How's this for fuel prices!!!

[LTDHO]

Originally Posted by mr_efxr

Today on the way back from thought I'll put a bit of juice in. Pull up at the pump and;
$1.599 per litre for Shell 100 ULP.

Just hurts the wallet. On average this fuel has been hovering around $1.35 pL-$1.45 pL. This is just insane.

This is at Shell servo, cnr Warrigal & Centre-Dandenong Roads in Cheltenham.

This servo is always expensive, they have no competition.

[BABOSS]

mr_efxr give me your wagon.

[4.9 EF Futura]

Lol, dont quote me on this but its actually nice having the falcon off the road at the moment.

Driving a 2L sillycar, 20L lasts an entire week and that's doing a LOT more driving that i used to do in the falc. When you use that little amount of fuel - you dont even care what the stuff costs per litre! Heck i would never have even considered fuelling up on a thursday in the falc but to tell you the truth i didnt even look at the price fuelling up the toyota this morning.

Unfortunately there is a massive down side to these savings

[RG]

Originally Posted by mr_efxr

Well, I am sure he and the government have an influence on the taxes and other charges applied on the current fuel prices.

Taxes are the same whether petrol is 99.9 or 149.9.

[4.9 EF Futura]

Originally Posted by GreenEL

Taxes are the same whether petrol is 99.9 or 149.9.

Excise is the same

[mr_efxr]

Originally Posted by FlasherEF

mr_efxr give me your wagon.

Sure thing, but at a price.

[mr_efxr]

Originally Posted by 4.9 EF Futura

Lol, dont quote me on this but its actually nice having the falcon off the road at the moment.

Driving a 2L sillycar, 20L lasts an entire week and that's doing a LOT more driving that i used to do in the falc. When you use that little amount of fuel - you dont even care what the stuff costs per litre! Heck i would never have even considered fuelling up on a thursday in the falc but to tell you the truth i didnt even look at the price fuelling up the toyota this morning.

Unfortunately there is a massive down side to these savings

I know where your coming from. I've been trying to drive the Starlet as often as I can, (a 1.3L Turbo) $35-40.00 gets you a full tank and approx 500-550kms. It does about 5.5L per 100kms travel, awesome pocket rocket.

[tbearz]

Originally Posted by mr_efxr

I know where your coming from. I've been trying to drive the Starlet as often as I can, (a 1.3L Turbo) $35-40.00 gets you a full tank and approx 500-550kms. It does about 5.5L per 100kms travel, awesome pocket rocket.

just dont crash..... i know what i would want to be in if the unfortunate were ever to occur

[sam12h]

Originally Posted by Trouty

I wonder how the LPG guys are finding it...

Fantastic : . Costs less than $20 per week to get the Wife & myself to work & back & there is less than half the traffic on the roads.

I say double the price of petrol again :the_finge . (goes & puts flame proof suit on :SaiyanSmi )

[mcflux]

Originally Posted by mr_efxr

Well, I am sure he and the government have an influence on the taxes and other charges applied on the current fuel prices.

Originally Posted by 4.9 EF Futura

Excise is the same

How did I miss that!

My apologies mate, my bad for forgetting GST has been around for 10 years lol

[joolz]

Its not all Johnnys fault, have you noticed that the oil companies control the pricing and not the goverment. In the states oil rose due to the cyclone season approaching! seem like any little sneeze over seas affects the price of oil. A perfect example of oil companies ripping us is the Queens birthday weekend, the only state in Australia that didnt have a price increase was W.A and thats simply because it wasnt a long weekend over there. Also have people noticed that over time the petrol discounting was removed on a Thursday but now its moved to a Wednesday (pay day for most) The cartage cost is also a load of crap!

[Jason[98.EL]]

my family used to own a caravan park in central vic the price we had on our 2 pumps was always about 25 cents a ltr more than other places one of the factors for this was the extra cost that was incured for cartage to our park

jason

[4.9 EF Futura]

Originally Posted by Ghia5L

How did I miss that!

My apologies mate, my bad for forgetting GST has been around for 10 years lol

Lol. Agreed. Also lets not forget that the REASON the excise was fixed at 38.5c was because GST is now being applied to fuel.

So... could have excise indexed to CPI for the last 10 years (remember, CPI compounds upon itself) and no GST

OR

Excise fixed at 1990's level and pay a 10% GST.

I could crunch the numbers out but I'm not that keen. Needless to say, you're better off with 38.6cpl + 10%.

Its not all Johnnys fault, have you noticed that the oil companies control the pricing and not the goverment. In the states oil rose due to the cyclone season approaching! seem like any little sneeze over seas affects the price of oil. A perfect example of oil companies ripping us is the Queens birthday weekend, the only state in Australia that didnt have a price increase was W.A and thats simply because it wasnt a long weekend over there. Also have people noticed that over time the petrol discounting was removed on a Thursday but now its moved to a Wednesday (pay day for most) The cartage cost is also a load of crap!

Hurricane season in the US = nervousness of supply issues (which came to fruition) = increased equilibrium price.

Long weekends in Australia = increased demand for fuel = increased equilibrium price.

Sounds like it has perfect economical rationale to me.

[mcflux]

Originally Posted by 4.9 EF Futura

Lol. Agreed. Also lets not forget that the REASON the excise was fixed at 38.5c was because GST is now being applied to fuel.

So... could have excise indexed to CPI for the last 10 years (remember, CPI compounds upon itself) and no GST

OR

Excise fixed at 1990's level and pay a 10% GST.

I could crunch the numbers out but I'm not that keen. Needless to say, you're better off with 38.6cpl + 10%.

Yes, I'd agree that this is good for motorists now, however when this first came in with the GST I would've been livid if I was driving back then, as it would have seemed like no gains had been made.

It is a good thing that GST has been locked at 10%, unlike some countries where it climbs & climbs... (I'm not looking into all the little loopholes, just the general GST being at 10% here)

And it is also good that the excise has been locked in up to now.

Let's focus on speed cameras instead of fuel prices :P Well, not speed cameras themselves, but their ridiculous 3km tolerances!

V8 + fuel = less beer money. Then again, I home brew : So by that logic the V8 virtually pays for itself hahaha (one must be optimistic)

-Dave-

[Hotwire]

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John howard is a legend!! he saved this country from those horrible labor scum, always plotting with the union slackasses!!

Yes I love to stir :P