$156.5 in metro Adelaide

Check the Fuel Watch page above ..
Smithfield ..East Side Main North Rd BP Diesel $1.479
Possibly cheapest in Australia.

Highest I ever saw was in Carrol near Gunnedah lately, $163.5!!

Put some in yesterday at $1.45.7 at Albury, $1.46.5 here in wodonga at the moment.

Brew, I know what you mean mate....... that's one of the reasons why I bought the old commodore to run around town in (although not all that much more frugal than the Chevvy).

Maybe you could look at getting a cheap run-about for town and keep the Patrol for longer trips..... It'd be a shame to have to forego the little pleasures in life (like camping etc)........

But we'll have to get used to it. Try to imagine how you'll be when it hits $2- or even $3- a litre!!!!! OUCH

Fuel price seems to get to us out of proportion. I've had the same heart attacks too about fuel price.

Reality check - 10000 km trip at 20l/100km (towing) @ $3 a litre would be $6000. This is for all persons in the vehicle and 20l/100km is fairly heavy towing.

Compared to other holidays packaged as per person without choice of where or when you go or stop and suddenly maybe the lifestyle is worth the cost.

But I must admit in the future the number of trips might reduce and go to the most distant places first to reduce fuel.

That price is definitely not a friday funnie, but it's what I've been paying in SW of WA for a couple of weeks so far.

Never mind!

Kevin07 will fix it, coz he said he could!!!

That's why he was voted in, ............wasn't it???


Disco.

It's no consolation Brew but I think you're not alone in that the number of people 4x4ing in the Vic High Country this year has almost halved going by the few I've seen up there.
Another 20 to 30 cents per litre in the next year or two could very well see a big change in those able to afford even short trips let alone tour out Central Oz. 4 wheel drive based camping has never been a real cheap holiday option and increased fuel prices is certainly highlighting this at the moment.
Cheers Craig..............

Hiya Brew

yes i'm afraid you have to do what you have to do and its its gonna hit the bleep e sooner rather than later,you either have money or you dont,the people with money seem to keep spending which does not help the have nots..


Being a newbie to the Diesel scene i always thought it was dearer than Petrol by at least 5-10 cents..

Now i notice it mostly cheaper or on par,occasionally i'll see it a cent dearer !

The radius of servo's would only be 15 km's at the most for the above changes..


Cheers

i filled up today at BP, south rd and Torrens rd. $146.9, took a 100LT and it hurt but thought better to fill this week than next.

Bugger about the car!
But I wish our fuel prices come down to yours?

Cheers

You know, I can remember the time when you put $20 worth of diesel in the tank by putting the nozzle in and then pulling the lever...if you weren't careful you'd get fuel everywhere.
Now you put it in, pull the trigger and .....it spits once !!!!

What, exactly have we done with all the tax money raised at the pump ?

paying $1.50+ in Nowra for Diesel...once our fixed mortgage ends we will sky rock a bit too, but no way am i gunna give the car up...its cheaper running that than my sisters commy!

Brew!! Soon the Salvation Army will see reason and allow families of large 4x4's to have a free weekly food parcel due to the high cost associated with running their vehicles!!!! :)

G,day Brew,

I paid $1.509 at the Mobil behind Holdens the other day. I was spewing as I put in $100 and only got about 75 litres. I only drive the Nissan when I really have to now, I drive swmbo's 4 cylinder Honda when ever I can

Hope you can work around the fuel prices as it would be a real shame to get rid of it.

Keep your chin up mate

Cheers Luke

Ah, Queensland...beautiful one day, cheap fuel the next ;-)

Andrew

Filled up in Rockhampton just after lunch and diesel fuel at the North side Woolworth's was $1.42.5 minus the four cent fuel offer we are currently getting. Unleaded was $1.34.5 after the discount. Thank heaven for the State funded fuel subsidy.

Diesel at Shell Yatala M1 Hwy $1.46.9 so where is the subsidy in Qld.Bleep!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Hi Mate,

About time you city slickers started paying real fuel prices, we are always 5 to 10 c dearer in the rural areas, but didnt look today to give you a comparison.
Then we pay more for everything else too, as freight charges that use fuel go up and up and up.
Then we have to drive to everything and everywhere, and a trip down the street for us is mile after mile after mile, not around the corner.
The rumour is that fuel will be $3 in 2-3 years.
Think any idiot could have predicted that.
Hard to work out when tendering for 5 year contracts.

Just a shot at an earlier post, about the previous Govt and what have they done with fuel tax dollars?
The same as the previous govt to them and the same as Kevin Fudd is going to do with this Govt, Jam it into their pockets to help feed the wastage, not spend it on roads, infrastructure and other things to help Mr and Mrs average.
Hope you can afford the trip to Mexico this easter mate, cya there.

Cheers Pesty

Hey Brew,

i filled my sub and half my main 2 days ago and it was only 145 ltrs but it was $221!!!cheeeeeesshh.i am actually thinking of using it as the shopping trolley as its cheaper to run than our V6 adventra wagon(its a 100s TD)but as you say even metro prices are skyrocketting(it was about $1.52 ltr in melbourne BP)cheers Paul

Been $1.55 in Kimba for couple of weeks

For the last few months I have put in $50.00 worth each time I have gone to the servo, and the price hasn't varied at all.

What are you lot on about rising costs of fuel ??????

Dave

The price of fuel is a worry. Many people are now travelling overseas instead of looking around the best country in the world.
Fuel oil is now $110 a barrel or 22 cents a litre for the company that spends money on exploration and production. I understand that the greater charges are now levied by the Government by way of excise and of course, the wonderful revenue raiser GST.
By reducing the rate of excise the cost of fuel would become more reasonable.
Being a pensioner I find that the cost of fuel prohibative. I now stay at home and not travelling three months of the year.

Same place $158.9 today lol. $2 by May at this rate.

$1.59.9 at Shell Maroondah Hwy and Springy Road today.

$2.00 by May?? EASILY

What is scarey - $3.00 - $4.00 by Xmas at this rate?

Might be time to genuinely think bout getting out of 4wding if this keeps up. Nobody will be able to afford to leave home.

How many of you prophets of doom & gloom would be prepared to cut your average speed by say, 10 kph?

If I drop 10 kph, economy increases by nearly 10% .... do the maths!

I'll stand back now & watch the flak ..... everytime reducing speed is mentioned here, it incurs the wrath of the rednecks.

Adapt and move on.