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Kaine

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not seen it - not been that way for a few months though

Fri May 02 2008 10:00pm

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[quote="Tim in Scotland"] just shows what a stupid system we have[/quot]

Yep i know when you have se like my that sit on the drive most of the time and you have a Mine that pays less then half the tax but will do 20k miles a year who's polluting more there??? RRS TDV6 Gone but still around
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Sat May 03 2008 12:09am

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I'm actually starting to question whether petrol is the way to go next.

Filled up the RRS yesterday and noticed that diesel is now 1.10 Euros per litre. Based on current exchange rate that is about 86p per litre!!!

Now I presume that is due to the sky high oil cost at the moment however for Cyprus that is horrendously expensive and I cannot see oil prices softening anytime soon. Runner up - 2009 Best Avatar Award
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Sat May 03 2008 6:01am

SachaR

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Supertrotter wrote:
I'm actually starting to question whether petrol is the way to go next.

Filled up the RRS yesterday and noticed that diesel is now 1.10 Euros per litre. Based on current exchange rate that is about 86p per litre!!!

Now I presume that is due to the sky high oil cost at the moment however for Cyprus that is horrendously expensive and I cannot see oil prices softening anytime soon.

Diesel here is expected to peak at 1.45 euro per litre this week, which if my calculations are correct is more than the UK! RRS TDV8 HSE 2007- JAVA Black/Black interior,
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Mon May 05 2008 6:40am

flydive

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SachaR wrote:
Supertrotter wrote:
I'm actually starting to question whether petrol is the way to go next.

Filled up the RRS yesterday and noticed that diesel is now 1.10 Euros per litre. Based on current exchange rate that is about 86p per litre!!!

Now I presume that is due to the sky high oil cost at the moment however for Cyprus that is horrendously expensive and I cannot see oil prices softening anytime soon.

Diesel here is expected to peak at 1.45 euro per litre this week, which if my calculations are correct is more than the UK!

Not really, I was in London yesterday, Diesel is at 1.20!! '08 RRS TDV8
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Mon May 05 2008 8:46am

Tim in Scotland

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That is cheap Flydrive, in some places it has stayed at more than £1.30 a litre.................................. but I noticed yesterday that at the Shell station where I normally get my diesel the price has fallen back to £1.159 a litre which is 1p less than it was before the shortages. 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
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Mon May 05 2008 8:49am

SachaR

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flydive wrote:
SachaR wrote:
Supertrotter wrote:
I'm actually starting to question whether petrol is the way to go next.

Filled up the RRS yesterday and noticed that diesel is now 1.10 Euros per litre. Based on current exchange rate that is about 86p per litre!!!

Now I presume that is due to the sky high oil cost at the moment however for Cyprus that is horrendously expensive and I cannot see oil prices softening anytime soon.

Diesel here is expected to peak at 1.45 euro per litre this week, which if my calculations are correct is more than the UK!

Not really, I was in London yesterday, Diesel is at 1.20!!

I will get my coat then!!! LOL RRS TDV8 HSE 2007- JAVA Black/Black interior,
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Mon May 05 2008 10:15am

flydive

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Luckily here in Switzerland is still 10-15 cents cheaper, don't for how long...... '08 RRS TDV8
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Mon May 05 2008 10:51am

Zilch

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diesel is 78 pence per litre down under and that is at the weekend premium price, it goes down by a few cents on mondays usually and the Aussie govt reckons people are not getting screwed by the Petroleum companies Another Pommie Bar Steward down under

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Mon May 05 2008 11:04am

2nd Rower

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Zilch wrote:
d and the Aussie govt reckons people are not getting screwed by the Petroleum companies

I don't know anything about the crude oil market, but given that oil is traded in USD$, and that over the last year or so with the USD$ being in the toilet, we have had record highs with the AUD$ being in some cases up to as much as USD$0.92. Why then is oil not cheaper locally?

Any experts on here that can explain that one to me please?

It just seems too much of a coincidence that oil companies are making record profits..I seem to recall that in the 'good old days' of the 70's and 80's IBM would import PC's, even if they had local manufacturing plants, if they could use the varying strengths of currency exchange rates in their favour!

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Tue May 06 2008 12:52am

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Diseasel has gone up here too, now 1.33 euro Sons of dogs come hither and get flesh
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Tue May 06 2008 6:13am

NickM

Member Since: 14 Feb 2008
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You guys still have it easy - it's averaging out about £1.22 foe diesel here - which is over EU 1.50

Just a little by line....I used Shell V Power Diesel on the weekend (£1.28 a litre) and I put it in by accident, didn't see what type of Disel it was until I was filling the RRS up - and it really made a big difference to the performance of the car - I was up to 120mph on the M40 on the way back - max I have got out of it before is 115mph.....and still got about 380 out of a full tank.

Not normally the type who cares what type of fuel I use, but will certainly try and keep to the better brands from now on...

Tue May 06 2008 7:22am

Zilch

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2nd Rower wrote:
Of course we aren't!!! t ssers

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Tue May 06 2008 11:08am

andykart

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I've been running RRS SC and it was much cheaper to buy than equivalent diesel performance wise and if you do say 12k miles per year the lower cost of car and stacks more fun listening to the engine roar and supercharger makes up for the slightly thirsty car. It drives and handles better too as the engine is 100kg lighter and performance is instant at almost any reves. You can get the early SC for mid to late £20ks now which is much less than any TDv8! it will of course continue to devalue faster than diesel!

so having said alll that I'm now buing diesel tdv8 now as i expect to do 30k miles per year in new job so fuel econ had to come first! Andy J
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Wed May 07 2008 10:11pm

Tim in Scotland

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Andy it will be interesting to read your comparison once you have had the TDv8 a while - I think you will be the first person here to have run an S/C and then the TDv8, quite a few of us have gone from TDv6 to TDv8 and the difference is huge.

One word of warning for when your TDv8 arrives - watch the oil consumption for the first 2k-3k miles - the engine blocks are high carbon content and absorb the lube oil until they are "run-in" - mine used about 1litre of Magnatec in the first 2000 miles and the level hasn't moved in the last 6000 miles (it has 8k on it now, since delivery last October) 2020 Pangea Green 1st Edition D240 New Defender 110 is here and loving it
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Thu May 08 2008 8:37am

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