Braeden320 0 Report post Posted April 21, 2008 For what it is, its not bad. Handles well for a shopping basket and is sooo good in Brisbane Traffic - Its a bit slow though and doesn't like hills to much. You really have to thrash the poor thing to maintain a decent speed. Drove to Sydney in it last week - 980k in one day. Man was my right leg sore from pressing the go pedal Yep - I'm glad its not the 1.3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jjs 64 Report post Posted April 22, 2008 And the latest.... 4:00PM Tuesday April 22, 2008 At least one of the four major fuel companies has today added another 3 cents a litre to the price of petrol and 5 cents to diesel. BP raised the price of 91 octane to $1.89 a litre and diesel to $1.57, with other companies likely to follow suit. A spokeswoman for independent fuel company, Gull, said prices remained today at $1.86 a litre for 91 octane and $1.52 for diesel and there were no immediate plans to make adjustments. - NZPA Would hate to think what 98 is now... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
M325is 0 Report post Posted April 22, 2008 They either have to remove GST from unprocessed foods or remove GST from fuel. Either of them should keep a few pennies in the purse!! I can see Labour making a last minute decision to do one of these as they are going to need something major to get their asses out of sh*t! But the thing is Labour cant make promises, a promise is not a promise until it has been completed. VOTE NATIONAL Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
pjay 8 Report post Posted April 22, 2008 Was in at Gull this morning (not for myself) and 91 was $1.80 and the "force10" (98 octane biofuel) was$ 1.90 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Greg111 13 Report post Posted April 23, 2008 98 octane here at the BP is now $1.99.9, hey at least it's not $2.00. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
emily-mouse 0 Report post Posted April 23, 2008 (edited) Ohhhh so that is why my petrol gage didn't move when I put a lofty $10 into it today. I don't even look at petrol prices as I drive along. *Rolls eyes*. Stupid females. Edited April 23, 2008 by 318mouse Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
cainchapman 0 Report post Posted April 23, 2008 I have no idea how removing GST from anything will help the price of fuel. Good luck with that crusade though. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kiwi535 538 Report post Posted April 23, 2008 we are all now paying the price of depleting oil reserves,and some big players using oil as a currency hedge...instead of buying gold they are buying oil..that is one reason why the prices are rising so much.Get used to it...and if you think things are going to much different under National.....good luck The fact that the gst is levied on top of a whole bunch of other taxes is crude.Your paying tax on a tax..a bit like the tax you pay on savings when you have already paid tax on that money.And they wonder why we dont save! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
jjs 64 Report post Posted April 23, 2008 The GST component on the 50c or so tax per litre is only about 6c, which is going to make bugger all difference. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
M325is 0 Report post Posted April 23, 2008 Who gives a f**k, if they removed the GST it shows that they have a little tiny slice of a heart in that tin can of theres!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
bravo 35 Report post Posted April 23, 2008 (edited) ..a bit like the tax you pay on savings when you have already paid tax on that money.And they wonder why we dont save! Not really as you only pay tax on the interest you earn which is additional income, but with petrol they add excise tax to the price, then they take the total and add GST so you pay GST on your tax. If they only charged GST on the base price maybe??? I get your point though. Cigarettes would be a better analogy, but then I don't smoke so I don't care. Edited April 23, 2008 by bravo Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Jeddy 0 Report post Posted April 24, 2008 Not really as you only pay tax on the interest you earn which is additional income, but with petrol they add excise tax to the price, then they take the total and add GST so you pay GST on your tax. If they only charged GST on the base price maybe??? I get your point though. Cigarettes would be a better analogy, but then I don't smoke so I don't care. Cigarettes are great to taxAlso theres new legislation that could mean a further 10c per litre being put on the price of petrol by regional councils. If they removed gst & excise tax from petrol then they wouldn't be able to be as generous with tax cuts etc Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Braeden320 0 Report post Posted April 24, 2008 On the subject of smoking and tax if anyone here wants anything duty free send me a pm, Smokes are cheap without tax on them. I cross through a duty free somewhere most weeks... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Greg111 13 Report post Posted April 24, 2008 O.k filled up again last night....$2.05 per litre. WTF. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yuen 16 Report post Posted April 24, 2008 O.k filled up again last night....$2.05 per litre. WTF. Greg how many KM/L do you get in the M3? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Braeden320 0 Report post Posted April 24, 2008 O.k filled up again last night....$2.05 per litre. WTF. Almost time for a cheap daily? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Greg111 13 Report post Posted April 25, 2008 I wouldn't have a clue Yuen? It goes through fuel like nothing else, i have a cheap run about for work etc Braeden so when the M3 comes out to play i like to go for long pointless drives just cause. But i don't think that will be happening so often now. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kiwi535 538 Report post Posted April 25, 2008 Almost time for a cheap daily?would have to be really cheap tho surely..by the time you buy insure,register wof,maintain a second car is it really any cheaper???If you are buying a "new" car anyway sure make it fuel efficient as possible but i dont see buying another car as a solutionGreg..you must have some idea of how many ks you do to a tank or between fillup??? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Greg111 13 Report post Posted April 25, 2008 Wouldn't have the foggyest man, next time i fill up (very shortly) i'll reset my trip meter, don't have the flash on board that tells me. My cheap daily does the job during the week, isn't insured which is proberly not the best idea, i don't pay for wofs and i only go for the 6 month rego at a time so it does save me a little in the wallet, more than what the M3 would anyway. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kiwi535 538 Report post Posted April 25, 2008 i thought every M3 would have the OBC??I dont really trust mine anywy! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Creaver 55 Report post Posted April 25, 2008 haha, what does your 535is average? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Yuen 16 Report post Posted April 25, 2008 Would go with the traditional fillup/reset/fillup method, don't trust the computer to be as accurate. Let us know when you get the figures Greg. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Young Thrash Driver 1020 Report post Posted April 25, 2008 If they removed gst & excise tax from petrol then they wouldn't be able to be as generous with tax cuts etcYeah... all $2 of the "large tax cut" we get promised... My 325i gets 350km to the tank with hard driving, and over 600km when cruising on the highway The tank is what... 62L? so between 5.6 and 10ish km/L Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
kiwi535 538 Report post Posted April 25, 2008 (edited) my obc says my average is 19.4 mpg(6.9 km/l,14.4 l/100kms) but his includes about three weeks of my being used as the family car,criss srossing town,short runs to supermarket etc,before that my average was 20.4mpg(7.27km/l,13.73l/100k) but i always get well over 500 k s to the tank and on the open road even more.Mind you my usual fill is 62 litres....sometimes more.so on that basis my average is more like 25mpg(8.87km/l,11.3l/100k)(550 ks 62 litres) However i get a pretty good run to work,and i mostly accellerate like a nana.... Edited April 25, 2008 by kiwi535 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Greg111 13 Report post Posted April 26, 2008 It has the 11 button OBC, so doesn't have the milage option. Might be a while before i top up again, be living in the shed for a while i think. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
