Fuel Prices

hako · Guru

Fuel Prices

JayDee · Guru

We use to keep a log on petrol usage, but we now take the view less we fill up we cannot go anywhere, so we do not bother with the sums anymore.

As an aside my my first job rewarded me with the huge amount of 3 pounds a week = $6.

Today For example ... after my golf game today, on my shout 4 pots cost me $13.60

or if you like more than double my weekly salary for 80 hours of working toiling over a smelter in the scorching sun.

Those were "the good old days"

Jay&Dee

The Belmont Bear · Guru

Come and join me in Bahrain I can fill my car 2 or 3 times for what it cost me to buy a carton of beer - unfortunately the beer costs me just under $100 a carton.

Hurls · Senior Member

Thanks for all your responses. However I feel some were a little off topic

Amazing how that simple question nproduced the following information;

*fuel prices in various centres

*value of the first pay packet

*a lesson on Imperial Currency

*Government greed-fuel tax

*historical prices

*excessive cost of fuel

Oh, and some ideas why fuel prices are displayed as they are.

Thanks again and I do love this forum

Cheers

Hurls

PS I will pay the prices rather than stay home.

macka17 · Guru

Thank's Darryl and Keith.

We only go to Rocky for Airport or going somewhere else.

Yeppoon has all we want when not heading for a plane,
in this country.

I haven't looked at the price on any pump I've picked up in yrs.

Locally. BP. Drive in. Fill up Chexk tyres. Go out.

Travelling. BP or Caltex.

The price is what it is.

If the oil companies brought "their" part of it down for us.
The Gov't would get less taxes from it.
So would have to tax something else to cover the massive shortfalls to their expenses and perks.
(Can't have that. Can we now.)

The Gov't taxation is major part of fuel prices anyway.
People KNOW that.
Yet STILL blame Oil Co's for pricing.

The actual OIL part of the equasion, is not a huge amount.
The Taxes are.

Go and knock on your pollies door.
Get rid of State Government.
Just have Federal ans local.

We'd be rich hey....

Sack the bloody lot on second thorts.
and employ nobody in Gov't over age of 25 yrs
with degrees in the subjects they put in for.

Try another tack. The one we on at present is NOT working.
Too many fingers in the pie.
And all too gutless to say\do anything.
In case it affects their personal perks\Income.

Stick 'em all on the dole and start again I reckon.

-- Edited by macka17 on Friday 14th of July 2017 10:59:53 AM

millsy88 · Member

We can't change it.

-- Edited by millsy88 on Saturday 15th of July 2017 08:28:49 PM

C00P · Senior Member

We use an app called "Fuel Map" on our iPad which shows prices (entered by other users) to select a servo to refuel. It's easy to glance at the map along the intended route, and refuel along the way at the least expensive.
The companies are all after market share, and by using the cheapest you encourage further discounting. That's the real advantage. Prices can vary by as much as 10 cents/litre (sometimes more)and when you are buying 120 litres, that's more than the price of a couple of cups of coffee....

Coop

PeterD · Guru

The problem with the user maintained fuel watch sites is they can be up to 3 weeks old with the prices. I certainly don't rely upon them around home as you can often be mislead by a cheaper (on the average) station has its price recorded on the peak of the cycle and the dearer stations having their price recorded on the low part of the cycle.