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10 Apr 2010, 07:48 (Ref:2669853) | #1 | ||
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£1.20 a litre
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10 Apr 2010, 09:51 (Ref:2669919) | #2 | ||
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2 MAIN cars, how many have you got!
Back on topic, petrol was always more expensive in the UK than Oz, I traditionally had a 4 cylinder in the UK whereas the family car here in Oz has been a 6 cylinder 4 litre Ford Falcon which is pretty standard here. Petrol has normally been about the same in Australian dollars as in pounds, ie, petrol in Oz at the moment is about $1.20 - $1.30 a litre, same in UK but in pounds, meaning its about double the price in the UK then Australia, but then again I tend to do a heap more kilometres in Oz per annum then I did in the UK. I suppose its all relevant. |
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3 on the road (Previa, Quantum, Hurricane) and a Dutton in bits!
The Quantum is used most days for a 50 mile round trip commute, the Previa lugs children and stuff very nicely, usually longer runs rather than local hops- my kids enjoy walking! The gas conversions paid for themselves very quickly, it's 53p a litre at Asda at the moment, mpg figures are pretty much the same as with petrol. Previa performs well but Quantum's 1800 Zetec (An early one) doesn't work quite- fine for every day driving however. It was around £1800 for each car and I think at the time we worked out 20000 miles for each car to pay for itself. |
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The pound is relatively weak at the moment, which explains some of it. However oil is about 50% the cost of what it was at the last peak in prices. The 70 odd pence that goes to the goverment doesn't help.
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10 Apr 2010, 10:19 (Ref:2669935) | #5 | ||
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Yes I've always found it ironic that the UK tax on fuel has been so high compared to Oz which has I think 40 cents a litre excise and 10% GST(same tax as VAT).
We have so many more kilometres of road per head of population compared to the UK, so I suppose thats the reason why our roads are crap!! |
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10 Apr 2010, 16:49 (Ref:2670166) | #7 | ||
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Apparently it's £1.28 in the Isle Of Man?!!
The rises are going to carry on for the time being. It's daft it's costing £55 quid to fill up a car like a Clio 197 when it would've cost about £15 quid less only 5 years ago by my reckoning? |
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What were the prices in the UK at the peak a couple of years ago? Odd because while prices have been slowly climbing here, it is nothing like '08.
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