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Old 20-04-2017, 05:58 PM   #1
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Default Petrol jumps 20c today in Melbourne....Wots going on?

Why the hell has petrol spiked today?

A few months ago it was $1.00 per/litre?
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Old 20-04-2017, 06:27 PM   #2
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School holidays ending and Anzac day long weekend perhaps.
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Old 20-04-2017, 07:02 PM   #3
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Last week here in Adelaide it was around $1.17.9 and the media was scaremongering saying it was going to jump up sharply over the Easter weekend, it went down to $1.14.9 and has only just crept back up to $1.19.9 today.
Still way overpriced but now you cant even trust the media to give you an honest forecast, lately when they say fill up quick it drops down lower soon after.
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Old 20-04-2017, 07:08 PM   #4
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I dream of those prices....
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Old 20-04-2017, 07:14 PM   #5
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I dream of those prices....
Likewise.........$1.58 for 98 here.
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Old 20-04-2017, 07:18 PM   #6
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Likewise.........$1.58 for 98 here.
Best I can get, is $144.98, for 98 where I live.
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Likewise.........$1.58 for 98 here.
All relative I guess.
We pay $1.19.9 which is cheap but we live in Adelaide which is a **** hole.
You pay $1.58 which is expensive but you live in Wagga which is...ahh...umm..never mind
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Old 20-04-2017, 07:56 PM   #8
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Those sorts of jumps are common in Sydney...? 91 was a little over a dollar last week and was 137 a few days later. I used to bank on Thursday being petrol bump day but it's getting more volatile these days. I'm almost tempted to use the 7/11 app.
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Sounds cheap, we were 2.059 NZD for 91 when I saw it last. Diesel is 1.359.
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Sounds cheap, we were 2.059 NZD for 91 when I saw it last. Diesel is 1.359.
Scary prices, if I were in New Zealand I'd leave on that reason alone...
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I dream of those prices....
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Old 20-04-2017, 08:36 PM   #12
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Why the hell has petrol spiked today?

A few months ago it was $1.00 per/litre?
You mean a few years ago it was $1.00..

Petrol has always jumped all over the place in Melbourne very frustrating. all stations get the memo and fix thier prices on the same days

But this year diesel has joined the parade, but I find they all don't change you will find a 20c/L variance 2km down the road..
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Old 20-04-2017, 09:15 PM   #13
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I've been paying around 1.47 for 95 for a few months now. I think 91 is 1.37.9, Tasmania this is. Doesn't seem to vary much more then a cent of two around the state. Couple of months ago i was filling the falcon up at $55 a tank from a quarter left (store always gives me a discount) its been up at $75-80 lately. Lucky i usually only do 300k's give or take per week week, feeling for the guys who are doing 1000+
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Why the hell has petrol spiked today?

A few months ago it was $1.00 per/litre?
Your spelling is wot is the problem.
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Old 20-04-2017, 10:49 PM   #15
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Scary prices, if I were in New Zealand I'd leave on that reason alone...
Until you see the rego prices over there.... Especially if you currently pay qld rego for a v8
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1.429/litre here :-(
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Old 20-04-2017, 11:27 PM   #17
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Diesel in Tassie was $1.34 before discount yesterday BUT why does beer cost nearly $15 litre.Fuel has pretty high production costs beer has a cost of probably 30c litre including the bottle
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Old 21-04-2017, 12:47 AM   #18
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Thats the other thing, hasn't diesel traditionally cost more then petrol? i could be wrong since i haven't owned any diesel vehicles so i don't pay much attention to the price.
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Thats the other thing, hasn't diesel traditionally cost more then petrol? i could be wrong since i haven't owned any diesel vehicles so i don't pay much attention to the price.
It costs more. I filled up today in the ranger. I have a fuel card so I don't care but it was $1.37 in sydney that's a bit steep but ulp is cheaper. I get 10L per 100 on diesel so there is no advantage for living life in the slow lane.
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$1.69 here for BP 98, it drives me crazy. We use Costco 91 for the Outlander which is only $1.14. Makes me question getting the XR6T modified and having to fill up at BP. If I could fill up at Costco and use their 98 I'd be saving $27 a fill, crazy isn't it?
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Old 21-04-2017, 07:30 AM   #21
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Your spelling is wot is the problem.
What the hell is wrong with my spelling?
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Thats the other thing, hasn't diesel traditionally cost more then petrol? i could be wrong since i haven't owned any diesel vehicles so i don't pay much attention to the price.
Diesel used to be about 2/3 price of petrol years ago.When more diesel cars came on the scene the oil companies must have decided to get a bit more of the action and upped the price.About a year ago the diesel price was about 10c cheaper than Reg ULP, now about the same.Our local price today Diesel $134. Premium95 $1.51.BP 98 around $1.60.
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Best I can get, is $144.98, for 98 where I live.
$144.98 , it would cost me over $10,000 to fill up my Territory
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Old 21-04-2017, 04:59 PM   #24
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United are selling 91 for $1.19 in rural Melbourne areas today.

Everyone else is $1.39.
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Old 21-04-2017, 06:05 PM   #25
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Looks like it's the normal price cycle.
Well, certainly is in Brisbane. Slowly creeps down, then shoots up overnight.
Every city has their own cycle.
https://www.accc.gov.au/consumers/pe...s-in-melbourne
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No, it doesnt...all the same price, all the time is not a cycle.

Every CAPITAL city has a cycle maybe...
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What the hell is wrong with my spelling?
I think he's having a friendly dig at the thread title mate.
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Old 22-04-2017, 02:59 PM   #28
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$144.98 , it would cost me over $10,000 to fill up my Territory
Sorry all, $1,44 per litre for 98.
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98 was around $1.80 recently in Cervantes.

Makes those leisurely country drives where you empty a tank in two hours a bit expensive.
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United are down to $1.16 for 91 and $1.20 for deisel in Melbourne.
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