Carlow Diesel/Petrol Prices

aynon · 30-12-2008 2:04am

so road trip to ballon guys, whose up for it?

patrickc · 30-12-2008 12:12pm

shudder at the thought of unnecessary trips through Ballon:pac:

SV · 30-12-2008 12:30pm

aynon wrote: »

so road trip to ballon guys, whose up for it?

5 minute trips aren't really road trips?

testicle · 30-12-2008 1:09pm

Tougher Athy seems to be selling Diesel 88.9 for and Petrol for 91.9.

aynon · 30-12-2008 9:14pm

ClioV6 wrote: »

5 minute trips aren't really road trips?

well when a small tanker is involved......road trip....

patrickc · 07-01-2009 9:37pm

most stations in town seem to be 91.9 petrol, 88.9 diesel, this is due to rise by 3c a litre from tonight so fill up now.

patrickc · 31-01-2009 5:54pm

big increases lately, the aveerage diesel price in Carlow is 96.9 and petrol 99.9

aynon · 31-01-2009 5:58pm

apparently the reason is, that the strenght of the dollar. if its weak, the arabs have to increase cost to pay to pump it. would it not be an idea to change it to euro? as the euro has been a very stable currency for the past 10 years, and into the recession its still pretty strong?

Villain · 31-01-2009 6:06pm

Its a load of bull the Dollar is at €1.28 it hasn't moved that much since xmas, the price of of a Barrell of oil spiked a little back to $50 just after xmas but has been back down to around $40 since. The excuse they used recently was that the price of refined petrol (EN228) and diesel had gone up which is bull as I stated on the Joe Duffy show before xmas

patrickc · 31-01-2009 7:33pm

Villain wrote: »

Its a load of bull the Dollar is at €1.28 it hasn't moved that much since xmas, the price of of a Barrell of oil spiked a little back to $50 just after xmas but has been back down to around $40 since. The excuse they used recently was that the price of refined petrol (EN228) and diesel had gone up which is bull as I stated on the Joe Duffy show before xmas

where you on with Joe? but agreed it's ridiculous and is bull

Villain · 31-01-2009 7:36pm

I was around early November

darc · 31-01-2009 11:37pm

Villain wrote: »

Its a load of bull the Dollar is at €1.28 it hasn't moved that much since xmas, the price of of a Barrell of oil spiked a little back to $50 just after xmas but has been back down to around $40 since. The excuse they used recently was that the price of refined petrol (EN228) and diesel had gone up which is bull as I stated on the Joe Duffy show before xmas

You need to learn a bit about fuel pricing, then you'd realise that stations make feck all from fuel. In fact a 3.50 sanwich has a bigger gross profit tha a 60 litre fill of petrol!

Current calculations - this is the price you'' see in about 2 weeks.

Cost of refined fuel - 27c (based on $1.28/ €1.00 & $1.29 per US Gallon (3.8litres) for refined gasoline)

Duty - 50.79c (fixed no matter what price fuel is)

Retailer & Distributor costs 12c (rent, wages, credit card commissions, esb, marketing etc)

VAT @ 21.5% on above 19c

Grand total = €1.08. There's normally a 2 week delay in prices rising & falling, so expect this to hit in about 10 days.

For diesel users, the news is not too bad - prices should stay about 98c

Villain · 31-01-2009 11:40pm

If you heard my discussion you would know I understand, I don't blame the stations its the large wholsalers that are ripping us off, take BP for example their profits during the high price times were way ahead of projections.

aynon · 31-01-2009 11:41pm

darc wrote: »

You need to learn a bit about fuel pricing, then you'd realise that stations make feck all from fuel. In fact a 3.50 sanwich has a bigger gross profit tha a 60 litre fill of petrol!

Current calculations - this is the price you'' see in about 2 weeks.

Cost of refined fuel - 27c (based on $1.28/ €1.00 & $1.29 per US Gallon (3.8litres) for refined gasoline)

Duty - 50.79c (fixed no matter what price fuel is)

Retailer & Distributor costs 12c (rent, wages, credit card commissions, esb, marketing etc)

VAT @ 21.5% on above 19c

Grand total = €1.08. There's normally a 2 week delay in prices rising & falling, so expect this to hit in about 10 days.

For diesel users, the news is not too bad - prices should stay about 98c

F*** me side ways with a rake, now that was informative, so buy petrol now?

know that over 50% of fuel was govement but didnt know what the other percentages were made up of.

thanks for the info!

Villain · 01-02-2009 12:01am

darc wrote: »

Retailer & Distributor costs 12c (rent, wages, credit card commissions, esb, marketing etc)

Where did you get this calculation from? and you forgot the National Oil Reserves Agency levy of €0.01 per litre

darc · 01-02-2009 9:14am

Villain wrote: »

Where did you get this calculation from? and you forgot the National Oil Reserves Agency levy of €0.01 per litre

A friend of mine used to operate the maxol station in blessington many moons ago - I helped on the pricing side. Back then the station made 6p (old money) per litre, but if she was willing to cut this to 4p, then the distributor would also match that cut.

patrickc · 11-05-2009 9:00pm

petrol on the risen again, jaisis 1.10 almost a litre riduculous

aynon · 11-05-2009 9:39pm

pretty sure its still 104.8 for petrol out in top out by the dolmen....

patrickc · 11-05-2009 9:54pm

aynon wrote: »

pretty sure its still 104.8 for petrol out in top out by the dolmen....

never went out that way

aynon · 11-05-2009 9:56pm

its out by brownshill dolmen just beyond autoimage, about 250 yards. great little station

patrickc · 11-05-2009 10:02pm

aynon wrote: »

its out by brownshill dolmen just beyond autoimage, about 250 yards. great little station

i know sir, sorry meant to say i never went out that way in the last while, i always come in the new road, but never seem to pass candy's at all.

foxinsox · 08-06-2009 6:40pm

Today I got petrol for €1.13

Keenan's Garage
Pollerton Road

It's sneaking way back up! :mad:

ShayK1 · 08-06-2009 6:42pm

Diesel is still under €1/litre so I'm still ok.

patrickc · 08-06-2009 7:25pm

i'm on both and its bloody crazy the prices, even diesel is too expensive

Super-Rush · 08-06-2009 9:37pm

I hear you there Pat, but i changed ages ago to Bio fuels saving a fortune

patrickc · 08-06-2009 10:19pm

super-rush wrote: »

I hear you there Pat, but i changed ages ago to Bio fuels saving a fortune

costs a good bit to change over though, i considered it when i was commuting to dublin alright, but dont think id do it now

Super-Rush · 08-06-2009 10:23pm

Didn't cost a penny. I didn't need to convert my car. I ran an Opel Astra on Bio Ethanol, an Opel Omega on Bio Diesel and a Citroen Xsara on Bio Ethanol, also a friend of mine runs his Renault van on Bio Diesel and he didn't have to make any alterations at all.

tombull82 · 08-06-2009 10:36pm

This is true most diesels are fully capable of running on Bio diesel with no changes (apart from maybe changing your fuel filter at 9k instead of 18k)

Just don't tell your dealer if you are looking for warranty on something..:D

Super-Rush · 08-06-2009 10:39pm

I also have another friend who runs his van on vegetable oil

tombull82 · 08-06-2009 10:40pm

super-rush wrote: »

I also have another friend who runs his van on vegetable oil

vegetable oil mix?? or straight??

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