Petrol prices soaring here in nz

[HSVKILLA]

Over here in kiwiland petrol prices have hit a high today of 1.89 a litre for unleaded 91,whats it like in aussie.

[King Nothing]

Wow, thats about $1.59 in AUD. Here in Sydney I think it's around $1.52-3. I hate to see what it is tomorrow when they go up, thank God I'm getting LPG monday

[sfr rob]

it's pretty cheap if we compare it to the global prices, it is inevitable that the prices will top $2.00/L in the next year. I might start importing scooters, thats the only vehicle people will be willing to buy when fuel is simply too expensive.

[Quicksand]

filled up for $1.38 per litre of ULP last night but add on 7c for my 98RON

[Sloth]

Cost me $114 to fill up 91 on Sunday. That's the most it's cost ever cost me. Now it's up again.

[DayTE]

$1.4? (1 or 3) Unleaded
$1.66 BP Ultimate as of 4.30PM yesterday (Mon) afternoon here in Devonport on the NW coast of Tassie.

[smoo]

The reason why i bought a bike to go to and from work... 20 bucks to fill, which goes 250km.

I'm paying 1.08 for LPG, which is about 70 bucks to fill the tank. That gets me around 500km, a work mate has a Hyundai Accent shitebox, gets the same mileage, but costs $80 to fill lol.

[Tobey]

Diesel has also gone up. Its at 1.63 near me in Sydney...

[Selwonk]

Originally Posted by HSVKILLA

Over here in kiwiland petrol prices have hit a high today of 1.89 a litre for unleaded 91,whats it like in aussie.

yeah,but kiwis have to pay molesting with animals tax on top of normal fuel prices

[Ridin-High]

Originally Posted by Selwonk

yeah,but kiwis have to pay molesting with animals tax on top of normal fuel prices

i lol'ed

[whales]

I was recently in NZ and noticed there fuel prices were about the same whether in the city or in the country, but here in Aus. we have to pay more in the country.
They call it cartage costs over here but they don't seem to have that cost in the land of the long white feather. :

[xr8svo]

was $1.29 in brisbane last night but will hate to see what it is today goes up every wednesday.

[Hunter]

Originally Posted by whales

I was recently in NZ and noticed there fuel prices were about the same whether in the city or in the country, but here in Aus. we have to pay more in the country.
They call it cartage costs over here but they don't seem to have that cost in the land of the long white feather. :

Actually in QLD I have seen prices outside of town sometimes cheaper than the big smoke! :

But even funnier is last week when the prices went ballistic I found regular ULP for 128.9 at a Mobil. But in the same suburb not more than 1.5 km away at a BP it was going for 148.9!!!

[XD 351 Ute]

Originally Posted by whales

but here in Aus. we have to pay more in the country. They call it cartage costs over here

Yes, very strange that.
Our local port gets shiploads (no I didn't swap the T for a P to get around the filter either..) as this is where our fuel is landed, and you can drive down the road just 50km, and pay less for fuel than in town.
Travel another 100km south and it gets cheaper again.
Their fuel is the SAME FUEL we have here, and it costs less 150km away even after they've transported it there.

Even funnier depending on your perspective, is that back in 1980, my Dad was running a servo in town, and the profit then on fuel was about 2 cents a litre.
The fuel companies and the middle men took the rest.

Fast forward to now, and you'll appreciate the fact that most private servo owners have been long since wiped out, so now the companies make even more $$$$$'s............

Who knows where it will end!

Ed

[JPFS1]

Originally Posted by whales

I was recently in NZ and noticed there fuel prices were about the same whether in the city or in the country, but here in Aus. we have to pay more in the country.
They call it cartage costs over here but they don't seem to have that cost in the land of the long white feather. :

yes but a 20-30km drive is a day trip for a kiwi!

[ECOJET]

lol

public transport to work here, lpg fueled car for whenever i need to drive... gotta change your lifestyles or stop whinging if it bothers you.

[[Tonko]]

Originally Posted by ECOJET

lol

public transport to work here, lpg fueled car for whenever i need to drive... gotta change your lifestyles or stop whinging if it bothers you.

Sure, I will get a saddle made up for a cow shall I?
Or would you prefer i walk to work?
Easy to say when you live in the city/CBD
Yuppie.

[irlewy86]

$1.99 at Nanuterra last week.

[LTDterri]

1.41 today in Melbourne. Today is the "discount" day no doubt tomorrow will be 1.50+

[JamesR]

Originally Posted by LTDterri

1.41 today in Melbourne. Today is the "discount" day no doubt tomorrow will be 1.50+

melbourne has it easy.
in gippsland the price hasnt gone below $1.449 in weeks/months. last few weeks its been $1.479/$1.499
iv found its pointless whinging about the price, aint nothing gonna change.

[ImpGonads]

Wow, I'll stop complaining now... Todays record fuel price was reported at $1.53/L.

It's normally about $1.38 to $1.44/L for 91 and 62.5c/L of LPG.

I'm so glad I chose to install LPG, $30 a week I'm laughing (Perhaps laughing because there is a slight gas leak mmmmm...) :

[Agent86]

I was speaking to a person i know who owns a servo, its truly stagering how much we pay in taxes on fuels..

if the figures he told me are even close to accurate, we shold be ashamed for allowing the gvt. to do what it has..

[Hunter]

Originally Posted by AceofSpades

I was speaking to a person i know who owns a servo, its truly stagering how much we pay in taxes on fuels..

if the figures he told me are even close to accurate, we shold be ashamed for allowing the gvt. to do what it has..

Don't we still pay a tax on a tax for fuel? That is, we pay excise AND gst for fuel?

Thank johnny for that!

[Quicksand]

Originally Posted by Hunter

Don't we still pay a tax on a tax for fuel? That is, we pay excise AND gst for fuel?

Thank johnny for that!

This is true but slightly worse as we are actually taxed 3 times by the time we walk out the door:

-We get taxed in our pay packet on our normal income tax rates then
-We have to pay Goods and Service Tax (GST) on the fuel and
-We also have to pay a fuel excise tax

So all in all, out of the humble $1, we are only getting about 20c on petrol to use relatively speaking,

T

[Buddy 1]

Originally Posted by Hunter

Don't we still pay a tax on a tax for fuel? That is, we pay excise AND gst for fuel?

Thank johnny for that!

You are Dead right, we always had the Excise tax which is about 38 cents a litre however Howard also placed a 10% GST on it so this just keeps going up because the overall price goes up.

So yes a Tax on a Tax.

Why not remove the GST straight away, I will tell you why because the Goverment is making a fortune out of it & does not want to lose it even though we have a Huge Surpless & could afford to do it.

It should never have been imposed in the first place.

Is about $1.60 a litre here for 91

[Hunter]

Ahhh yes but people keep forgetting something important - places like NZ and Great Britain don't have such vast distances between most places!

Petrol may be very expensive in NZ but hey, at least you don't have such a sparsely populated flat piece of turf like we do over here

When petrol finally gets too expensive for the average joe, Australia is screwed.

Although, Americans are currently paying between $3.30 and $3.50 USD per US Gallon - works out something like 80 to 90 cents US a litre - less than $1 AUD per litre!!!! :

[HSVKILLA]

Originally Posted by Hunter

Ahhh yes but people keep forgetting something important - places like NZ and Great Britain don't have such vast distances between most places!

Petrol may be very expensive in NZ but hey, at least you don't have such a sparsely populated flat piece of turf like we do over here

When petrol finally gets too expensive for the average joe, Australia is screwed.

Although, Americans are currently paying between $3.30 and $3.50 USD per US Gallon - works out something like 80 to 90 cents US a litre - less than $1 AUD per litre!!!! :

Wow thats amazing the price the americans pay,i saw on the news one night the price per litre broken down and where it all goes,it was amazing to see how much the oil companies still manage to squeeze the crap out of us consumers and smile with their enormous profits.

[jeremyevans]

petrol prices here in the uk is 6 pournds sterling per gallon. not a lot for your hard-earned money.

being as we helped out 'BUSH' and opened ourselves up to a lifetime of terrorist attacks.- he can't even be bothered to give us discount on oil. (even though they're eating it up as if there's no tomorrow)

maybe someone should mention the 'kyoto agreement' to him.

[TUF_302]

I paid $1.44 today, but that was from united, when i fill the xr8 i put in 95oct and its about $1.58 at BP

[MITCHAY]

I paid $1.62/lt for BP Ultimate last night and 91 was $1.50/lt. It was $1.66/lt a few days before that for Ultimate.