Petrol prices are getting ridiculous!

**Toaster** · 4th March 2010, 21:58

Went to fill up at BP Paraparaumu today and saw the price of BP ultimate had hit $1.92 per litre!!!

These prices are staggering!!! There doesn't seem to be much protest or media coverage about it nowdays but they are getting pretty dang close to $2 a litre again.

I don't know about anybody else but the cost of living and petrol prices are getting a bit obscene!

**quickbuck** · 4th March 2010, 22:03

I take it that was for 98?

Was riding up all the Fuel Stations on the way up this morning thinking.... 1.77.9??? When did that happen?

yup, Ute will be for collection Dust, motorcycle for fun... And cycle for 3.5km trip to work....

**Gone Burger** · 4th March 2010, 22:21

With you on that one Toaster. It absolutely sucks. Our total petrol bill a month for our vehicles is about $600.00 and incresing at the same speed as they raise their prices. And thats mostly commuting to work for us both. Would love to take the bike in more, but need a car to carry things for work most days, and winter is ruled out with black ice.

When gas got to $2.20 / litre it was almost undoable. Always on the look out for a job much closer to home.

Ba-hum-bug. They are buggas whoever "they"are.

**Toaster** · 4th March 2010, 22:25

I was filling up a v8 Landrover!!

Nice to be able to borrow the car, but heck its a beast to fuel. The Busa is far better, just not so easy to use when carrying lots of stuff around.

**Gone Burger** · 4th March 2010, 22:29

Gees the V8 sure would have stung you. Hense the reason Mike is selling his Ford Falcon XE to get his bike. Much more affordable to take out and enjoy.

**DougB** · 4th March 2010, 22:41

What are you moaning about - many people pay more than the price of petrol for water in a bottle when they can get it free from a tap!!!!!

**SMOKEU** · 4th March 2010, 22:58

Try paying for fuel when your car drinks a minimum of 16L/100km. That's when it's NOT on booooooooooooooooooooooooooooooost.

**Toaster** · 4th March 2010, 23:12

Originally Posted by DougB

What are you moaning about - many people pay more than the price of petrol for water in a bottle when they can get it free from a tap!!!!!

Yeah well thats their choice to be stupid.

The petrol companies and oil manufacturers are laughing at us I am sure.

**SS90** · 5th March 2010, 03:09

Outside the UAE and the USA, I am pretty certain the the price if fuel in New Zealand is really not that bad.

Germany is €1.38,(NZD 2.72) Austria €1.10, (NZD 2.17), the cheapest I have ever seen is Croatia at something like (the equivalent of) €0.95 (NZD 1.87), and 2 of these countries have highway taxes to pick up the shortfall lost from the cheaper petrol.......

Sad as it is, it will hover around this price from now on, it's just that as Kiwi's we are used to having cheap fuel.....oh, and think how far it has to come!

**YellowDog** · 5th March 2010, 05:19

Originally Posted by SS90

Outside the UAE and the USA, I am pretty certain the the price if fuel in New Zealand is really not that bad.

Germany is €1.38,(NZD 2.72) Austria €1.10, (NZD 2.17), the cheapest I have ever seen is Croatia at something like (the equivalent of) €0.95 (NZD 1.87), and 2 of these countries have highway taxes to pick up the shortfall lost from the cheaper petrol.......

Sad as it is, it will hover around this price from now on, it's just that as Kiwi's we are used to having cheap fuel.....oh, and think how far it has to come!

You are correct in that Kiwi fuel is less expensive than most places I have been. But the NZ$ has remained strong at around US$0.70 so unless the price of oil has taken a hike recently (I don't think it has), I can't see why prices have crept up.

**Pascal** · 5th March 2010, 05:36

Originally Posted by Toaster

$1.92 per litre!!!

Please refer to this graph. It comes from here. 45% of that price is made up of tax. Tax that is supposedly going to fix our roads. (Ahahahaha).

So in reality, the cost of the product is just over a dollar.

**peasea** · 5th March 2010, 05:42

Originally Posted by DougB

What are you moaning about - many people pay more than the price of petrol for water in a bottle when they can get it free from a tap!!!!!

And a latte` is how much? What's the cost of that bollocks per litre?

**flyingcr250** · 5th March 2010, 05:48

same old story with this bumhole country, you pay through the nose for a product or service that is completely inadequate and lagging behind the rest of the world.

**Quasievil** · 5th March 2010, 06:54

Nah its cheap, its probably just your driving habbits that are expensive

**Bald Eagle** · 5th March 2010, 06:56

Originally Posted by Katiepie

With you on that one Toaster. It absolutely sucks. Our total petrol bill a month for our vehicles is about $600.00 and incresing at the same speed as they raise their prices. And thats mostly commuting to work for us both. Would love to take the bike in more, but need a car to carry things for work most days, and winter is ruled out with black ice.

When gas got to $2.20 / litre it was almost undoable. Always on the look out for a job much closer to home.

Ba-hum-bug. They are buggas whoever "they"are.

Yep Raumati to City 5 days a week on the bike. Getting harder to have any extra fuel for the weekend pleasure riding.