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sammibabe
14-06-2008, 21:40
How much does fuel cost per gallon now? Thanks

ellie
14-06-2008, 22:08
It is approaching $4 a gallon, though a few gas stations are still just below that. Diesel is more expensive though.

mfairhurst
14-06-2008, 22:29
It variesfrom $3.83.to $4.01 but still not bad to UK prices thank goodness [msnsmile2]
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ShirleyD
15-06-2008, 03:58
Wal Mart were just under $4

chrizzy100
15-06-2008, 06:10
In my part of the USA its $4.39...glad to see its cheaper in FL....

blott
15-06-2008, 16:28
A US gallon is 3.78 litres and a UK gallon is 4.54 litres.

A UK gallon is therefore around £5.22 (approx US$10.33).

A US gallon transferred to UK prices would be about £2.02.

It would cost £78.31 to fill up a 15 gallon UK tank in the UK (or US$155.06).

It would cost £30.30 to fill up a US 15 gallon tank in the US (or US$60).

So, if you work on half price when converting from the UK prices to US prices, you'll be about right and I certainly know where I'd rather be driving! [msnwink]

Katys Grandad
15-06-2008, 19:35
<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by blott


It would cost £78.31 to fill up a 15 gallon UK tank in the UK (or US$155.06).

It would cost £38.30 to fill up a US 15 gallon tank in the US (or US$60).
[/quote]

I'm confused.

If £78.31 equates to $155.06 that's an exchange rate of about $1.98/£1.

However unrealistic that rate might be today, doesn't $60 then equate to just £30.30?

Robert5988
15-06-2008, 21:58
Blott,

Your calculator has gone haywire!

A US gallon at UK prices would be £4.35

blott
15-06-2008, 22:24
<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by Katys Grandad
<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by blott
It would cost £78.31 to fill up a 15 gallon UK tank in the UK (or US$155.06).

It would cost £38.30 to fill up a US 15 gallon tank in the US (or US$60). [/quote]I'm confused.

If £78.31 equates to $155.06 that's an exchange rate of about $1.98/£1.

However unrealistic that rate might be today, doesn't $60 then equate to just £30.30?[/quote]I got that rate a couple of weeks ago with my Nationwide card... and yes, a typo.

Good to see you and Robert passed the test to see if everyone was awake... [msnwink]

Graham49
16-06-2008, 01:07
But a US gallon @ $4.00 and an exchange rate of $1.98/£1 is £2.02, so blott was still right!!!

sammibabe
16-06-2008, 01:41
Thanks everyone. It would be even better driving in Florida if they had better fuel economy on their cars. When we were there in 2006 the car we were driving did about half the MPG that our car at home does.

andy_d
16-06-2008, 02:25
I don't think fuel economy was thought of until recently, but I'm sure that will be changing soon and a lot more smaller cars will be seen around.

blott
16-06-2008, 02:46
<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by Robert5988
Blott,

Your calculator has gone haywire!

A US gallon at UK prices would be £4.35[/quote]<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by Graham49
But a US gallon @ $4.00 and an exchange rate of $1.98/£1 is £2.02, so blott was still right!!![/quote]Thank you Graham! :)

chrizzy100
16-06-2008, 03:49
All I know is it costs way to much on US wages to fill up a car nowadays...not so bad if you are here on holiday and get a good rate...
But you can get some good bargins on trucks...my neighbour just got a nearly one giving him nearly $15k to put away for gas...

Katys Grandad
16-06-2008, 09:36
<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by blott
<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by Robert5988
Blott,

Your calculator has gone haywire!

A US gallon at UK prices would be £4.35[/quote]<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by Graham49
But a US gallon @ $4.00 and an exchange rate of $1.98/£1 is £2.02, so blott was still right!!![/quote]Thank you Graham! :)
[/quote]

Sorry Graham, but you're both wrong.

If you could buy a US gallon at [u]UK prices</u> it would, as Robert rightly points out, cost £4.35.

A US gallon at [u]US prices</u> expressed in £ sterling at that rate would indeed be £2.02 but Blott posted that a US gallon transferred to UK [u]prices</u> would be £2.02. That's way off the mark.

Of course, using a more realistic exchange rate would change those figures a bit.

MarkJan
16-06-2008, 11:33
<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by sammibabe
Thanks everyone. It would be even better driving in Florida if they had better fuel economy on their cars. When we were there in 2006 the car we were driving did about half the MPG that our car at home does.
[/quote]You may think taht but if a US car does 22mpg, it is really 27mpg in the UK. The cost per mile in fuel is still substantially less in any part of the US compared to any part of the UK.

sammibabe
16-06-2008, 12:11
I didn't realise that the miles were different too. I know it is cheaper than here but even 27mpg is rubbish! Apart from the actual cost it is such a waste of resources to have a country of cars having such bad fuel economy (as I suspect that most cars in the US are the same or similar)

Robert5988
16-06-2008, 13:03
<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:But a US gallon @ $4.00 and an exchange rate of $1.98/£1 is £2.02, so blott was still right!!![/quote]

Blott,(despite her thanks) was wrong! - and you have simply misread the thread!

Her statement was:

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:A US gallon transferred to UK prices would be about £2.02.[/quote]

Blott is using a UK price of £1.15 a litre.

A US gallon is 3.78 litres. So 3.78 x £1.15 = £4.35

If you need a further explanation!!!!!!;)

Edit
Blott has the advantage of being able to edit her post without the edit showing(as this will show on this post) as the change from £38.30 to £30.30 in her initial post demonstrates.

blott
16-06-2008, 13:18
<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by Robert5988
Blott,(depite her thanks) was wrong! - and you have simply misread the thread!

Her statement was: <blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:A US gallon transferred to UK prices would be about £2.02.[/quote]Blott is using a UK price of £1.15 a litre.

A US gallon is 3.78 litres. So 3.78 x £1.15 = £4.35

If you need a further explanation!!!!!!;)

Edit
Blott has the advantage of being able to edit her post without the edit showing(as this on the post) as the change from £38.30 to £30.30 demonstrates. [/quote]Yes, Robert, I can but since I had been corrected with my typo, I thought I'd better correct it before I misled anyone else, quite apart from you and Katy's Grandad.

And 'transferred to UK prices' means to you obviously something very different than it means to me (and Graham)...

As we seem to have answered the question about petrol prices in the US very fully for Sammibabe, this thread is now locked as I can't see the point in discussing it any further.