Petrol up 6c per litre

[Fishy]

Think I might buy a 150 to get to work on instead of taking the cage!. Bloody hell it costs me around $100/wk on fuel to get to and from work

[Grahameeboy]

I am not wealthy but guess there is nothing we can really do about it and when I break it down:
Car - $4.80 extra every 3 weeks
Bike - $2.04 extra every week if I do a weekend ride

So, $16.52 extra a month/$4.13 a week......2 sets of tyres is about $20 per week.....

The ferry prices have gone up 10% which is $6 less but the daily return trip cannot be more than 4km so makes petrol price increases insignificant

so in the whole scheme of things I guess it is not that bad...no point worrying about it something we cannot do anything about.

[Swoop]

Better hope our dollar does'nt drop to fast or we are really going to shit our pants!!

Unfortunately that is what all the whining exporters and farmers have been grovelling to the gubbinmint for...

[Lou Girardin]

It's a condemnation of "market forces" that a product doesn't have to actually become scarce before the price goes up. Just the expectation is excuse enough. But it does make George Dubya mates very happy.
Caltex haven't followed, why not support them?

[bugjuice]

it's not the first time it's gone up. A few months ago 91 was over $1.50 and everyone bitched.

It came down, and no one said a word.

It goes back up a little, and everyone bitches again.

I don't like increased costs as much as the next one, but fuel will go up, and possibly down a little. Fact of life, get over it. Walk more.

[Fishy]

People still pay several dollars for a bottle of water from the shop.... whats wrong with the free stuff out of the tap?

Fuel increases are gonna happen if you like or not, save money in other areas if you have to to cope with it.

[ManDownUnder]

Think I might buy a 150 to get to work on instead of taking the cage!. Bloody hell it costs me around $100/wk on fuel to get to and from work

Good idea - do the numbers mate...

Let's pick on summat I know of... a GN250.

* Purchase price $3995
* Insurance for it - dunno about you, but budget $200/pa?

You're spending $5000/year on fuel, the GN would go through 1/10 of that?

Factor in the reduced mileage on the car... maintenance etc - and consider the the possibilty of selling it...(not likely I expect - but only you can assess that)

I think a wee bike would pay for itself PDQ... 12 months tops!

[Fishy]

Exactly!, there are ways and means of dealing with fuel increases. Get a bike thats cheap to run and leave the cage at home

[scumdog]

damn it and im back to driving a cage, that sux

Using a 7 litre 2 ton aerodynamics-of-a-brick type vehicle is eating up my dollars too - need a cheaper run-a-round

[Swoop]

Using a 7 litre 2 ton aerodynamics-of-a-brick type vehicle is eating up my dollars too - need a cheaper run-a-round

So the USA-type purchase has arrived???

[DingDong]

... aaaa... I got loads a money...

[myvice]

Guy came into work crying caus his car was only getting 400 ks to $50 gas.
Wonder what he’s getting now?
Can’t say I've noticed a drop in traffic, petrol isn’t as expensive when it’s raining...

[scumdog]

So the USA-type purchase has arrived???

Nah, it's not here YET!! But it's a shitload more streamlined than the 'lorry' to which I refer so SHOULD be a little cheaper to run (like 15mpg around town vs the present 12mpg!)