meyek3 Member 20 Member For: 21y 8m 8d Location: Adelaide Posted 21/08/04 05:15 PM Share Posted 21/08/04 05:15 PM I recently read in the local paper that in 3 years petrol prices would hit the $3 per litre mark . Well do any of you guys believe this, it has just gotten me really worried and thinking of selling the T for a cheaper car.My reasoning behind this is well if in 3 or so years petrol prices do go up to $3 a litre or something totally unrealistic like that, then who's gonna want to buy a car with a 4litre engine and turbo??? (I will be screwed to find a buyer)What is everyones thoughts about this???Trust me I love the T but petrol price is getting a bit out of hand... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattson Award Winning Photo guy Donating Members 1,340 Member For: 21y 3m 1d Gender: Male Location: Burleigh Waters Posted 21/08/04 10:01 PM Share Posted 21/08/04 10:01 PM price you pay for owning a powerful car mate.Think of all those blokes with ferarris and porsches .. if you can't afford to run it.. then you can't afford to own it.. it's like servicing... tyres etc... All of these are subject to increases in the good ol' cost of living.none the less.. I doubt it will happen... it took nearly 5 years to go from .55c a litre up to 1.00+ a litre... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TURBO4LT Member 1,533 Member For: 21y 7m 20d Gender: Male Location: NSW Posted 21/08/04 10:19 PM Share Posted 21/08/04 10:19 PM If you want to play you got to pay Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetute Donating Members 4,553 Member For: 21y 2m 6d Gender: Male Location: brisbane Posted 21/08/04 11:46 PM Share Posted 21/08/04 11:46 PM well at $3 a litre I would be paying $250 a week just to fill up!! This sort of money would get you a nice investment unit.... If this happened... And I think it wont (well not at least in 3 years) I would retire the T to a weekend cruiser/strip car.All this hype is justification for the sh1t high prices we are currently paying and taking our attention of that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TURBO4LT Member 1,533 Member For: 21y 7m 20d Gender: Male Location: NSW Posted 22/08/04 12:03 AM Share Posted 22/08/04 12:03 AM The gov. keeps telling us we have very cheap petrol prices..?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blown BA In Your Face Member 6,195 Member For: 22y 29d Gender: Male Location: Peninsula Posted 22/08/04 12:05 AM Share Posted 22/08/04 12:05 AM TURBO4LT said: The gov. keeps telling us we have very cheap petrol prices..?? We do 43c a litre...........it's the TAX that kills us :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Elvis Brown Guests Posted 22/08/04 12:13 AM Share Posted 22/08/04 12:13 AM (edited) If you took the government excise and GST out of the equation petrol would actually be quite cheap (just over half what it is now)…I saw segment on TV the other night and was most surprised to learn that we actually pay GTS on the excise. So if fuel was say $1.00 a liter including excise you’d actually pay $1.10 at the pump including GST….as they say in classics, we’re being stoogedIf you’re unhappy about the current tax system relating to fuel (and who wouldn’t be) you can provide feedback on this via the following web form Edited 22/08/04 12:26 AM by Elvis Brown Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tab Sucker Moderating Team 32,303 Member For: 20y 11m 13d Gender: Male Location: Brisbane Posted 22/08/04 12:31 AM Share Posted 22/08/04 12:31 AM What gets me going even more is the price of rum, it cost around $7.00 a bottle ex factory but by the time all of the different levels of parasites have a go at it, it is tripled in price.So my point - fuel is not a neccessity, rum is, so it hurts even more.** tongue firmly planted in cheek ** Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurboDewd FG Falcon fan! Member 1,452 Member For: 21y 9m 1d Gender: Male Location: Canberra Posted 22/08/04 12:36 AM Share Posted 22/08/04 12:36 AM meyekwhats ya source?Sounds like utter claptrap to me. I dont believe the notion one bit. Im not concerned at all by this thread. :lol: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TURBO4LT Member 1,533 Member For: 21y 7m 20d Gender: Male Location: NSW Posted 22/08/04 01:11 AM Share Posted 22/08/04 01:11 AM I guess they must use all the tax they get from fuel to put up speed cameras so that we can have safer streets ........NOT :angryfire: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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