Anybody been abroad lately? am trying to get an idea of costs for holiday, 
driving down through France to Southern Spain.
Cost of Diesel I want really,
Cheers
Don

Whatever the UK price of diesel, deduct 30% and you will find the price. 
France is a little more than Belgium and if you plan your route Luxemburg is 
around 40% cheaper  You can also check this site 
http://www.aaroadwatch.ie/eupetrolprices/     Dutchman
"Donwill" <popple @diddle .dot> wrote in message 
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> Anybody been abroad lately? am trying to get an idea of costs for holiday, 
> driving down through France to Southern Spain.
> Cost of Diesel I want really,
> Cheers
> Don
>

"Dutchman"  wrote in message 
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> Whatever the UK price of diesel, deduct 30% and you will find the price. 
> France is a little more than Belgium and if you plan your route Luxemburg 
> is around 40% cheaper  You can also check this site 
> http://www.aaroadwatch.ie/eupetrolprices/     Dutchman
> "Donwill" <popple @diddle .dot> wrote in message 
> news:4812e66a$1_4@mk-nntp-2.news.uk.tiscali.com...
>> Anybody been abroad lately? am trying to get an idea of costs for 
>> holiday, driving down through France to Southern Spain.
>> Cost of Diesel I want really,
>> Cheers
>> Don
>>

Not the same for petrol then! Looking at the site quoted unleaded petrol in 
France is 1.323 Euro. At the current rate of exchange 1.223 Euro/pound (M&S) 
makes unleaded about 1.08 pound per litre. I am currently paying 1.06 per 
litre.

Diesel 1.176 Euro equivalent to 0.96 pound per litre. Daughter is currently 
paying 1.13 pound, about 17% more.

Tom

"Donwill" <popple @diddle .dot> wrote in message 
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> Anybody been abroad lately? am trying to get an idea of costs for holiday, 
> driving down through France to Southern Spain.
> Cost of Diesel I want really,
> Cheers
> Don

I was in France a couple of weeks ago. (Snowed-in at Boulogne!) Cheapest 
supermarket diesel was ?1.22 and on the autoroutes it was up around ?1.36. 
Prices in the UK have gone up since then, so French prices may also have 
increased. I got diesel in Belgium at ?1.12. Can't help with Spain.

For any who are interested, I also bought a telepass responder before I went 
via the www.sanef.com/fr website which worked a treat and saved a lot of 
hassle and time.  No fiddling with cash  or credit cards - just billed to my 
UK credit card - magic!  Pity it doesn't work with the caravan on the back!

John Miller

"Donwill" <popple @diddle .dot> wrote in message 
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> Anybody been abroad lately? am trying to get an idea of costs for holiday, 
> driving down through France to Southern Spain.
> Cost of Diesel I want really,
> Cheers
> Don
>
Two weeks ago I paid 1.22 euros per ltr diesel at Leclerc supermarket in 
Boulogne sur mer.On motorways it was 1.35-1.38 depending where and which 
fuel supplier.
Gwilym

a good up to date guide www.day-tripper.net  lots of info.  What a shame we 
didn't go into the Euro last year @ 1-48
"Donwill" <popple @diddle .dot> wrote in message 
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> Anybody been abroad lately? am trying to get an idea of costs for holiday, 
> driving down through France to Southern Spain.
> Cost of Diesel I want really,
> Cheers
> Don
>

John
Have tried to locate the telepass transponder on the site you gave but with 
no success. Could you help please as I travel in France quite a lot and do 
find the tolls a bit of a chore!!! I could only find commercial payment 
systems. Where am I going wrong?
TIA.
Gwilym
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> "Donwill" <popple @diddle .dot> wrote in message 
> news:4812e66a$1_4@mk-nntp-2.news.uk.tiscali.com...
>> Anybody been abroad lately? am trying to get an idea of costs for 
>> holiday, driving down through France to Southern Spain.
>> Cost of Diesel I want really,
>> Cheers
>> Don
>
> I was in France a couple of weeks ago. (Snowed-in at Boulogne!) Cheapest 
> supermarket diesel was ?1.22 and on the autoroutes it was up around ?1.36. 
> Prices in the UK have gone up since then, so French prices may also have 
> increased. I got diesel in Belgium at ?1.12. Can't help with Spain.
>
> For any who are interested, I also bought a telepass responder before I 
> went via the www.sanef.com/fr website which worked a treat and saved a lot 
> of hassle and time.  No fiddling with cash  or credit cards - just billed 
> to my UK credit card - magic!  Pity it doesn't work with the caravan on 
> the back!
>
> John Miller
>
>

"gwilym"  wrote in message 
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> John
> Have tried to locate the telepass transponder on the site you gave but 
> with no success. Could you help please as I travel in France quite a lot 
> and do find the tolls a bit of a chore!!! I could only find commercial 
> payment systems. Where am I going wrong?
> TIA.
> Gwilym
> "John Miller"  wrote in message 
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>>
>> "Donwill" <popple @diddle .dot> wrote in message 
>> news:4812e66a$1_4@mk-nntp-2.news.uk.tiscali.com...
>>> Anybody been abroad lately? am trying to get an idea of costs for 
>>> holiday, driving down through France to Southern Spain.
>>> Cost of Diesel I want really,
>>> Cheers
>>> Don
>>
>> I was in France a couple of weeks ago. (Snowed-in at Boulogne!) Cheapest 
>> supermarket diesel was ?1.22 and on the autoroutes it was up around 
>> ?1.36. Prices in the UK have gone up since then, so French prices may 
>> also have increased. I got diesel in Belgium at ?1.12. Can't help with 
>> Spain.
>>
>> For any who are interested, I also bought a telepass responder before I 
>> went via the www.sanef.com/fr website which worked a treat and saved a 
>> lot of hassle and time.  No fiddling with cash  or credit cards - just 
>> billed to my UK credit card - magic!  Pity it doesn't work with the 
>> caravan on the back!
>>
>> John Miller
>>

Gwilym

Ah! - I had forgotten that you have to use the French site to apply for the 
badge - I couldn't find any way into the process from the UK version either. 
It helps if you can read a bit of French, but if not use something like 
Babelfish (http://babelfish.altavista.com/) which will give an approximate 
translation.

On the French site, there's a box on the RH side with a rolling "Liber-t" 
logo - that's what they call the transponder. If you click on that, you'll 
go to a page with a choice of 3 boxes on the bottom. Unless you go to France 
very regularly, you'll want the monthly option labelled "Formule mensuelle" 
For this you pay ?30 deposit on the box + ?3 P&P. Then ?2 service charge for 
each month in which you use the service (plus whatever tolls you incur) 
When you get to the next page, choose the subscribe on-line option (en 
ligne) and on the next page click the "un particular" button which should 
give you the form asking for your name & address, etc. This is fairly 
straightforward, tick the box to say you accept the T&C , go to the next 
page (Etape suivante) and then you'll be asked for the credit card details 
that you want to use for the charges. You can cancel (Annuler) the process 
at any stage if you're not happy. Assuming all goes well, the box will 
arrive by post within a week or so along with a instruction leaflet which is 
written in French, but has an English translation alongside each section in 
much smaller type.

Hope this helps, but feel free to email me if you need further assistance 
(remove the .spam)

John

Many thanks for the replies.
Cheers
Don

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> Anybody been abroad lately? am trying to get an idea of costs for 
> holiday, driving down through France to Southern Spain.
> Cost of Diesel I want really,
> Cheers
> Don
>
>



This site will give you up-to-date prices for the whole of France - a 
gov site.

http://www.prix-carburants.gouv.fr/


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