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Henry Plainview 
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 Posted: June 29 2011 at 04:05 |
 Jim Garten wrote:
As a matter of interest & a relevant side note to
this discussion, how much are people here paying for petrol/gas/diesel?
Locally, it's recently dropped to £1.34 per litre  |
Converting with Google tells me it's paying around $0.91 per liter, but that's lower than the average for the US.
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if you own a sodastream i hate you
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oliverstoned
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Dean
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Posted: June 29 2011 at 03:02 |
Don't know what it is today, it was £1.37 a litre on Monday but the price variation across the county is pretty discraceful in Hampshire and can vary by 5p/ltr, with my town being the most expensive (non-Motorway) for some reason.
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Queen By-Tor
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Posted: June 29 2011 at 02:51 |
CAN$1.30 /L here in Vancouver... that's come down $0.11 in the last week... in 2001 it was CAN$0.48 /L 
Edited by King By-Tor - June 29 2011 at 02:52
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Jim Garten
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Posted: June 29 2011 at 02:42 |
As a matter of interest & a relevant side note to this discussion, how much are people here paying for petrol/gas/diesel?
Locally, it's recently dropped to £1.34 per litre
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Tapfret
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Posted: June 28 2011 at 16:58 |
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Icarium
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Posted: June 28 2011 at 15:40 |
Fiat owns Ferrari though  , and Lamborgini was a tractor manufactorer before they started to make spacecraft looking cars  .
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harmonium.ro
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Posted: June 28 2011 at 15:08 |
Dean wrote:
harmonium.ro wrote:
^ which are part of Fiat now if I'm not wrong. |
Nope. The Fiat deal to buy Opel fell through. |
Thanks, I didn't know what happened eventually.
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Chris S
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Posted: June 28 2011 at 15:06 |
Dean wrote:
harmonium.ro wrote:
Opel used to be good - German engineering for those who can't afford Merc, BMW, Audi, VW. Did they survive the crisis? I heard they were took over and I don't know what they're building now. |
Opel/Vauxhall are doing remarkably well as far as I can tell - it was the parent company (GM) that got into difficulties. The Insignia was 2009 European Car Of The Year.
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sleeper wrote:
Those old Citreons are ugly! |
Well, you like prog-metal...
It's definitely dated now, but I think I would have looked at it differently back in the 70s. |
I didn't. |
In the UK - They are Vauxhalls right?
In Australasia we badge them as Holden's. Mines is a gun metal grey version of this:
Edited by Chris S - June 28 2011 at 15:07
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Dean
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Posted: June 28 2011 at 13:26 |
harmonium.ro wrote:
^ which are part of Fiat now if I'm not wrong. |
Nope. The Fiat deal to buy Opel fell through.
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Dean
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Posted: June 28 2011 at 13:24 |
harmonium.ro wrote:
Opel used to be good - German engineering for those who can't afford Merc, BMW, Audi, VW. Did they survive the crisis? I heard they were took over and I don't know what they're building now. |
Opel/Vauxhall are doing remarkably well as far as I can tell - it was the parent company (GM) that got into difficulties. The Insignia was 2009 European Car Of The Year.
harmonium.ro wrote:
sleeper wrote:
Those old Citreons are ugly! |
Well, you like prog-metal...
It's definitely dated now, but I think I would have looked at it differently back in the 70s. |
I didn't.
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harmonium.ro
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Posted: June 28 2011 at 13:24 |
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^ which are part of Fiat now if I'm not wrong.
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: June 28 2011 at 13:22 |
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Opel are part of General Motors now, I think.
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harmonium.ro
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Posted: June 28 2011 at 13:08 |
Opel used to be good - German engineering for those who can't afford Merc, BMW, Audi, VW. Did they survive the crisis? I heard they were took over and I don't know what they're building now.
sleeper wrote:
Those old Citreons are ugly!
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Well, you like prog-metal...
It's definitely dated now, but I think I would have looked at it differently back in the 70s.
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JJLehto
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Posted: June 28 2011 at 12:59 |
Triceratopsoil wrote:
Yeah, obviously prog fans spend all their money on music and, probably, booze.
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Of course, we need a car to move distances too great to walk, but what's really important here??
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Triceratopsoil
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Posted: June 28 2011 at 12:06 |
James wrote:
It's not bust any more, Colin.
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That's why I used the past-tense 
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: June 28 2011 at 12:04 |
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It's not bust any more, Colin.
It drives nicely and isn't that expensive. It suits me fine. I don't want an expensive car that will get keyed the moment I get it home.
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Triceratopsoil
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Posted: June 28 2011 at 11:39 |
...says the guy driving a busted Astra
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VanderGraafKommandöh
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Posted: June 28 2011 at 11:37 |
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Meh, Mercedes.
No thanks.
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Triceratopsoil
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Posted: June 28 2011 at 11:33 |
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Yeah, obviously prog fans spend all their money on music and, probably, booze.
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What kind of car do you own?
You'd have to be SadoMasochist to even look at it - I mean, what were they thinking?... it's a boat with wheels.
