Petrol price

[flyrr100]

I drove through Georgia over the weekend. Saw gas at $1.50 a gallon!
For all home owners here, looks like Florida home insurance premiums are taking a 20% hike in 2005.
Doh, lousy hurricanes!

[ellie]

Petrol was $1.75 in Disney last week - the cheapest we found. Prices varied quite a bit - one gas station on the 192 was charging $1.99 whilst others were charging nearer to $1.78, near to our home.

[Nostromo]

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by ellie
Petrol was $1.75 in Disney last week - the cheapest we found. Prices varied quite a bit - one gas station on the 192 was charging $1.99 whilst others were charging nearer to $1.78, near to our home.
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With the cuurent exchange rates, even if you consider this as £1 for a 4-litre US Gallon, it is still a lot cheaper than the £3.20 to £3.40 we fork out for 4-litres in the UK.

[ellie]

Yes, Nostromo, its fantastic value, isn't it? We did over 1500 miles and it cost us next to nothing, despite even the smaller cars being gas guzzlers.
Was a bit of a shock coming back here!

[Nostromo]

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Yes, Nostromo, its fantastic value, isn't it? We did over 1500 miles and it cost us next to nothing, despite even the smaller cars being gas guzzlers.
Was a bit of a shock coming back here!
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I always thought that one got better MPG with like-for-like cars in the USA compared with Europe. Maybe something to do with straighter roads and increased use of cruise control.

[ellie]

If you look at mpg on the car hire sites an economy is 26mpg, a compact is 28 mpg and an intermediate 27mpg. Think our cars are very much more economical in the UK as economy simply is not a factor in the US - size and comfort is! Look at all the huge 4x4's and minivans etc that are on the road now in the US. Am sure that most of us would not be happy with a small car averaging 26mpg in the UK!

We expect our cars in the UK to be economical - it's too expensive otherwise -unless you can afford the luxury class, BMW's and Mercs, in which case it really doesnt matter! For us lesser mortals economy IS a factor - that's why its so nice to hire a big comfortable car in the US and not have to worry about the cost of petrol!

[floridadreamvilla.co.uk]

Remember that the US Gallon is quite a bit less than an Imperial Gallon. This makes the US figures look a little on the low side perhaps.

[ellie]

Yes, you are right, of course, a US gallon is approx 3.79 litres, whilst a UK gallon is about 4.546 litres, so a US gallon is 0.833 of a British Imperial Gallon, and a UK gallon is about 16.6% more than a US gallon.

But I think that most of us like to forget that, and just revel in the lower price!
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[Magical Dreams]

<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by ellie
Yes, you are right, of course, a US gallon is approx 3.79 litres, whilst a UK gallon is about 4.546 litres, so a US gallon is 0.833 of a British Imperial Gallon, and a UK gallon is about 16.6% more than a US gallon.

But I think that most of us like to forget that, and just revel in the lower price!
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You could have a point there Ellie!!

BUT
Even with the extra, .79l you would need in the US to make it up to our own UK Gallon, Petrol is still only £1.20 in the US!!
And thats a UK Gallon!!
So UK petrol Prices are still more than 3 times more than that of the USA!!

[florida4sun]

Yeah but health care will cost minimum of $700 a month (and you still have pay something towards yor treatment)for good policy covering a family of four. Swings and roundabouts.


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Even with the extra, .79l you would need in the US to make it up to our own UK Gallon, Petrol is still only £1.20 in the US!!
And thats a UK Gallon!!
So UK petrol Prices are still more than 3 times more than that of the USA!!



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