petrol prices

**Brian d marge** · 12th August 2005, 00:16

I ride an Enfield ..mind you you could run any vehicle on this stuff ....

Ethanol 85..

Anyway here are the secret undercover plans that will reduce your petrol bill .....

Mind you it looks quite expensive that dino juice in NZ ...

Stephen

**justsomeguy** · 12th August 2005, 00:40

Cost $25 to fill my bike with 91oct today......usually used to cost 15-18 max

**Waylander** · 12th August 2005, 00:47

Originally Posted by dawnrazor

Noticed there has been some bitching about rising petrol prices recently, can't think why.
After some searching on the net and quick currency conversions, i felt a little better.
Mainland europe; a litre of Hi-octane unleaded will cost between NZ$1.75 - NZ$2.
England, the same will cost a mighty NZ$2.58.
I don't feel so bad about paying NZ$1.40 now.

That said the USA has on average one of the lowest prices in the NZ$0.80c area, its no wonder they went to war, i'd fight for petrol that cheap anyday.

Not sure if this has been posted yet but the main reason most are upset by the fuel price hike is because it went up to pay to fix auckland roads.

When I first got the bike up and running here in NZ it took $17NZD to fill it from bone dry. Now it takes just shy of $22NZD to fill. Not too much difference but still...

**texmo** · 12th August 2005, 01:03

Man it cost me a whole $7.50 for a tank today.....

**TwoSeven** · 12th August 2005, 01:04

Originally Posted by gav

Most modern cars are very economical, we have a 2004 Toyota Caldina GT Four at work that supposedly uses 6.5 litres per 100km, thats pretty good isnt it? What sort of fuel usage are most getting, personally I have no idea what my bike uses, when it gets low I fill it up, (tripmeter doesnt work, sorry....)

I get 650km on $30 desil in my car and I get 120km for $5 petrol in the krappisaki although I think its happier running 100km/$5.

**MiXeR** · 12th August 2005, 01:38

Originally Posted by Oakie

It would be interesting to compare the amount of tax per litre that different country's governments contribute to the cost.

If you're interested, here it's 80% of the price at the pump. If it wasn't for the tax we'd have the cheapest fuel in europe as we're the biggest importer/consumer in western europe.

That's why I go across the border to get gas.

**Waylander** · 12th August 2005, 02:03

Originally Posted by texmo

Man it cost me a whole $7.50 for a tank today.....

Yea used to cost me that much (in NZD) to fill my tank, but that was Texas and we had our own oil wells.

**oldfart** · 12th August 2005, 07:09

[QUOTE=Waylander]Not sure if this has been posted yet but the main reason most are upset by the fuel price hike is because it went up to pay to fix auckland roads.QUOTE]
And that's the way it should be. Auckland is far more important to NZ than NZ is to Auckland. So you peasants in the provences just go drive round somemore so my 18l V8 doesn't have to drive over bumps no more

**Sniper** · 12th August 2005, 08:06

Hmmm, fuel prices are one of the bains of my life. Thank goodness for the company fuel card

**Smorg** · 12th August 2005, 08:27

Just take off your plates and go and top up

Problem solved

**Oakie** · 12th August 2005, 09:04

I booked my bike in for a tune up next week. It would be nice to get the 20kml that other CB400s get rather that the 15.9kml that mine gets. That should save me about $4.20 a week at today's prices.

**Fart** · 12th August 2005, 10:01

Originally Posted by Beemer

I must confess I got a bit of a shock today when it cost $16 to fill the tank of the Goose when it went onto reserve. So used to paying about $12 - and how annoying that it STILL isn't enough to collect Fly Buys points!

Dont expect petrol prices to come down anytime soon. High prices are here to stay for good. Wholesale Brent Crude is at an all time high of over $65.00 per barrel. Why else would the Americans be in Iraqi? Just bought some oil stocks last week to make some money on the high oil prices.

**Pixie** · 12th August 2005, 10:46

Originally Posted by Lou Girardin

Yeah great, but we don't live in those countries.
138% increase in profit for one of our oil companies last year - that's extortion.

Not to mention the 60% tax and the GST take that increases every time the price rises.
Remember this as you walk up to the polling booth

**DemonWolf** · 12th August 2005, 10:57

This was one of the points I went out and got my bike.. travelling 140K's per day for work is just giving the government too much of my money.. I'm sure I pay enough in other taxes to stop paying them in other freakin petrol taxes!