Petrol prices are getting ridiculous!

**Coldrider** · 9th March 2010, 19:03

Originally Posted by scumdog

And driving a car that get 13mpg at best ( 6km per litre or so) it makes ya cringe a tad!!

May have to park up the company car and let the radar do the walking eh?

**scumdog** · 9th March 2010, 19:09

Originally Posted by Coldrider

May have to park up the company car and let the radar do the walking eh?

No, it's MY car I'm talking about ('66 Ford Thunderbird)

**huff3r** · 9th March 2010, 19:31

Originally Posted by scumdog

No, it's MY car I'm talking about ('66 Ford Thunderbird)

But would you rather pay $60 or whatever less a week and drive a corolla? Or would you prefer to pay the extra and drive the Thunderbiird? I know which I'd choose!!!

Haha i drive my car for work and lose about $20-30 a week on what they pay to cover our petrol, but it's worth it cos i love my car

**scumdog** · 9th March 2010, 19:41

Originally Posted by huff3r

But would you rather pay $60 or whatever less a week and drive a corolla? Or would you prefer to pay the extra and drive the Thunderbiird? I know which I'd choose!!!

Haha i drive my car for work and lose about $20-30 a week on what they pay to cover our petrol, but it's worth it cos i love my car

Yep, the second choice!

And my 13 second '55 Ford truck is also fun - and gets at least 1 lkm a litre further than the T-bird...

**Toaster** · 9th March 2010, 21:36

Originally Posted by riffer

... New Zealand's market is not competitive at wholesale level. So although there is retail competition, it makes limited difference to prices.

Yep, its a classic Oligopoly.

**Forest** · 10th March 2010, 10:11

Originally Posted by huff3r

Haha... anyone care to hear about the petrol price in Kuwait?? How about NZ$0.35 a litre. Nope i'm not kidding. Mum can fill her car and the jetski for about $30 or something stupid like that. Amazing what happens when you take tax and transportation out of the picture

The only catch is that you have to live in Kuwait.

A country which is quite frankly a shit-hole.

**Quasievil** · 10th March 2010, 10:31

Originally Posted by Forest

The only catch is that you have to live in Kuwait.

A country which is quite frankly a shit-hole.

Really, I didnt mind it to much, there is worse

**huff3r** · 10th March 2010, 20:27

Originally Posted by Forest

The only catch is that you have to live in Kuwait.

A country which is quite frankly a shit-hole.

Just wondering if you've been there? Cos it's pretty decent seeing as Dads house is on the beachfront, and free rent, within the company complex and its hot enough to use the beach most the year (too hot in summer!!).

So umm.. yeah not really a shithole

**Indiana_Jones** · 10th March 2010, 20:46

I'm just enjoying the access to gas while I can

Always look on the bright side of life, aye chaps

-Indy

**Forest** · 10th March 2010, 20:50

Originally Posted by huff3r

Just wondering if you've been there? Cos it's pretty decent seeing as Dads house is on the beachfront, and free rent, within the company complex and its hot enough to use the beach most the year (too hot in summer!!).

So umm.. yeah not really a shithole

If you think a nice house on the beach is enough to stop a place being a shit-hole then you need a bit more life experience.

**sAsLEX** · 10th March 2010, 21:09

Still on a downward trend according to excel and my current bikes thirst

**Indiana_Jones** · 10th March 2010, 21:20

Originally Posted by sAsLEX

Still on a downward trend according to excel and my current bikes thirst

Why lol

-Indy

**huff3r** · 10th March 2010, 21:56

Originally Posted by Forest

If you think a nice house on the beach is enough to stop a place being a shit-hole then you need a bit more life experience.

So what makes it a shithole then? I've lived in a few different countries and visited many more, perhaps its you that should get out there and get some life experience? Yes everywhere is a shithole compared to NZ (shame most NZers dont see that), but it really isnt that bad. I can't see you coming up with any valid reasons for it being a shithole, if you think its similar to Iraq because its in that part of the world then your sadly mistaken because it is actually very americanised, due to their presence there ever since desert storm.

The only reason i didnt go there with them is because there is no future there for me, because unlike dad im not in a steady, well paying Chevron job already

**Pedrostt500** · 11th March 2010, 00:36

It amazes me how short sighted we are, we all breathed a sigh of relife when the Ressesion hit the fuel prices, fuel prices dropped like a perverbial stone, particurly as the Speculators on the Fuel Futures markets got chased out by Banks folding World wide.
Any plans any one was considering for alternative fuels got shelved or forgotten, with the sudden abundance of cheaper fuel on the world market.
My prediction is we are going to pay much more this time around, particurly if we do not as a Nation look to becoming more self-sufficient, in our own fuel supply, and less needy on the International Markets for supply.
We have vast coal reserves and not all of it is on consevation land, Coal to Gasoline is old technolodgy, by applying modern technology it doesn't need to be as dirty as it once was.
There is also research on Algae to Oil, but I would doubt it would produce enough Oil for our countries needs, to make a significant impact, on our fuel demands.

The Up side for us as Motorcyclists, will be less cars on the roads, and probably more car drivers converting / returning to motorcycling.