The price of petrol at the pumps has soared to a new high with motorists across the West Midlands and Staffordshire shocked at the hike.
We want to know how much YOU are paying for fuel.
New figures have revealed that the average cost of a litre of unleaded petrol is now above £1 - but some prices are well above that figure.
The average petrol price in the country now beats the previous record of 98.54p reached on August 1, 2006. Average diesel prices have also reached a record high at 102.45p a litre.
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98.9p a litre at Sainsburys in Telford for diesel
It’s 99.9p for diesel on the Stafford Road in Wton…
I paid 99.9p at the Jet on Pye Green Road in Cannock for Unleaded last night
I have seen a local garage selling diesel at 104.9p & petrol at 99.9p. Its getting ridiculous.
its a total disgrace how much we are having to pay for fuel, and what makes it worse is the condition of the roads, the M6 around junction 6 is having repairs done yet again. the government are taking the p**s, we get hammered on fuel, on road tax and now road pricing. its heading back to the sheriff of nottingham days, lets hit you for as much as we can and as often as we can. where are the fuel protesters who kicked up a fuss when fuel hit 85p a litre?
Garry you say “here are the fuel protesters who kicked up a fuss when fuel hit 85p a litre?”
why dont You stand up and be counted…because just like the rest of us you have been worn down by this goverment to the point you longer can be bothered to do anything about it.
At the Claregate Island Murco filling station, diesel is an outstanding 106p per litre
I don’t pay anything for fuel, as I ride a bike.
Why are you getting your knickers in a twist about petrol prices?
There are two words called “supply” and “demand”. We’ve gone past the point where we’re finding more reserves (running out of supply) and yet we’re still driving and flying (increasing demand).
The result is rising cost of oil. It’s really not surprising, and is very, very easy to understand.
Rather than ranting and raving, why don’t you try and save money by a) walking b) cycling c) moving closer to where you work or even d) setting up a car pool
Incidentally, there’s a very amusing link with the following story on the E&S website “Third of people are obese” - that’s because you’re all so lazy you drive everywhere and get fat.
I paid 100.9p at Sainsburys in Rookery Street, Wolverhampton, on Tuesday
Location : Bunbury, Western Australia (ex-Sedgley) Just for comparison I’m paying $1.30/litre (equivalent of 58p/litre) here.
Oldswinford - unleaded 98.9p Tesco
Nothing…use a bike!!!
There’s a garage just off the Willenhall Road near Horsely Fields selling multi-fuel diesel for 79p a litre. Its mostly re-cycled cooking oil but it works great in most older Diesels (like any Rover other than the 75). However, for the majority with newer Common Rail diesel engines might die using this fuel as its thicker than normal diesel.
£1 ltr,,,thats 7 miles, 14pence per mile , how much on a buzz,
Mr. Popovitch, do you ever agree with anything any one ever says? Or do you read other peoples comments and just think of as many ways as possible to disagree and insult everyone?
The principal reason why petrol and diesel in the UK are so expensive is not entirely because of supply and demand. Its mainly due to the emense fuel duty placed on it by the UK government. If it were purely down to supply and demand, everyone in the world would be paying over £1 per litre.
As you rightly point out though, there is most likely a link between car use and obesity. However, not everyone who drives a car is lazy and fat.
Maybe you should take your own advice and stop reading such depressing and silly newspapers as the Express and Star as you pointed out to everyone who commented on the Immigration story.
79.9 a few days ago for bio in Darlaston
There is a Service Station in Sedgley on the Gospel End Road that seems to change its prices hourly, one morning you drive past its 99.9p for Unleaded and 100.9p for Diesel, then in the afternoon it has risen to 104.0p for Diesel. I think this service station is pathetic, and anyone who lives around there should boycott it as surely they cannot get away with changing the prices so much
Live in Orkney. We are paying 107.9 and have been for quite while.
Fuel at the BP garage on Neachells Lane, Wolves is a shocking 1.04 for diesel!!!! I paid 99p in Stafford this morning - that was at the tesco garage on the 449 near Rising Brook.
101.9p per litre at BP Redhouse, Aldridge.
you think you have it bad,i live in turkey and the price is £1-35per litre.
i am self employed and work by myself i think that the prices of the deisel
are as rediculous as this country and something should be done real fast before people start going bust p.s public transport is dear tooand perthetic.
Hmmmm….maybe the government should take fuel tax off petrol and diesel.
Though we’d all end up paying £4K road tax or something to make the money up.
I love how the government go on about hitting 4×4s and large cars with extra charges yet they tend to pay more in fuel tax than most.
Just so that you can compare, I live in St Catharines, Ontario, Canada and the petrol is around 99.7 c per litre. That’s about 52p, and we are getting angry about it being so expensive. I guess we should keep quite eh?
PS I used to be in Wednesfield.
UP THE WOLVES!!
The only reason prices were changed many years ago, to be quoted per litre, was to get away with larger increases.
Always wondered when it would hit £1 a litre. Inevitable. At leasts it now slightly easier to work out the price per gallon, ie 4.54 x 100p.
US gallon = 3.8 litres, current price is around $2.99 a gallon, making 1 litre = 78cents. So at an xrate of 2.10 thats roughly 37p a litre in the USA.
Think we’re being totally ripped off?
103.9 unleaded and 106.9 diesel in worcester
with fuel prices the way they are im glad i can run my car on bio fuel or even just ordinary vegetable oil
the shell garage on carters green. is currently at 95.9 for unleaded. its got to be the best around at the moment.
Cost of motoring is still artificially cheap. Andrew Popovitch is also spot on.
Instead of moaning about the rising price of fuel, find other means of travel. Alternatively drive at a slightly slower speed, which will use less fuel. My car returns 10mpg (at least) more when doing 60mph vs 70mph on the motorway.
I’d suggest a lot of the people moaning probably don’t drive particularly efficient motors, and like to drive at 90 on the motorway…
The problem is that franchise managers at some stations are adding more on to their profit in a bid to disguise it in amongst the ‘real’ increase in price. My local station is at 106.9 for diesel. Im sure If I asked they would blame the government for the increase but why can another station down the road sell for 99.9? It’s the idiots who pay 106.9 who encourage this. It angers me when I drive past and see people at the pumps. Just go to the cheapest, give them you hard earned cahs and pull the others into line. And to Andrew Popovich who clearly thinks everybody has a lifestyle like his own, why don’t you try car sharing when you have to drop your kids at nursery? Or maybe I should stick em all in a motorbike sidecar!
All down to our pathetic greedy goverment and there taxes. Without this high duty and taxes paid in this country, how else would we be able to support all the unwelcome foreigners and immigrants that our goverment love to let in our small country (GB). Pathetic
Martin, the UK is not a highly taxed country in the scale of things, and I for one don’t appreciate your bigotry regarding immigrants. People coming into the UK to work benefit our economy, and on the whole have a work ethic which is sadly lacking amongst the British population.
Martin - if there wasn’t so much (or any) tax on fuel, the tax would have to be put on other things.
£4k road tax anyone? How about simply increasing income tax so every taxpayer pays, not just those using vehicles?
Other taxes are actually pretty low compared to other affluent nations.
dominic, get a life and a grip on reality
Price of gas (petrol)@ Mobil station in Chino Hills California 91709 USA 70 miles East of LA, $3.21 for reg unleaded and climbing every couple of days
Just a thought if you guys are paying roughly 4quid a gallon and were paying roughly $4 a gallon and the exchange rate is 2 dollars to the pound then your Gas(petrol) should be half of what it is, as Petrol is priced in Dollars on the Futures markets(World Price)
What a complete and utter idiot:
Andrew Popovitch said: Nov 8th, 2007 at 10:26 am I don’t pay anything for fuel, as I ride a bike.
Why are you getting your knickers in a twist about petrol prices?
There are two words called “supply” and “demand”. We’ve gone past the point where we’re finding more reserves (running out of supply) and yet we’re still driving and flying (increasing demand).
The result is rising cost of oil. It’s really not surprising, and is very, very easy to understand.
Rather than ranting and raving, why don’t you try and save money by a) walking b) cycling c) moving closer to where you work or even d) setting up a car pool
Incidentally, there’s a very amusing link with the following story on the E&S website “Third of people are obese” - that’s because you’re all so lazy you drive everywhere and get fat.
The most expensive fuel i found was in Kingswinford. It was 109.9 for diesel at bargain booze in wall heath
I think it is disgusting how much petrol & diesel costs the working man is getting hit in the pocket again, England is the only country that pay over £1 per litre of fuel why cause we are rip off Britain!!!!!! Diesel is 109.9 per litre in Middlewich.