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    Price of Petrol in Orlando.

    I see it is almost $4/gallon.
    Last edited by Father; 04-01-2012 at 14:13.


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    It still work out to be half the price of what we pay in the UK even at $4. there is 3.78 ltr to a US gallon and petrol is still £133.9
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    The closer we got to Miami airport yesterday the higher it went (what a surprise!) until just before turning off the 27 onto the road leading down to the airport and then even the lowest grade petrol was over $4 a gallong. The day before they were reporting on Bay News 9 about petrol prices and stating 1 year ago they were $2.82 a gallon.


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    I'm not too sure about the UK as I don't live there, but Florida is so cheap compared to here in Greece. We got back to Greece last week following 6 months in Florida and were horrified when we filled our car and it cost us the equivalent of $120 for a tank. It's just over $10 a gallon here, so I'd love to be paying $4 a gallon!
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    Petrol was much cheaper in Orlando than around Fort Lauderdale. It was $4.29 at West Palm Beach.

    Recently, on the way down to Lake Worth, via the Turnpike we filled up our tank (it was already half full) on a large 7 seater SUV and it only cost us $30. We were amazed as we were expecting to have to put in around $40 - $50 for half a tank.

    Put £30 into our Citroen Picasso on our return and it only went up 2 notches!!!! [msnmad]
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    We would take $4 all day. My company uses a lot of road haulage & it makes work life very difficult.

    Just filled wifes car up, over £100. That would be approx $150 in Orlando and in 30 plus visits we have never been able to put more than $50 dollars in.

    Once (a long time ago) at a prepay station the wife went in to pay and said $40 worth. The attendant said "you wont get that much in" "just do $20" we filled the tank!!!
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    <blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by Father
    All things considered, motoring in Florida is probably just as dear as here in the UK, albeit the distances are greater.

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    Does motoring include the cost of the vehicle[msneek]?

    Give me US car prices any day!!


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    <blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by Father


    All things considered, motoring in Florida is probably just as dear as here in the UK, albeit the distances are greater.

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    I suppose it's all relative but I suspect that the comparative rise in the US is actually greater that over here and they certainly aren't happy about it. I seem to recall it being around a quarter of he price here a few years ago so at half the price the difference is narrowing but we'd be dancing in the street if UK prices fell to where they are over there.


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    It was 99 cents when we started using gas in USA. There was a huge commotion when it went past the $1 mark[msnwink]

    I agree with Liz, give me US costs any day (both gas and cars) compared to UK prices.

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    <blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by SDJ
    It was 99 cents when we started using gas in USA. There was a huge commotion when it went past the $1 mark[msnwink]

    I agree with Liz, give me US costs any day (both gas and cars) compared to UK prices.

    Sandra
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    I was just about to say the same thing Sandra, 1997 was the first year we went and people were queueing for 99 cents a gallon gas and gas stations up the road were empty because they were $1.01 a gallon ! Ooh how times have changed. Still think compared to british prices $4 a gallon is very reasonable.
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