Caladh
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MDL diesel was £1.75 per litre - and that’s for 60/40
Fuel prices
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Lucky Duck
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Saying £1.64 today
Nessy
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Just at the Moment in our surrounding in Germany…
We’re curious to see the prices at the boat fuel stations in Brittany when we will be aboard the next days.
Stefan
Porthandbuoy
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Don't care. Pick up my new EV next week. 
Oh, wait, do care. Boat takes 450 litres of the damn stuff.
Oh, wait, do care. Boat takes 450 litres of the damn stuff.
gjgm
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Tho if you are a berth holder and therefore on Otium, you get 16pct in points. You may or not like the Otium concept, but you could reason it is 147p.
Scubadoo
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Two weeks ago, I filled up at MDL £1.59 and now £1.64, with the 10p saving and otium points it is for once surprisingly cheaper than other places I have used in the Solent, even without the 10p off or points.
It seems a few on here, fuel is insufficant when comparing others costs, I don't see it that way, I look at the total cost, everything is going up and it does make you think. Many years ago I used to pay people to service my boat due to being time poor, now I do most of my annual servicing to keep the cost down, which is quite a saving and I enjoy doing it. Saying all that, I go boating when I can, I don't let fuel cost distract me from my enjoyment at the moment, just wish for better weather.
Caladh
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I am and missed their “deal” by one day as filled up’s 31/05. For info, how do you convert Otium points to £££’s. It seems arbitrary.
Lucky Duck
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Used my last lot as part payment for one of their cruising bundles
Portland marina is apparently charging more than £2 per litre for visitors at 60/40 - yikes
Portland marina is apparently charging more than £2 per litre for visitors at 60/40 - yikes
gjgm
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If you go to Mdl site, or sign into MyMdl, it explains the different points earned on different services.
I think these have remained stable, but I am sure they retain the right to change them!
When you use them, obviously you do not earn points on points. If you spend £100 and use 25 in points you earn on the balance that you are actually paying for, 75.
Seven Spades
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In the last five years I have only filled up in Guernsey, Gibraltar and cheapest of all St Petersburg. It won't affect me in the short term but next time the cost to me will be substantially higher.
potentillaCO32
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You could ways head back to st. Petersburg for a refill
Bouba
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The diesel fuel in my marina shot up to €2.30 per liter as soon as the fuel crisis hit...I was horrified, it was the most expensive fuel anywhere. But a funny thing happened....the price never went up...it’s now the cheapest diesel on land or sea...you can’t get cheaper even at a supermarket fuel outlet
boomerangben
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Maybe I should find a marina to get fuel for the car - the nearest Tesco and Asda don’t have any fuel at all. (Mind you the Shell and Esso stations do so I wonder if the supermarkets are balking at the wholesale prices at the moment)
Sticky Fingers
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It’s red diesel. Not road legal.
Scubadoo
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I had the same problem the other day where Tesco and Sainsbury's were closing off pumps. I went and asked the Sainsbury's guy about the shortages, he said they get the standard one tanker delivered a day and due to demand increased to two tankers a day and still having trouble keeping up with demand. So perhaps not a shortage just people filling up more often.
potentillaCO32
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with our phev which we mainly use round town we have only had to fill the tank up in november and have used the car on electric. Will be chopping my car for a renault 5 ev and looking at the grants for solar panels and batteries for our house in france.
potentillaCO32
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In france thay have been bemoaning retirees who at the first sign of trouble zoom out and fill their cars up. That excess demand tails off.
Lucky Duck
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PWC crowd in the Solent seem unaffected by fuel prices judging by the numbers out today
SimonX
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I think you’ll like the 5. I have always been a bit nervous of Renaults as, when I was selling VWs, we got a lot of Clios and Meganes traded in and they were a nightmare. I’ve test driven two 5s, a normal one and an Alpine version and they were a lot of fun and well built. The lady down the other end of our road has just got a white Alpine GTS, she must be 75 and drives it like a rally driver.
Phil_boat
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Renault 5 you say? I love ours 
It’s my 3rd EV and it makes me smile every time I drive it.
It’s my 3rd EV and it makes me smile every time I drive it.
