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  • A Adam Wimsatt

    How much does it cost to fill your tank when on empty?

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    On my car, the tank contains 62l, so 62€. Generally I fill it with 55l (I don't wait it's totally empty), with that I can travel between 600 to 800km, according to the kind of travel, urban or extra-urban.


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      On my car, the tank contains 62l, so 62€. Generally I fill it with 55l (I don't wait it's totally empty), with that I can travel between 600 to 800km, according to the kind of travel, urban or extra-urban.


      Dansez sur moi, dansez sur moi, Le soir de mes funerailles Que la vie soit feu d'artifice Et la mort un feu de paille Claude Nougaro (1929-2004)

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      KaЯl wrote: so 62€. $76 a fill-up! :omg: KaЯl wrote: with that I can travel between 600 to 800km 373 - 497 miles... not bad. How much time (on average) does that last you? I'll usually get a couple of weeks driving out of my $26 fillup, assuming i don't drive across state. How do you move in a world of fog, That's always changing things? Makes me wish that i could be a dog, When i see the price that you pay.

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      • A Adam Wimsatt

        The thread below made me curious. How much do you pay at the pump? I pay $1.45 per gallon which ends up being around $40 to fill my tank (guess what type of vehicle I own). [Edit] 1 US gallon = 3.7854118 litre [/Edit]

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        Colin Angus Mackay
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        I paid 79.9p per litre last week. That is GB£3.025 for one US Gallon. Or in US$5.66 per US Gallon. Or €1.20 per litre.


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        • B brianwelsch

          Yesterday I filled up $1.79 / gal (or about 42 cents per liter). Generally, I fill up about 13-14 gallons, so I pay abount $25 to drive about 310 miles, 8 cents per mile (4.8 cents per km) BW CP Member Homepages


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          I'm about 7.7 cents per mile. ~Nitron.


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            KaЯl wrote: so 62€. $76 a fill-up! :omg: KaЯl wrote: with that I can travel between 600 to 800km 373 - 497 miles... not bad. How much time (on average) does that last you? I'll usually get a couple of weeks driving out of my $26 fillup, assuming i don't drive across state. How do you move in a world of fog, That's always changing things? Makes me wish that i could be a dog, When i see the price that you pay.

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            Shog9 wrote: $76 Yep, for the moment. The €/$ ratio is quiet volatile. That's why diesel engines are so popular there in France. Diesel fuel costs 0.75€/l (less taxes), and diesel engines are much more economic (the average consumption on european diesel cars is between 3 to 6l for 100km - 17 to 33 km/l) Shog9 wrote: How much time (on average) does that last you? When I'm not moving, it lasts between 1 and 2 weeks. Except when I'm visiting my parents, I need two fill-up(s?) for the week-end :sigh:


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            • A Anna Jayne Metcalfe

              At the moment it's about 78p/litre in my area (North Hampshire, UK). X| Anna :rose: Homepage | Tears and Laughter "Be yourself - not what others think you should be" - Marcia Graesch "Anna's just a sexy-looking lesbian tart" - A friend, trying to wind me up. It didn't work. Trouble with resource IDs? Try the Resource ID Organiser Visual C++ Add-In

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              Anna-Jayne Metcalfe wrote: At the moment it's about 78p/litre in my area Lucky southerners - here in Berkshire it's 79.9p X| X| And it does affect me, even though I don't drive or own a car - but I do have to pay for petrol for my colleague Mikes car, given I get a lift with him.


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              • I Ian Darling

                Anna-Jayne Metcalfe wrote: At the moment it's about 78p/litre in my area Lucky southerners - here in Berkshire it's 79.9p X| X| And it does affect me, even though I don't drive or own a car - but I do have to pay for petrol for my colleague Mikes car, given I get a lift with him.


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                Usually it's cheaper in Reading than Basingstoke, so you might want to look around Ian! Anna :rose: Homepage | Tears and Laughter "Be yourself - not what others think you should be" - Marcia Graesch "Anna's just a sexy-looking lesbian tart" - A friend, trying to wind me up. It didn't work. Trouble with resource IDs? Try the Resource ID Organiser Visual C++ Add-In

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                • A Adam Wimsatt

                  The thread below made me curious. How much do you pay at the pump? I pay $1.45 per gallon which ends up being around $40 to fill my tank (guess what type of vehicle I own). [Edit] 1 US gallon = 3.7854118 litre [/Edit]

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                  It's probably about $6.30 a gallon US The octane is 96 unleaded I think a big problem is that you have to take the fuel type into account. Like in some 3rd world places gasoline is worse than kerosene, or in Brazil it is mixed with alcohol and water Regardz Colin J Davies

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                  • A Adam Wimsatt

                    The thread below made me curious. How much do you pay at the pump? I pay $1.45 per gallon which ends up being around $40 to fill my tank (guess what type of vehicle I own). [Edit] 1 US gallon = 3.7854118 litre [/Edit]

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                    Heinz R Vahlbruch
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                    Here we go for Bavaria, Germany (Unleaded fuel, 95): 1 litre: 1.12 EUR / US$ 1.38 1 US gallon: 4.24 EUR / US$ 5.22 Taxes make about 70% of the price ... Greetings,

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                    • A Adam Wimsatt

                      The thread below made me curious. How much do you pay at the pump? I pay $1.45 per gallon which ends up being around $40 to fill my tank (guess what type of vehicle I own). [Edit] 1 US gallon = 3.7854118 litre [/Edit]

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                      I'm paying about $1.80/gallon here in South Florida. And to think that a couple of years ago it was around $1.25! Someone's getting very rich! :mad: Regards, Alvaro


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                      • A Alvaro Mendez

                        I'm paying about $1.80/gallon here in South Florida. And to think that a couple of years ago it was around $1.25! Someone's getting very rich! :mad: Regards, Alvaro


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                        Colin Angus Mackay
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                        Jeez! You complain at paying $1.80 per US gallon! Think about the poor sods in Scotland paying $5.66 per US gallon. And if you were to go into the Highlands of Scotland you can add upto another 10p per litre (so that makes a total of $6.37 per US Gallon) Alvaro Mendez wrote: Someone's getting very rich! Yes, the UK Treasury, in Scotland's case. During the fuel tax price protests in the UK and number of interesting statistics came to light. The Government tried to throw some of the blame at the oil companies pointing at their profit figures. It appeared that the oil companies only make about 1% profit on sales at service stations.


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                        • C ColinDavies

                          It's probably about $6.30 a gallon US The octane is 96 unleaded I think a big problem is that you have to take the fuel type into account. Like in some 3rd world places gasoline is worse than kerosene, or in Brazil it is mixed with alcohol and water Regardz Colin J Davies

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                          ColinDavies wrote: in Brazil it is mixed with alcohol and water Are you sure it isn't a separate gasoline? IIRC, there are both, the "standard" gasoline and the one made with alcohol.


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                          • A Adam Wimsatt

                            The thread below made me curious. How much do you pay at the pump? I pay $1.45 per gallon which ends up being around $40 to fill my tank (guess what type of vehicle I own). [Edit] 1 US gallon = 3.7854118 litre [/Edit]

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                            SUV???? $1.53 x 40 gal. = $61.20. I sure wish I had not sold my motorcycle. This Space for Rent.

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                            • A Adam Wimsatt

                              The thread below made me curious. How much do you pay at the pump? I pay $1.45 per gallon which ends up being around $40 to fill my tank (guess what type of vehicle I own). [Edit] 1 US gallon = 3.7854118 litre [/Edit]

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                              I'm paying $1.769 per gallon of 93 octane. I think 87 octane is ~$1.569 but my car runs like crap on the lower octane fuel (it has a supercharger). Brad Jennings Sonork: 100.36360 AIM: hongg99

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                                It's probably about $6.30 a gallon US The octane is 96 unleaded I think a big problem is that you have to take the fuel type into account. Like in some 3rd world places gasoline is worse than kerosene, or in Brazil it is mixed with alcohol and water Regardz Colin J Davies

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                                **The minion's version of "Catch :bob: "

                                It's a real shame that people as stupid as you can work out how to use a computer. said by Christian Graus in the Soapbox

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                                ColinDavies wrote: I think a big problem is that you have to take the fuel type into account. Definitely. I see a lot of people posting prices for 95+ octane and I've never seen above 93 octane at the pump here in the US. I have seen one place that sells 114 octane racing fuel but no street legal vehicle can run it (at least not well anyway). Brad Jennings Sonork: 100.36360 AIM: hongg99

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                                • A Alvaro Mendez

                                  I'm paying about $1.80/gallon here in South Florida. And to think that a couple of years ago it was around $1.25! Someone's getting very rich! :mad: Regards, Alvaro


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                                  Alvaro Mendez wrote: And to think that a couple of years ago it was around $1.25! I can remember a time (my junior year of high school) when I filled up my tank at $0.729/gallon. Those were the days.:) Brad Jennings Sonork: 100.36360 AIM: hongg99

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                                    ColinDavies wrote: in Brazil it is mixed with alcohol and water Are you sure it isn't a separate gasoline? IIRC, there are both, the "standard" gasoline and the one made with alcohol.


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                                    When I was last in Brazil, There were normally two bowsers "Alcool" and "Gasoline" From information from people in the oil industry there I was told that the gasoline often gets some blend of alcohol added, especially when there were production problems. At least in the remote parts of Brazil where I was, the consistency of fuel quality was a real big problem. With newer imported vehicles coming into Brasil I have heard they have had to upgrade fuel alternatives. Regardz Colin J Davies

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                                      When I was last in Brazil, There were normally two bowsers "Alcool" and "Gasoline" From information from people in the oil industry there I was told that the gasoline often gets some blend of alcohol added, especially when there were production problems. At least in the remote parts of Brazil where I was, the consistency of fuel quality was a real big problem. With newer imported vehicles coming into Brasil I have heard they have had to upgrade fuel alternatives. Regardz Colin J Davies

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                                      Ah, ok. Thanks for these precisions :)


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                                      • B Brad Jennings

                                        ColinDavies wrote: I think a big problem is that you have to take the fuel type into account. Definitely. I see a lot of people posting prices for 95+ octane and I've never seen above 93 octane at the pump here in the US. I have seen one place that sells 114 octane racing fuel but no street legal vehicle can run it (at least not well anyway). Brad Jennings Sonork: 100.36360 AIM: hongg99

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                                        Brad Jennings wrote: I have seen one place that sells 114 octane racing fuel but no street legal vehicle can run it Brad, I have heard two seperate ways in which octane rating is calculated. One is via the heptane:iso-octane ratio. The other is via using a test engine to calculate to alter compression ratios and find where pre-igniting occurs.(This second way is complex) The guts of it is the first way will only ever give you a max 100 octane, the second way because of additives (including lead) can give a slightly higher figure maybe 104 (thus its an effective rating). What often confuses a lot of people is that AVGas, and AVTur gradings use numbers in the 100s because they are a totally different fuel for a different purpose, using different blends etc. So I'd be interested to know how they get the 114 octane rating they advertise, recently we have had a company here advertise an expensive additive that increases octane to 100, but unfortunately if the engine isn't designed for this their is no purpose in using it. Regardz Colin J Davies

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                                          Brad Jennings wrote: I have seen one place that sells 114 octane racing fuel but no street legal vehicle can run it Brad, I have heard two seperate ways in which octane rating is calculated. One is via the heptane:iso-octane ratio. The other is via using a test engine to calculate to alter compression ratios and find where pre-igniting occurs.(This second way is complex) The guts of it is the first way will only ever give you a max 100 octane, the second way because of additives (including lead) can give a slightly higher figure maybe 104 (thus its an effective rating). What often confuses a lot of people is that AVGas, and AVTur gradings use numbers in the 100s because they are a totally different fuel for a different purpose, using different blends etc. So I'd be interested to know how they get the 114 octane rating they advertise, recently we have had a company here advertise an expensive additive that increases octane to 100, but unfortunately if the engine isn't designed for this their is no purpose in using it. Regardz Colin J Davies

                                          *** WARNING *
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                                          **The minion's version of "Catch :bob: "

                                          It's a real shame that people as stupid as you can work out how to use a computer. said by Christian Graus in the Soapbox

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                                          Interesting, I'll find out what brand of gasoline it is and get back to you. I'm sure others here in the soapbox would be interested as well so I'll post it here to, if I find anything. Brad Jennings Sonork: 100.36360 AIM: hongg99

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