Anton Redman Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 Does anybody know which side of the France Spain border is cheaper at the moment ?Have searched forum and googled topic but most information is at least three or four months old. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Russethouse Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 You might consider sending Opas a PM ? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayJay Posted June 28, 2008 Share Posted June 28, 2008 AA fuel report for June €1.19 unleaded, €1.05 diesel. http://www.theaa.com/onlinenews/allaboutcars/fuel/2008/June2008.pdf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anton Redman Posted June 28, 2008 Author Share Posted June 28, 2008 Thanks JayJay - if you overtake a Pug 306 HDI driving very slowly toward the border it will be me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MrCanary Posted June 29, 2008 Share Posted June 29, 2008 If you can make it a bit further in the Pug, you will find unleaded and diesel are still about 8p a litre in the UAE... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Benjamin Posted June 29, 2008 Share Posted June 29, 2008 [quote user="Anton Redman"]Thanks JayJay - if you overtake a Pug 306 HDI driving very slowly toward the border it will be me.[/quote]It was about 10 cents a litre cheaper at the end of May so it's not worth risking running out! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
powerdesal Posted June 29, 2008 Share Posted June 29, 2008 [quote user="Mel"]If you can make it a bit further in the Pug, you will find unleaded and diesel are still about 8p a litre in the UAE...[/quote]Mel, you are waaaaaaaay out of date.Diesel in Dubai is up to ADH 18 per gallon, which means about 54p / litre. Petrol is a LOT cheaper at ADH 6.25 / gal ie 19p /litre. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anton Redman Posted June 29, 2008 Author Share Posted June 29, 2008 [quote user="Mel"]If you can make it a bit further in the Pug, you will find unleaded and diesel are still about 8p a litre in the UAE...[/quote]About thirty years too late for me thanks. Been there done that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ams Posted June 29, 2008 Share Posted June 29, 2008 Try the link below and sovle all your fuel costs, available January 2009. Hey the French Government will even pay you to have one.http://www.theaircar.com/acf/ams Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zeb Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 I popped across the border the other day and petrol was about 28 centimes cheaper per litre but I go to stock up on toiletries which are much, much cheaper than here in Haute-Garonne. Not sure how much cheaper diesel is though, sorry. Err - is paint cheaper in Spain? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
opas Posted July 2, 2008 Share Posted July 2, 2008 Last Saterday we paid 1 euro 32c per litre at La Jonquera. We had been for a day out to the beach, try some new spanish wines which seem to have improved greatly over the years, another thing we also stocked up on was Gouda and parmessan! the gouda is nearly 1 euro 50 per kilo cheaper than France........ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anton Redman Posted July 6, 2008 Author Share Posted July 6, 2008 Paid € 1.28 at Carrefour in Pamplona on Saturday for Diesel so Spain does still seem to be marginally cheaper.Thanks to everybody who replied. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wendy Posted July 9, 2008 Share Posted July 9, 2008 In answer to the OP - we live 20 mins from the border in Perpignan and have found that the fuel is always, without exception, cheaper over the border in Catalonia (not 'Northern Spain' - call it 'Spain' to the locals there at your own risk - they won't even speak Spanish! ) We often drive to Jonquera to fill up - I am baffled as to why the French fill up at the station just prior to the border on the French side - it is usually at least 20/30 cents dearer than in Jonquera which is only 10/15 mins away at the most.Old rivalries perhaps...?Anyway, strangely, we have found the diesel we buy in Catalonia seems to last longer than the 'stuff' we buy locally... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Anton Redman Posted July 9, 2008 Author Share Posted July 9, 2008 I struggle with Catalan, think in German word order but with Latin words but can understand it unlike Basque which for me is off the planet. Coming 'home' / back to France was amazed that the fuel stations did not have last stop before the border save 0,10 a litre Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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