I remember it going to 50p a gallon

and also remember the ration books that never got used when we thought there was going to be a fuel crisis

Posted By: camcan on March 16th 2022 at 16:23:13

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Filled the car with fuel £82. Over £41 of which goes to the Govt ffs (General Chat) - Azteca, Mar 16, 12:04:08
- Costs me £0 to refuel my car (General Chat) - Kangol Canary, Mar 16, 22:10:00
- Did they re-vulcanise your tyres whilst you were there? (n/m) (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Mar 16, 15:36:24
- I filled the escort with diesel by mistake. (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Mar 16, 15:18:50
- These price rises haven't affected me. (General Chat) - Trent_Canary, Mar 16, 13:48:40
  - Pretty soon that will by you enough to get out of the garage and no further... (General Chat) - Pixelman, Mar 16, 14:00:46
- Pricing per litre has kind of hidden that it's now £8 a gallon (General Chat) - jamesward, Mar 16, 13:22:52
  - I remember it going to 50p a gallon (General Chat) - camcan, Mar 16, 16:23:13
    - That must have been '73 / '74? (n/m) (General Chat) - jamesward, Mar 16, 16:43:25
  - I remember petrol priced in shillings and pence (General Chat) - watfordcanary, Mar 16, 15:28:09
  - Wow u iz well old granddad innit (n/m) (General Chat) - Old Git, Mar 16, 14:05:41
    - Should clarify I wasn't driving at the time... (General Chat) - jamesward, Mar 16, 14:09:21
  - 155.9p a litre (General Chat) - Tombs, Mar 16, 13:44:07
  - just top up with cooking oil (General Chat) - Cable Gap Pioneer, Mar 16, 13:33:09
- Need a bit of red (n/m) (General Chat) - ParrotPuncher, Mar 16, 13:15:16
- You know it's taxed in pence, right? (n/m) (General Chat) - Dog, Mar 16, 12:48:37
  - Ok. Over 4100 pence of which goes to the Govt ffs (n/m) (General Chat) - Azteca, Mar 16, 13:01:31
- ^delete this thread please Ben (General Chat) - Chris Peacock, Mar 16, 12:09:45
  - lol (General Chat) - Lentil Weaver, Mar 16, 12:12:28
- Makes you feel rather fuelish (n/m) (General Chat) - Adster, Mar 16, 12:08:54
- Indeed he/they are, in a round about way at least it goes into the coffers (General Chat) - Augustus Pablo, Mar 16, 12:07:33

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