The Price Of Petrol

[smac]

Yep, was starting to consider it myself. But Mrs Smac and I work in Flinders & Wakefield Streets and live only 5 kms from the city so we don't use a lot of fuel and I don't pay for parking. Still cheaper to drive at that rate.

[youngster]

Had you thought about getting a multitrip ticket?

Brings the cost back to around $2.70 per trip IIRC...

[best on hill]

unless you are going into a petrol station with a gun, you are about to be robbed. funny the old man use to say that about banks and lawyers, now its fuel companies

[smac]

Had you thought about getting a multitrip ticket?

Brings the cost back to around $2.70 per trip IIRC...

Which still leaves us at $10.40 per day in travel costs. We spend about $70 per week in fuel, which includes all our driving, not just work and back. Still in front taking the car I reckon. But the gap is narrowing.

[Dutchy]

unless you are going into a petrol station with a gun

not real funny there BOH...

[best on hill]

unless you are going into a petrol station with a gun

not real funny there BOH...

i take it the bit about banks and lawyers didnt offend you dutchy

[best on hill]

unless you are going into a petrol station with a gun, you are about to be robbed. funny the old man use to say that about banks and lawyers, now its fuel companies

my apologys to anyone that may have been offended this post. there may be victims of crime that could have found this offenceive

[Dutchy]

no dramas BOH...play on

[best on hill]

no dramas BOH...play on

no blood no foul play on

[Dog_ger]

I usually only let my tank get down to 3/4 full and then fill up.

Usually around only $35

I drive a 03 Commodore.

Not this week.

On Wednesday Morning while stopped at the traffic lights.

I noticed my usual station had no numbers up at the price tower.

People were driving up to the pumps, looking at the price and driving off.

SHAME SHAME SHAME.

Be careful of your local outlet..!

$0.52 a litre tax... Where is this being spent Mr PM. On your Superanuation..?

While we struggle with our mortgage and food....

[Dutchy]

LOL Dogger, I dont think it goes to the PM, I think most would agree our PM is underpaid...

As for filling up when your tank is 3/4 full I would suggest you let it go down further before filling up as a full tank makes your car heavier and therefore expends more fuel...

[brod]

The price of petrol is now being used to compare other prices..

Orange Juice (2 litre) $2.98
$1.49/litre...cheaper than petrol!!

[magpie in the 80's]

The price of petrol is now being used to compare other prices..

Orange Juice (2 litre) $2.98
$1.49/litre...cheaper than petrol!!

pity i cant run the car on home brand soda water then .69c a litre for 1.25L

[TroyGFC]

An innovative idea!!

http://au.news.yahoo.com/a/-/newshome/4775643

[JAS]

You could always try what Charlie has done

Regards
JAS

http://www.cnn.com/2008/WORLD/europe/07/01/royal.wine/

LONDON, England (CNN) -- Britain's Prince Charles has converted his 38-year-old Aston Martin to run on biofuel made from surplus wine, his office revealed Tuesday.

The car was a 21st birthday present from Queen Elizabeth, and the prince has converted it to run on 100 percent bioethanol as a way to reduce his carbon emissions, his office, Clarence House, said.

The prince has also converted his other cars -- several Jaguars, an Audi and a Range Rover -- to run on 100 percent biodiesel fuel made from used cooking oil, his office added.

Details of the prince's biofuel use were made public Monday in his household's 2008 Annual Review, which details the prince's income and activities over the past year.

The report says Charles and his household reduced their carbon footprint by 18 percent last year after switching to green electricity supplies and reducing their travel-related emissions.
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Charles, 59, has a strong interest in environmental issues and rural affairs. He is active in environmental charities, and his food company, Duchy Originals, uses ingredients produced at his organic farm in Cornwall, southwestern England.

The biofuels are converted and provided by Green Fuels Limited, a British company that previously provided biodiesel to power the royal train, Clarence House said.

The wine used for the bioethanol comes from current vintage that remains after English wine producers reach the EU limit for annual wine production, a spokesman for Green Fuels said.

The prince uses wine from a vineyard close to his Highgrove Estate, the spokesman said

[Psyber]

Duchy Original biscuits are great.
Now if I could get that Austro-German Battenberg guy who calls himself "Windsor" to recognise native title and hand over the Duchy to someone whose grandparents came from Penzance..[Moi!]

[johntheclaret]

LONDON, England (CNN) -- Britain's Prince Charles has converted his 38-year-old Aston Martin to run on biofuel made from surplus wine, his office revealed Tuesday.

The car was a 21st birthday present from Queen Elizabeth, and the prince has converted it to run on 100 percent bioethanol as a way to reduce his carbon emissions, his office, Clarence House, said.

The prince has also converted his other cars -- several Jaguars, an Audi and a Range Rover -- to run on 100 percent biodiesel fuel made from used cooking oil, his office added.

Does anyone else see the irony in this statement

[Psyber]

LONDON, England (CNN) -- Britain's Prince Charles has converted his 38-year-old Aston Martin to run on biofuel made from surplus wine, his office revealed Tuesday.
The car was a 21st birthday present from Queen Elizabeth, and the prince has converted it to run on 100 percent bioethanol as a way to reduce his carbon emissions, his office, Clarence House, said.
The prince has also converted his other cars -- several Jaguars, an Audi and a Range Rover -- to run on 100 percent biodiesel fuel made from used cooking oil, his office added.

Does anyone else see the irony in this statement

In all fairness he may have bought most of them before "green" became an issue, and I guess he only uses one at a time.
The Audi appears to be the only departure from the old "Buy British!" compulsion of the past.
I vaguely remember that when William was a child Charlie got into trouble with the press for letting him sit on his lap and steer a Rangie around the farm.

[Dog_ger]

$1.73 @ litre.

Dog_ger can't afford it.

My tank is down to 1/2 this week.

C'mon pay day.....

Never before, this low....

[Psyber]

$1.73 @ litre.
Dog_ger can't afford it.
My tank is down to 1/2 this week.
C'mon pay day.....
Never before, this low....

Jeez, I got Premium Unleaded at $1.64 on Tuesday, in Melbourne's outer east, and I had a supermarket voucher for 4c/litre off.
Still cost me $92 odd to fill the tank...