Diesel fuel cost

Your right.Diesel users pay a tax on top of the pump price.

cheers Dave

No, not that old yet, just a trip around the South Island for two weeks.

LOL macca172,

Do you seriously believe 'this corrupt government' is the only one that does'nt pay for fuel for their cars ??? Neither have any before, or any after, or State governments for that matter.

Yep your right Gramps, not only do we pay for fuel in our own cars we pay for it in theirs as well grrrrrrr..........that p#sses me off

You're not alone there Luke. Just another thing I've got against them :))))

Am I loosing the plot, however doesnt our rego fee's also contribute to the upkeep of roads?

Macca, it is supposed to !

And even with the Road User Charge in NZ we still get ripped:

So at Melbournes current price of A$1.22 a litre, it costs me $147.40 to do 1000km at 12l/100km (120 litres used)

In NZ it would cost me NZ$116.40 to fill up for 1000km at NZ$0.97/L. Add the NZ$32.15 for a total of NZ$148.55 Converted to A$ and you get A$129.17 at exchange rate 1.15

So, unless my maths are crook, it would work out A$18.23 cheaper to do the 1000km trip in NZ.

Might be a different story for someone that can gets 7 to 8L/100km (lucky buggers if they can)

NZ$0.97 fuel prices from www.pricewatch.co.nz

Two solutions Wazza

1. Change to petrol

2. Move to NZ

LOL

You are right stevesub but you can claim a refund for all 'off-road' km traveled. (you need to keep a log book). So, if you are a farmer or farm contractor and do lots of km not on public roads you don't pay road tax for the off-road portion of your vehicle running. Dairy company milk tankers have set daily runs and have a system where the distance from the farm gate to the milk pick-up point and back to the road has been pre-calculated and they get credited for this distance. This saves millions in road tax for these vehicles per year. 4wd vehicles can also claim their off-road portion of total km traveled but I don't think many people bother.

Hi Steve

I would be more inclined to gripe about the prices not changing in New Zealand as it might tend to indicate their are no competitve forces at work.....the price is neither gong up nor down in response to competition.

The fact that there are price changes occuring in Australia is indicative of competiton at work. Many forget that whilst prices may correct higher in a local area all at the same time it is usually in response to a discounting cycle coming to an end. The prices were coming off a lower base following a discounting cycle that often ends up in fuel being sold below cost level (no margin) to attract buyers. Offsetting this is the potential for sales in the shop of other items.

Much independent research has been done on the discount pricing cycle in Australia and it confirms we are better fror having it. The frutration that arises and claims of collusion is generally a product of misunderstanding what is actually happening.

One could argue more so that New Zealander's are paying a set price and there is no competition.

The difference is the taxes and how they are collected......this occurs in many countries with respect to diesel......it doesn't mean we are geting screwed, although it makes for popular debate to suggest we are.