Haggisbash

Fuel price here just hit over $8.80 per US gallon or $2.35 per litre. Over a dollar per litre is tax and part of that is a tax on a tax because there is a fuel levy (tax) and then gst (government stealer tax) on the whole price:-(
The other rub is that the fuel levy is supposed to pay for roading but the money goes into the government consolidated fund so they can spend it on whatever they like and then they have the cheek to want to impose additional regional fuel levies to pay for specific roading or transport projects.

calwldlife

wow.
i agree that many countries are screwing people to ponzi
scheme the money they steal.

Gold Dragon

Sorry to hear that this is happening there. Maybe its time to look for an alternative fuel source.

Haggisbash

Thought had crossed my mind a few times, a Ford 1958? with a foldaway hardtop was recently converted to electric here as a promotional vehicle for an electric company using a 170kW bus motor and water cooled inverter, no mention of top speed but it will do 0 - 60 mph in 4.5 secs. Seems sacrilege to get rid of the roar of the V8 though

Metalhead140

I know exactly what you're saying. I always figure though that I've got to pay to put fuel in something. The incremental increase for the additional consumption of putting it in something that puts a smile on my face compared to something that bores me to tears has always made the cost easy to justify for me. The older car is also generally much cheaper to own (enthusiast insurance, no depreciation) which further helps to offset the fuel costs.

whateverpratt

You know the diesel guys will convert their trucks to run on biodiesel and make the stuff in their backyard. I need to figure out how to do that with high octane gasoline

lowbuck72

Gas here in So Cal is approaching $4 a gallon, so I guess I shouldn't complain too much. But even if gas here was $10 a gallon and I only got 15 miles to the gallon, a 50 mile cruise would cost me $35 in gas. That's not really that much to spend for an enjoyable afternoon of top down cruising in an old Corvette. A lot of new cars depreciate that much in one day.

doorgunner

WOW.....$8.80 ! And I was aggravated because gasoline around my city went up 20 cents a gallon to $2.80.

M A Fry

Yep, 95 oct. fuel here in Brisvegas is currently running at $1.75lt AU($7.96 gal AU or $6.88 per US gal) and deisel is $1.53 lt AU.

terrys6t8roadster

Wisconsin the price of 93 octane is $3.56 per gal and diesel hit $3.05 the other day. T

tokim

It's fine with me because I'm sure that all the state and federal tax monies collected are being utilized efficiently, and for the betterment of our society.
I love paying taxes..what would I do with all that extra money anyway?

bradleyb66

So....this is where our California government officials went for their 'training'....coming soon to a town near you.

DB Cooper

I wonder how much it would take to convert to compressed natural gas, and pick up a home compressor...

Haggisbash

The government here don't care if the price goes up, they are on a green binge to convert us to electric vehicles. At the moment you can get free recharging in towns and EV's don't pay any road user charges to encourage people to switch. Here gasoline users don't pay a seperate road user charge because of the above tax but if you drive a diesel you pay a RUC based on the size of the vehicle, this is about 4c per kilometre for a car.

suprspooky

When Gas was $4+ per gallon here (MN, USA) I looked into making my own Ethanol. Not difficult but smelly and time consuming. There are some good sites on the Web about this.

We're at around $3 for 91 Oct. today

They play the same tax shell game here.

general ike

I think Tokim may be running the Vette in the garage with the door closed!!!! Get some fresh air!!!!

Ike

tokim

I would agree..had I been serious.
I have a sarcastic sense of humor.

Metalhead140