| Title: | Cars in the UK |
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| Moderator: | COMICS::SHELLEY ELD |
| Created: | Sun Mar 06 1994 |
| Last Modified: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
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To diesel car owners out there ...
I'm considering getting a diesel car from the scheme (if
fleet can ever provide the quote).
In October when I first entered the quote diesel fuel was
retailing at anything between 166 and 171 pence per gallon.
I notice now I'm seeing prices of 181 pence !!
1. Prices are much more variable between filling stations than
petrol - why is this ?
Are there grades of diesel ?
2. Why don't prices increases like those I've noticed above
get the same level of publicity as petrol ?
It seems to me filling stations can charge whatever they feel
like for diesel without harming their competitive edge (or
whatever).
Any views people ?
Andy
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| 897.16 | Direct injection | NDLIS4::JRICHARDS | City rumour, Japan Corp. buys UK PLC | Tue Jan 02 1990 08:36 | 6 |
AUDI have got a direct injection diesel that is supposed to be very
clean and economical. VW have also produced a direct injecton petrol
engine that doesn't require a Cat to meet the new emission standards
(91/92).
Jan
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| 897.17 | bargain petrol/sugarbeet juice! | SHAPES::STREATFIELDC | WIZARD STUFF | Tue Jan 02 1990 13:35 | 5 |
BASINGSTOKE PETROL,
The Best place (cheapest) I have found is Sanisburys own station,
adjacent to their superstore, they are usually 7 - 10 pence cheaper
than anywhere else.
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| 897.18 | PEKING::TAYLORG | Bodybuilders do it till it hurts | Mon Feb 12 1990 18:07 | 4 | |
The SHELL garage near DECpark is selling $* at �1.89 and Deisel
at �1.69.
Grant
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| 897.19 | My 10 pn'orth! | SUBURB::POWELLM | Nostalgia isn't what it used to be! | Fri Feb 19 1993 14:25 | 37 |
Re last. The Garage outside DECpark is now selling Diesel at 49.9p
per Litre (�2.041 per gallon!), can't say I notice the price of petrol.
Re a few back. Unleaded Petrol does NOT mean lead free - only
Diesel is totally lead free! Unleaded petrol only has none (well, lets
be honest - very little added - yes, it's true!). So Diesel is much more
environmentally friendly than unleaded or leaded petrol. As has been
written before, because less Diesel is burnt in a given car than the
equivalent petrol version, proportionally less Carbon Dioxide is
produced, hence less greenhouse effect. Also Diesel produces very
little Carbon Monoxide due to the much more efficient combustion
process. Nitrous Oxides produced are much lower than the equivalent
petrol version, hence Diesels are not normally fitted with "Cats"
although as a previous note mentioned they could be.
The only real objection is the smell as far as I can tell.
With the advent of Turbo-Diesels, the perfomance is in the same
ball park as the petrol equivelant car, but the economy is in a much
better league. Not only that, I'm seeing in new car price lists, that
the Diesel variant of some cars is actually CHEAPER than the petrol
version!!! This I'm told is due to the ever increasing cost of
de-tox'ing the petrol engined car with fuel injection (standard on
Diesels of course), Cats etc. etc. Don't ask me which make 'cos I
can't remember, but I think it may have been the Citroen ZX range.
The latest Statistics for car sales show that Diesel cars accounted for
no less than 12.5% of the total last year, compared with 1% 10 years ago,
so a lot of people are getting the message!
Regarding the price of Diesel fuel, there isn't a public outcry
every time the price goes up, simply because it is a minority interest,
only 1 in 8 cars sold are Diesel. Hence the oil companies can exploit
the market more easily!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Malcolm - with a vested interest. 8^)
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| 897.20 | FORTY2::PALKA | Fri Feb 19 1993 15:56 | 9 | ||
re .19
Do you mean unleaded diesel has less lead than unleaded petrol ?
Re Turbo-Diesel. What do you mean by 'petrol equivalent car' ? Do you
mean a petrol engined car with performance in the same ball park ? If
so, then of course the Turbo-Diesel performs the same !!
Andrew
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