Jerseygirl

Said on the news last night NJ's gas prices were the lowest in the US. Makes a change 'cos we're usually the most expensive for just about everything else.

Old William

Whoa there....forget the exchange rate myth a second...

It's 94.9p per litre here and at $3.65 for US gas thats $1.04 per litre (3.5 litres in a US gallon)...so looks like PETROL is now cheaper than GAS.

Oh and my car will do 9 miles per litre as opposed to US ones that do avg of 6miles per litre.

britvic

Well being as you made a good point, price's over there dont seem so bad

Ray

1 US gallon = 3.78 liters

so your paying $1.87 per litre

So your paying $7.06 for the equivalent of a US gall

Of course my maths are pathetic at the best of times ..

Big D

$1.87 a liter - are the maths going the right way?

If we assume $3 a gallon based on the 3.78 thats 79c a liter which is in real terms 39p a litre - so as usual gas is 2.5 - 3 times cheaper here in the US.

Now can we have the discussion again about how its weak as piss over here.......

Big D

Balls - having read your post Ray I now understand!! $7 in the UK?

Lycanthrop

......but its not apples to apples is it? .....the Dollar and Pound are not simply interchangeable as numbers......

The exchange rate myth is surely only a myth if you are living in the UK and not comparing the cost of living to that in the US.......ie: the way it was before you emigrated in the first place........

I'm still in the US, so the exchange rate must apply in comparisons......(when looking at costs of living)....

BTW, 1 US Gallon = 3.78 litres.......but not to split hairs......

Ray

I doubt it .... but if a litre there is 95p ...and we know there is nearly two dollars to the pound .... $1.87 can't be far off ..

unicorndreams

$3.15 today in St Louis

Old William

But I live in the UK now so I pay 94.9p per litre, whilst you live in the US now and therefore pay $1.04 per litre. (or there abouts)

Another point:

When we left the UK in 2004 petrol was bout 80p per litre...today it's 94.9, which is about 18% increase in 3 years.
When we arrived in the US in 2004 Gas was about $1.10 per gallon...now it's $3.10 (ish) where we lived...thats a 180% increase over the same time period....Can you say Holy Gas Price Rises Batman?


Put it all another way....it cost me £54 to fill my Voyager up here from empty, from which I got about 400 miles. It used to cost me $100 to fill my truck up from empty in the US from which I got about 220 miles.

Bob

it is depressing, because I remember when it was less than a buck up where the in-laws lived...hmmm...

Jerseygirl

When we first came here in '96 it was approx 60 cents a gallon.

Ray

Find the local best price here
http://www.gasbuddy.com/

Bob

http://autos.msn.com/everyday/gassta...?zip=&src=Netx

I used that because when up in Maine, gasbuddy wasn't much use as no one posted for most parts of the state

Jerseygirl

My husband saw Reg. at $2.87 today...Rt 22 NJ.