Cheap Gas??
It never ceases to amaze me how little the US residents pay for gas. That’s unleaded or petrol to you and me on this side of the pond!
We pay what, ninety three, ninety four pence a litre? That’s $1.89US (according to Reuters). Scott posted (a couple of months ago) that he paid, well…
The fun part was that they had the premium fuel priced at the normal price for regular unleaded. As I was wondering if this would be my first $3+ fill up this year I was pleasantly surprised to get a tankful of premium for only $2.79. Only, yea right! Since when was gas for $2.79 something to brag about. Like the title of this post says… relatively cheap.
Yes, he says he paid TWO DOLLARS SEVENTY NINE CENTS for a tank of fuel. That means he paid £1.37 Sterling for his tank of gas. Work it out, that would get me 1.476 litres of fuel. To fill the tank in my Classic Mini costs me around £20 sterling or $40.60 US! It costs twice that to fill the tank in my MG ZS…
Relatively cheap??? Just occasionally I want to move to America. Then I remember the laws on importing Classic Minis and think better of it.
Conversion rate at the time of writing is 2.0303 USD to £1 Sterling.
Collin is A former chairman of Portsmouth and Southampton Mini Owners' Club, certified Mini Loon, and not all that knowledgeable. He writes these articles purely for enjoyment and currently gets no recompense for all his sterling work. Maybe one day his efforts will be rewarded either financially or sexually. If you see anything wrong in any post, please leave a comment on the post or use the contact form link below.
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September 29th, 2007 at 5:19 am
Hi,
Thanks for quoting me. Prices for premium unleaded here in Texas, USA has been hovering around $2.90 = $3.00 for a few weeks now. Sorry you have it so bad over there. If you not from here there’s no reason to be here. Enjoy life an the other side of the pond.
Scott
October 2nd, 2007 at 3:28 pm
Want to start your private office arms race right now?
I just got my own USB rocket launcher :-) Awsome thing.
Plug into your computer and you got a remote controlled office missile launcher with 360 degrees horizontal and 45 degree vertival rotation with a range of more than 6 meters - which gives you a coverage of 113 square meters round your workplace.
You can get the gadget here: http://tinyurl.com/2qul3c
Check out the video they have on the page.
Cheers
Marko Fando