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<blockquote data-quote="Marg's Man" data-source="post: 112061" data-attributes="member: 4085"><p>Those of you in the US and we here in Australia have some of the CHEAPEST petrol in the world. I am going to use litres here because a litre is the same size all over the world but a gallon is different depending on what country you are in. A US gallon is a bit less at 3.8 litres than an Imperial gallon of 4.5 litres. </p><p></p><p>For us we count it cheap if we can get for less than AUD1.35 per litre. According to my on-line currency converter that is about USD1.18 per litre which is bad enough. Away from the big cities like Sydney you are doing well if you can get it for less than AUD1.85 (USD1.42) and parts of the Outback go over AUD2.00.</p><p></p><p>When we were in New Zealand last June we counted it cheap at NZD1.65 per litre, I saw it as high as NZD1.85. According to the same currency converter that is about USD1.27/AUD1.44</p><p></p><p>A friend of mine just got back from the UK and filled his hire before returning it (as you do) for the comparatively low price of GBP1.99 per litre. According to that currency converter this is about USD3.95/AUD4.50! He said it is even worse in the rest of Europe.</p><p></p><p>It hasn't changed our driving much because our fuel has always been close to world parity and the increase has not been too bad a shock. I have other US friends who always get a (rude) shock when they see the prices the rest of the world is paying. I am afraid that you are in for more pain as you begin to catch up with the rest of the world.</p><p></p><p>Marg's Man</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Marg's Man, post: 112061, member: 4085"] Those of you in the US and we here in Australia have some of the CHEAPEST petrol in the world. I am going to use litres here because a litre is the same size all over the world but a gallon is different depending on what country you are in. A US gallon is a bit less at 3.8 litres than an Imperial gallon of 4.5 litres. For us we count it cheap if we can get for less than AUD1.35 per litre. According to my on-line currency converter that is about USD1.18 per litre which is bad enough. Away from the big cities like Sydney you are doing well if you can get it for less than AUD1.85 (USD1.42) and parts of the Outback go over AUD2.00. When we were in New Zealand last June we counted it cheap at NZD1.65 per litre, I saw it as high as NZD1.85. According to the same currency converter that is about USD1.27/AUD1.44 A friend of mine just got back from the UK and filled his hire before returning it (as you do) for the comparatively low price of GBP1.99 per litre. According to that currency converter this is about USD3.95/AUD4.50! He said it is even worse in the rest of Europe. It hasn't changed our driving much because our fuel has always been close to world parity and the increase has not been too bad a shock. I have other US friends who always get a (rude) shock when they see the prices the rest of the world is paying. I am afraid that you are in for more pain as you begin to catch up with the rest of the world. Marg's Man [/QUOTE]
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