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hi with the cost of a litre of petrol here in the uk averaging 103.9 per litre ,how much does a litre of petrol cost in canada especially around calgary ,as thats where im headed cheers

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Hi we are about 90 mins from Calgary and currently its 95.6 cents per litre however if you have a duel fuel propane tank its around 50 cents a litre for that:thumbsup:

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Just seen the news that due to the soaring oil prices fuel may be expected to rise to $1.30 by spring!!! :eek:

Still way below UK so if you have a nice nippy town car brilliant, however if you have a five million litre truck (it seems anything below 4 litre engine here is sissy!) then beware!!! :unsure:

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Price of gas (petrol) went up yesterday at most of the majors (Esso Shell etc) it is now 105.9

You can get it still as low as 90.9 at the Tsuu T'ina Gas Stop on the reservation.

Here's a good website to keep you informed on Calgary gasoline prices.

http://www.calgarygasprices.com/index.aspx?

Cheers
Steve

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I guess we're a bit luckier here in Creston as we are only 10-15 mins from the border. Gas in town is 105.9 but we hop over the border to Porthill and buy it for only 76.9.:thumbsup:

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Sounds like what we're paying. I think it's 103 in Windsor, but just over the bridge it works out to 77 or 78 a litre (they helpfully do the maths and signpost the Canadian litre equivalent as I'd never manage the conversions :D ).

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Here it was 118.9 and has now gone down (!) to 115.9 :(

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Saw it at £1.06/l yesterday, roll on Calgary.

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Isn't the price in Canada per gallon?

Or is that just USA who do that.

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Gas only comes in litres here. The locals tell me that "pints" and "gallons" are only used to measure rum :ohmy:.

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Price in Canada always per liter.

We've gone metric don't ya know.:p

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Oh don't get me started.....gas in litres, distance in kilometres, building supplies in feet, inches and cubits, drinks in fluid ounces, friggin screwed up country........:curse::curse::rofl:

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...and fuel consumption, which is mostly MPG!

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Yeah, fuel consumption is in 'litres per 100km' which means phuq all to most people so we translate it to mpg.

Note for those unaware: Canadian gallon is the same as UK gallon (4.4545 l) not the US gallon which is smaller.

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This mind sound ridiculous to everyone actually living in Canada already - but doesn't anybody drive diesel cars/trucks over there???:huh:

It seems all references are to petrol(gas)

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What diesels are there? I've heard of VW, a Mercedes, and I can't think of anything else. Was there a Cherokee or sth that was diesel, once?

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to put it another way - how much is diesel per litre?

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Yeah I know, fun innit. :p:):)

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With the switch to "clean diesel" watch for more diesel powered autos in the next year or so.

Diesel in Calgary ranges from 101.9 to 112.9 per liter.

http://www.calgarygasprices.com/inde...D&tme_limit=60

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Diesels are less popular in Canada because, well in Canada most things automotive are driven by the US & emissions standards in the US are very high whereas fuel quality is very low. So no nice efficient small Euro diesels.
VW dropped the TDI range last year although it is coming back. Jeep dropped the diesel Liberty (I leased one of the last) but do a diesel Grand Cherokee. Aside from that you jump to your F250/Chev/Ram HD trucks with 6.0L V8 diesels. Economic they are not.

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I have a diesel vehicle. I find the posted price of diesel to be about 10% more than petrol, I buy five gallons at a time for about $25. I can't do fuel consumption calculations here due the weird measures at the pump but I have the idea one can get about four hours of run time for a gallon (UK) of diesel.

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For the unititiated, dbd's diesel vehicle is painted green with John Deere written down the side and, at accordingly to his last blog entry on the subject, was stuck down at the bottom of an icy slope. Presumably not consuming much diesel there then?

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I eventually got it up the hill. Just as well as we had record snow last weekend. The chains have arrived at the dealer's so I suppose I'll collect them tonight and have another go at properly clearing the road over the weekend. I'm well sick of getting things down to the barn by hand or on sleighs.

The important point though is that diesel costs more than petrol, I don't think that's true in the UK.

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Oh it does from time to time IIRC. (Having run diesel vehicles there as well.) Here it's sometimes cheaper than petrol but not generally during winter. Right now I think it's 10cents or so more expensive. Which hurts but I think I'm still ahead on fuel consumption.

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It's a smidgeon more there too now I think, didn't use to be...

http://www.theaa.com/motoring_advice/fuel/index.html

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The tax regime in the UK has seen diesel and petrol at about the same price per unit volume for a number of years. The financial incentive for running a diesel is in fuel consumption - upwards of 50mpg for a small efficient diesel as opposed to mid-30s mpg for an equivalent performance petrol motor. Other European countries (notably France, unless it's changed in the last 24 months or so) have the added incentive of a significant price advantage in favour of diesel on the forecourt.

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And in stuck vehicle news, the tractor is now needed to pull the Element out of a drift. It's a good idea to have lots of vehicles in the country, that way there might be one to take to the pub.

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Property dimension and especially road widths in "Chains".

Its the fault of those darn Brits again.

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I know how much I weigh but no Canadians do! ;):rofl:

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Just like the UK! :lol: Distances in Miles, DIY in centimetres, beer in pints, milk in pints bottles of wine in ML / Litres

Just to confuse you even more. US inches are slightly smaller than UK inches as are fluid oz. UK Pint 20 floz whereas US pint 16floz (thats why cooking is always hit and miss).

OH yes gas prices in Fredericton NB about 109 a litre.

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Where did you get the idea that an inch in the U.S. is smaller than one in Canada?:confused:

Simply not true.

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Quite. It's litres that vary in size by country. They're smaller, meaning more to the gallon, in America.

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Yep a brain fart sorry.

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Pints Db, its pints. Both UK and US have 8 pints in a gallon but the UK pint is 20 fluid oz whereas US is 16 fluid ozs. Also US fluid oz = 1.041 UK fluid oz ..... weird

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Just to add for those that are living in or visiting BC there is a new law coming in February that means we will all have to pre pay for fuel at the pumps. There will apparently be no exceptions so you either pay at the pump with a card or you have to give the attendant cash before he/she will start the pump.
Going to make things difficult for those who also purchase other stuff when paying by card and the woman in the Esso station told me this morning people will have to pay separately.

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I hate that, I never know how much to pay. How are you meant to know how much it will cost to fill up? You can guess a rough amount but not the exact amount.

If you go over/under do you then have to go back and pay the difference/get a refund?

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What on earth is that coming in for?

I experienced it in US and it was a pain. I am sure the filling stations will not want it when their sales of other goods drop significantly.

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I like US petrol stations better than Canadian ones. Firstly, there are rarely attendants to grunt at you, it's nearly all self-serve, secondly almost all stations there have trigger locks to hold the pump open until the tank is full. Relatively few stations here have that so I often have to jam the trigger with my wallet, it works ok but it makes the wallet smell.

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The woman in the gas station told me it was because of a case 3 years ago when a young attendant was killed as he was dragged up the road by the car driving off without paying, he had tried to stop them, all for 20 bucks!!!!!!!

There is also a change to the way these and other places are staffed at night, something to do with not being allowed on your own unless the doors are locked and there is a small hatch or something much like the late night gas stations in the UK then.

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Canadians don't know how much YOU weigh??? :confused:

I have to ask height and weight very often in my job .... they tend to say feet and inches, then their weight in pounds. Only the relatively young (we don't get very many young people having joint replacements, but we do get some) might use metric measures for height and weight, but we do need metric to work out BMI's!

OMG I can't keep up! :blink::eek: