UK petrol prices hit new record

[Zapf]

The car and bikes make your qualifications as a greenie somewhat suspect.

all my cages + bikes does 17km/L Plus

[mattt]

is that those middle-class need-to-get-a-life cows with manicured nails, coiffed hair and TOTALLY MUD-FREE 4 WHEEL DRIVES that have obviously NEVER seen off-road and which they have NO IDEA how to drive and ........... oh sorry, i'm waffling ---- anyway - they will have to pay SO MUCH for fuel that they may well go back to riding their sit-up-and-beg bicyles with the baskets on the front and the kiddie seat to the rear .............................

So those people are bad compared to Mr. & Mrs. Toyota Echo then? Well I might as well go out and let all the tyres down on every GSXR1000 / ZX10 / CBR1000 / R1 / Harley etc cos in comparison to my sewing machine sized vfr4hundy they are just as bad
When I have kids and petrol hit $3 / litre i will buy a big dirty truck to protect them from the 'other idiots' on the road. Hopefully I'll have some coin left over for a gsxr thou

[scracha]

I think the profit margin on oil and petrol is just plain fukin greed. 96/98 is something like $1.45+ in most places, which is starting to get stupid. Ok, so 90p is more, but we're not earning £, so boo-hoo for the UK, but it's just getting stupid.

Up to 94p in most garages and diesel is 98p. I see more evidence of the kiwi held myth that brits earn the same in £ as kiwi's earn in $. One of the reasons I'm leaving this dump (see other thread - 6 weeks to go till I arrive back in NZ!!) is the shocking cost of living compared to wages.

Wish that Cranfield turbo diesel motorcycle was abailable to the public (100mpg yum)

[SPman]

So those people are bad compared to Mr. & Mrs. Toyota Echo then? Well I might as well go out and let all the tyres down on every GSXR1000 / ZX10 / CBR1000 / R1 / Harley etc cos in comparison to my sewing machine sized vfr4hundy they are just as bad
When I have kids and petrol hit $3 / litre i will buy a big dirty truck to protect them from the 'other idiots' on the road. Hopefully I'll have some coin left over for a gsxr thou

Well mate, gixxer thou's are very economical - compared to the 750, I'm travelling 20% faster and using 20% less fuel - has to be greener on a gixxer -also better economy at all speeds below 180 than a 250/4 ! - something to do with not having to cane the nuts off it to maintain legal(ish) speeds....

[Bob]

I see more evidence of the kiwi held myth that brits earn the same in £ as kiwi's earn in $. One of the reasons I'm leaving this dump (see other thread - 6 weeks to go till I arrive back in NZ!!) is the shocking cost of living compared to wages.

Quick case in point - a pint (about 0.57 of a litre) of beer over here costs around £2.60 - that equates to NZ$6.76!

So we might earn more - but we need to with our cost of living!

[scracha]

Quick case in point - a pint (about 0.57 of a litre) of beer over here costs around £2.60 - that equates to NZ$6.76!

So we might earn more - but we need to with our cost of living!

But my point was that we (in the UK) aren't earning that much more than Kiwi's. And yeah, when you factor in the cost of living we're definately earning less in real terms.

Anyway, Kiwi beer has to be cheaper as it's piss weak and comes in "handles" (wee pints)