Spewing... Fuel $$$ - Page 2

Teki04 · 06-09-2005, 09:52 PM

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Originally Posted by whippet_zetec

yeah all those tight ***** out there will start doing the following:
*servo take offs (fill up and drive off before paying) already happening in Sydney.
*syphoning tanks of peoples cars at night, could even be during the day (better get a petrol cap that locks and a flap that needs to be released from the inside)

it could get ugly out there folks

Servo take offs.... a few local servos i know of have prepaid now... you pay BEFORE you fill up. Its crap! And, also... they close the furthest tanks late at night.... so they can monitor you!

Well.... my car has a key lock.... so ill just live with that.....

MITCHAY · 06-09-2005, 09:56 PM

139.9 for unleaded here in Canberra. Of course i see the prices after ive driven around with the air con on lol. Im goin to lighten off the right pedal now. Im goin to be getting 21lts for the $30 i put in a week. Oh well some people have got it worse.

xurbanx · 06-09-2005, 10:47 PM

its currently (the servo near here) down to 124, mum said it was around 139ish during the day in the city :/

Cypher · 07-09-2005, 10:00 AM

Its 125.5 at the servo down the road here in Canberra. Relatively cheap compared to Sydney. If they all buy fuel at the same price, how come there are such big differences consider all the fuel in NSW comes out of Sydney?????

Danny · 07-09-2005, 05:55 PM

I filled Up our XR6 today in Geelong for nearly 90 bucks. That was with the 95 RON. I aint furkin happy neither, Lets turn off the swearing filter so we can vent our anger and frustration!!!

Teki04 · 07-09-2005, 07:20 PM

I just put $40 worth of Ultimate.... $1.469/L.... how about we get rid of these .9 and just stick with $1.47?!?! stupid marketing, make it look cheaper!

I think i might be using more fuel as my car is running on Shell Synthetic Oil 5W-50, which is too thick.... should be 5W-30. But im going for my first service tomorrow, and im bringing along Castrol Formula R Synthetic 5W-30.... so it should be all good!

slim · 07-09-2005, 07:30 PM

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Originally Posted by slim

Over here it's $1.52 for 91......$1.57 for 95..gone up 13 cents a litre in 3 weeks.............................and rising soon no doubt !!!!!!!!

Just went up another 3 cents today

whippet_zetec · 08-09-2005, 12:16 AM

mmmmm.......dont do that many km's in a week (about 80km plus any weekend driving and thats if I do any as I havent been of late) so i am not feeling major pain as I am using 8L per 100Km.......but for those of you doing big km's each week I feel sorry for you all..

svo347 · 08-09-2005, 12:21 AM

just as a Q i wonder what japan is charging for fuel since they import 99% of their oil....
Wonder if its lower than what we pay???....

joshf2 · 08-09-2005, 07:40 AM

remember that the govt here charge up to 60% of our fuel costs in taxes and excises.

fuel might be cheaper (to the consumer) per litre simply because their govt dont go so heavily on the taxes

whippet_zetec · 08-09-2005, 09:33 AM

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Originally Posted by joshf2

remember that the govt here charge up to 60% of our fuel costs in taxes and excises.

fuel might be cheaper (to the consumer) per litre simply because their govt dont go so heavily on the taxes

I get this argument, but break it down...if the Govt didnt get revenue from fuel sales then they will need to get it from somewhere else - most likely increasing your income tax or some other form of tax.

So what would you rather, less income tax which gives you more cash to spend on any number of items, or less fuel tax (on a discretionary item) in which you can adjust your consumption to reduce cash expenditure anyway but wuld have paid more income tax and have less cash to begin with?

Teki04 · 08-09-2005, 09:42 AM

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Originally Posted by joshf2

remember that the govt here charge up to 60% of our fuel costs in taxes and excises.

fuel might be cheaper (to the consumer) per litre simply because their govt dont go so heavily on the taxes

Its actually 38cents/L in tax......

Cypher · 08-09-2005, 10:03 AM

According to Shell when the price is 139.9 the production cost is 74.8, the tax is 50.8 and the retail margin is 13.5.

http://www.shell.com/home/au-en/html...arch_0221.html

Don't know the price of petrol in Japan at the moment, but when I was there last year it was about $1.65.

Incidently, it costs about US$4 a barrell to actual pull the oil out of the ground and put the crude in barrels. Then another $5 per barrel to process it into petrol. So that makes the cost about US$11 a barrel. The rest is pure profit. Interestingly, for a price of around $1.40 at the pump, the price per barrel should be around US$80. So you tell me what is happening.

marcosambrose · 08-09-2005, 11:36 AM

OPEC and the oil nations are money hungry, we are quite lucky here, UK and european drivers are paying up to $2.50 a litre.

Still, looks like you might see alot more E-Gas cars being sold, since Australia has more gas than a farm full of cows.

joshf2 · 08-09-2005, 06:21 PM

its all about supply and demand

cypher - im suprised shell would quote something like that, in most other "articles" you may see, they always try to play the good guy, and that each servo only "makes" about 3-4c per litre.

whippet - if you want to go down the line about where the revenue is coming from, how about we discuss where the revenue goes to?? our roads are crap, the hospital system is crap, the water situation is crap.....are there any bright spots??

bobbyboy · 26-10-2005, 01:31 AM

Hey guys,

I recently found this handy little tool at the RACV site. Type in your postcode and find the best fuel prices nearest to you.

http://petrol.racv.com.au/index.jsp

Enjoy all...

(about to purchase a ST170 very soon --- just missed out on buying lincolns' ...damn)

chown · 26-10-2005, 06:09 PM

Fuel cost me 126 a litre today and i live in queensland!!!and that was just regular unleaded it was like almost 140 for premium. I thought we were suppose to be about 10c sheaper up here,

: anywho we need the fuel so guess ya gotta buy it sometime

FlaminFiesta · 26-10-2005, 09:54 PM

i filled the fiesta up for $66 roughlt $1.55 a litre a few weeks back ~! that hurt ouch!!

Teki04 · 26-10-2005, 10:19 PM

! I havent spent $1.55 for PULP yet... thankfully!

GROOV3 · 26-10-2005, 10:27 PM

my prem usualy costs like $1.30 - $1.40

oh well life sucks deal with it or walk or bus it if you cant aford the fuel

MISTA FIESTA · 27-10-2005, 12:27 PM

I picked up 1.27 for Shell optimax on Wednesday, unleaded was 1.20. I was so shocked that it was cheap other servos were like 1.35 - 1.50

joshf2 · 27-10-2005, 07:01 PM

you drive a 1.6L 4 potter that gets 7L/100kms with a 45L tank

FordFan86 · 27-10-2005, 07:24 PM

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Originally Posted by joshf2

you drive a 1.6L 4 potter that gets 7L/100kms with a 45L tank

Best post in this thread yet.

RED_EL_XR8 · 27-10-2005, 09:10 PM

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Originally Posted by joshf2

you drive a 1.6L 4 potter that gets 7L/100kms with a 45L tank

All things are relative! This is a small car related thread.

FlaminFiesta · 27-10-2005, 09:18 PM

Originally Posted by joshf2
you drive a 1.6L 4 potter that gets 7L/100kms with a 45L tank

hahah i have never go that except on the highway and highway only !!