Petrol Price [Archive] - Club VR-4 Forums

dickytim

18-08-2006, 08:45 AM

long term it will be going up, but in the short term it may go down a little further, now why can't all the arabs all get along and have a big group hug?

Nice Brad, in the mean time I will be heading out to Bombay BP tomorrow morning to fill up the VR4 with some of the good stuff. Oh how exciting...

Spirit

18-08-2006, 08:45 AM

How cheap !

You lucky people.......we are now over the £1 a litre for 98 ron most places :(

bradc

18-08-2006, 08:56 AM

haha, I used to be there every morning Richard, I'll be going to the one on the corner of kerrs rd and gt south in manukau now, or maybe into the one just off the takanini off ramp on my way home.

Rossco Type-S

18-08-2006, 11:00 AM

long term it will be going up, but in the short term it may go down a little further, now why can't all the arabs all get along and have a big group hug?

The arabs do get along, they just don't play well with others (especially Jews)

Xeroid

20-08-2006, 11:07 AM

Hope you guys are getting the BP ULtimate and entering the trip to Perth to watch Rally with Ford ?

OK, if you don't want to go cos it's Ford put my name on it, it's RALLY !! and I'll wear my Mitsi gear when I go ...honest !! :D

5 days, food, accom, VIP passes etc etc etc .... /GJ

dickytim

21-08-2006, 07:41 AM

yep definately BP Ultimate, unfortunately the completely useless attendant failed to give me an entry form.

You See

21-08-2006, 07:54 AM

Doh!...just filled up and forgot to look out for this! :bigcry:

Xeroid

21-08-2006, 09:56 AM

Excellent !!! 2 up for me !!! /GJ /Camera2

KiwiTT

30-08-2006, 01:24 AM

by another 5c (http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10398826)

Xeroid

30-08-2006, 11:25 AM

And I got another entry in the Rally Comp, that's three ...

Well ..........one can hope can't one ....??

Oh well, nice dream anyway .....

WRC Aus will be over Brissy way in 2008 anyhoo, this last year for Perth and its off the calendar for 2007, FIA will re-evaluate for 2008. We'd be starters for that. Mind you, petrol will be so dear by then they'll be running on peanut oil or something.

KiwiTT

05-09-2006, 02:09 AM

Hmmm ... my prediction of less cars on the road making driving a car more pleasurable because of high petrol prices is coming true - see NZ Herald (http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/9/story.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10399373).

Damn ... Petrol prices have fallen again (http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3787420a11,00.html) by 5c. More cars returning to the road.

bradc

05-09-2006, 02:58 AM

FFS!!!!! For the last 4 price drops I've bought petrol either one or two days before it has dropped! $1.57 will make me happy next week though

ShadyNZer

05-09-2006, 07:21 AM

oooh give my boy a drink tomorro :thumbsup:

Subaru ETA

05-09-2006, 10:38 AM

FFS!!!!! For the last 4 price drops I've bought petrol either one or two days before it has dropped! $1.57 will make me happy next week though

same here dude! i had one earlier in the year where the guy at the gas station walked out but as i rolled in he went back to the counter. i put about $95 of te good stuff in her, paind and went back to the car. as i was sitting in the car changing cd's the dude walked back out to the sign and dropped the price by like 4 or 5 cents! man was i pissed

Xeroid

05-09-2006, 10:39 AM

Mines due another entry into the Rally Comp tomorrow .... and it's cheaper !!!
This is better than Lotto !!! at least I get petrol !!

KiwiTT

14-09-2006, 09:35 PM

Another 5c (http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10401393), but still too expensive for some.

bradc

15-09-2006, 03:11 AM

Again, I filled up the car 1 day before the price drop!! ****ers.

imho the government should start to reduce the tax they put on petrol to try and stop the country coming to a grinding halt if petrol gets back up to ~$2/litre

I must say though, I expected the price to be above $2 at the end of the year, and at the moment it doesn't look like it is going to happen, so thats good :)

Rossco Type-S

15-09-2006, 10:17 AM

[QUOTE=bradc]Again, I filled up the car 1 day before the price drop!! ****ers.

QUOTE]

me too

dickytim

16-09-2006, 01:30 AM

yay 1 win for me finally, the little blue car and stacey's primera were both on empty on Thu night, yay me :P

Xeroid

19-09-2006, 10:41 AM

... and another price drop fer fecks sake !!

They'll be giving the stuff away soon .... Yeah Right !!

and I got the timing right, the Leggie is getting emptyish so more of the good stuff tomorrow morning.

I-S

19-09-2006, 02:20 PM

Gah, wrong thread

bradc

19-09-2006, 08:12 PM

Prices are almost down to what they were at the start of the year which was about $1.40, to be honest I had guessed they would be above $2 a litre by the end of this year.

KiwiTT

19-09-2006, 09:40 PM

Yep, another 4 cents (http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3802638a11,00.html), caused by the strong NZ Dollar (http://www.nzherald.co.nz/topic/story.cfm?c_id=273&ObjectID=10402106)

d i c k i e s

20-09-2006, 12:05 AM

keep dropping those prices is all i can say. if gets to more than $2 dont think ill be on the road as much. at the moment to fill up my car at the current petrol price from a ¼ costs me about $55.. which is good. from E usually just above $75. which can last up 2 a week and a bit. if i stay around town.

Rossco Type-S

20-09-2006, 06:31 AM

Yep, another 4 cents (http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3802638a11,00.html), caused by the strong NZ Dollar (http://www.nzherald.co.nz/topic/story.cfm?c_id=273&ObjectID=10402106)

Dollar rising + price per barrel of oil falling = good!!!

bradc

20-09-2006, 06:56 AM

Beer + Rugby = good!!! :P

dickytim

20-09-2006, 08:16 AM

yay me again, I had to fill up this morning again in the little blue car, all good.

ShadyNZer

22-09-2006, 04:05 AM

Beer + Rugby = good!!! :P
Beer + League = Better!!! :bananadan

go the Doggies!!!!!

Rossco Type-S

22-09-2006, 06:25 AM

Beer + League = Better!!! :bananadan

go the Doggies!!!!!

League is boring!

valmes

22-09-2006, 07:20 AM

98 RON = 77c (in US$) over here...

ShadyNZer

23-09-2006, 01:09 AM

League is boring!
wash your mouth out with soap!!!

KiwiTT

27-09-2006, 09:56 PM

and another 3 cents (http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10403350)

d i c k i e s

27-09-2006, 11:35 PM

was happy when i saw this on the news last night.

cars will be happy when theyre filled up this week.

flyboy

28-09-2006, 12:23 AM

I put $50 in the wagon yesterday and was plesantly supprised when the pump clicked to say it couldnt put anymore in at $49 from 1/4 tank.... /thankyou

d i c k i e s

28-09-2006, 01:30 AM

i always try to round it off to the nearest 50cent or dollar, and get every lil drop when putting the nozzel back.

Frentzen

28-09-2006, 06:34 AM

the oil price increased significantly today (up $1.70)
now it is around $62.80 a barrel
so i advice you guys to fill up your tanks :-)

KiwiTT

02-11-2006, 01:54 AM

NZ Herald (http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/story.cfm?c_id=1&ObjectID=10408843) reports another 5c drop.

Xeroid

02-11-2006, 05:34 AM

They must be taking pity on us, you know it will go up just before Xmas don't you ?
In the meantime more 'wooshed up dinosaurs' please, fill'er up and fast.

bradc

02-11-2006, 07:56 AM

and again, I fill up in the morning, and later on the same day they drop the price :(

At least I filled up a good car this morning, got my new VR-4 :)

KiwiTT

14-11-2006, 10:18 PM

Anyone used the 4c off per litre vouchers yet.

I saved $1.39 last weekend.

NAUSED

14-11-2006, 10:45 PM

use the gull fuel discount from countdown, its 6c discount

Kenneth

14-11-2006, 11:37 PM

mpau009

14-11-2006, 11:43 PM

$1.39. Wow. You must be over the moon... Must be saving for a boat or overseas holidy with that sort of saving :P

Those discounts are almost worthless IMO... just a ploy to try get people back on the roads.

We've been using the discounts since they first started at gull

..its $1.39 more than i wouldv had, and for no extra money or change in shopping and driving habits .. could be worse:party3:

KiwiTT

14-11-2006, 11:43 PM

It would work out to a 2 free tanks of gas per year.

Kenneth

14-11-2006, 11:53 PM

well, I am moving to within walking distance of work and should save at least one tank of petrol PER MONTH on fuel. (I would say 2 tanks, but it depends on if I go joyriding more because of the savings... lol)

stupid discounts (which you are likey to waste on coffee or some other worthless crap ) are not the only way to save fuel, and therfore money. Difference of course is that one method of saving is proportional to the cost of fuel and one is not.

KiwiTT

15-11-2006, 12:07 AM

True True Ken.

Still, I have to shop once a week at a supermarket, tank up once a week, it is a simply a no brainer, to whip out the voucher, when I pay. Not that I am really fussed, but it is good to be taking some money back of these robbers (Supermarkets and Petrol stations)

bradc

15-11-2006, 02:28 AM

If you go shopping once a week, then obviously you may as well use it, as long as your favourite supermarket supports your favourite fuel company.

I think the important thing to remember is that there is no point driving out of your way to do it, the savings aren't very much in the first place.

KiwiTT

15-11-2006, 02:39 AM

Agree. As part of the normal routine it is fine.

Rossco Type-S

15-11-2006, 09:28 AM

Agree. As part of the normal routine it is fine.

I saved 80 cents last week!!!! I shop at either New World or Pak'n Slave and always fill up at BP (only ones that have 98 down here). So its just part of my routine anyway.

KiwiTT

14-12-2006, 10:04 PM

Now Mobil (http://www.stuff.co.nz/3900094a13.html) is offering 4c off, when you spend just $4 in the Gas Station.

Pick up you bread, milk and 4c per litre discount.

bradc

14-12-2006, 10:19 PM

or in my case a can of V and a chocolate bar :)

Rossco Type-S

15-12-2006, 05:54 AM

Now Mobil (http://www.stuff.co.nz/3900094a13.html) is offering 4c off, when you spend just $4 in the Gas Station.

Pick up you bread, milk and 4c per litre discount.

with the mark up petrol stations have on food should be giving a 8c discount

d i c k i e s

15-12-2006, 07:59 AM

pak n save have 10cent discounts.

who watched the news, with the lambo on it.

Ryan

11-09-2012, 04:53 AM

Thread from the dead but ... wish we could see these petrol prices again :(

Badger_01

11-09-2012, 05:00 AM

Would be nice wouldn't it. Whats the prices at now? I haven't driven the legnum in awhile lol

CANDEE

11-09-2012, 05:05 AM

Well 91 was $2.199 a litre this morning @ BP so prob in the $2.40 region...

Ryan

11-09-2012, 05:24 AM

Whangarei has 91 @ $2.12 per litre, I know that we're near the refinery but can't see that being enough to justify the price difference compared to what I've seen in AKL (same price as Jeremy's).

Badger_01

11-09-2012, 05:52 AM

Bloody hell haha

Gly

11-09-2012, 05:56 AM

Last week bp 98 was 2.30 per liter

wintertidenz

11-09-2012, 07:08 AM

I've resorted to putting 98 in the Legnum on longer trips, and 95 round town as long as the foot isn't planted. It's running a heat range colder plugs anyway to help combat knock.

I usually end up going through about $150 of petrol a month in my runabout, but I get that back with my mileage payout anyway. Fuel prices are just getting stupid.

Humpty's Revenge

11-09-2012, 08:22 AM

That's really cheap compared to rip off Britain /JawDroppi

CANDEE

11-09-2012, 09:08 AM

I got through about $150 of 91 a week in the work car, used try really hard to drain the old one to get to $100 a fill, but now that seems a standard 45/46l fill.

Mind you the 'rolla did Bulls to Taupo, some running around, back home and down the valley on a tank of gas, with 4 adults and bags.

crazydriver81

11-09-2012, 09:22 AM

That's really cheap compared to rip off Britain /JawDroppi

Same in Germany...

std. 98RON is today at 1.80 EUR/l
Aral Ultimate 102 (in NZ it would be BP) is today at 1.85 EUR/l (2,9185 NZD/l)
Shell V-Power Racing 100 (not sure if ti's available in NZ) is today at 1.95 EUR/l (3,0762 NZD/l)

You see why I hardly use the Legnum these days... :/ Glad to have a company car.

SEAN-NZ

11-09-2012, 10:24 AM

that makes it seem cheap over here, i payed 2.359 a litre when i put bp98 in last week

Oblivion

11-09-2012, 12:16 PM

Whenever I go through Auckland, Takanini and Manurewa always seem to be at least 8c per litre cheaper than everywhere else. Also in Rotorua around the Te Ngae side seems to be around that price.

Ryan

12-09-2012, 12:56 AM

Shell V-Power Racing 100 (not sure if ti's available in NZ) is today at 1.95 EUR/l (3,0762 NZD/l)

Nope, Shell V-Power here is 95. All New Zealand's 98 octane petrol (except for Gull E10) is imported.

Kenneth

12-09-2012, 01:42 AM

This is easy to say and can seem correct at first, but it does not address the actual affordability of fuel in either country / region.

First of all, the median income for NZ as of 2011 was $800 per week. The median for UK (from what I could find) was £499 (by exchange rate terms equivalent to ~$1000 NZ)

Additionally, the price of "necessities" (and in fact many luxuries too) are, on average, much cheaper in the UK. (Possibly to do with the fact you have VAT exempt items where we have GST on everything, regardless)
When my wife was in England earlier this year visiting her sister, she brought back just about a suitcase full of stuff because it was around half the price of what we could get it here.

My point is that while the exchange rate might indicate that petrol is "cheap" here, it is not the same as affordability. Please don't assume that just because the exchange rate shows that your money could buy it cheaper in NZ than in the UK, that we are in any way more able to afford those prices than you lot are.

Same in Germany...

That's really cheap compared to rip off Britain /JawDroppi
std. 98RON is today at 1.80 EUR/l
Aral Ultimate 102 (in NZ it would be BP) is today at 1.85 EUR/l (2,9185 NZD/l)
Shell V-Power Racing 100 (not sure if ti's available in NZ) is today at 1.95 EUR/l (3,0762 NZD/l)

You see why I hardly use the Legnum these days... :/ Glad to have a company car.

Ryan

12-09-2012, 03:25 AM

Agree with what Kenneth's said - my best friend returned to UK earlier this year and says similar regarding prices of necessities. But getting back to exchange rate and affordability, here is another example. The petrol price in South Africa is R11 per litre (95RON) which works out to:

NZD: 1.65
GBP: 0.83
EUR: 1.04

For locals (especially ones living on or below the poverty line) it is causing massive problems due to the associated increase in the cost of transport, food etc. Like anywhere at this point in time I guess, a lot are struggling to make ends meet.

Some median salaries in South Africa (per annum)

Personal assistant: R127 000 (GBP 9764, EUR 12 112, NZD 19 068)

Office Administrator: R92 792 (GBP 7000, EUR 8774, NZD 13 813)

Financial Manager: R401 723 (GBP 30 602, EUR 38 314, NZD 60 316)

elnevio

12-09-2012, 09:22 AM

Some good info there Ryan! /yes

Yes, I have seen the price of petrol rising in both regions, but am already well aware of the difference in income/cost of living, etc. I have to admit though, I've felt that recently, the relative increase in price has been worse for those in NZ. :(

SEAN-NZ

12-09-2012, 10:40 AM

petrol is a pain, especially for people who have to drive there car everyday for work/school runs, makes me appreciate the fact work is a 10 min walk away

CANDEE

12-09-2012, 11:08 AM

Im dreading being told that im going to be told that im going to loose my work provided car....

There is no way that ill be able to be properly reimbursed for mileage with the k's I do... Current work car is 13 weeks old and already has almost 13k on it...

Ryan

12-09-2012, 11:19 PM

My role thankfully comes with a fuel card (BP) which is obviously quite useful. The trade off being that I've to use my own vehicle(s) for work purposes, so for any business that I conduct in or north of Whangarei, the wife's Mirage gets used.

The VR-4 gets used for trips to AKL and surrounds.