What are you paying for a litre of fuel. [Archive] - Biante Model Cars

Bianteking

13-04-2005, 10:11 PM

In my area it is $1.11 to $1.16 a litre.

And this inquire by the accc into fuel price is biggest load of bs, the fed ans state goverments will not lower fuel taxs it the biggest revenue earner next to poker machine taxes and speeding cameras.

Martin Thomas

13-04-2005, 10:20 PM

$1.32 today.. And don't forget smokes and liquor...

diecastdude

13-04-2005, 10:29 PM

38.9 cpl LPG once you bite the bullet you won't look back.

Glen Alexander

13-04-2005, 11:04 PM

I'm about to find out after work how much it is this week.... 2 weeks ago I filled up and it was $1.21 for Shell Optimax.

wayno

13-04-2005, 11:05 PM

I'll need fuel tomorrow and I shudder to think. Think it was 109 yesterday.

Glen Alexander

14-04-2005, 12:44 AM

Just filled up at $1.28 p/litre. It's getting ridiculous.

Dingo

14-04-2005, 05:48 AM

Originally posted by diecastdude
38.9 cpl LPG once you bite the bullet you won't look back.
I run LPG too, but once the excise kicks in and LPG goes to 70c tell me if it's worth running it...

Kiwiracing

14-04-2005, 05:54 AM

Originally posted by Bianteking
In my area it is $1.11 to $1.16 a litre.

And this inquire by the accc into fuel price is biggest load of bs, the fed ans state goverments will not lower fuel taxs it the biggest revenue earner next to poker machine taxes and speeding cameras.

And what is YOUR area seen as you have no location.

I just paid 0.945 in sunny Brisbane.

Cheers
Kiwiracing

rex555

14-04-2005, 06:34 AM

Just returned from the Shakey Isles and they were paying $129.9 for ULP and about $1.40 for Premium. Getting to be as bad as Europe.

brchi17

14-04-2005, 07:07 AM

Originally posted by diecastdude
38.9 cpl LPG once you bite the bullet you won't look back.

enjoy it while it last's, when the gov start taking their slice of it in 18months or so, it's won't be much cheaper than ULP.......

108.9 in Warragul, add 10c p/lt for Optimax

cheers. :)

jonny5

14-04-2005, 07:31 AM

$101.9 - $105.9 on the Gold Coast.

Nick Short

14-04-2005, 07:39 AM

You've got a LONG way to go before it's as bad as Europe, or at least the UK anyway! And as Aussie prices rise so UK prices will head closer towards the $3 mark.......

diecastdude

14-04-2005, 07:51 AM

Originally posted by Dingo
I run LPG too, but once the excise kicks in and LPG goes to 70c tell me if it's worth running it...

I could be wrong but I heard that when the excise cuts in it is a 2 cent hike followed by 2 cent hikes every year over the following 6 years and while this will bite into the price of LPG it should still be a cheaper option than the price of petrol over the same 7 year period. Been running it now for just on 160,000 klm and all expected figures such as K's per litre and so on have been absolutely as quoted.

castkrazy

14-04-2005, 08:00 AM

$1.17 - $1.23 per Ltr. plus octane Additives at $20 - $25 dollars a bottle . :(

a9x308

14-04-2005, 08:10 AM

$1.12 ULP and $1.23 for diesel. And to think they hung Ned Kelly for highway robbery.

Nick Short

14-04-2005, 09:30 AM

He was hanged for shooting 3 coppers, but double-dipping on fuel tax by the Treasurer is almost as bad.

timbo333

14-04-2005, 09:52 AM

I passed the Shell garage where i fill up this morning on Albany Highway. Unleaded was $106.9/litre.

Thank goodness work pays for all my fuel...:)

How many of you use the discount vouchers from Coles, Woolies etc?

Cheers,

Timbo.

Kiwiracing

14-04-2005, 09:57 AM

Originally posted by timbo333

How many of you use the discount vouchers from Coles, Woolies etc?

Cheers,

Timbo.

Yip always

Cheers
Kiwiracing

bev

14-04-2005, 10:09 AM

At Biante we have BP fuel cards but lately have been driving past and going into Gull (WA brand) and saving 7 cents per litre. No grocery dockets involved....

rex555

14-04-2005, 10:12 AM

Unfortunately the 'Shopper Docket' premium fuels have a reputation for not being the best so I have to pay premium prices for petrol. <SIGH>

wayno

14-04-2005, 10:13 AM

Originally posted by timbo333
How many of you use the discount vouchers from Coles, Woolies etc?

I use them. Spend the money at the supermarket, so might as well use the dockets.

Malik

14-04-2005, 11:09 AM

just paid 109.9 here a couple days ago.

brchi17

14-04-2005, 12:12 PM

Originally posted by timbo333
.....How many of you use the discount vouchers from Coles, Woolies etc?

We do, but mind you we don't go out of our way to use them either.

Safeway for the wifes Impreza, Coles for the Optimax in the SV8, it may only be a saving of around $2 per tank, but it's better in our pocket than their's !!!

cheers. :)

stonebrosfan

14-04-2005, 12:13 PM

1.27 for vortex 98

Leigh

14-04-2005, 12:56 PM

Originally posted by brchi17
We do, but mind you we don't go out of our way to use them either.

Safeway for the wifes Impreza, Coles for the Optimax in the SV8, it may only be a saving of around $2 per tank, but it's better in our pocket than their's !!!

cheers. :)
But you don't save the money...you now spend on average $2 more for your groceries...

The beauty of this system is those that don't use shop-a-dockets pay extra at the check-out AND extra at the pump!

Ford Boy

14-04-2005, 03:02 PM

I paid $1.33 for UNleaded in Strathfieldsaye this morning. It ok, the prcies will come down! My logic is simple: WHAT GOES UP MUST COME DOWN! Its a good theory!

Nick Short

14-04-2005, 03:46 PM

Aussie prices are due to come down, but only because OPEC have agreed to pump more crude out......so you get your cheaper fuel but global stocks run out quicker!

biante1921

14-04-2005, 04:12 PM

Paid 103.9 for Optimax today in Brisbane - the 4 cents 99.9.

lukey73

14-04-2005, 04:23 PM

Im glad i dont pay for fuel, get a company car and we have our own tank at work so i just drive in fillup and away i go.

But my brother's and sister's i feel the pain :p

Luke

sleepy

14-04-2005, 06:45 PM

Originally posted by Ford Boy
I paid $1.33 for UNleaded in Strathfieldsaye this morning. It ok, the prcies will come down! My logic is simple: WHAT GOES UP MUST COME DOWN! Its a good theory! this theory does not workwhen major companys and goverment taxes are involved.. once it goes up it never goes all the way back to where it was.. can anyone remember how much lp gas was before we started to run motor cars on it (dirt cheap it was) and the goverment thought woa were missing out here we had better tax the hell out of it...let us all pray that noone invents a massed produced car that can run on water..

sleepy

14-04-2005, 06:47 PM

oh and by the way i payed 109.9 without a voucher in tassie tonight. personaly i think the vouchers have not helped the prices

admin

14-04-2005, 06:49 PM

Just back from Hong Kong and it is HK$12.56 per litre.......thats $2.09 Aussie dollars

wayno

14-04-2005, 06:51 PM

Originally posted by admin
Just back from Hong Kong and it is HK$12.56 per litre.......thats $2.09 Aussie dollars

Lucky it aint a big place then!

Nick Short

14-04-2005, 06:52 PM

Same with recycled chip fat from deep fat fryers in the UK - people started running their diesel cars on them and the government decided that as a fuel it was taxable........

Esses

14-04-2005, 07:25 PM

Originally posted by sleepy
this theory does not workwhen major companys and goverment taxes are involved.. once it goes up it never goes all the way back to where it was.. can anyone remember how much lp gas was before we started to run motor cars on it (dirt cheap it was) and the goverment thought woa were missing out here we had better tax the hell out of it...let us all pray that noone invents a massed produced car that can run on water..

When I first went "private" as a Courier 18 years go, LPG was 15.9 cpl. Now it's around the 50 c mark. I had the first LPG Van in Canberra, my XE Falcon P'Van, Nick. It's not the pump price so much, as the conversion cost - $1700-00 upwards - otherwise I love the stuff. The trick is to buy an already converted car, I guess.
ULP here is $1.06 - $1.19 pl. We had to go to Sydney on Monday for a Funeral & ended up filling up in Mittagong, of all places, at $1.04 pl (with a Coles docket) which was 4 - 12 cpl CHEAPER than Sydney.
As for the dockets, don't trust me, trust my Wife. Coles are $20-00 to $30-00 per week cheaper than Woolies for our groceries, with the same discount on the fuel. Works for us.
By the way, seen the price of Diesel? $1.23 pl! Everything you can see has at some time been transported by a Diesel powered vehicle, be it Truck, train or ship. It all flows on.:(

ferrari fan

14-04-2005, 07:46 PM

Originally posted by lcfp2297
But you don't save the money...you now spend on average $2 more for your groceries...

The beauty of this system is those that don't use shop-a-dockets pay extra at the check-out AND extra at the pump!

Well Shoppa docket and the like was NOT put in place to benefit those who use it!!

My better half (by a very long shot) will spend here $$ where she wants to shop, we frequent the Eurofood type shops and just pay at the bowser what ever the price is and then claim it if it is a buissness deduction, the rest(private fuel consumption ) is just that, and we just pay the price. The upbeart is that we do not run poluted, secondhand reject fuel in our cars and have the repair problems accordingly.
Coles and Woolworths arte not my fav shops.
Triking is :D
The service is top notch.

Esses

14-04-2005, 07:50 PM

Originally posted by ferrari fan
Well Shoppa docket and the like was NOT put in place to benefit those who use it!!

My better half (by a very long shot) will spend here $$ where she wants to shop, we frequent the Eurofood type shops and just pay at the bowser what ever the price is and then claim it if it is a buissness deduction, the rest(private fuel consumption ) is just that, and we just pay the price. The upbeart is that we do not run poluted, secondhand reject fuel in our cars and have the repair problems accordingly.
Coles and Woolworths arte not my fav shops.
Triking is :D
The service is top notch.

Yes, Woolies Petrol USED to be rubbish (speaking from personal experience) but these days is Caltex. The Coles Servos are Shell. Go Well.:)

Brutesutes

14-04-2005, 09:24 PM

2 f &*%#@%*&g much

Martin Thomas

14-04-2005, 10:25 PM

Originally posted by ferrari fan

Triking is :D
The service is top notch.

Yeah, I only hope the checkout chicks are better than last time I was in there..:D

Bianteking

14-04-2005, 10:34 PM

To Kiwiracing,

I live in the orange - bathurst area.

Thanks for bring that to my attention total over looked.

bev

15-04-2005, 08:54 AM

Originally posted by Bianteking
To Kiwiracing,

I live in the orange - bathurst area.

Thanks for bring that to my attention total over looked.

Excellent to hear - could you kindly add the name of your town to your profile, so that people who read other threads you contribute to will also know.....
Thanks

rex555

15-04-2005, 09:00 AM

Unfortunately in SA we don't get Optimax at Shell, only their ordinary 95RON 'Premium'. This means either Mobil 8000 or BP and neither are aligned with shopping centres in our area. Put $50 in this morning with a 1/4 of a tank to start with and didn't even reach full. To think when I started paying for fuel it was 32cpl (and MUCH cheaper for some others on this forum:D )

brchi17

15-04-2005, 01:31 PM

Originally posted by lcfp2297
But you don't save the money...you now spend on average $2 more for your groceries...

The beauty of this system is those that don't use shop-a-dockets pay extra at the check-out AND extra at the pump!

While that may be the case, it's not like we go out of our way to shop there - if we want to shop at an independent & supposedly save, we have to travel large distance & the savings are far less than the cost of going out of our way to save them.

For us we have both retailers in our town, we have to eat, so we just do it.

cheers. :)

Esses

15-04-2005, 05:59 PM

ULP $1.16 pl today in Canberra.:(

Nick Short

15-04-2005, 06:08 PM

It looks as though the SA government will give a 30c/litre discount to tourists visiting the south-east, so if you're booked into accommodation down Mount Gambier way you can save.....

Xcesiv308

16-04-2005, 06:22 PM

Originally posted by sleepy
oh and by the way i payed 109.9 without a voucher in tassie tonight. personaly i think the vouchers have not helped the prices
You must be in Launny Sleepy as I paid 116.9 today and a friend from down the west coast said it's 122.

It's getting ridiculous...

Xcesiv308

16-04-2005, 06:23 PM

Esses

16-04-2005, 06:51 PM

Done some sums on the LPG question. To do 300km a week on ULP in our Falcon costs about $47-00. The same distance on LPG is about $26-00. A standard LPG conversion for a Falcon Wagon is around $2000-00. So on a $20-00 per week saving it's going to take us 2 years to repay the conversion cost. After that it's gravy, depending on the cost of LPG, of course. As I've mentioned before, on trips we've found LPG at anything up to 3/4 the price of ULP out in country areas, so unless you're either converting a new car & keeping it at least 4 or 5 years, or buying an already converted car, sadly for us it's just not worth the cost. This from a career Courier who's had all of his own vans on LPG in the past. 100 000 km per year mileage helps.:)

Bianteking

16-04-2005, 08:49 PM

quote: bev quote:
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Originally posted by Bianteking
To Kiwiracing,

I live in the orange - bathurst area.

Thanks for bring that to my attention total over looked.
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Excellent to hear - could you kindly add the name of your town to your profile, so that people who read other threads you contribute to will also know.....
Thanks

To Bev,

I tried to fix it on thursday but your system has blocked my email address I send I pm to richard and I have not got a response yet.

Bianteking

16-04-2005, 08:51 PM