Any UK residents fed up with the price of petrol?
Oct 4th 2003, 8:43 am
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Any UK residents fed up with the price of petrol?
Just thought I'd let you know there's a cheap petrol/ diesel day here in NZ - 10 cents off a litre. Filled up with 53 litres of diesel this am at 45.9c a litre! That's about NZD35 a tank or GBP12 to you (650 kms in my badass 4WD).
Oct 4th 2003, 9:28 am
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Bloody Hell!!
My Jeep Grand Cherokee costs me £55GBP to fill up and I only get 250 miles out of it.
It's just gone up by 4p a gallon as well!
Robbing ba****ds
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My Jeep Grand Cherokee costs me £55GBP to fill up and I only get 250 miles out of it.
It's just gone up by 4p a gallon as well!
Robbing ba****ds
Billabong
Oct 4th 2003, 9:44 am
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Originally posted by Billabong
Bloody Hell!!
My Jeep Grand Cherokee costs me £55GBP to fill up and I only get 250 miles out of it.
It's just gone up by 4p a gallon as well!
Robbing ba****ds
Billabong
Bloody Hell!!
My Jeep Grand Cherokee costs me £55GBP to fill up and I only get 250 miles out of it.
It's just gone up by 4p a gallon as well!
Robbing ba****ds
Billabong
Must be taxes on our fuel?
Oct 4th 2003, 10:07 am
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yup we pay a load of tax on ours - a huge portion - which goes to Mr Brown.
Havign said that, its not much cheaper in France and some other parts of Europe although when I was living in Luxembourg it was 50p a litre for petrol. V cheap there.
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Havign said that, its not much cheaper in France and some other parts of Europe although when I was living in Luxembourg it was 50p a litre for petrol. V cheap there.
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Oct 4th 2003, 8:16 pm
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Can't believe that it costs me 8 quid a day in petrol to go to work in uk @79.4ppl.A full tank at 12 quid it would last me over a week
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We are taxed to death in U.K if you drive,smoke and enjoy a drink over here you are one of the highest taxed people in the U.K.
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We are taxed to death in U.K if you drive,smoke and enjoy a drink over here you are one of the highest taxed people in the U.K.
Oct 4th 2003, 8:42 pm
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..actually i don't mind the price of uk petrol at all!! 
my boss pays for all mine.... 
Not looking forward to paying for it when i get to auz though.... bugger.:scared:
my boss pays for all mine.... Not looking forward to paying for it when i get to auz though.... bugger.:scared:
Oct 5th 2003, 2:20 am
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Depending what you earn in $s here (Aus) petrol could work out just as expensive.
Dont get a job and its just as expensive.
Dont get a job and its just as expensive.
Oct 5th 2003, 2:26 am
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Originally posted by karawara88
Depending what you earn in $s here (Aus) petrol could work out just as expensive.
Dont get a job and its just as expensive.
Depending what you earn in $s here (Aus) petrol could work out just as expensive.
Dont get a job and its just as expensive.
I paid 80 cents a litre this week but it's been as high as $1.09 since we've been here, rather pay this though than 80 pence a litre, we fill our tank "much bigger than our UK car "for the same amount only in dollars!
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Oct 5th 2003, 4:13 am
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I paid 80 cents a litre this week but it's been as high as $1.09 since we've been here, rather pay this though than 80 pence a litre, we fill our tank "much bigger than our UK car "for the same amount only in dollars!
If you earn £30k in UK you would need to earn approx. $54000 to give you a similiar standard of living. Pro rata.
Information taken from http://www.gomatilda.co.uk/calculator/index.cfm This is on an average as it costs more depending on state.
You can also work out interstate costs.
for example if you earn $54k in Perth and move to Sydney you would need to earn $95k or $49k in Brisbane or $85k in Melbourne or $47k in Adelaide.
Plenty more calculators for income tax etc. at http://www.movingdownunder.co.uk/files/finance.php
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Oct 5th 2003, 6:54 am
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Fill the car up for about $45 (petrol) and $17 for the bike!
I'm earning the same (in relation) as I was in the UK, so I reckon it's CHEAP "....like a budgie"
I'm earning the same (in relation) as I was in the UK, so I reckon it's CHEAP "....like a budgie"
