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petrol prices..

Post by 5lab » 01 Jun 2004 11:06 am

when i moved down here 6 months ago, petrol was 73p/litre

now its 83p/litre

and now i just read this...

http://uk.news.yahoo.com/040601/140/euxco.html

90p A BLOODY LITRE! FFS!

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Post by foggyjames » 04 Jun 2004 01:43 am

Good thing the 360 does 50mpg at 56mph on the motorway!
Bad thing it does less than 20mpg locally :(

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Post by jtbo » 23 Jul 2004 05:42 am

Around 1,20 euros per litre in here, sorry that I don't know what it will be in pounds :(
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Post by 5lab » 23 Jul 2004 12:19 pm

79p/litre, about the same then. ripoff isnt it?
Siddy-'87 360 Glt lhd convertible
Swapsea-'89 360GLT-swapped!
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Snowy-'88 360GLE-killed by a truck! Dougle-'89 360GLT-dead&stolen!
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Post by Duvel78 » 24 Jul 2004 06:57 pm

Here in Belgium:

Super 98: 1.15 eur
Super 95: 1.1 eur
Diesel: 0.8 eur

It's time to convert our cars to GPL! :wink:
Collection: '78 343 Black Beauty, '82 345 GLS, '83 340 DL 2.0, '84 340 DL vario, '88 360 GLT 5d (2x) & 4d (2x), '89 GLT, '91 340 vario
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Post by ch » 25 Jul 2004 09:08 am

in here, estonia:
95 - 11eek
98 - 11,8eek
Diesel - 10,4eek

15,6eek = 1eur
for me thats too expensive :|
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Post by 5lab » 25 Jul 2004 10:10 am

over here diesel is commonly a touch more expensive than petrol - funny its the other way round elsewhere..
Siddy-'87 360 Glt lhd convertible
Swapsea-'89 360GLT-swapped!
Leah-'84 340GL-sold! Maisie-'85 340GL-sold!
Snowy-'88 360GLE-killed by a truck! Dougle-'89 360GLT-dead&stolen!
Nessy-'86 340GL-foggy's! Grace-'86 360GLT-gone!

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Post by Duvel78 » 25 Jul 2004 11:20 am

Diesel was always cheaper here and that's why more and more people have now those "stupid" noisy and polluting Hdi, Dti, Dci, Tdi engines... Yep I HATE diesel engines! sm72 sm68 sm88
Collection: '78 343 Black Beauty, '82 345 GLS, '83 340 DL 2.0, '84 340 DL vario, '88 360 GLT 5d (2x) & 4d (2x), '89 GLT, '91 340 vario
Dad's cars: '87 340 vario, '89 340 vario
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