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[TerrA LX]

there was reference made to fuel prices in another topic about the reaction of when it went to 70c/L and it got me thinking of when i started driving fuel was about 27c/L and seemed to last forever.
over time the price rose to 30c/L and people cut back driving for a while and i faintly remember the "fuel shortage" we had in sydney (late 80's maybe) where there was a limit of $10 and at another time odd numberplates were only allowed to fill on say monday, wednesday and friday and even numbers on the others. you had to watch the news for updates on when you could fill.
$10 these days would hardly be enough to get to work and back.
when you think about it, fuel hits $1.50 mark that would be roughly a 600% increase. wish my wage had increased that much.

[shanegtr]

fuels already past $1.50/L here. Both petrol and diesel are $1.58/L. Premium is more

[orangeLJ]

monefield or not it was on the telly last night being yarned about by some pollies. and 1200 bucks for a gas conversion... i think your kiding yourself there. it all depends on the type of car and how much of the system you buy. looking at more like 4000 to get it done (my mum works for a gas conversion place) newer gas injection systems are even more expensive. Not to mention that you cant fit old style gas conversions to newer model commodores and falcons, as they have plastic intakes on them and get blown to peices by a backfire.

[Tiny]

*Snipped* for 2/- (2 shillings) roughly 20cents in todays money. A good number here would not know what a shilling was lol. *Snipped*

Herne

HAHAH Now You're showing your age Herne!!

I remeber when i first started driving the torana to school, I used to pay about 48cpl... Used to fill the tank for $20 drive to school all week and thrash around all weekend and fill er up monday arvo after school!

*Sigh* Those were the good old days hey!

Then i remeber the first War in Iraq... it jumped to 70cpl there abouts.. and steadily climbed to 80-85c....

Shillings.. LOL!


P.S Did anyone else hear of the government... I'm not sure if its a NSW or federal.. Tax on LPG? 5c per year for the next 5 years? From what i remeber we're about in the second year of it, and i dont recall the reasoning behind why they did that.. Other than they were loosing heaps ( and could see it coming!) when more and more people switched to LPG and stopped using the 45% odd taxed fuel we currently use!
Feel fre to correct me if i remeber wrongly!

Cheers

[Litre8]

I remember 9c/litre.....Big news when it broke 10c/litre!!

When I drove over to Perth in 1976 it was 24c/litre at Norseman and I couldnt believe anyone could handle paying that much for petrol...

[Dr Terry]

Hi Guys.

I'm probably older than most of you, so I won't bore you with the 3 shillings a gallon bit. But I'm not as old as I look, I just started high school school when $ came in.

The part I remember well, is when they tried to make everybody speak in litres, instead of gallons. It was in the early 70s during the 1st energy scare, petrol almost doubled in price overnight (10c/L to 20c/L), but everything was still sold in gallons, nobody would change.

As soon as petrol reached the magic figure of $1-00 per gallon, the petrol stations started using litres straight away.

24c per litre just sounds so much cheaper than $1-00 per gallon, don't you think.

Dr Terry.

[arrimar]

we send gas to the japs for 4 cents a litre. whats the name of michael mores book again? ah thats it "stupid white men".really australia isnt it about time we stopped being so lackadaisical and complacent and said NO JOHN go and gfjqhgdweyh yourself. cant believe the prick is still there. "wasnt me i didnt vote for him "nah mate wasnt me ivar"fair go .........pant pant pant rave over.

[Dr Terry]

Hi Guys.

We don't want to turn gmh-torana.com into a political soapbox, but I doubt that John Howard had anything to do with a privately owned oil/gas company selling LPG to anywhere.

I'm with you, I think the whole petrol price thing is a rip, especially when you think that Australia is a net exporter of petroleum, but don't blame Johnny for it, it's been this way since the 70s.

Also when you say you can't believe John is still there, remember the only other choice was Mark Latham, who is reality is just another incompetent left wing fool, & we had way too many of those in the 70s, 80s & early 90s.

Dr Terry.

[arrimar]

dr terry, agree with you re:latham. isnt it a shame that the options are lacking. as far as this site becoming a political soap box..........its become an e-bay bully and general forum on topics far from anything to do with products from gmh anyway. i think the users that bother to post often raise topics that should concern everyone.this forum is bloody great,one of the last bastions of ockers all over this sunburnt country.fuels expensive ,a9x's are expensive and johnny was there in the 70s too.thank you for expressing an interest in this land of ours.

[TerrA LX]

^ agreed, i don't think all the johnny bashing and ebay bullying in the world could change this forum. who would wan't to?

[shanegtr]

I recall fuel being around 70c/L when I first started buying it for my bush bombs

[TerrA LX]

70c/L doesnt seem too long ago, rembering when it hit $1.00/L and for a short time servos were hanging the extra digit off the end of the sign out front as they wernt sure wether to invest in new signs to hold the extra untill everyone was comfortable paying over $1.00. we should have made our stand then.

[Gump]

i think when i first started driving $40 to fill the torana but the fuel gauge didnt work to well. think it was about $1.10 or sum thing a litre

[LOWS2]

ive only ever paid for petrol in the $1.20-$1.50 range (licenced 1.5 yrs) and i think because i dont have any other financial responsibilities other than mobile phone, rent (still live at home so cheap) & me (i.e. food & fun), i dont have a massive problem paying that much as i can afford it atm. I get a full standard LJ tank to last 7 days (work & back) and costs me on average around $45-$60 each week for 98 octane. If i had a gf, loan to pay off, etc i would seriously struggle.

I also believe if the Government wanted to they could make petrol cheaper as they actually charge 2 taxes on petrol but as its such a great money spinner for them they wont ever drop the price, its just common sense if your making money why stop???

Cheers,
Mick