Petrol Price crisis......

[Itsme]

Originally Posted by CoolBFWagon

I use the Western Ring Road so no tolls at all.

Was on Eastlink the other day but i rarely use it.

91 is $1.49 at most servo's lately.

United's about 3c cheaper.

You think these prices are dear, go live rural or outback Australia and see the real inflated prices.
The last time I traveled around Australia I was paying up to $2.70 a litre which was about three years ago, I'd be imagining it would be a lot more by now.

[fordomatic]

Originally Posted by Officemanager

You think these prices are dear, go live rural or outback Australia and see the real inflated prices.
The last time I traveled around Australia I was paying up to $2.70 a litre which was about three years ago, I'd be imagining it would be a lot more by now.

Nah, cheaper now. Most i paid in central NT in the last year was $2.20.

[danzvtil]

Originally Posted by fordomatic

Nah, cheaper now. Most i paid in central NT in the last year was $2.20.

I did an Alice springs road trip last week, it was $1.55 in Alice springs, the most I paid was $197.9 at Yulara for regular.

[fordomatic]

Paid $1.51 in Lilydale (outer burbs of Melbourne) on Sunday. Drove to Glenrowan (country VIC) from there and paid $1.21 a litre. Both BP outlets, go figure.

[au350hp]

Originally Posted by fordomatic

Paid $1.51 in Lilydale (outer burbs of Melbourne) on Sunday. Drove to Glenrowan (country VIC) from there and paid $1.21 a litre. Both BP outlets, go figure.

Exactly the sort of thing that does your head in. Where I live, if 98 octane is $1:50, I can promise you 10 kms away I can find three servo's up to 8,9 or 10 cents cheaper. Considering all fuel is equal when it arrives here, as long as the additives are done correctly & all is above board, independent fuel suppliers petrol should be the same as the big three brands.

[the_scotsman]

I'm paying around bloody $1.72 for 98 in the Nowra/Wollongong area. Been like this for a few weeks now.

Shot up around 20c for no fricking reason

[joolz]

Just heard on 3AW at some Melbourne servo's petrol's back up to $1.50 pl. Looks like the low end of the cycle wont get much under $1.30 pl for a long while. Appears Christmas will be expensive for us drivers....

[GASWAGON]

Bloody hell $1.30 in Melbourne metro did'nt last long.

Hoping the local BP is still $1.30 on my way to work tmrw morning?

Will definately top up on the way if it is.

[GASWAGON]

Topped as i said i would then it took an hour and 20 to get to work cos of that Kenworth Scrap Steel truck turning over on the Ring Road.

It was bumper to bumper all the way until just past Sydney Road.

I stayed in the right hand lane so i could check the Truck out.

The car that was under it that i saw on the news eating breakfast had been removed but the Truck and Trailer were still on their side......BIG fricken mess!!!

ULP is now $1.50 in Melbourne.

[Itsme]

Originally Posted by CoolBFWagon

Topped as i said i would then it took an hour and 20 to get to work cos of that Kenworth Scrap Steel truck turning over on the Ring Road.

It was bumper to bumper all the way until just past Sydney Road.

I stayed in the right hand lane so i could check the Truck out.

The car that was under it that i saw on the news eating breakfast had been removed but the Truck and Trailer were still on their side......BIG fricken mess!!!

ULP is now $1.50 in Melbourne.

Still $1.24 where I am, Melbourne western suburbs

[au350hp]

Originally Posted by CoolBFWagon

Topped as i said i would then it took an hour and 20 to get to work cos of that Kenworth Scrap Steel truck turning over on the Ring Road.

It was bumper to bumper all the way until just past Sydney Road.

I stayed in the right hand lane so i could check the Truck out.

The car that was under it that i saw on the news eating breakfast had been removed but the Truck and Trailer were still on their side......BIG fricken mess!!!

ULP is now $1.50 in Melbourne.

How good is the Ring rd though. I used to live in Melbourne & when it was close to finished, a few of us took our big bore sports bikes for an after dark run on those beautiful newly sealed roads. They were the days...

[GASWAGON]

Originally Posted by Roostercam

How good is the Ring rd though. I used to live in Melbourne & when it was close to finished, a few of us took our big bore sports bikes for an after dark run on those beautiful newly sealed roads. They were the days...

It's pretty good now cos they spent about 12 fricken months widening it.

Its still 2 lanes down the Greensborough end but it opens right up near Thomastown......100k's all the way and........ NO TOLLS!!!

They're still working on the big bridge half way down but when thats finally done it will be great.

Next project is the 'East West' Link.

It REALLY REALLY needs to be done ASAP but theyr'e taking their time deciding what/how to do it.

[au350hp]

Originally Posted by CoolBFWagon

It's pretty good now cos they spent about 12 fricken months widening it.

Its still 2 lanes down the Greensborough end but it opens right up near Thomastown......100k's all the way and........ NO TOLLS!!!

They're still working on the big bridge half way down but when thats finally done it will be great.

Next project is the 'East West' Link.

It REALLY REALLY needs to be done ASAP but theyr'e taking their time deciding what/how to do it.

Sydney has been good to me financially but it is a stressful city in many ways. There is a lot I miss about Melbourne & besides being a planned city, its a great place. Tolls are a part of your day up here. State govt is a disgrace.Has earmarked 3 billion for sport stadiums when we all know Melbourne is the sports state. Why? Because you can get to the grounds so many different ways, all of them fast. Up here, getting to any footy ground or the beach is always a nightmare. They should realise it and get on with cheaper options that will work & service the rectangle grounds we need to play league. East West link sounds exciting. What sort of benefits are likely?

[GASWAGON]

Originally Posted by Roostercam

Sydney has been good to me financially but it is a stressful city in many ways. There is a lot I miss about Melbourne & besides being a planned city, its a great place. Tolls are a part of your day up here. State govt is a disgrace.Has earmarked 3 billion for sport stadiums when we all know Melbourne is the sports state. Why? Because you can get to the grounds so many different ways, all of them fast. Up here, getting to any footy ground or the beach is always a nightmare. They should realise it and get on with cheaper options that will work & service the rectangle grounds we need to play league. East West link sounds exciting. What sort of benefits are likely?

I had to get a taxi to my new job early this morning....6.30am.

The driver was an Indian in a FG Falcon.

Straight away after telling him the address to drive to i asked him how many k's the falcon had done.....Oh 975,000 he said.

I asked if that was original engine and he....oh yes original.

As we drove up the Ring Road we were talking about the truck accident the other day and how busy the Ring road is these days and I mentioned about how the East West link NEEEEDS to be done.....ASAP.

He said he's heard they (the Government) have approved it and option 1 (there were four options sent out to everyone in the district).

I'm pretty sure he said that option is to tunnel bore down somewhere near the Watsonia Army Barracks and over to Ringwood where the Eastern freeway and then Eastlink link up.

I'm sure they'll do it the cheapest, stupidest, longest time to build option.

It will be better than nothing but god damn the traffic was bad tonight.

ANOTHER accident on the Ring Road coming home tonight this time in the right hand lane a rear ender (2 cars only and a cop car).

Slowed the whole other 2 lanes down to about 40kph.

I did'nt care i was in a new work van.

[au350hp]

$1:47 92 octane ulp add 10c for 98octane ulp. North West Sydney. If I drove 10-12kms, I could save 6c per litre off both of those. I used to think major branded petrol was a superior product. That may have been true in the past but as we buy already refined low quality fuel from South East Asia & add octane boosters here, I doubt there is any difference.

[GCRXR6]

I like how the RACQ tells us to shop around to save money. Really? You'd burn up any savings, seeing that the difference is usually only about 1 or 2 cents per litre in CQ.

[joolz]

Originally Posted by GCRXR6

I like how the RACQ tells us to shop around to save money. Really? You'd burn up any savings, seeing that the difference is usually only about 1 or 2 cents per litre in CQ.

So true. But when they are all basically the same price what's the point!

[hackney]

Really do not understand why 98 & 95 have gone up in my area,20c!($1.68 & $1.61) when 91 has not really moved.I know the price of crude is around $67 a barrel & the good old $ has slid a bit,but 20c?Cheers

[Dauphin]

Originally Posted by hackney

Really do not understand why 98 & 95 have gone up in my area,20c!($1.68 & $1.61) when 91 has not really moved.I know the price of crude is around $67 a barrel & the good old $ has slid a bit,but 20c?Cheers

Could be good old demand, not many people buying 91 compared to 95 and 98.

[Itsme]

Originally Posted by GCRXR6

I like how the RACQ tells us to shop around to save money. Really? You'd burn up any savings, seeing that the difference is usually only about 1 or 2 cents per litre in CQ.

Think they mean shop around with fuel watch apps.

[Mechan1k]

Originally Posted by Officemanager

Think they mean shop around with fuel watch apps.

This ... I use the NRMA one ... and sometimes alter my trip home ... if it means a 20c/L saving for a slight detour. Also means checking around my area to find the cheaper station.

[burnz]

Originally Posted by Mechan1k

This ... I use the NRMA one ... and sometimes alter my trip home ... if it means a 20c/L saving for a slight detour. Also means checking around my area to find the cheaper station.

I use the app "petrolspy" fantastic app, for all types of phones.

[fordomatic]

These prices are ridiculous, im so over getting ripped on fuel

[Qwerty321]

Originally Posted by fordomatic

These prices are ridiculous, im so over getting ripped on fuel

From my understanding the reason prices have gone up is cause the USD has gone up in value. All oil is internationally traded in USDs so even if the price of the barrel hasn't changed, because the USD is now worth more compared to the AUD/NZD we end up paying more for the oil. In the case of NZ our dollars dropped in value and the USD went up in value, the result was our pump price jumped from about 1.70 up to 2.02 in effectively 2 weeks.

Long story short it's completely out of our control this time. We just got to hope and pray that US oil production continues to rise and outweighs OPEC restricting production (cause they want to increase the price of oil by restricting supply), in turn making the oil price drop. Alternatively our dollars could shoot up in value or the USD could tank. Any of those 3 and we'll get cheaper petrol back.

If any of that's wrong please do correct me. This is just what I've come to understand from talking to a couple friends who are economics students.

[GASWAGON]

Thers a Caltex in my town charging $161.9 for 91 since last Saturday morning!

The other servo, a Shell is $149.9 and ther LPG is the only Shell i see around @74.9 instead 84.9 evry other Shell in Melbourne???

But then again i don't really care what fuel costs anymore cos i just got a new field service van with a BP fuel card and thers a BP just up the road.

Realised today the Toyota Hiace Turbo Diesel Auto van has 4 gears not 3.

I been manually shifting it while going to jobs thinking it was only 1,2 and 3 so its been revving its tits off (about 3,000rpm) on the Western Ring Road @100kph.

Accidently pushed the gear lever over to 'D' today and found 4th lol.

[joolz]

Just drove back from Portland to Melbourne. Portland $1.39.9. Colac $1.36.9. Melbourne $1.44.9. How is it that towns over 100ks away are cheaper. So much for the cartage costs. Appears Melbourne is just a rip off....

[Itsme]

Originally Posted by joolz

Just drove back from Portland to Melbourne. Portland $1.39.9. Colac $1.36.9. Melbourne $1.44.9. How is it that towns over 100ks away are cheaper. So much for the cartage costs. Appears Melbourne is just a rip off....

C'mon you know Melbourne's prices vary among the suburbs, $1.35 down my way.

[joolz]

Originally Posted by Officemanager

C'mon you know Melbourne's prices vary among the suburbs, $1.35 down my way.

Where is your way? From Geelong to Mulgrave there was no fuel under $1.42.

Again how is it so that country stations can be cheaper than Melbourne even with factoring in the cartage costs (That used to be the reason why the country was more expensive than Melbourne)

So in over 2 weeks it's dropped a whole 8cpl from $1.49.9. Within the next 2 weeks its likely to spike again.

[Itsme]

Originally Posted by joolz

Where is your way? From Geelong to Mulgrave there was no fuel under $1.42.

Again how is it so that country stations can be cheaper than Melbourne even with factoring in the cartage costs (That used to be the reason why the country was more expensive than Melbourne)

So in over 2 weeks it's dropped a whole 8cpl from $1.49.9. Within the next 2 weeks its likely to spike again.

Hoppers Crossing and it is still $1.35

[joolz]

Originally Posted by Officemanager

Hoppers Crossing and it is still $1.35

Just dropped to $1.39.9 in Mulgrave. Still on par with Portland 350km's from here...