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  1. - 22nd August 2006, 14:39 #1
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    Stop moaning! I fueled this morning and the UK price works out at about US$7.90 a gallon (based on 94p/litre for unleaded and US$1.85 to the pound Sterling). It's dropped a little, beginning of last week it was closer to $8.40.

    Actually, since we've got an international audience, let's have a little survey, can we get a few folks posting what today's price for unleaded and diesel is in your country?
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    US$7.90 to $8.40a gallon, OUCH !

    But doesn’t YOUR daily driver require HIGH OCTANE AVIATION Fuel ?


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    Quote Originally Posted by Melanie
    Stop moaning! I fueled this morning and the UK price works out at about US$7.90 a gallon (based on 94p/litre for unleaded and US$1.85 to the pound Sterling). It's dropped a little, beginning of last week it was closer to $8.40.

    Actually, since we've got an international audience, let's have a little survey, can we get a few folks posting what today's price for unleaded and diesel is in your country?

    Here:
    91 Octane Unleaded : US$2.60/liter (101 Octane US$2.70/liter)
    Diesel : US$1.38/liter


    What about BigMac prices?
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    Wink Big Mac .... What is Big Mac ??? a new scotch Whisky ???

    In France , these days, 88 unleaded is ~ 1.65 US$ and 98 UL 1.7 US$

    Diesel ??? who's that's for ???

    I thought Big Macs were obtained from raw oil ... as Coca-Cola !!!

    Sure, their prices raise ...

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    I've seen these gas price threads before, and while interesting, its useless to compare them like for like on 1 item, so what about a TOTAL in $ for the following....

    I suggest the following items for this comparison and submit my accurate guestimated figures...


    $08.50 1 gallon of gas (100P PER GAL)

    $11.00 1 bigmac meal

    $02.30 3 ltrs of economy store ice cream (walmart asda, 39p per ltr)

    $06.94 1 'nice' 14 inch deep pan (supermarket) (walmart asda 3.68)

    $88.00 200gb HD (7200 8mb samsung or equiv) (svp 47ukp)

    $10.00 A cheap pair of jeans.... (walmart asda, 5)

    Total for this is $126.74

    Now what can I expect for a an average joe job like a bus driver?

    about 200 in your pocket a week or $370

    I dont expect others to be able to guess their housing costs etc, but I spend about $25 a week on fuel costs (ie heating+electricity) and an average rent is about $130 for a small house in the outer green bits, or for a small room in a large city.
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    f_lez,

    ... and you expect us to guess where you live?
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    Quote Originally Posted by sayzer
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    ... and you expect us to guess where you live?
    Sorry!

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    Also, if something stupid happens in Middle East, we will see more of these in streets and highways.

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    Hi,

    From "my" Bank:

    Prices and Earnings
    http://www.ubs.com/1/ShowMedia/ubs_c...2&name=eng.pdf

    Best regards,

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    Quote Originally Posted by Luciano
    Hi,

    From "my" Bank:

    Prices and Earnings
    http://www.ubs.com/1/ShowMedia/ubs_c...2&name=eng.pdf

    Best regards,

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    Now thats a definitive answer, but I dont know if its right........

    It puts a big circle over all of europe as though its all the same and country to country its a real see saw.

    My house (mine! I rent) is worth about 120,000 but I can buy the same in bulgaria for about 16,000.

    Our wages are higher than poland, hence I live in a city where a year ago I would not have see anyone from poland, now I drive around and pass about 10 polish cars a day full of our countries new labor force (if you want to work for less than the minimum wage...) (Oh and all our taxi's are now becoming turkish driven, but thats because they will pay more to rent the car because they can give up more of their income)

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    I'd just like to add I'm not knocking others, its just an economic statement, of a situation created by our loving leaders foreign policy on european freedoms....(but I cant go work in poland, as I could not afford it.(But I know where to go for an holiday if I want to be treat well for a week at the cost of a dayout over here!)
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    Quote Originally Posted by Melanie
    Stop moaning! I fueled this morning and the UK price works out at about US$7.90 a gallon (based on 94p/litre for unleaded and US$1.85 to the pound Sterling). It's dropped a little, beginning of last week it was closer to $8.40.

    Actually, since we've got an international audience, let's have a little survey, can we get a few folks posting what today's price for unleaded and diesel is in your country?
    Kingston, Ontario

    Regular Gas US$ .85.6 - .90.2 per litre
    Diesel US$ .83.8 - .88.3 per litre
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