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I know...I was answering in a semi-sarcastic way...
My dad has decided that he is going to fill up the car, and the boat, and then a bunch of gas cans before we leave, to take with us, so that we don't have to fill up in Canada. We'll still probably need to fill up during the week, but at least it won't be as much as we normally have to buy while we're up there.
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Well, it normally takes us a tank and a quarter to get to our vacation lodge, but it might be more, since we're pulling a heavier boat this year. The boat is pretty good on gas, but I forsee needing to fill it at least once. We'll probably spend over $200 ( USD & CAD) on gas alone next week.
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Oil price dropped $23 a barrel (16%) but on the other hand the world trade negotiations that have been going on for 7 years just collapsed. So, good news and possibly bad news for the economy and fuel/food/prostitution prices.
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Our local station has dropped petrol again, so we're now down to £1.10 a litre. I wish I'd written down the formula to convert that to $ per gallon, but I'm sure someone can manage it.
Diesel is more expensive than petrol over here too, but about 10-15p more expensive. It still works out cheaper than having a petrol car. The road tax is cheaper too.
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From my understanding of it, a road tax is a levy imposed in metropolitan areas on vehicles, based on their perceived impact on the environment. The road tax on a large truck that gets 16mpg would be a lot higher than a small car that gets 30-40mpg. That being said, the corresponding taxes would be less for diesel versions of the same vehicles.
The whole purpose is to limit road vehicle traffic and usage in the city to cut down on congestion and pollution and make the streets better for pedestrian traffic.
(No, I'm not a highly-specialized civil engineer in training, no siree.)
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Close. What Fabrux is talking about is called a "congenstion charge" and only exists in London, and possibly Manchester. Cities where travelling a mile can take weeks.
Road tax is different. Over here every single car has to be taxed before it is allowed on public roads. Hence, a road tax. It used to go on engine size (one bracket for 1.4 and below, another for anything bigger), but now it goes on emmisions in an attempt to be greaner and to get people to but more efficient cars. So a 1.1 Clio diesel would be £30 road tax for the year, while a big range rover could be up to £250 per year.
Automatics tend to be about £50-£100 more per year because of the emissions. That's why the UK is one of the rarer countries where manual (stick) driving is more common than automatic.
If you care, here are the road tax brackets for the Ford Focus, the most common car in the UK. I think.
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When i left work yesterday, I headed for a Kroger (Grocery) that sells gas. They had lines around all of their pumps. Price had dropped to 3.99 a gallon. I drove a mile and Go Mart was the same price, and i didn't have to wait. Someone said it hit 4.15 here during the 4th of july weekend, but I didn't see it.
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quote:Originally posted by B.J.: Dropped to 3.99? The cheap stations have yet to go over that here! (It was $3.67 this morning.)
Sonuvabitch. ( exclamatory, not directed at you B.J.)
My area has the highest prices in the state, which is already above the national average. I think the lowest its been here in a while is 4.15 I think the average is like $4.30 though.
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quote:Originally posted by B.J.: Dropped to 3.99? The cheap stations have yet to go over that here! (It was $3.67 this morning.)
I need to come to Bama to get my gas!! I saw 3.67 in South Carolina, on the way back from Surf Side beach in June. It was 3.97 when I went to lunch today.
When prices were going up, it could change from hour to hour, now that it is down, it takes a day.
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