Why are so many people selling up?

[ashleyb4]

Originally Posted by Kopite

Hey, i work there. i'll have a word with the boss, see if he'll add a new prostitutes channel to the website

Will you tell them to stop ringing my i was only trying to find out how much a lambo would cost to insure.

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[markwilliamson2001]

Originally Posted by losixxx

where do you buy your diesel at £4.50 a gallon then??

Morrisons!! Plus its never a 100% full tank, I normally do 480-485 miles on a tank with some to spare.

[Wraggy]

Originally Posted by RogerM

Where they the one's you were wearing at the last regional? .... they were ripped when you got there ... can't have been very good quality

they were ripped when i bought them ...

[telboy]

Spencer, done the tent stuff before and love it, but at the moment (with the missus being a SERIOUS asthmatic...and preggers with the twins) the cold in the night and damp tents don't react very well with the old lungs etc. So we have to keep her nice and dry n warm.

Otherwise we'd do that.
I'm quite happy to tent it on my own If they don't come with me.
Which I may do if they don't happen to come to any nats.

[AaronR]

So nearly everywhere in the UK, gasoline and diesel prices are over 4 pounds ($8 USD) per gallon?

We just hit $4.199 USD per gallon here in north central USA (Milwaukee, Wisconsin area).

[Northy]

Highest I've seen round here is £131.9 per Litre

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[Lee]

Originally Posted by AaronR

So nearly everywhere in the UK, gasoline and diesel prices are over 4 pounds ($8 USD) per gallon?

We just hit $4.199 USD per gallon here in north central USA (Milwaukee, Wisconsin area).

Diesel is about £5 a gallon over here

But we do get an extra 0.8 litres to our gallon in the uk

[AaronR]

100 pence = 1 Br. pound? Excuse my typical US ignorance!

Northy, you mean 1.319 Br. pound per litre? If my math is right, that is $9.884 per gallon! WOW!

EDIT: Just checked... diesel selling around here for $4.599-4.699 per gallon. I'd have a hard time keeping my R/C racing addiction going too if I lived there. It's too bad.

[Lee]

Yes , correct, its around £1.25 per litre where i live

£5.65 per UK Gallon

$9.30 per US gallon

Its not cheap

[Northy]

That is the highest price round here, it can be found for as little as 121.9p per litre if you shop around - bargain.

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[Nick Goodall]

Originally Posted by Northy

That is the highest price round here, it can be found for as little as 121.9p per litre if you shop around - bargain.

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I just filled up my Golf (Petrol) and it was £60.75, at £1.15 a litre..... Not hit the £60 mark before, not with this car anyway, and that's all for 300 Miles driving Greeeeeeeeeeeeeeeat

Having just bought a 2nd car it just adds to my reasoning as to why i can't carry on racing, i could probably do it on a budget but the last thing i want is to go racing and do crap just because of Tyres etc, that really is no fun from my point of view - i only ever like to be able to blame errors / mistakes for not getting the right result, not tyres :-(

[telboy]

Maybe the RC community should get a petition up and send it to government to lower prices, or it could seriously hurt the hobby/sport?

Not just ours but a whole host of others too.

[Nick Goodall]

Originally Posted by telboy

Maybe the RC community should get a petition up and send it to government to lower prices, or it could seriously hurt the hobby/sport?

Not just ours but a whole host of others too.

There's sooo many reasons but I just can't see it changing at the moment.

Years ago when my dad was racing Motocross, they tried to ban the sport then due to the usage of Fuel, but the organisers were quick to point out that the amount of fuel getting used every day/night & weekend for people to go Fishing far out-weighed any fuel that was getting used at all the motocross races going on at any weekend!

Travelling is a big issue - i just can't see anything being done about it though - petitions are always a good start!

[mole2k]

Over here in NI the fuel is about £1.12/litre for petrol and 1.33/litre for diesel. Diesel is a lot more common here hence why its now more expensive.

A quick 9 mile drive and we can get diesel for £1.02/litre from the south, not sure what the petrol prices are over there.

[Benh]

Originally Posted by Nick Goodall

........ petitions are always a good start!

To get prices of fuel down.
1 - Help the US economy - This can be done purchasing approx £1.2 Trillion pounds worth of RC spares
2 - Strengthen the dollar - OPECs petro dollar will go further and will be able to buy more gold toilet seat bling
3 - Then ask OPEC to stop stiffling supply as their Petro Dollar can now afford many RC parts
4 - When using your car ensure you push it up all hills, freewheel down hills and only use the motor to recharge the Battery after you have nearly flattened it with peaking RC cells.

Right then, who's up for it!

[telboy]

What annoys you though, is when the fuel companies mention (like the other week) that they made, so many billions profit last year!!

Surely, they could still survive loosing 1/2billion profit from their 30bn and cut the price of the fuel?

Rediculous. Basically laughing in our faces and nowts being done. Yet the other year there were road blocks etc because the fuel was about to hit 80p!
Where have all these people gone to?

[James]

Although Crude Oil has gone up its still really TAX that cripples the motorist.....

[David Church]

I heard on the news tonight that oil hit $135 per barrell and it's due to go up even higher!!! It was $65 per barrell this time last year, so fuel prices are set to go even higher

[RogerM]

........ remember a couple of things.

1) The largest part of the cost of fuel is TAX. Remember there is TAX on the fuel used to deliver the fuel, on the overall amount (VAT) and obviously the duty on the fuel you by itself.

2) The petro-chemical companies don't make much profit at all at the pumps, certainly no more than 10% of the pre-tax prices! They make their profits from the by-products of refining oil based products, other energy industrial sectors and by investment in futures etc (trust me most big multinational companies make more money playing on the money markets than by their products .... no matter what the industry).

3) The majority of petrol stations are not owned by the big oil companies and they don't make their money on the fuel you buy either ..... more so on the crap you buy whilst walking through (food, drinks, mags & papers ...... etc.)


If you want to see fuel prices fall in this country do something about the government ....all those thinking of voting red again ... well it's your funeral!!!!

[Rich D]

Originally Posted by RogerM

........ remember a couple of things.

1) The largest part of the cost of fuel is TAX. Remember there is TAX on the fuel used to deliver the fuel, on the overall amount (VAT) and obviously the duty on the fuel you by itself.

2) The petro-chemical companies don't make much profit at all at the pumps, certainly no more than 10% of the pre-tax prices! They make their profits from the by-products of refining oil based products, other energy industrial sectors and by investment in futures etc (trust me most big multinational companies make more money playing on the money markets than by their products .... no matter what the industry).

3) The majority of petrol stations are not owned by the big oil companies and they don't make their money on the fuel you buy either ..... more so on the crap you buy whilst walking through (food, drinks, mags & papers ...... etc.)


If you want to see fuel prices fall in this country do something about the government ....all those thinking of voting red again ... well it's your funeral!!!!

Wise words Roger, i agree with all the above 100%