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Posted: 18th Sep 2002
How much do you pay for paraffin at a petrol station where you are?
I buy it at £4 for a 4 litre bottle, which I assumed was a pretty standard price

But there's no sense crying over every mistake. You just keep on trying till you run out of cake.

Posted: 18th Sep 2002
My local petrol station (in Bradford on Avon) does paraffin for £3.49 for 4 litres. I've seen the same bottles in Bath for £4 and £4.50.

If you turn up with your own container at the local garden centre you can get it for 60p a litre. Camping shops should sell suitable containers.

[ 18 September 2002, 22:43: Message edited by: Magnus ]

Magnus... pay it forward

Posted: 18th Sep 2002
Right here is an easy solution,

Go to an army surplus store and purchase one of the big 20l jerry cans.

Find a local petrol station that still sells pump paraffin (I know of one in Bath but there should be at least one in most cities) and it will cost you about 12 quid to fill it.

This means you get about 8 ltrs free n comparism with buying the hideously overpriced 4 lts containers.

P

Posted: 18th Sep 2002
right-o. I've been paying 4 quid a litre for lamp oil

Homebase and B&Q sell nothing, not tried petrol stations

Posted: 18th Sep 2002
£2.99 for 4 litres of parafin from an Esso Garage in Glenrothes, Fife. Suits me fine.

Mal

Posted: 21st Sep 2002
this is the stuff that I usually use, its good stuff.

I get it for 3.99 from a hardware shop.

tastes ok aswell .

[garbo]

be excellent to each other: safe:

Posted: 21st Sep 2002
Yep Esso is what I used last night, one of my housemates spotted it whilst filling up a couple of days ago. It's good stuff, but being the weirdy hippy type I won't be buying from esso out of choice. I'll keep a look out thou at other petrol stations

Posted: 21st Sep 2002
MarkP neglects to point out the pros and cons of having a jerry can full of pump paraffin:

PRO: You will meet lots of funky people who come to dip in your cheap fuel.

CON: You have to carry the f***ing stuff!!! Its too damn heavy!!

What was the final litre count of fuel taken in Woody's car to Glastonbury? Was it 70 litres or something insane like that??

DrJon (getting ready to partypartyparty tonight, oh yes!)