Fuel Price Hysteria

[RAP1D]

I dont care what the price is these days... I stopped looking at 1.40. If I cared I wouldn't drive a performance car, Id ride the bus like all the other boring complaining tightassed poeple Im surrounded by at my Gov job.

[Fat-Tony]

last time I checked I was getting 17.4 litre/100km, wish I could get 13 litres

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if you sticky tape a golf ball to the underside of your accelerator pedal you will get better fuel economy

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Bahahahaha gold

[Antisocial]

Ok, checkit:

km/yr L/100km L/yr price total

25000 13.0 1923  $1.10   $2,115.30 

25000 13.0 1923  $1.45   $2,788.35 

     $673.05  difference per year

Umm, who the hell gets 13.0L/100km?!?!

I know my fuel bill cost me just over 4k this financial year ..

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Yeah 13 is a bit high, I drive my F6 like I don't pay for the fuel...cause I don't.

Full throttle take off's at least 20 times a day and drive at speed limit plus 10% and over the last 35,400ks my car has average aproximately 11.725L/100ks.

With a worst tank of 17.5L/100 and a best of 9.3.

The worst fuel consumption was spent stitting in stop start traffic, probably never on boost once.....

[Flukey]

My fuel expenditure the last few years has been:

2001/02 $3840

2002/03 $3852

2003/04 $4085

2004/05 $4490

2005/06 $5430

It shows how much it has gone up in the last 12 months. Km's travelled have remained relatively constant each year

[turtle33]

Ok, checkit:

km/yr L/100km L/yr price total

25000 13.0 1923  $1.10  $2,115.30 

25000 13.0 1923  $1.45  $2,788.35 

    $673.05  difference per year

Umm, who the hell gets 13.0L/100km?!?!

I know my fuel bill cost me just over 4k this financial year ..

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I wish try $10160.00 last year at an average of 19ltrs/100k's

Edited 11/07/06 08:28 PM by turtle33

[Ford Grunt]

If you can salary package and its worthwise from an after-tax perspective this can take the heat out of the high fuel price for example you save 10% on GST to start with.

I'll give you a hint regarding my ute: FBT exempt "turbo-charged deduction"

Ford Grunt

[GEGZY]

I must live in the sh1ttiest town... hasnt been under $1.57 here for weeks

[INPURSUIT]

fuel is fuel. the price of petrol shouldnt really effect members of this forum as much as we all have a passion for our cars. we will fill up whatever the cost.

[F6 RAPID]

There is a meaningful letter in the latest Motor mag from someone on the price of fuel - it won letter of the month actually.

His best quote;

"I buy a car to satisfy a driving passion, not to save me money."

I agree it costs more to drive these things, but do you enjoy it? Hell yes! I love the smell of my burnt Sunoco race fuel at $4.12 a litre...............

[plj 59]

Run out of fuel in the ute, but had 20litres of c16 in the back $8 per litre or walk easy choice