Fuel prices.

[matyko]

Originally Posted by Jim

I paid $3.67 gallon for diesel the last time I filled up. Gas was about 50 cents cheaper. I have no problem paying more for fuel since the US obviously pays was too little. But, I will never understand why diesel is more expensive than gas. It requires less refining and should be cheaper. Much like back when there was leaded and unleaded gas. The lead had to be added to be leaded. And yet, unleaded was more expensive.

Diesel is much more harmful for the environment, maybe some extra taxes on it... As far as I know in Japan they dont even allow to run diesel powered cars. They only allow to fuel trucks/bigger machines with it.

[Receptor]

1.076€ per liter here in Slovenia today.

[Bobc01]

Originally Posted by artwilliams

"Canada's proven oil reserves were estimated at 179.2 billion barrels as of 2007, placing it second only to Saudi Arabia." --- from Wiki

Why not invade Canada?

Even if we did we'd still pay high taxes on it, though i suppose we could invade, fuck all your women and drink all your beer, would be much more fun. lol

Funny thing with what Jim said, they seem to load prices on Eco friendly things, BIO fuel is more expensive to buy but cheaper to refine.
You can run a diesel car on cooking fat yet over here they tax it.

I think most of this so called "Green living" is just a way to tax us more.

[Fonz]

I pay 1.1€/liter (6.05 USD/gallon) for diesel and 1.4€/liter (7.7 USD/gallon) for regular.

Originally Posted by stuveltje

a lot of dutchies living by the border get their gas at germany or belgium, just because they have to pay less there, for me its to far to drive to the border

I can send you a few gallon

[Jim]

Originally Posted by matyko

Diesel is much more harmful for the environment, maybe some extra taxes on it... As far as I know in Japan they dont even allow to run diesel powered cars. They only allow to fuel trucks/bigger machines with it.

I know it's much more harmful and if that was the reason for the higher price, I wouldn't care. But, there is no extra tax on diesel..it's just more expensive now. The strangest part, sometimes it's not more expensive than gas.

[Bobc01]

Originally Posted by Jim

I know it's much more harmful and if that was the reason for the higher price, I wouldn't care. But, there is no extra tax on diesel..it's just more expensive now. The strangest part, sometimes it's not more expensive than gas.

That might be because it's more economical than petrol, a kind of "you pay more because you use less" type thing.

[secretagentwilly]

$3.19 but if I buy $50 worth of groceries (not tobacco, gift cards, or alcohol) I'll get $0.15 off each gallon...without the $0.15 off, the normal discount is $0.03 for safeway club members...it's not worth it to buy the groceries at safeway...much better to go to the super walmart where a 32 oz bottle of hienz ketchup is $.187 versus $3.50 at safeway....there are more and more scams coming up to get us to buy their over priced gas such as the free car wash, free soda, free hotdays...etc...now it's buy groceries and get a discount...funny...

[Cleo]

My car takes 93 octane so I have to pay a bit more. After getting a tank of bad gas on New Year's eve I've been filling with Chevron with Techton to clean the fuel system which also seems to cost a bit more. The other night I was in South Beach where gas also seems to cost a bit more. Paid just under $4 per gallon that night but normally I pay around $3.50 per gallon at the Citgo up the street from me.

BTW Chevron with Techton really does work. My car is running great after a few tanks and my car's fuel gage is also working properly now.

[Jim]

Originally Posted by Cleo

My car takes 93 octane so I have to pay a bit more. After getting a tank of bad gas on New Year's eve I've been filling with Chevron with Techton to clean the fuel system which also seems to cost a bit more. The other night I was in South Beach where gas also seems to cost a bit more. Paid just under $4 per gallon that night but normally I pay around $3.50 per gallon at the Citgo up the street from me.

BTW Chevron with Techton really does work. My car is running great after a few tanks and my car's fuel gage is also working properly now.

That sounds like my bike. I have to give it the highest octane available and then add an octane booster for it to run right. On top of that it only gets about 20 miles/gallon.

[Linkster]

Being in central Calif right now is quite a shock - just under $4 a gal for 91 octane - cant even find 93 octane anywhere(I dont think its allowed in Calif) and my jeep really doesnt like this cheap shit. For the truck the diesel is all the new stuff that is only being sold in Cal now and really sucks

[stuveltje]

Btw in holland we also get a nice bill every 3 months because we have a car and use the roads, so we pay tax for the gasoline and we pay tax because we drive a car, now for a diesel car and a car driving on gas you pay much more extra tax a 3 months then a gasoline car ( hmmm i wonder if i say it right) if i have to translate the 3 months tax it should be named "roadtax" oh and this year we get the "slurptax" as a extra tax, thats for the cars who are bad for the enviroment because they use to much gasoline.
As far as i know most countries have the tax already counted in the price of the gasoline, we dont have that here

[Bobc01]

We pay a road tax annually, varies on the size of the engine but for a 2L like mine it's £99 for 6 months and £180 for a year.
Then add the £50 for an MOT plus insurance (Mine being £340 a year fully comp) plus maintenance, It isn't cheap to own a car.