Price of Fuel [Archive]

Daveman

May 2nd, 2003, 01:47 AM

Just intrested to know...

Where you from and how much do you pay for fuel?

Sydney Australia

I filled up @ $0.99 per litre (4.4 litres to a gallon i think) for premium this morning. And we are led to believe that fuel is quite cheap here. Is it?

$1.00 AUD is about $0.60 US

Am i being ripped off?

reverendflash

May 2nd, 2003, 01:48 AM

yup...

San Francisco, California is still around $2/gallon I think...

I haven't bought gas in prob 5 months...

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Daveman

May 2nd, 2003, 01:52 AM

hence the 500 cube V8's i hear you have....

RussianBeer

May 2nd, 2003, 01:52 AM

just a bit.. here its gona cost about 2.00$ for premium per galon, devide that by 4.4.= in to liters wich is about 45 c.. but double that and its 90cents australia.. in the end ur paying just a bit more.. dont sweat it, wont be for long. Soon we all be out of oil, and thats going to be fun!

reverendflash

May 2nd, 2003, 01:56 AM

The price is going down right now, and California's gas prices are high, and SF's are high as compared to the rest of the state from what the news has told me...

And we do love our Muscle Cars...

Nothing like a V8 sitting at an idle... when I rent cars, it is usually a Mustang GT convertable...

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RussianBeer

May 2nd, 2003, 01:58 AM

Thats what I mean!
What is cali gona do when there is a shortage! Woo hoo! I cant wait to put all the drop down sooped up hondas and the over packed truck buttock-holes guys shut up!

Daveman

May 2nd, 2003, 02:00 AM

Rev

I own a 96 Clubsport (see www.hsv.com.au) and the best we get is a 300kw 5.7L 350ci...... even our Ford XR8 has a maximum of 290KW 5L 302ci....

Who'd of thought that little Johnny Howard would lie to us....

reverendflash

May 2nd, 2003, 02:04 AM

bummer...

I wouldn't own one, but they are fun to rent... the GT Mustang has a 5 litre, as well... The Dodge Viper now is a diff story... V10 500 hp...

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UNFLUX

May 2nd, 2003, 02:04 AM

$1.56/gallon regular in my area

Daveman

May 2nd, 2003, 02:06 AM

I believe that our Monaro is sold in the US as a Pontiac GTO.. We can option a 427 in that but @ 200K i wont own 1 for a while..

Daveman

May 2nd, 2003, 02:15 AM

http://www.hsv.com.au/VY/showcars/showcar.asp

Phil, In 2004 you will get these re badged as Pontiac GTO.. I'll see if i can find a pic of one in US trim..... It was announced at the 2003 sydney Motorshow

UNFLUX

May 2nd, 2003, 02:18 AM

here's another link for it:

http://www.pontiac.com/gto

Daveman

May 2nd, 2003, 02:21 AM

Thats the one....

We have a 24 hour endurance race here and it blew everything away including the latest Porsche, Ferrari, Lamborghini etc... Not bad for it's first year of production....

UNFLUX

May 2nd, 2003, 02:23 AM

http://www.pontiac.com/pontiacjsp/gto/launch/GTO_rear_angle_large.jpg

Daveman

May 2nd, 2003, 02:33 AM

Ford brought out a Falcon GT/HO (handling options) here in 1971 that was 145mph straight out of the box... That was our last "Supercar" until the 427 monaro was released here this year.. See my last post on the previous page..and that was considered and still is i think the fastest 4 door production car in the world..

reverendflash

May 2nd, 2003, 02:35 AM

abzoid's 351 Cleveland with 3 onthe floor was enough power for me...

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Daveman

May 2nd, 2003, 02:41 AM

and thats what was in our GT/HO, but with a 4 speed

UNFLUX

May 2nd, 2003, 02:55 AM

speaking of ford:

http://www.fordvehicles.com/fordgt/index.asp?bhcp=1

although I'm sure most of you know about it already, given who
designed it. :)

reverendflash

May 2nd, 2003, 02:58 AM

wow, 500 bhp out of 5.4 liters... what is that, around a 350 or so?

$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ watch out Dodge...

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Kitiara

May 2nd, 2003, 04:05 AM

Over here, fuel is about 80p a litre...

Kitiara

May 2nd, 2003, 04:13 AM

Roughly about £3 a gallon... So £3 in your freaky money would be.. er... Little help here? :)

Guig0

May 2nd, 2003, 11:13 AM

here it is about a dollar per litre of gasoline... i think that a gallon contains 4 (or so) littres.

just to give you an idea on how expensive it is gasoline fo rus brazillians. and coming to think that we produce 95% of the oil consumed here...

mjULTRA

May 2nd, 2003, 11:59 AM

i begrudgingly pay $1.95 a gallon here in central california..

senocular

May 2nd, 2003, 12:02 PM

bout the cheapest around here is $1.48 USD p/gallon Maryland. Right around the corner its $1.80 so it fluctuates depending on area. And just, what? 3 years ago? I got it for $.75 :!:

fester8542

May 2nd, 2003, 12:53 PM

Originally posted by UNFLUX
$1.56/gallon regular in my area

Same here

Dave

May 2nd, 2003, 01:04 PM

Where abouts are u located in australia?

I am in sydney, and i thought we had the most exoensive petrol, but lately if u wait for monday nites, which i find the cheapest ur paying around 83 cents on a good day, 81 cents in fairfield =)

Though ur car chews up a lot of petrol, which kinda sucks!!
But i am a holdan fan =)

Daveman

May 4th, 2003, 08:12 PM

Dave,

I grew up in Fairfield... Went to Westfields High. Did you see that Brocky's driving a Monaro in this years 24 hour at Bathurst.. Looks like he's chasing that 10th win again....

Dave.

Kit, your being ripped off something severe, glad i'm not paying that...

abzoid

May 4th, 2003, 09:21 PM

I just drove from Albany, OR to Houston, TX and happen to have my gas receipts handy. Gas in Oregon was $1.69/gal. California prices were highest at $2.23/gal and $2.37/gal. Gas in Arizona was $1.95/gal, and in New Mexico it was $1.51/gal. In Texas it has ranged from $1.52/gal to $1.68/gal.