Price of fuel

[walshydub]

Winging about fuel prices, thats new.

At the peak, it cost me $130 to fill my Benz.

Sorry about that Jace, would you prefer i whinge about the weather?
What's with all this rain. I thought it was supposed to be summer. Global warming i guess.

[Jace]

Sorry about that Jace, would you prefer i whinge about the weather?
What's with all this rain. I thought it was supposed to be summer. Global warming i guess.

What i mean is as drivers, fuel is a necessity. Cars cost money. If you can't afford it, buy a bike!

And I like the rainy weather thank you very much!

[walshydub]

What i mean is as drivers, fuel is a necessity. Cars cost money. If you can't afford it, buy a bike!

And I like the rainy weather thank you very much!

It's not a case of whether i can afford it or not and it's just that sort of apathy that allows fuel companies to get away with blatant price fixing.

Doesn't it piss you off just a little bit that prices go up so much seemingly over night and for no real reason?

I would ride a bike but it's a little difficult balancing a weekly shop on the handle bars.

[Ich bin ein Berliner]

I love this topic, I think fuel is so cheap, I have been in Oz for nearly 2 years when I left the Uk BP ultimate was £1.54 per ltr, that's nearly $2.50 and it's prob more now lol.

[walshydub]

I love this topic, I think fuel is so cheap, I have been in Oz for nearly 2 years when I left the Uk BP ultimate was £1.54 per ltr, that's nearly $2.50 and it's prob more now lol.

But in the UK 60+% of that is tax, whereas over here its at around 40%, so if the tax level was the same it would be closer.

My main issue really is that last time i filled up 2 weeks ago it cost me $50, now its $68. $18 jump in a fortnight, bit steep.

[walshydub]

I know it's from the "left wing, hippy media" and it's quite long but have a read of this article from Rolling Stone published in 2009 regarding the control "big banking" has over comodities pricing. It's quite enlightning...

Taibbi

[Jace]

It's not a case of whether i can afford it or not and it's just that sort of apathy that allows fuel companies to get away with blatant price fixing.

Doesn't it piss you off just a little bit that prices go up so much seemingly over night and for no real reason?

I would ride a bike but it's a little difficult balancing a weekly shop on the handle bars.

It really doesn't annoy me in the least. I drive my car to empty then fill right up every time.
Generally I don't even notice the price per liter.

[walshydub]

It really doesn't annoy me in the least. I drive my car to empty then fill right up every time.
Generally I don't even notice the price per liter.

Fair enough.

[JonZo]

my fuel meter was on 1/4 before empty, so i went to fill it up..... i paid $70! (98 RON) -.- this is in my mk4 gti. MY FIRST FILL UP for this baby and i got slammed with $70 lol worst than my Nissan 180sx

[Coaster]

All the anti-fuelwatch stuff in the eastern states was a laugh. It's such a good service, I know exactly where I'm going to get the cheapest fuel the day before!

On Tuesday I travelled 360km using just 18 litres I only fill up once a month, and bugger me, petrol is one of the cheapest liquids you can buy, so you can't complain, save that for another crisis.