Korumba
30th June 2008, 11:54
I am about to depart on my farewell tour of NZ before heading overseas.
My airfare from Alk to LA to Frankfurt to Geneva and return the same way is $2400.00 + fuel tax of $600.00 odd (which went up $80.00 in one week with fuel price increases). I can’t confirm my ticket until my US Visa comes thru so who knows what it will be then.
.Full Insurance overseas for me is about a grand for the year.
So my point……. Say $3000 to do the overseas bit for a year, .if you take out the insurance.
I have free accommodation most every where I travel while overseas and NZ.
My 20 day trip from Whangarei to Invercargill and return by car is going to be about two thirds ($2000) of the above travel cost. . (With no Insurance, long may ACC continue!!!!!!!!!)
Only one night of accommodation to pay for in Taupo (I am not able to stay in Tauranga as they are still picking up the empties after last weeks farewell tour practice run,)
I did the same trip in 1998 in a new 2lt Bluebird from Auckland, it cost around $600.00 in fuel, my current car a 3lt Maxima, does about the same, approximately 10km/lt and if not better in fuel economy.
My R1 does about 13km/lt if you are nice.(drops to under 10km/when off SH1) So that’s about a third less than the car.
So I am expecting about $1200.00+ in fuel?????(Watch this space for the final tally)
Talking to my Brother in the states tonight about fuel prices we in NZ are paying about US$8.00 a gallon and in the states it is currently about US$4.00 a gallon (you do the currency conversion, cause I don’t care, it is what it is!)
The Ferry return is $354.00 + whatever the horrible pies cost.
What are your collective thoughts on this? It just does not add up to me!!!!!.
Rainman if you see this can you please forward it to your mate Neddy at Netsky, I contacted Opo at OPEC about this and he said the pricing of fuel was not their department…..
O yeah Rainman I have also asked if the Jokes and Humour thread can have a Satirical tag added to save any confusion with real life. : )
My airfare from Alk to LA to Frankfurt to Geneva and return the same way is $2400.00 + fuel tax of $600.00 odd (which went up $80.00 in one week with fuel price increases). I can’t confirm my ticket until my US Visa comes thru so who knows what it will be then.
.Full Insurance overseas for me is about a grand for the year.
So my point……. Say $3000 to do the overseas bit for a year, .if you take out the insurance.
I have free accommodation most every where I travel while overseas and NZ.
My 20 day trip from Whangarei to Invercargill and return by car is going to be about two thirds ($2000) of the above travel cost. . (With no Insurance, long may ACC continue!!!!!!!!!)
Only one night of accommodation to pay for in Taupo (I am not able to stay in Tauranga as they are still picking up the empties after last weeks farewell tour practice run,)
I did the same trip in 1998 in a new 2lt Bluebird from Auckland, it cost around $600.00 in fuel, my current car a 3lt Maxima, does about the same, approximately 10km/lt and if not better in fuel economy.
My R1 does about 13km/lt if you are nice.(drops to under 10km/when off SH1) So that’s about a third less than the car.
So I am expecting about $1200.00+ in fuel?????(Watch this space for the final tally)
Talking to my Brother in the states tonight about fuel prices we in NZ are paying about US$8.00 a gallon and in the states it is currently about US$4.00 a gallon (you do the currency conversion, cause I don’t care, it is what it is!)
The Ferry return is $354.00 + whatever the horrible pies cost.
What are your collective thoughts on this? It just does not add up to me!!!!!.
Rainman if you see this can you please forward it to your mate Neddy at Netsky, I contacted Opo at OPEC about this and he said the pricing of fuel was not their department…..
O yeah Rainman I have also asked if the Jokes and Humour thread can have a Satirical tag added to save any confusion with real life. : )