Fuel prices: Your Facebook comments

18 February 2011

UK fuel prices have reached a record high, despite a drop in the cost of fuel to the European market.

Drivers group the AA has claimed petrol sellers aren't passing on the savings to the customer.

But the organisation who represents petrol stations says profit margins are falling all over the UK.

Newsbeat has been getting your views on how much filling your car is costing you, and whether you'll be changing to public transport.

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Jade

"Uni takes 25 mins for me in the car and public transport.

"I have to change twice and it takes 2 hours!

"Plus I work where I live so I need to get back straight from uni to work sometimes so public transport isn't an option."

"If public transport was cheaper in north Wales, I would use it.

"But at the moment it is cheaper and quicker to drive to work."

"I just had to quit a job because I couldn't afford to get there on the train.

"To travel a 40 mile round trip on the train it cost me £12.30. To travel by bus cost £11.00."

"Sure it's costing more, but I'd rather cut back on other things like pre-packed food, alcohol, Sky, or new clothes etc than use public transport."

"I remember the days when it cost £20 to fill a 1L, now it's over £35. It costs me over £160 per month."

"I can't afford a house nearer to work so am therefore stuck paying a large proportion of my salary on petrol.

"It's a joke! Just a month ago I was in Lanzarote and petrol was only about 70p a litre!"

"I live in west Wales. public transport here is almost non-existent.

"The Government has a moral responsibility to people in rural areas, which they continually ignore."