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| Thread ID: 55082 | 2005-03-02 06:29:00 | How much do you spend on petrol a week? | manicminer (4219) | PC World Chat |
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| 329710 | 2005-03-02 06:29:00 | 5c added to petrol tax on April 1 will hit my pocket. But what about yours? It seems like it keeps going up and up and up.... www.stuff.co.nz |
manicminer (4219) | ||
| 329711 | 2005-03-02 07:16:00 | None <3 taking the bus |
Edward (31) | ||
| 329712 | 2005-03-02 07:29:00 | Nothing. Dont have a car. I take a bus or walk. | Speedy Gonzales (78) | ||
| 329713 | 2005-03-02 08:08:00 | Petrol in New Zealand is Cheap compared to some countries I think in the UK it is something like $2.50-$3.00 a Litre. I don't mind paying the extra as long as in goes back into roading and not into the slush fund (Queen Helen's retirement fund) pressf1.pcworld.co.nz |
wmoore (6009) | ||
| 329714 | 2005-03-02 08:29:00 | Petrol in New Zealand is Cheap compared to some countries I think in the UK it is something like $2.50-$3.00 a Litre. The pound has about the same spending power in Britain as a dollar has in NZ. You can't compare costs by looking at the exchange rates and calculating costs. It may even be slightly cheaper over there, about 80p/L. |
user (1404) | ||
| 329715 | 2005-03-02 09:34:00 | Me lucky... Live near inner city, can walk to work, and if i need to transport things, i have a friends housetruck that i borrow. Transporting things is usually sound/lighting gear for work involving my housetruck owning friend anyway. :D |
personthingy (1670) | ||
| 329716 | 2005-03-02 09:47:00 | If I relied on public transport I wouldn't get to work until just before lunch. I checked the schedules. Useless. That's another 5c, where did the 4c we coughed up last year go? I suppose we'll have to begrudgingly pay, I just hope there are NO TOLL ROADS |
Phil B (648) | ||
| 329717 | 2005-03-02 09:59:00 | For anyone who really cares- According to the latest (January) figures from the British AA Motoring, the average UK prices (and yes, they vary greatly from London to the wilds of Scotland - just as they do here between cities & what the trapped motorist has to pay in Fiordland or the Coromandel - are per litre:: Higher octane unleaded - 86.3 pence 95 unleaded - 79.6 pence Diesel - 84.8 pence (British supermarket averages are cheaper at 81.4, 77.6 & 82.3 respectively. Not an option yet for most NZers) At tonight's currency exchange rates (NZ$ = .3776 pounds), that makes a British service station litre of what I still call Super NZ$2-28. 95 octane is NZ$2.11 & diesel is NZ$2.25. And for those who complain about our government's tax take on fuel, the Brits pay the following tax percentages on these 3: 69.5% 77.6% 82.3% Now I'm left with 2 questions: 1. Why is diesel so much more expensive there in comparison with petrol? Diesel for our ute is far cheaper than petrol for the car. Is that because we have to buy diesel mileage, so officialdom gets an extra take that way? I await enlightenment... 2. (This one's for user, who started this) Why do you say the pound has about the same spending power in Britain as the dollar has here? Surely that makes a mockery of the official exchange rate? I know certain items will be relevantly dearer/cheaper in different countries, but if one of their pounds is officially worth 2.6 times our dollar - yet only the same in spending power - somebody's being well & truly short-changed... Like to elaborate further, user? |
Laura (43) | ||
| 329718 | 2005-03-02 10:03:00 | i dont have to pay for petrol, my parents do :) i must be lucky..... it will hit there pocket though :p its stupid how much tax is on petrol, and where does it all go??? AUCKLAND...... and jack all goes to other regions...... IMO |
Prescott (11) | ||
| 329719 | 2005-03-02 10:12:00 | Oh yes, it's really stupid how much tax is on petrol, isn't it. They should slap a 1000% tax on alcohol, petrol, and cigarettes.* *Conditions apply |
agent (30) | ||
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