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simon
Member Since: 11 Jan 2005
Location: Shropshire
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martin4x4 wrote:Cheap!
Current UK price for Diesel is about £1.07/Litre compared to your £0.68/litre. 
And now up to 137 pence per/ltr ! What I paid in the Highlands last week  Went up 5p overnight mid week too - FFS.
More 'normal' at home being only 129.9 pence per/ltr
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 1st Jun 2008 11:37 pm |
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Neil Pettersen
Member Since: 23 Nov 2007
Location: Cutting the grass
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Just look at how little they are new ! ......those guys don't know what sales taxes are 
Even delivery is only $750 !
The other side of the coin is Property Tax ,Health Insurance ,College Fees.......
but the housing is good value.......$1,000,000 buys very nice homes in interesting places.
http://www.homesalesri.com/MLS_Detail.php?...LSN=843114 I wish
I'll update you on price comparisons in a few weeks......can't say anything now 
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| 2nd Jun 2008 12:21 am |
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pbhawkin
Member Since: 14 Dec 2006
Location: Mudgee
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A$147 to fill up on Saturday at A$1.82/litre  regards
Peter
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Oct 2013 SDV6 3.0 HSE.
2007 TDV6 SE E-diff, adaptive lights sold 1/2014
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| 2nd Jun 2008 1:04 am |
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Neil Pettersen
Member Since: 23 Nov 2007
Location: Cutting the grass
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$1.82 Peter ! I thought petrol at 1.46 was enough yesterday.
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| 2nd Jun 2008 1:21 am |
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StornowaySA
Member Since: 23 Sep 2007
Location: Adelaide
Posts: 406
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| Almost $2 a litre in Perth for Diesel. |
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We are at $1.89 in Perth today for diesel. I said in this post we'd be paying $2 by Christmas. Rubbish. It will be $2 here within three weeks...... 
Oh and the gap between Petrol and Diesel is widening - Petrol was 33c cheaper. MY2010 D4 HSE 3.0, e-diff, 19inch MTR's; LLAMS Height adjustor, LR f & r light guards, LR side steps, LR bright finish side door mouldings; LR/Mantec G4 front bash plate, LR G4 Winch kit, Warn 9500lb Winch; GOE compressor guard, Uniden UHF, LR bright finish roof rails, LR G4 driving light kit, LR G4 ladder, 4 x extra rear compartment 12V sockets, Traxide dual battery system and Optima Yellowtop battery, ORS drawer system / fridge slide, LED rear compartment lighting.
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| 2nd Jun 2008 5:54 am |
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simon
Member Since: 11 Jan 2005
Location: Shropshire
Posts: 18296
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Neil Pettersen wrote:$1.82 Peter ! I thought petrol at 1.46 was enough yesterday.
mmm 88p per/ltr
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| 2nd Jun 2008 8:25 am |
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Jimbob Squarepants
Member Since: 27 Oct 2007
Location: Miles Away from Home
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Slimer wrote:I thought (though probably wrongly) that diesel actually cost more to refine now. Originally it was cheaper because of the type of oil used but with the type of oil being obtained nowadays and the higher standards required from diesel it is now a bit more expensive to produce. Irrelevant really though as the major cost to the consumer for either fuel is the extortionate taxes added on by governments
I think that diesel is actually cheaper to refine - however a lack of refining capacity for diesel is forcing the price up Too much intellectual firepower can damage your common sense.
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| 2nd Jun 2008 9:26 am |
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pbhawkin
Member Since: 14 Dec 2006
Location: Mudgee
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I was told, only last week, that at one stage they used to sell the Bass Strait crude, without refining, straight to service stations as it was so good quality!
Interestingly, I was also told, that Australia producers 75% of it's own crude oil requirements and so does NOT rely greatly on overseas imports. BUT in order to compete in the world market has to adjust it's domestic price in line with international markets!? If that is so then how can a country like the USA have so much cheaper fuel when they import more than we do? Is it really the effect of bulk purchase? regards
Peter
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Oct 2013 SDV6 3.0 HSE.
2007 TDV6 SE E-diff, adaptive lights sold 1/2014
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| 3rd Jun 2008 1:27 am |
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simon_arch1
Member Since: 10 Apr 2006
Location: Melbourne Australia
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Most we paid while away was 1.90 at Cameron Corner - didn't seem that bad give n we're 1.80 in Melbourne now... Yes, the gap is widening - I reckong they're cashing in on the fact that there are more and more diesel drivers around now, and they're reclaiming some of their profits.
grrrr!
Simon D3 - Buckingham Blue, SE, TDV6, 06 model; chipped; underbody armour; Mickey Thompson ATZ 275/65-18 AND MAXXIS Bighorn muddies; rear wheel carrier from 4x4intelligence.com; iPOD aux connection! GME 3200 UHF - aerial mounted on wheel carrier  ; LR roof rails/cross bars; Autosafe cargo barrier, Safari Snorkel; Traxide - aux battery; ARB bull bar with Tigerz11 winch; Lightforce 240 XGT driving lights (mitchell bros tow hitch to come)
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| 3rd Jun 2008 1:37 am |
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Neil Pettersen
Member Since: 23 Nov 2007
Location: Cutting the grass
Posts: 1254
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Who's going to be the first to post
the $2 litre of diesel ?
Not really that anyone wants to be over that line first.
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| 3rd Jun 2008 2:19 am |
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StornowaySA
Member Since: 23 Sep 2007
Location: Adelaide
Posts: 406
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I reckon it will be here in Perth..all that mining equipment slurping away 24hrs a day.....watch this space. MY2010 D4 HSE 3.0, e-diff, 19inch MTR's; LLAMS Height adjustor, LR f & r light guards, LR side steps, LR bright finish side door mouldings; LR/Mantec G4 front bash plate, LR G4 Winch kit, Warn 9500lb Winch; GOE compressor guard, Uniden UHF, LR bright finish roof rails, LR G4 driving light kit, LR G4 ladder, 4 x extra rear compartment 12V sockets, Traxide dual battery system and Optima Yellowtop battery, ORS drawer system / fridge slide, LED rear compartment lighting.
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| 3rd Jun 2008 4:42 am |
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Neil Pettersen
Member Since: 23 Nov 2007
Location: Cutting the grass
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First D3er to pay $2 ,can't afford to make a site donation 
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| 3rd Jun 2008 5:52 am |
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DingMark
Member Since: 14 Sep 2007
Location: Perth Oz or Erbil, Iraq
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At the current prices, I'd have to keep my D3 V8 for 36.8 years to consume my savings in purchase cost in fuel costs. Makes my decision look better than it was intended to be. For those interested, diesel fuel USED TO BE CHEAPER for refiners to make than petrol did. That was because the refiners effectively dumped all the cr@ap in crude oil into the diesel fuel and heavy heating oil blend (remember how old diesel used to stink and look ultra-dirty). To make the current spec diesel fuel with around 20 ppm Sulphur in it costs more. In addition, particularly in WA, diesel demand at mine sites has skyrocketed and we import the stuff from Singapore by the tanker ship load. Both of these lead to higher prices. Once refiners spend a motza and modify their refineries to make more diesel fuel at the current spec, then I suspect the price differentials will decrease to close to nill. Remember that diesel fuel contains about 20% more energy/litre than does petrol, so in a "perfect market" it should sell for about 20% more.
At Easter I bought 170 litres at $1.95/litre (or $331 in fuel in one gulp) on the Nullabor (Balladonia) , so I can't feel too smug about my V8's good fuel habits. Jim Dowell - D4 HSE TDi, 12,000 hydraulic winch & hidden winch mount, MTRs, TyreDog, Traxide 2 x aux battery system, fixed air compressor, Dolium roof rack, MitchHitch.
RIP 2005 D3 HSE V8 5 seater gold (stolen and torched)
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| 3rd Jun 2008 6:33 am |
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StornowaySA
Member Since: 23 Sep 2007
Location: Adelaide
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Jim, what fuel "economy" do you get in the V8? I thought long and hard about V8 versus diesel and def would have gone V8 if I had bought new - as I bought 2nd hand I dont think the price difference between the two was as bad as new (yes?  ). It does seem crazy that we are better off buying the model (V8 not diesel -assuming you want Big Torque) that consumes more "precious" fuel - because petrol is cheaper!!  MY2010 D4 HSE 3.0, e-diff, 19inch MTR's; LLAMS Height adjustor, LR f & r light guards, LR side steps, LR bright finish side door mouldings; LR/Mantec G4 front bash plate, LR G4 Winch kit, Warn 9500lb Winch; GOE compressor guard, Uniden UHF, LR bright finish roof rails, LR G4 driving light kit, LR G4 ladder, 4 x extra rear compartment 12V sockets, Traxide dual battery system and Optima Yellowtop battery, ORS drawer system / fridge slide, LED rear compartment lighting.
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| 3rd Jun 2008 6:52 am |
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razzle
Member Since: 18 Jul 2006
Location: Tas
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Just out of interest, I just read my latest Auto club magazine and it had an article on Diesel.
It makes the following points
• The rise in Diesel is a world wide phenomenon largely attributed to the booming economies of Asia, in particular China and India
• Diesel if the main fuel of Asia
• Australia has a booming economy in particular Transport and Mining
• The terminal gate price for diesel is based on the refinery price out of Singapore
• Singapore prices are expected to remain high for the medium term
• 99% of diesel sold in Australia goes to big customers on a contract basis, such as Mining,road and rail transporters
• Private motorist account for less than 5% of diesel sales as opposed to 70% of petrol sales, giving private diesel motorists little ability to influence the price of diesel
So basically with most diesel sales sold on contract to large consumers, the balance is not really that important to the oil companies to move, and hence it is not discounted as petrol is, like the weekly petrol cycle. Trust me, what could go wrong?
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| 3rd Jun 2008 8:03 am |
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