Petrolbusters?

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Richard Brookman

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• May 16, 2005

• #1

I've been trying to find a site that was all the rage during the fuel
crisis, called something like Petrolbusters - basically, you put in your
postcode and it tells you the cheapest petrol in your area. The only thing
I can find is a reference to www.aapetrolbusters.com and this appears to be
a dead link. There is no trace of petrol price comparisons on the AA
website. Anyone know the URL of this site, or has it died?

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Rich
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Si

Guest

• May 16, 2005

• #2

You got the right site, unfortunately the AA recently stopped the
service.
I'm unaware of anything equivalant

Si

 

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Richard Brookman

Guest

• May 16, 2005

• #3

so Si was, like...
> You got the right site, unfortunately the AA recently stopped the
> service.
> I'm unaware of anything equivalant
>
> Si

Right, thanks. Bit of a shame, given the recent price hikes, though.

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Rich
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Disco 300 Tdi auto
S2a 88" SW
Tiggrr (V8 trialler)

 

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Ian Rawlings

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• May 17, 2005

• #4

On 2005-05-16, Richard Brookman <[email protected]> wrote:

> Right, thanks. Bit of a shame, given the recent price hikes,
> though.

Recently they've been higher than they were during the protests, so
it's a double shame that the websites have all gone away!


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Steve

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• May 17, 2005

• #5

"Ian Rawlings" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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> On 2005-05-16, Richard Brookman <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> > Right, thanks. Bit of a shame, given the recent price hikes,
> > though.
>
> Recently they've been higher than they were during the protests, so
> it's a double shame that the websites have all gone away!
>

Just curious, but is the amount of duty that's paid on road fuel (petrol)
recoverable from Gordon Brown? My lawn mower runs on petrol. It's not a
ride-on, although it *is* self-propelled, and certainly never gets used on
the road. So, can I recover the road-fuel duty from a gallon of petrol
bought for my lawn mower?

Steve

 

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Steve

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• May 17, 2005

• #6

"Steve" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
> "Ian Rawlings" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> > On 2005-05-16, Richard Brookman <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > > Right, thanks. Bit of a shame, given the recent price hikes,
> > > though.
> >
> > Recently they've been higher than they were during the protests, so
> > it's a double shame that the websites have all gone away!
> >
>
> Just curious, but is the amount of duty that's paid on road fuel (petrol)
> recoverable from Gordon Brown? My lawn mower runs on petrol. It's not a
> ride-on, although it *is* self-propelled, and certainly never gets used on
> the road. So, can I recover the road-fuel duty from a gallon of petrol
> bought for my lawn mower?
>
> Steve
>

.......and my WeedWacker, and my chain saw, and my portable generator, and my
hedge trimmer

 

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Dave Liquorice

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• May 17, 2005

• #7

On Tue, 17 May 2005 11:33:02 +0000 (UTC), Steve wrote:

> Just curious, but is the amount of duty that's paid on road fuel
> (petrol) recoverable from Gordon Brown?

I think so, but it ain't easy. If you have a dig about on the HMC&E
site (not that they are called that now) http://www.hmrc.gov.uk/ you
should be able to find out the hoops you have to jump through.

A quick look only showed me the hoops to jump through if I wanted to
pay the duty and use rebated oils (eg Red) in a road vehicle.

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m0bcg

Guest

• May 17, 2005

• #8

i know that there is supposed to be a countrywide boycott of petrol
stations on 19th may , for the whole day .

in other words everyone is being asked not to buy any fuel on the 19th
may , this will cost the oil giants in this country a tidy sum .

the govt wont lower fuel prices even though there is serious public
concern over the the cost of fuel .

in the usa its 25p per litre and thats considered expensive and taxed
to the hilt .

good old tony blair, glad i didnt vote for him .

 

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Steve

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• May 18, 2005

• #9

"m0bcg" <[email protected]> wrote in message
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>
> good old tony blair, glad i didnt vote for him .
>

Most people didn't, but we've still been lumbered with him.

Steve

 

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Tim Hobbs

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• May 18, 2005

• #10

On 17 May 2005 12:03:00 -0700, "m0bcg" <[email protected]>
wrote:

>i know that there is supposed to be a countrywide boycott of petrol
>stations on 19th may , for the whole day .
>
>in other words everyone is being asked not to buy any fuel on the 19th
>may , this will cost the oil giants in this country a tidy sum .
>
>the govt wont lower fuel prices even though there is serious public
>concern over the the cost of fuel .
>
>in the usa its 25p per litre and thats considered expensive and taxed
>to the hilt .
>
>good old tony blair, glad i didnt vote for him .

It won't cost the oil companies a penny, because the fuel used will be
identical. It will cause queues the day before and after, and no net
affect on profit or cashflow.

Had they done it on the last day of a month it would have made a bit
more impact, but nothing of note. Besides, it isn't the oil companies
that get most of the proceeds from fuel sales....
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Tim Hobbs

'58 Series 2 88" aka "Stig"
'77 101FC Ambulance aka "Burrt"
'03 Volvo V70

 

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TonyB

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• May 18, 2005

• #11

> >>
> >> Just curious, but is the amount of duty that's paid on road fuel
(petrol)
> >> recoverable from Gordon Brown? My lawn mower runs on petrol. It's not
a
> >> ride-on, although it *is* self-propelled, and certainly never gets used
on
> >> the road. So, can I recover the road-fuel duty from a gallon of petrol
> >> bought for my lawn mower?

No because it's excise duty not road fuel duty. It is illegal to run your
car on the road on untaxed fuel ( red diesel etc) but you can run your lawn
mower on it ( if it had a diesel engine). Hence boats can run on red diesel,
or anything else that will burn for that matter such as veg oil, quite
legally. At the moment.

TonyB