Robin (UK) Posted January 22, 2008 Report Posted January 22, 2008 Omigod! I took my wife's VW Golf to fill up with gas, this morning... £55 (over $100). Then I took my Passat Estate for diesel... £65 Finally I took a short spin in the Plymouth and decided to top that up... £50 That's £170 in a day... Almost $350 !!! Quote
oldmopar Posted January 22, 2008 Report Posted January 22, 2008 Omigod!I took my wife's VW Golf to fill up with gas, this morning... £55 (over $100). Then I took my Passat Estate for diesel... £65 Finally I took a short spin in the Plymouth and decided to top that up... £50 That's £170 in a day... Almost $350 !!! That is a lot of money . Now I know why I see so many people riding bicycles in the English movies Quote
greg g Posted January 22, 2008 Report Posted January 22, 2008 Yikes!!! My wife took our jeep yesterday to run some errands. I told her it was low on gas and she said she would put some in. I asked her how much she put in and she said she stopped at $40.00, because she couldn't bear any more. Just slightly over half a tank. The jeep gets about 17 MPG in run around use so we don't use it much. I have a Jetta that does close to 30 mpg around town, and her Subaru only gets about 20. One of the things that gets brought up here is that Americans can't live withou their cars. I guess this is due to several factors, living in the suburbs creates a long commute to work, Public transportation is woefully inadequate except for in cities, and we dearly love the independence of going where we want when we want. We are traveling a lot less (since we are retired, no commuting) but even doing shopping and such is getting prohibitively expensive. Having gone to Ireland, we noticed lots of folks on busses and trains, and at midday lots of cars still in the driveway next to the homes. So do you your cars for daily back and forth to work, or just pleasure us?? And in addition, what are your parking charges of you live work in a city? Quote
greg g Posted January 22, 2008 Report Posted January 22, 2008 Plus ya gotta wonder about who and how the prices are decided. Now New York is a red state on two maps Republican/Democrat, and Gas Prices. You'd think all these republicans would have friends in high places in the oil business...... http://www.gasbuddy.com/gb_gastemperaturemap.aspx Folks north of the border aren't faring any better http://www.gasbuddy.com/gb_can_gastemperaturemap.aspx Quote
Brendan D25 Posted January 23, 2008 Report Posted January 23, 2008 Sad to say I am in the red zone on the right(or maybe wrong) side of the Canadian map. Quote
PatS.... Posted January 23, 2008 Report Posted January 23, 2008 I bought gas today for $99.9 cents per liter. Last weekend it was $105.9 per liter. We are being ripped off big time but we do nothing about it. Quote
rockerbillykat Posted January 23, 2008 Report Posted January 23, 2008 hi to all out there! just thought id let you know,petrol prices here in melbourne are at $1.46(AUS) a litre at the moment and will rise again by next week.On Avarage it costs about $80.00(AUS) a week to top up,not fill from empty,just on driving too and from work.Thats without running around on the weekend or driving the kids anywhere!By the time i get my dodge on the road i"ll have to get a second job to fill her up.LOL. Quote
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