Those of you with a keen eye on your wallets might like to note that rather than paying motorway prices for Petrol at Exeter Services, there is chaeper petrol ( 4p/ltr at the beginning of December) at Sainsbury's. On the Route Card after Exeter Services follow the route to the point wher it says "Take first exit at the island dp Ide". take the 3rd exit instead, and Sainsbury's is just half a mile down the road. Follow the signs for superstore as it is a strange junction. After filling up, return to the island, and continue towards Ide.
Locals (Dave H?) might confirm to this group that the price difference is stilll there.
I live near this store and the other day it was 79.8p/litre for unleaded. You can also get another 5p/litre discount by spending over £50 in Sainsbury supermarket up to 14 days beforehand (just hold on to the receipt). There is also a Tesco superstore within 1/2 mile of Exeter Services with similar deal. Stricly speaking people shouldn't deviate from the official route but of course if you accidentally take the wrong exit from the roundabout......... :-) Keith
ReplyDeleteA mate of mine swears he gets lower mpg (up to 5mpg) when he buys cheap
ReplyDeletesupermarket fuel as opposed to the oil-company branded stuff. This could
tally with the fact that it is a lower grade (but still officially "in
specification 95 RON") fuel. Logical assumption seeing as it could be one of
the reasons why supermarkets are able to offer cheaper petrol. Lower octane
means less power and I don't know about you but I need all the help I can
get on the hills!
Just a thought
>From: "Classical Gas, For Trials enthusiasts"
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>Reply-To: "Classical Gas, For Trials enthusiasts"
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>To: "Classical Gas, For Trials enthusiasts"
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>Subject: Re: Cheaper Petrol on the Exeter
>Date: Wed, 5 Jan 2005 07:34:11 -0800
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Hi Simon, I can concour with Keith that the fuel is a lot cheaper. I myself like to run on aviation fuel which is just up the road at the airport.
ReplyDeletedoes E-12-13 -3 apply to trials
ReplyDeleteWell this opens up a can of worms. Whilst we may be able to save a few pence per litre at a varity of supermarket retailers in the area we must ask ourselves would they be happy to have 300+ muddy visitors using their conviences along with providing space along with table and chairs for our all important marshalls all of which make up a rest halt? My guess is they would not. We should be thankful that companies like welcome break do and i agree the fuel both automotive and human is not the cheapest it does however provid an all important rest halt. On another note on the same subject we see that a number of fuel retailers open especially for us in various MCC events and we are asked to patronise I would be in favour of taking this one stage further and that it becomes compulsary to patronise and that the all important time control card we carry requires a stamp by the garage concerned following purchase of fuel missing stamp = failure. Would be interested to hear any other peoples views on this
ReplyDeleteI would have to say that for the most part I concur with all that Darran says, and I certainly believe in supporting the places that open for us or are in out of the way places, I would not have started this line of discussion were it not for the fact that Exeter is a large motorway service area whose petrol throughput is so large that the additional contribution to their profits that the trial makes is so small that it is almost certainly unoticed in the overall figures. Not to mention the fact that the petrol consession is owned by Esso, not by Welcome Break. You will be able to spot when the food emporium starts to think that we are not making a suitable contribution to their figures; - the control table will be quietly moved to a cold and awkward corner.
ReplyDeleteFrom my own experience, I have noticed that when re-fuelling at the "recommended" fuel stops on MCC trials,how little I actually spend....probably just trying to squeeze in a few quid's worth of petrol. perhaps concern about exactly WHERE I'm going to get my next petrol from? or the total lack of a fuel gauge on most of my trials kit dictates that I excersise discretion, and bow to the MCC's advice?
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