DAMN FRIGGIN OIL COMPANIES

**Marmoot** · 10th May 2004, 22:10

$1.33 per litre 98.........

70litre tank on a sportscar

**k14** · 10th May 2004, 22:13

Damn, what kinda car you got?? Just take the bike.

**Two Smoker** · 10th May 2004, 22:13

Originally Posted by Marmoot

$1.33 per litre 98.........

70litre tank on a sportscar

SHIT YES, i filled up my cage today, spent fucking $40 and got JUST over half a tank of gas

.... That was $40 for 30 litres of 98..... Can't wait for my bike to be ready, soooooo much cheaper....

**Ghost Lemur** · 10th May 2004, 22:36

OMG

What rediculous excuse are they using for that? I'm sort of thankful that my car is off the road, but with prices that stupid it isn't going to be long before we see a rise in food. They govt/corporate watchdogs really need to get some balls/teeth on this issue. There is obvious collusion going on. Whether illicit (like a few years ago when they all got those patheticly small fines) or tassit (sp?), it shouldn't matter. Competition, and rules governing business are there to prevent this exact type of robbery.

**marty** · 10th May 2004, 22:39

i just fitted an LPG tank to my cage today - i start commuting to auckland next week. fuck it's gonna hurt - on petrol at 270kms a day @ 9 litres/100km @ $1.22/litre = nearly $30 a day. ouch.

LPG, at .65c/litre, uses about 12 litres/100k = $21.

unfortunately I don't (yet) own a touring/commuting bike, which gets 50 mpg (eg VFR800, or even a busa ridden nicely.

but who ever rode one of those nicely...

**marty** · 10th May 2004, 22:42

and diesel's no good - 270kms a day costs about $7 a day in RUC, $15 in fuel (maybe more now that diesel is .75c a litre!), plus the purchase premium and servicing, and the car performs like a POS unless it's a merc/audi/peugeot etc.

**marty** · 10th May 2004, 22:46

although when i was in the UK in dec 2002 it was costing .80p for a litre of regular 91. that was $2.40 a litre converted! it was costing me more to run a rented vauxhall corsa - 3 door 1300cc than it does to run my V8 commodore

**marty** · 10th May 2004, 22:54

i just searched google for fuel prices - UK prices around the 75p mark, 80p for premium, but in Ireland - try 93p for unleaded 91, and 1.18 for premium - that's $2.92 a litre!

**curious george** · 11th May 2004, 00:13

Petrol is quite cheap here. Not cheap enough, perhaps, but like Marty said, cheaper than the UK

**Lou Girardin** · 11th May 2004, 06:56

Funny how prices didn't fall when our dollar was US.69c. Price control anyone?

**wkid_one** · 11th May 2004, 07:20

Originally Posted by marty

i just searched google for fuel prices - UK prices around the 75p mark, 80p for premium, but in Ireland - try 93p for unleaded 91, and 1.18 for premium - that's $2.92 a litre!

No it isn't - making a straight ER is not accurate unless you are on holiday buying petrol with NZD converted to GBP - if you are over there - it is pretty much pound for dollar - making petrol cheaper there than here.

**James Deuce** · 11th May 2004, 07:24

Originally Posted by wkid_one

No it isn't - making a straight ER is not accurate unless you are on holiday buying petrol with NZD converted to GBP - if you are over there - it is pretty much pound for dollar - making petrol cheaper there than here.

Succinctly explained. The same goes for wages, food, etc.

**merv** · 11th May 2004, 07:52

.. and the problem is the fuel hungry Yanks as usual driving up prices in their summer because OPEC cuts production just when they want heaps and the price per barrel soars to $40 US and on top of that our buck has dropped to $0.60 US. Can't win eh!