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Post by mfzx6r »

1 US gallon = .823 UK gallon

! US gallon = 3.785 litres
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Post by Gosling1 »

Zx12Piglet wrote:yes, I remember in 2003 when I started driving, and gas was still under $1.00

last year, gas did a back and forth move from $2.29 to $3.00.....for about 3 months.....then, they took it back down to $2.30

they put it into the $3's just recently.....fuckin' aye.
and it will keep rising.

(fyi-in 2003 I was 17)
back in 2002, the average cost of fuel here was about 85-90c per litre, which was about $3.20AUS, or about $2.40US per gallon.....

It is now expected to hit $1.50AUS per litre shortly, which is closer to $5.60AUS per gallon, or $4.80US per gallon.....

so inside 5 years, the cost has almost doubled..........the oil companies are making double the profits.........its a fuckin' joke.

One of the dills at work said to me "Yeh, but how much do you pay for a litre of Coke ??" - I said you don't buy 60 or 70 litres of Coke every week to fill up on , and if you did, well it would cost maybe 40c per litre instead of $2.50.........its such a lame argument that one..... :?

At least LPG is still less than 60c per litre, so the reality of driving the old VN dunneydore on LPG is that the cook is only paying mid-80's price for juice..... :D

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Post by zzzak »

In order to quantify the costs here how about expressing your weekly petrol bill as a percentage of your weekly income,mine costs me 5-6% of what I get,the rest goes on booze,bikes and dope,anything left over I waste.
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when i first read the title i thought it was yet another go at Gos's musical bum....
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my fiancé works for an oil company...he knows when shit is going to go up/down before most others...I'm not surprised if we don't go up to $4.00 or $5.00 by mid/end summer....ugh....can we go live on the moon yet?!!?
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Zx12Piglet wrote:my fiancé works for an oil company...he knows when shit is going to go up/down before most others...I'm not surprised if we don't go up to $4.00 or $5.00 by mid/end summer....ugh....can we go live on the moon yet?!!?
can u imagine how much fuel it would take to ride the zx12r to the moon??
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but it would be a blast now wouldn't it?!!? lol
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Zx12Piglet wrote:but it would be a blast now wouldn't it?!!? lol
not if u high-sided going round orion and hit an asteroid!!
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