Anyone been over the border recently and notice the price of diesel? The euro is looking ok for us atm so I was wondering if its worth a wee trip?
I live on the border nad fill up every week and never nottice the prices.. lol Ill have a look when im back down home at the weekend.
Fab - I feel a little trip coming on tonight then It only takes me 20mins to get to Emyvale so its handy enough
I don't get this. Lets say you drive at 60mph, that puts the station 20miles away. Say the car gets 40mpg that means you use a gallon of juice to get the fuel in the first place. A 60litre fill at £1.02 compared to £1.13 (cheapest up North) will save you £6.60 Take away the gallon of juice you just used at 4.54 times £1.02 = £4.63 means you wasted 40mins of your life to save max £2. You're only saving if you're bringing LOADS of the stuff back. Otherwise just fill up on the way to work and do 40mins extra overtime during the week works out better unless you get paid less than £3 per hour
Surely the hassle and 20 mins each way to save a quid or 2 isnt worth it? Are you just filling the car up? Or loads of containers too?
I was thinking the exact same. Its like the people who got to tesco on a saturday and que for half an hour to get petrol for 1p a litre cheaper So you have saved 50p, how much did it cost to sit there with car running nevermind your time wasted.
Jes theres no where even near me selling diesel at 1.13!! Teh cheapest near us is £1.22 ! I quite enjoy the spin on a nice night tbh
Yes but you also have to take into consideratio the difference in the euro and the sterling which will make the difference..
Used to bring home a fair amount of fuel when I had a caravan down in Enniskillen, but that was when the derv was sitting at 70ppl
unless you live on the border it usually dosen't make economic sense to just fill the tank... i was over the border at derry a few weeks ago, filled up from reserve plus 3x jerry cans and worked out at the time to have saved around about £20 not a lot but better in my pocket than not i suppose.. good to see the £ going the right direction! one other point worth noting, the diesel i got in the south must have been decent quality as i managed to get an extra 50 miles from the full tank over the same weekly driving i would do.. (motorway commute/a & b roads etc.)
sliversterm just over from middletown on friday past there was 109 for petrol iirc don't look too much at it diesel was 104.8 exchange rate they use was 119 euro till the pound
Silverstream is a different story alltogether.. Peadar is allways cheaper than most. He usually gives good rates. But i've also seen his diesel run through my car so makes you wonder.
one other point worth noting, the diesel i got in the south must have been decent quality as i managed to get an extra 50 miles from the full tank over the same weekly driving i would do.. (motorway commute/a & b roads etc.)[/QUOTE] I swear I always notice that too- I get more miles outta a tank from down south too
wished i lived near the border, my tank holds the guts of 150 quid and i get about 180kms to 50 quid. its killing me the price of fuel!!
Liking the time spent working all that out lol I herd fuel is set to rocket to 1.50 very soon. Anyone know anything about this? Id need to start gettin staff discount at the BP lol