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03-01-2023, 11:53 AM | #2401 | ||
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Also rejoice if you have a servo with E85 on pump and a car with forced induction, my closest E85 servo is 50km away.
Who remembers when Caltex and United both had E85, and it was 20c/L cheaper than 98, now its some niche fuel only united sells and its 30c/L more expensive than 98 Also the old United 100, which was 98 + ethanol or something instead of 91 + ethanol like the common 94 is. Last edited by Franco Cozzo; 03-01-2023 at 12:01 PM. |
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03-01-2023, 01:01 PM | #2402 | |||
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Tell ya what though, if I had a car tuned to it, and then the next day it disappeared, and I had to pay for a retune, I'd be severely cheesed off.
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03-01-2023, 01:26 PM | #2403 | |||
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03-01-2023, 01:53 PM | #2405 | ||
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Cheers for that info, seems NA might be a bit of a learning experience... or grab a Turbo Terry, ha!
There's this thread on the forums from way back as E85 primer: https://fordforums.com.au/showthread.php?p=3473619 Edit: imagine how long the Barra could last on such a clean fuel? A million kms, easy
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03-01-2023, 02:04 PM | #2406 | ||
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United on Aberdeen/Shannon seems to have E85 in G-Town?
The one at Freshwater creek had the 94 E10 which smelled nicely like Vodka, I think it was United? Trying to do a petrol station search online is pretty awful. The nice map here https://www.travelvictoria.com.au/ge...ns/#map_canvas doesn't mention Freshwater creek, and if I go to True Joke-L, they list Geelong has having 1733 different petrol stations (imagine the price competition and benefit for the consumer, lol) https://www.truelocal.com.au/find/pe...geelong-region there needs to be a pandemic which is fatal to useless web pages that regurgitate the same information inaccurately in different confusing ways
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03-01-2023, 02:13 PM | #2407 | |||
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Back to fuel prices the government said just recently that the excise tax they have been holding off (I think around 20c /litre) they are going to have to put back on as it's costing them too much? WTF it's a tax it's not costing them anything! It's election year so normally it's a fake promise smorgasbord so it will be interesting to see if they put it back on because it will be like political suicide lol
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03-01-2023, 02:40 PM | #2408 | |||
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03-01-2023, 03:50 PM | #2410 | ||
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Excise is used to maintain transport infrastructure and the likes. They would have had to divert funds from other areas to pay for the black hole in the mean time. So that is the cost. And if they decided to not fill the hole and leave infra to deteriorate, you'll pay down the line. Either way you look at it, you have to pay.
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We don't have roads, we got goat tracks in this absolute clown show. |
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03-01-2023, 05:35 PM | #2414 | ||
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Not in Nz. That’s what we are talking about.
Nz diesel lower than Aus but excise reduced not put back on yet |
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03-01-2023, 06:49 PM | #2415 | ||
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They were asked about it before Xmas and they said they were looking at bringing it back in end of January.....but their popularity is fading fast so I wouldn't be surprised if they fold
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03-01-2023, 07:00 PM | #2416 | |||
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My local diesel price is $2.17/litre. |
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03-01-2023, 07:04 PM | #2417 | |||
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03-01-2023, 07:07 PM | #2418 | ||
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Again and again and again I can’t remember what the rego was like there 2005 I had a Peugeot 307 1.6 hdi manual of course once upon a time you could but manuals |
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03-01-2023, 07:07 PM | #2419 | ||
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03-01-2023, 07:11 PM | #2420 | ||
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They're supposed to be fazing the RUC charges back in soon so we'll get a double whammy .....the road transport federation reckon a lot of trucking outfits will fold especially the ones that can't pass the costs on
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03-01-2023, 07:17 PM | #2421 | ||
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03-01-2023, 07:19 PM | #2422 | |||
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But to run my diesel Land Cruiser at 11l/100km is about $20 cheaper per 1000km than my old Lexus LX470 at 14.5 per 100. So diesel really makes no sense even pulling big weights when purchase price is taken into consideration. I’m doing around 50k/year split between 30k in the Land Cruiser and 20k in a Peugeot 406 diesel with the speedo disconnected returning 5.2l per 100km. But not for too much longer before I bail outa the ****hole as it slides further towards South Africa/Zimbabwe. Currently have that E38 750i on the market. It would be cheaper to daily than my Land Cruiser at around 10l per 100 with 91 at around $2.23/litre. Can get that V12 down to under 9 on a trip at 100kmh. |
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03-01-2023, 07:21 PM | #2423 | ||
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That’s what happened in Aus too. There’s a heap of small to medium regional operators here that have just decided to give it away fuel cost driver shortage etc
Just to name too of many Kitco Transport of Koo Wee Rup in Victoria. The back of their trailers under Koo Wee Rup were marked where’s the fox hat K and S Fuller in Brisbane They’re dozens of others ..it’s just too hard. They don’t have the resources to put up detailed proposals to govco to buy subsidised electric trucks so the big guys get bigger |
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03-01-2023, 07:24 PM | #2424 | |||
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Guys in utes or small 2 axle jappa trucks towing trailers moving cars etc around the country. I can’t see these guys lasting. |
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03-01-2023, 07:32 PM | #2425 | ||
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The tossers have been watching too many of those American tv shows.
Is Amazon established over there? They have slaves in cars and vans doing four hour delivery blocks of internet buy products from their dc to consumers homes. Load you up with 45 parcel deliveries you get paid a fixed four hour payment. You supply the car or van. Makes Amazon more than competitive with big parcel operators here Aussie Post Startrek FedEx / TNT etc etc a downward spiral |
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03-01-2023, 07:42 PM | #2426 | |||
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These guys appear to use FB to get work. Mostly move cars around, but what ever fits in their Ute or trailer. Going rate to get a car from Auckland to Christchurch for a trucking company is around $1500. To do it for that price running a Ute and trailer isn’t worth it, unless they want to work for $15/hr. False economy but I imagine the guys doing it will take 6 to 12 months to figure that out. |
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03-01-2023, 08:08 PM | #2427 | ||
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Yeah that would be right 15 an hour.
Trouble is the more kilometres you do the more you wear out the vehicle. The gig economy can work say for retired semi retired people where it is cash positive for a relatively low number of kms and hours per week but as a full employment substitute it’s just leveraging an asset and reducing its value rapidly |
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03-01-2023, 08:59 PM | #2428 | ||
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Gig economy is an absolute load of **** - one of the guys at TAFE was contemplating doing some uber work and I reckon its a waste of time and wear/tear on his car for what you actually get paid.
Unless you want to do AM work doing the King Street CBD jobs picking up the dregs of society after a night out on the gear. |
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03-01-2023, 09:23 PM | #2429 | ||
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I was up in inner city South Brisbane and Westend today
Plenty of Uber door dash menulog guys running round on bicycles Probably works Fuel cost zero Insurance cost zero R and M sfa Biggest hazard would be the amount of people getting round on those scooter/electric bike rigs all on the footpath |
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