Fill The Fuel Tank Tonight!

[Lex Foutish]

With the expected carbon tax in tomorrow's budget, it might be a good idea to fill the tank tonight, or early on Wednesday, rather than sitting in long queues from around 4pm tomorrow.

It's averaging about €1.159 in the capital today. Probably a similar price in Dublin and throughout the rest of the country.

 

[mathepac]

Galway, Loughrea, Portumna, Nenagh yesterday and Thurles, Cashel, Kilkenny today, €1.159 petrol, €1.059 diesel - much of a muchness really.

 

[smiley]

and while you are at it don't forget to buy extra coal and briquettes!

 

[Lex Foutish]

and while you are at it don't forget to buy extra coal and briquettes!

Never thought of that!

 

[DerKaiser]

Never thought of that!

Hold off on the booze till tomorrow though, we're in for a winter of content on that front if RTE.ie is to be believed

 

[z104]

Just before people do their christmas drink run up north.

 

[Squonk]

Filling a tank will add extra weight to your car that will decrease the efficiency (mpg)!

 

[jhegarty]

A carbon tax is a new tax so will have to pass a vote.

It won't be in tomorrow.

 

[Firefly]

A carbon tax is a new tax so will have to pass a vote.

It won't be in tomorrow.

Probably refer to it as a Carbon Levy

 

[Graham_07]

Hold off on the booze till tomorrow though, we're in for a winter of content on that front if RTE.ie is to be believed

Glad to see that the pint is finally taking it's place as a staple item of necessity in the government's eyes, rather than as an extra. That will give great comfort to the disabled facing income cuts and the elderly facing fuel increases.

 

[ney001]

We rang yesterday to order a fill and were told that the ships in the docks were on lock down i.e no oil being released until after the budget!

 

[csirl]

There appears to be a run on petrol - my local petrol station ran out of fuel last night and the next nearest one was nearly out of petrol when I filled up.

 

[callybags]

There appears to be a run on petrol - my local petrol station ran out of fuel last night and the next nearest one was nearly out of petrol when I filled up.

This never ceases to amaze me.

Say they put 5c on a litre of petrol or diesel.
The average tank would be 60 litres?
Say the average tank of people queueing for petrol is a quarter full.

So you have people going out in the rain and cold to fill up before a budget to save €2. (Not taking into account the fuel used to get there assuming one would normally fill up on the way somewhere)

I know times are hard, but really!

 

[Kine]

hehe +1 callybags

 

[smiley]

its very true callybags!! madness...im off to the garage now