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June 11, 2008, 08:26:19 am

Mark(The Miser)UK

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Reply #1June 11, 2008, 09:51:47 am

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« Reply #1 on: June 11, 2008, 09:51:47 am »
Lots of good this does me.. :(
dan

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Reply #2June 11, 2008, 10:40:29 am

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« Reply #2 on: June 11, 2008, 10:40:29 am »
Just heard that people by the border are driving into Mexico to fill up, and that diesel is even cheaper than gas there.
Jim
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Reply #3June 12, 2008, 09:30:31 am

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« Reply #3 on: June 12, 2008, 09:30:31 am »
Quote from: "Mark(The Miser)UK"
http://www.petroldirect.com/index.htm


I'm running the Perfuel but it's not really saving me much money. :wink:
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Reply #4June 13, 2008, 10:42:32 pm

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« Reply #4 on: June 13, 2008, 10:42:32 pm »
Good morning Mr Miser
Good morning Mr Postman
I have a rather large and heavy parcel for you this morning
Oh good, Its my 40 litres of diesel I ordered from Malta!
Quite a thing, this deregulated post office
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Reply #5June 14, 2008, 01:50:50 am

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« Reply #5 on: June 14, 2008, 01:50:50 am »
jason the diesel we get in malta has been known to void engine warranties on BMW's and Mercedeses and at the price we do get it no-one else wants it!
Fast and Cheap is not Reliable
Reliable and Cheap is not Fast
BUT
Reliable and Fast is NEVER Cheap...
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Reply #6June 14, 2008, 09:39:39 am

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« Reply #6 on: June 14, 2008, 09:39:39 am »
Great Site!!!!  Read the whole thing 8)
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Reply #7June 14, 2008, 03:42:34 pm

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« Reply #7 on: June 14, 2008, 03:42:34 pm »
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Great Site!!!!  Read the whole thing 8)


Not sure which is funnier some of the 'Homer's  failing to understand the site ...or the site :mrgreen:
Mark-The-Miser-UK

"There's nothing like driving past a bonfire and then realising; its my car on fire!"

I'm not here to help... I'm here to Pro-Volke"

Be like meeee: drive a Quantum TD
 ...The best work-horse after the cart...

Reply #8June 15, 2008, 03:09:23 am

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« Reply #8 on: June 15, 2008, 03:09:23 am »
if i'm the homer i understood it... but they couldn;t have chosen a worse country to make the pun with... however it was worth pointing out what "maltese" diesel implies (low quality/high price)... and honestly we're sick and tired of it :( even joining the eu didn't get things any better (actually worse lol prices went up) but on the + side we can brew our own bio-diesel legally :D maybe we can offer that to petrol direct in 3 flavours/scents...

also keep in mind that with the rate of efficency of the maltese post office if sent by christmas 2008 will arrive at easter 2009 ...
Fast and Cheap is not Reliable
Reliable and Cheap is not Fast
BUT
Reliable and Fast is NEVER Cheap...
                              - someone's wise words after my GTI engine died -

Reply #9June 15, 2008, 04:01:44 am

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« Reply #9 on: June 15, 2008, 04:01:44 am »
Quote from: "DonGTI"
if i'm the homer i understood it... but they couldn;t have chosen a worse country to make the pun with... however it was worth pointing out what "maltese" diesel implies (low quality/high price)... and honestly we're sick and tired of it :( even joining the eu didn't get things any better (actually worse lol prices went up) but on the + side we can brew our own bio-diesel legally :D maybe we can offer that to petrol direct in 3 flavours/scents...

also keep in mind that with the rate of efficency of the maltese post office if sent by christmas 2008 will arrive at easter 2009 ...


Don we are paying $2=60 per litre for diesel over here  and our living standards are lower. So we have at least twice as much to complain about :cry:
Our postal service was taken over by the Dutch [at least the profitable parts] and our water by the French and our Electricity by the Germans. Our car industry by the Chinese and our food by the Indians. Our fruit by the Israelis... We do still produce most of our own potatoes though [good old Sir Walter Raleigh] Slave labour is covered by the Polish which is helping keep wages down to nothing. :wink:
Actually before I clicked links on the petrol site I was taken in and kept murmuring to myself about the impossibility of sending the stuff through the post[ :roll: /color]
Mark-The-Miser-UK

"There's nothing like driving past a bonfire and then realising; its my car on fire!"

I'm not here to help... I'm here to Pro-Volke"

Be like meeee: drive a Quantum TD
 ...The best work-horse after the cart...

Reply #10June 15, 2008, 07:36:52 am

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« Reply #10 on: June 15, 2008, 07:36:52 am »
Over here its 0.87 GBP per liter... if yours is 2.60 USD then its 1.33 GBP per liter?  You pay more than us???????? was the $2.60 you wrote for normal diesel or maybe for shell high performance or similar?
Fast and Cheap is not Reliable
Reliable and Cheap is not Fast
BUT
Reliable and Fast is NEVER Cheap...
                              - someone's wise words after my GTI engine died -

Reply #11June 15, 2008, 01:57:03 pm

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« Reply #11 on: June 15, 2008, 01:57:03 pm »
$4.70  a gallon for diesel here :shock:
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Reply #12June 15, 2008, 04:03:01 pm

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« Reply #12 on: June 15, 2008, 04:03:01 pm »
Quote from: "mtnbob"
$4.70  a gallon for diesel here :shock:


And $4.49 if you know where to look down here in Clemson.

Reply #13June 15, 2008, 05:23:32 pm

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« Reply #13 on: June 15, 2008, 05:23:32 pm »
$4.75 here :(

Makes my 124 mile commute to and from work VERY painful...

I think it's time to look for something closer to home, at this rate I could take a $5000.00 a year pay cut and make the same money if I can find something within 15-20 miles from home.
dan

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Reply #14June 16, 2008, 06:22:57 am

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« Reply #14 on: June 16, 2008, 06:22:57 am »
Diesel is 139.9/l here, dollar is about at par with the U.S. dollar.............

 

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