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Post by Ducklakeview » Fri Jan 05, 2018 7:45 pm

Stopped at Toddington services on my way home from Barnet earlier as had almost used the full tank I got at Costco last night, bearing in mind I paid £1.199 for super unleaded, to be faced with this...

Theiveing barstewards..
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Chose the bog standard unleaded, and paused filling at the gallon mark to check price..

Ffs..
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Highway robbery, literally..

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Post by Marlon » Fri Jan 05, 2018 7:49 pm

Broken the golden rule there Mike - don't fill at M-way service stations :(
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Post by Tcochrane92 » Fri Jan 05, 2018 7:49 pm

Welcome to the South! :P :oops: :thumbsup: :rofl:
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Post by Ducklakeview » Fri Jan 05, 2018 7:53 pm

Marlon wrote: Fri Jan 05, 2018 7:49 pmBroken the golden rule there Mike - don't fill at M-way service stations :(
Had no choice, my route s motorway virtually door to door. I normally go for a wander and find a Tesco or the like. Don't worry though, only put £20 quid in Xmas as I got home the range reads 9 miles :D just enough to get me to the shop in a bit, via Costco..

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Post by VRSteve » Fri Jan 05, 2018 8:02 pm

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Post by mmm-five » Fri Jan 05, 2018 8:19 pm

You should have carried on to the Costco in Milton Keynes :poke:
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Post by buzyg » Fri Jan 05, 2018 9:04 pm

They really are Highway Robbers. :thumbsdown:

Still paying 118.9 at Tesco. :D

We pulled into a motorway services on the way up to Snowdon recenbtly. Pulled right on out again and drove on until Shewsbury where we found some of the hard stuff for sensible money. :D
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Post by ben g » Sat Jan 06, 2018 12:06 am

Had to pay £138.9p for standard unleaded from a BP garage on my journey up north after christmas. I think it was just past birmingham. Charnock Richard?

Further up at Killington lake, it was £127.9p. 11p cheaper from a BP garage in another service station.

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Post by earthdweller » Mon Jan 08, 2018 6:58 pm

There are a couple of apps that tell you where “cheap” fuel can be bought

I use petrolprices.com but there are others

We stopped on the M6 on the way back from Ireland at the weekend just to get a pint of milk to tide us over till the morning .. bloody hell its highway robbery

Who on earth pays those prices ?

If I was caught I couldn’t imagine buying more than a gallon to get me off the motorway
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Post by BMWZ4MC » Mon Jan 08, 2018 8:06 pm

earthdweller wrote: Mon Jan 08, 2018 6:58 pm...We stopped on the M6 on the way back from Ireland at the weekend just to get a pint of milk to tide us over till the morning .. bloody hell its highway robbery. Who on earth pays those prices? If I was caught I couldn’t imagine buying more than a gallon to get me off the motorway
You run your car on milk?! I suppose it is cheaper than petrol :P
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Post by earthdweller » Mon Jan 08, 2018 8:19 pm

BMWZ4MC wrote: Mon Jan 08, 2018 8:06 pm
earthdweller wrote: Mon Jan 08, 2018 6:58 pm...We stopped on the M6 on the way back from Ireland at the weekend just to get a pint of milk to tide us over till the morning .. bloody hell its highway robbery. Who on earth pays those prices? If I was caught I couldn’t imagine buying more than a gallon to get me off the motorway
You run your car on milk?! I suppose it is cheaper than petrol :P
Haha no .. got off midnight ferry at Holyhead .. needed a pint of the white stuff for the morning

Easier to stop on motorway than find a shop open at 3am
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Post by Mr Tidy » Mon Jan 08, 2018 10:57 pm

Tcochrane92 wrote: Fri Jan 05, 2018 7:49 pmWelcome to the South!
That's not the South - Toddington is miles North of Watford! :lol:
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Post by pvr » Tue Jan 09, 2018 4:58 am

That is when they shout for you not to use your phone near a petrol pump :rofl:
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Post by BMWZ4MC » Tue Jan 09, 2018 9:20 am

earthdweller wrote: Mon Jan 08, 2018 8:19 pm
BMWZ4MC wrote: Mon Jan 08, 2018 8:06 pm
earthdweller wrote: Mon Jan 08, 2018 6:58 pm...We stopped on the M6 on the way back from Ireland at the weekend just to get a pint of milk to tide us over till the morning .. bloody hell its highway robbery. Who on earth pays those prices? If I was caught I couldn’t imagine buying more than a gallon to get me off the motorway
You run your car on milk?! I suppose it is cheaper than petrol :P
Haha no .. got off midnight ferry at Holyhead .. needed a pint of the white stuff for the morning

Easier to stop on motorway than find a shop open at 3am
:rofl: :thumbsup:
I expect you were hugely overcharged for the milk too!
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Post by SeanConnor » Tue Jan 09, 2018 10:30 am

Yup,
I filled up at Costco Liverpool mid last week and thought that I'd have enough to last me until I reached Sunny Swindon. What with all the running around with family matters I needed to do a splash 'n' dash to make sure I got back. M4 Membury services £138.8 / Litre for plain old unleaded . BAS***DS ! I was talking to the bloke in the shop (Minimum wage .. treated like s**t) and pointed out that this was £11 per tank more expensive and that Costco were hardly cutting their own throats. I usually fill up with the Costco 99 RON.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/business/201 ... t-cutting/

Better yet I was asked a couple of weeks ago if I was prepared to pay an extra 1p /Litre for Shell Vpower so that Shell could plant Co2 offset trees. FFS ! I quickly pointed out that if Shell cared so much for the environment then it could donate 1p /Litre from its profits. Evidently this was the reply from most people.
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