Topic: Fuel Storage Explosion in England

[Sam Green Racing]

Jimbo, your calculation was about right at $6-80 a gallon,.....yuck

[cbjunkie]

holy smokes, steve...i think i spotted ya   

[Steve F]

holy smokes, steve...i think i spotted ya   

Scary, Huh?

[oldbiker]

I guess you guys in the States can understand why we in the UK look for cars which do about 40-45 miles to the gallon. Maybe George W. is not as bad as Tony B.

[Bob Wessner]

Maybe George W. is not as bad as Tony B.

This should be moved to the Humor section. 

[Jim Shea]

It should be moved the dust bin/trash can...

[Terry in Australia]

Well, that'll teach you Limey bastards for installing that "Lucas" extinguisher system, ha ha! Oh wait a minute, I was going to be more sympathetic than that, sorry about that, I was thinking about that terrible fire, and then I started to think about ashes, then "The Ashes" and I got all angry and bitter again! Sorry about that, I'll try and be nicer next time...............

Now fuel prices in Britain have always been incredibly high, but to be fair (unlike English bowlers, those cheating bastards! Oops, here I go again! Sorry......) a UK gallon is 4.55 litres, whereas a US gallon is only 3.7 litres, so a UK gallon should cost about 20 percent more in the US, but as the average wage in Britain is about 25 percent higher than in the US, slowly that "enormous" difference in price is reduced.

Don't get me wrong, fuel is still markedly higher in Britain and Europe than the US or Oz, but as you're all rich bastards who can afford to buy half-decent cricketers from South Africa because you're all crap, then you can afford higher fuel prices, so suck eggs! Er, I'm sorry for that outburst, I better go and have a little lie down................ Cheers, Terry.

[SteveD CB500F]

On the basis that it costs the same (on average) per capita to run a modern Western democracy, each government is free to pay for this however they please. Some European governments like to take it all in income tax, ours likes to gather more from indirect taxes (like fuel tax) that tax the people who use the most, the US seem to take low direct taxes, local sales tax and then force everyone to pay for their education and healthcare.

What do the Aussies do Terry? (apart from lose cricket matches)

So the biggest loser is a visiting American in UK with a rental car (although we'll still treat him/her in our hospitals if they're ill as a special treat...)

[Terry in Australia]

What do the Aussies do Terry? (apart from lose cricket matches)

I'd rather you didn't mention cricket Steve, my doctor gave me a shot of something, and I've been feeling pretty mellow, until I read your post. Anyway, I digress. At the moment we're paying around $1.10 AUD per litre, so that's about $4.00 US per imperial gallon, or $3.20 per US gallon.

Not great, but even back in the 1970's when I visited Britain and Europe gas was twice as dear as Oz, I think it was just a tool devised by the British government to keep their ailing car industry alive, and to stop the Americans from crushing those horrible Hillman Hunters and Vanguards (urrrgghhh!) etc, under some decent V8 powered Muscle Cars! Cheers, Terry.

[SteveD CB500F]

The only "V8 powered muscle cars" that sell here seem to be those awful BMW X5s...  (I don't class my Jag as a "Muscle Car" - far too vulgar).

I drive my son's Ford Fiesta most of the time and when one of those slab sided monsters pulls up alongside I (rather smugly) ponder on the fact that a set of new tires will cost them more than my car!

[Terry in Australia]

Ha ha, fair one Steve, we're obviously not as fond of jags out here, old XJ6 and XJ12's are cheap to buy, and most people I know who've bought one pull the pommy boat anchors out of them and fit proper Ford of Chev small block V8's to make 'em go as good as they look.

Over here we can get our cars converted to LP gas for about $2000.00, and because the government wants us to use it rather than the refinerys burning it off like they did in Britain when I was there, there's bugger all in the way of taxes on the stuff, so we pay about 30-40 cents per litre for it, and the new Ford and GM-H cars have a "dual fuel" or "LP Gas only" option out of the factory now.

I tried to convince my boss to convert my Toyota work "Ute" (pickup truck) to LP gas 3 years ago, but head office didn't like the idea of spending 1800 bucks up front, anyway, they've just realised that if they took my advice they'd have saved just over 10,000 bucks in fuel, including the cost of the conversion! Ah well, not my money................. Cheers, Terry.

[Bob Wessner]

Ah well, not my money.................

That's what you think.