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Poll-predict gas prices
Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2009 8:21 pm
by kolechovski
As stated...
Posted: Fri Apr 10, 2009 10:29 pm
by adventure_of_link
Give or take I'd say $2.50/gal
$3 and $4 is what caused the economy (or part of the reason why it did) to collapse in the first place.
It'd be nice to have it freeze framed where it is now (or possibly at $1.50) but I'm not holding by breath.
That said, here in northern KY the diesel was lower than the gas for a couple weeks now and still going.
Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2009 12:15 am
by Derwin
We pay 92.9p per litre for unleaded.
Thats tons more then you guys pay. Most of what we pay is tax, we get ripped off
My car needs super unleaded, which is 99.9p upwards
Posted: Sat Apr 11, 2009 3:14 am
by adventure_of_link
Derwin wrote:We pay 92.9p per litre for unleaded.
Thats tons more then you guys pay. Most of what we pay is tax, we get ripped off
My car needs super unleaded, which is 99.9p upwards
Which is cheaper over there, unleaded fuel or diesel?
barring that, why not import something from Opel that uses 87? (assuming that IS the octane over there, I do know there's different octane standards around the world)
yes, in the US, we use 87-93 octane.
Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 12:32 pm
by Derwin
Regular unleaded we have is 95 octane. My car needs 98. Super unleaded varies from place to place between 97 and 99. I go for the 99 as its the same price usually.
Diesel is 99.9p I think, around the same price as super unleaded. Diesel is the more expensive fuel here... which is frustrating, because a lot of people swapped to diesel for its better economy and lower price, as soon as that happened, the G put the tax up for it. You cant win over here, we get taxed on everything!
Something stupid like 75% of what we pay for petrol is tax, its ridiculous, but people wont fight it over here, since WW2 we have become a nation of weak fools.
Posted: Sun Apr 12, 2009 6:22 pm
by adventure_of_link
Derwin wrote:Regular unleaded we have is 95 octane.
Oh good, I can race you in the UK
(yes, saturns use 87 or higher octane.)
Derwin wrote:Diesel is 99.9p I think, around the same price as super unleaded. Diesel is the more expensive fuel here... which is frustrating, because a lot of people swapped to diesel for its better economy and lower price, as soon as that happened, the G put the tax up for it. You cant win over here, we get taxed on everything!
Good Lord.. I expected the diesel to be the higher priced fuel, given that for the most part you Euros use diesels (and which would certainly explain why fuel costs so much over there).. I never knew gasoline was just as bad (if not worse?) over there.
Hell I didn't even know gasoline was
even sold and used in Europe (or its territories.)
On another note, the diesel is supposedly taxed to high hell over in the US, however as of late I've seen it near (sometimes even lower than
) the gasoline.
Derwin wrote:Something stupid like 75% of what we pay for petrol is tax, its ridiculous, but people wont fight it over here, since WW2 we have become a nation of weak fools.
that's bullshit.
oh well, at least in Europe, there's no bullshit service engine soon lights because over here we have to be uptight about emissions (thank you california.)
Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 9:05 pm
by adventure_of_link