now it's down to a quid for unleaded this has grown to up to 12p.
Cheeky fuckers subsidising cheap unleaded with more margin on diesel


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Car in for its MOT... which ran out last August.

Failed on the rear fog light! Not the bulb or fuse, so left it with them (had to as the MOT had expired) to find the break in the wire. Luckily I can use my dads car while it gets sorted.

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I do love the way there was a 3p difference between diesel and unleaded when prices were abouve £1.40, but now it's down to a quid for unleaded this has grown to up to 12p.
Cheeky fuckers subsidising cheap unleaded with more margin on diesel

It was nice filling my tank up for £57 the last time I refueled though. Gets me 550 miles that.

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I do love the way there was a 3p difference between diesel and unleaded when prices were abouve £1.40, but now it's down to a quid for unleaded this has grown to up to 12p.
Cheeky fuckers subsidising cheap unleaded with more margin on diesel

It was nice filling my tank up for £57 the last time I refueled though. Gets me 550 miles that.


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No that went ages back. In the Forester.it has a short range.

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Car in for its MOT... which ran out last August.

Failed on the rear fog light! Not the bulb or fuse, so left it with them (had to as the MOT had expired) to find the break in the wire. Luckily I can use my dads car while it gets sorted.

You're allowed to drive between your house / garage and your MOT test without a valid MOT (unless they've found a serious problem).

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It's all done now anyway. £40 for MOT and £28 to find and fix the broken wire.

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Oh yeah, I'd have left it there too. Just sayin'.

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I'll remember for the next time the MOT is overdue by 5 months. ;)

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Hmm. New car has a flat. Fairly sure I wasn't handed locking wheel nut keys when it was delivered (whole event was a bit of a blur) and none in glove box as I'd hoped (first time I've opened glove box). Odds on them being in with the jack and spare?


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Once you've found it replace the locking wheel nuts with normal ones. Pain the arse those things.

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Once you've found it replace the locking wheel nuts with normal ones. Pain the arse those things.

Quite. Hadn't crossed my mind until tonight when wife booked the wheel man in. Still, he's here tomorrow so she can deal with the issue while I'm at work. Have to have them back on when the lease is up though.


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I guess now's not the time to be mentioning this Troops, but if you want this MX-5 off me you can have it for £1200? ;)


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I guess now's not the time to be mentioning this Troops, but if you want this MX-5 off me you can have it for £1200? ;)


:D Poor timing indeed! If you still have it when i'm in a new house with a garage space, I'll take it ;)


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If only I had room to store an MX5 until I'm ready to use one. :(


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I guess now's not the time to be mentioning this Troops, but if you want this MX-5 off me you can have it for £1200? ;)


:D Poor timing indeed! If you still have it when i'm in a new house with a garage space, I'll take it ;)

Don't forget you're buying a Ford Puma, too :)

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I guess now's not the time to be mentioning this Troops, but if you want this MX-5 off me you can have it for £1200? ;)


:D Poor timing indeed! If you still have it when i'm in a new house with a garage space, I'll take it ;)

Don't forget you're buying a Ford Puma, too :)


There is a nice little spot at Toad manor just waiting for it. He is down south anyway, so it makes sense for it to be closer to the channel tunnel...

When are you buying yours anyway? We are probably going to make a serious effort at looking around the end of March.


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We're going to start looking next month, I think. Found a nice one last week, but a) it was green, and b) it's January, so we've got fuck-all money.

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Aye, plus the wasted insurance, tax, sorn hassle, etc...
If a perfect one that is close by turns up we'll jump on it, but not making a proper look yet.


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Yeah, if we were being sensible we'd get one in March, but I fear the call of the workshop for some serious "rude boy modz" will be too much to resist :)

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The M25 Clacket Lane section is by my house and accordingly the stretch of motorway that I use most frequently. It is also the clearest stretch of M25 on a typical journey in my experience (apart from when they were installing the cameras). Suffice to say I'm thankful for having a speed limiter on my car as round there it is easy to hit 90 on a regular basis without it feeling fast.


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That article is a little bit disingenuous (I know, major surprise that). It doesn't actually state that the 500 people in that article got their tickets from speeding when there was no variable or reduced restriction in place, it just says they got tickets, and then jumps to supposition about the future, without linking the two.

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