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Posted by Flynn on Tue Nov 20th at 11:29am 2007

I love cars but I hate the stupid utterly exorbitent level of tax that the greedy government slap on anything car related in this s**t hole of a country. If it gets any worse I will have to move to Australia were gas is as cheap as it is in America, plus there would be no yobs.


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Posted by RedWood on Tue Nov 20th at 8:37pm 2007

When the last time you heard our gas prices. It's up to $3.25 a gallon. Last July it was just under $2 for a couple of months. Before that it almost hit $4.


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Posted by Gwil on Tue Nov 20th at 8:53pm 2007

Thing is RedWood, in the UK -

1 litre = ?1.05ish

US, 1 gallon (4 litres) = $3.25 / ?1.50

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edit: incidentally I use public transport so im not too bothered, unless of course bus tickets start going up (7 mile trip ?2.40 / $5 ?)



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Posted by French Toast on Tue Nov 20th at 9:28pm 2007

Difference between States and Europe: Everything's farther apart in the US, so you end up using more gas. Like, can't speak for Europe, but 1-2 hours is an average commute to work where I live. Takes me ~45 minutes just to get to school.



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Posted by RedWood on Tue Nov 20th at 9:36pm 2007

I know our gas is still cheaper than most of the world. I just have no idea what gas cost in Australia.
I'v herd that things are horribly expensive in The UK region, but i can't be too much worse than the US (or at least the area i live in). Say you work at a job making $10 an hour (thats low but minimum wage is $7.15). You work 40 hours a week and you take home $1120 a month (less if work provides insurance, or union). A one beadroom s**tty apartment cost about $550-$700 a month. Phone $50, electric is around $40 (for a tiny apartment), gas is $80 (agan for a tiny apartment, up %70 this year), food, car, you can't live without a net connection any more. Its hard.


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Posted by Yak_Fighter on Tue Nov 20th at 10:43pm 2007

I think I'm going to move under the sea.



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Posted by Cash Car Star on Tue Nov 20th at 10:56pm 2007

Life is better down where it's wetter.



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Posted by Rumple on Thu Nov 22nd at 6:32am 2007

? quote:
I just have no idea what gas cost in Australia.


At its highest $1.60/litre, can vary between $1.20 for the first half of week and $1.60 by the end (in my area at least, it varies quite a lot from one place to the next).


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Posted by Cash Car Star on Thu Nov 22nd at 1:46pm 2007

1 Liter ~= 3.75 Gallons
1 AUD ~= .88 USD

1.20 * 3.75 * .88 = $3.96US/gallon.

I pay about $3.20/gallon right now, and I'm in an expensive state with high gas taxes. Conclusion: cheaper in the US.



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Posted by Gwil on Thu Nov 22nd at 10:23pm 2007

Solution: invent a hoverboard!



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Posted by wil5on on Fri Nov 23rd at 6:53am 2007

I did but it runs on petrol <img src=" SRC="images/smiles/sad.gif">



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Posted by Flynn on Fri Nov 23rd at 4:00pm 2007

? quoting Gwil
Solution: invent a hoverboard!

No way! I love cars not hoverboards!





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Posted by reaper47 on Fri Nov 23rd at 5:41pm 2007

Invent cars that drive on something other than petrol then. I wonder if that's even possible?


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Posted by fishy on Sat Nov 24th at 1:53am 2007

Cars that run on deisel fuel can manage just as well on a 50/50 mix of deisel and vegetable oil. It's cheaper, and even makes your car smell like a doughnut frier.

Apparently, deisel engines were originally designed to be run on peanut oil, for 3rd world countries with no petrochemical industries.




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Posted by Crono on Sat Nov 24th at 3:58am 2007

Yep, diesel requires little to no modification to use oil.


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Posted by WarloK on Sat Nov 24th at 1:23pm 2007

If you want a really nice place to live, come to Scotland, and I don't mean down in the Glasgow/Edinburgh belt, away where I live, in the Highlands. I'd say it's very true that the standard of life up here is just great, roving gangs of neds, alcoholics at every corner, people constantly starting on because you look at them funny, not a single decent driver around.
It's just lovely.
(Also everyone grows weed)





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