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Originally Posted by pawoSD
Yeah but your money is worth more, you get paid higher wages, and you have the Top Gear TV show on television, thus losing your right to complain.  
Anyways, if I had to fill up (16US gallons) at $6.79 that'd be just about 50% of my weekly income as a student. What percent of yours is it to fill your car? I have options, if diesel goes over $3.05 a gallon I will be buying soybean oil from the store. 4.6 gallons at a time. Works out to about $3.01 a gallon. |
Agh....
I didnt take That into consideration! --Doh
Average take-home wages and the cost of living differences between us didnt occur to me initially. BUT around 50% of the cost at the pump is Tax here in the U.K.
I noticed prices creeping up slightly again like it does every year at this time.....
First, you have 48.85 Pence (around $1.00) per Litre Road-Fuel-Duty, then on top of that, you have VAT, Value-Added-Tax on both the fuel cost And the Duty combined.....
Yup, We pay Tax On the Duty as well!--BIG con or what!
--Tax on Tax!-Typical British Beurocracy
Out of curiosity, What % of the pump price in the U.S. of A. is Tax, Not just the 'purchase-tax' which I guess is like our VAT, but any 'Duty' or Govt levy on the fuel there??
Guess we Must pay for Jeremy Clarkson's embarressment to the U.K is some way or other...!
Personally, Im currently working as the Technical Manager at a local Cooperative, where I make BioDiesel fuel from recovered/waste cooking-oils, and as part of my weekly pay, I can have up to 75 litres of 'free' fuel
If however I was to fill up completely the 280E from empty it would cost me around a third of my weekly wage currently....
BUT I can't run the 'Flying Bannana' on BioDiesel...YET!--Looking at maybe modding it for E85 'BioEthanol' if I ever get the time, after getting its rear chassis welded and road-worthy!
--Brill today taking the 280E for a 'road-worthy' test (MOT) I took the long-way round to a test-station some 30 miles away, I didnt expect it to pass, but had great fun driving there and back all the same, and was very impressed just how well a 32 year old M.B. can go
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Alastair AKA H.C.II South Wales, U.K. based member
W123, 1985 300TD Wagon, 256K,
-Most recent M.B. purchase, Cost-a-plenty, Gulps BioDiesel extravagantly, and I love it like an old dog.
W114, 1975 280E Custard Yellow,
-Great above decks
needs chassis welding--Really will do it this year....