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Old 05-04-2005, 11:48 AM   #61
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everyone is missing the point here. 50 cpl is tax. this is govt excise plus gst when you fill. up.

Blow up at john howard. refined fuel at the gate prexcise is like 48cpl
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Old 05-04-2005, 12:20 PM   #62
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i was so ****ed when my brother told me it cost him $27 to fill up his tank. and that it will last him ages

$20 doesnt even get me a quarter of a tank! and will be gone in 2 days

i want gas!!
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Old 05-04-2005, 12:26 PM   #63
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Well it's finally happened... Over $70 to fill the tank and that will only last me 2 and a half days. Bloody hell!
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Old 05-04-2005, 02:50 PM   #64
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everyone is missing the point here. 50 cpl is tax. this is govt excise plus gst when you fill. up.

Blow up at john howard. refined fuel at the gate prexcise is like 48cpl
Tax isnt the issue here. While we have massive taxes on fuel, the current price hike in fuel has been due to global issues of supply/demand. Tax on fuel has not been changed since the federal government stopped indexing the tax against the cpi in 2003.

Shell's website goes into depth on petrol pricing -
http://www.shell.com/home/Framework?...cing_0116.html

Todays price includes 55.3c product cost, 3.7c retail margin and 47.8 in taxes bringing the Shell average price for today to 106.8
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Old 05-04-2005, 03:25 PM   #65
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i was so ****ed when my brother told me it cost him $27 to fill up his tank. and that it will last him ages

$20 doesnt even get me a quarter of a tank! and will be gone in 2 days

i want gas!!
Cheapest way to do it? Buy a car already on LPG... ppl hassle ex taxis, but I think they are a viable option as they are pretty well maintained (time off the road = money lost) and are kept at normal running temp for long periods of time (it's the first startup that causes the most amount of wear, and taxis are not turned off as often).

And cos nobody wants them, they're cheap We got our EA (ex company car, not ex taxi) for $2k.
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Old 05-04-2005, 03:35 PM   #66
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Prices have gone up past $55US a barrel for oil, so it goes up at the pump

thankfully its only $1.20 for PULP
Being a sceptic by nature, I wonder if the oil companies are just testing the water to see if consumers are accepting of a global price rise?
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Old 05-04-2005, 04:35 PM   #67
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Whilst the oil is running out, here we are whingeing about the price of petrol to run an obselete internal combustion engine design that is over 50 years overdue for replacement and is only 30% efficient. Have we all gone mad?

Still got quite a bit left in the $1000 fuel card I got when I bought the XR, sit back and wait for a while longer before I'll use the rest of it. Ahhh.......
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Old 05-04-2005, 05:48 PM   #68
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local independant servo has a fuel card club. present your member card and 4c/L off, no catches!!! yeah, the saving from safeway or coles is a myth, and the fuel is crap there too.
And your comment regarding fuel quality is based on what?
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Old 05-04-2005, 05:57 PM   #69
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i vote we all stop driving for 48 hours we can do it ..
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Old 05-04-2005, 08:13 PM   #70
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Old 05-04-2005, 08:24 PM   #71
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We could do it, but we couldn't convince every last person who believes "Naw, I'll fill up, one person won't matter".
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Old 05-04-2005, 11:14 PM   #72
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Cowra, NSW(yeah, out in the bush) We just got a United outlet and a price war went on for 2 weeks. Fuel was getting as low as 92.9, now it holds steady at 112.9.

LPG is 54.9
ULP is 112.9 to 116.9
Dist is 125.9
PULP is 122.9 to 126.9
Day in day out.

I wonder will the yhit finally hit the fan when we have to pay $100 to fill our cars?
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