Petrol $1.10/litre

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Nov 19th 2008, 7:32 pm

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Wendy

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Re: Petrol $1.10/litre

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Originally Posted by MartinLuther

Cool. I missed the cheap tuesday price this week.

It's cheaper here on a Wed morning.....but you have to get up early

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Originally Posted by dave99

Its great that petrol is cheaper here but you have to drive a hell of a lot further than in the UK so it balances out !

Catch the train

Nov 19th 2008, 7:54 pm

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Re: Petrol $1.10/litre

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It's cheaper here on a Wed morning.....but you have to get up early

Catch the train

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Nov 19th 2008, 8:09 pm

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Re: Petrol $1.10/litre

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Its great that petrol is cheaper here but you have to drive a hell of a lot further than in the UK so it balances out !

That may be true for you but the average mileage for Aussies is only slightly higher than the average mileage for Brits.

Nov 19th 2008, 8:27 pm

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Re: Petrol $1.10/litre

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Originally Posted by dave99

Its great that petrol is cheaper here but you have to drive a hell of a lot further than in the UK so it balances out !

Who does ?

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Kilometres Travelled
In 2004 the average Australian passenger car travelled about 13,850 kilometres. Source: abs.gov.au
In 2004 the average British passenger car travelled about 14,000 kilometres. Source: The AA

Nov 19th 2008, 8:40 pm

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Re: Petrol $1.10/litre

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Originally Posted by The Bloke

But is that the price of standard unleaded or the E10 unleaded, which is about 3 cents cheaper than standard?

You had me wondering ... But no, it was normal unleaded.

Nov 19th 2008, 8:52 pm

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Re: Petrol $1.10/litre

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Who does ?

We drive less kms/year here.

Nov 19th 2008, 8:59 pm

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Re: Petrol $1.10/litre

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Originally Posted by Amazulu

We drive less kms/year here.

Yeah we do. Our car does about 350km a week. That equates to around 11,000 miles a year and we did easily 15,000 miles a year in UK.

Nov 19th 2008, 9:13 pm

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Re: Petrol $1.10/litre

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Originally Posted by MartinLuther

That may be true for you but the average mileage for Aussies is only slightly higher than the average mileage for Brits.

Mine is far higher here......and I don't even go to work

Nov 19th 2008, 9:15 pm

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One of our cars did 10,067 km (6,292 miles) last year, and that includes driving to Brisbane City every working day.

My car does almost that, but I can't work out how ?? I only do the school run, shopping, etc etc, taking my daughter places ... Oh yes, I see how it adds up now...

Some people do much more, some do less, much the same as those in the UK really

Nov 19th 2008, 10:09 pm

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Re: Petrol $1.10/litre

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Originally Posted by Grayling

Mine is far higher here......and I don't even go to work

I remember reading somewhere that the average Australian driver spends more than the average UK driver on petrol, this could be more miles or just bigger car engines or probably both.

Nov 19th 2008, 10:19 pm

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Originally Posted by Devlin

I remember reading somewhere that the average Australian driver spends more than the average UK driver on petrol, this could be more miles or just bigger car engines or probably both.

You might have read it on here

Be careful what you read

Some "average weekly fuel prices" from a West Australia website

Jun 2007 (petrol about $1.30)
Metro suburbs $51.96 pw on petrol (£22 pw)
Outside metro areas $115.39 pw on petrol

But as most people live in Metro areas, the cheaper figure will be closer to the average average

Nov 19th 2008, 10:33 pm

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Re: Petrol $1.10/litre

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Mine is far higher here......and I don't even go to work

Maybe the hooning takes its toll

Nov 19th 2008, 11:01 pm

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Re: Petrol $1.10/litre

I bought a diesel in august as the price of petrol was shooting up.
Paying $1.45 a litre

Nov 20th 2008, 9:39 am

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Re: Petrol $1.10/litre

I must admit to laughing when I heard there was a item on the news about the price of petrol, I thought crikey go over to the UK and see how much it is there!

Laughed my head off, ha ha bonk.

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Nov 20th 2008, 9:41 am

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Re: Petrol $1.10/litre

$1.26/litre at our local BP

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