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    Rip off Britain

    Good article highlighting how we are constantly shafted on these fairs isles.

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    I was in the states last summer and hired a Grand Cherokee Jeep, to fill it up from running on vapours to it not taking another drop of petrol it cost me £17. My mate has the exact same engine in his Jeep and its costs him £68.....oh and the yanks were moaning about the cost of 'gas' at the time.....

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      #3
      That was posted here a few days ago, do try to clip up...

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        #4
        Originally posted by AtW View Post
        That was posted here a few days ago, do try to clip up...
        Some of us do real work during the week so don't always know what is going on on the board 24/7.

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          #5
          Originally posted by HRH View Post
          I was in the states last summer and hired a Grand Cherokee Jeep, to fill it up from running on vapours to it not taking another drop of petrol it cost me £17. My mate has the exact same engine in his Jeep and its costs him £68.....oh and the yanks were moaning about the cost of 'gas' at the time.....
          Petrol prices in the US last year were average 41p a Litre and 86.11 in the UK.

          Confusion is a natural state of being

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            #6
            Originally posted by Clippy View Post
            Some of us do real work during the week so don't always know what is going on on the board 24/7.

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              #7
              Originally posted by Diver View Post
              Petrol prices in the US last year were average 41p a Litre and 86.11 in the UK.



              Im not making this up, it was mid september in Vegas.

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                #8
                Originally posted by HRH View Post
                I was in the states last summer and hired a Grand Cherokee Jeep, to fill it up from running on vapours to it not taking another drop of petrol it cost me £17. My mate has the exact same engine in his Jeep and its costs him £68.....oh and the yanks were moaning about the cost of 'gas' at the time.....
                The fuel tank of a GCJ holds around 80 litres. So you are saying you paid 21p a litre. . No way man, unless it was black market petrol, or dicky fuel gauge perhaps.

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                  #9
                  They have different gallons in USA, so that could have easily lead to a wrong calculation.

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                    #10
                    US gas is about 85 cents/Litre

                    Edit: Link to US Dept of Energy Retail gasoline prices
                    Last edited by HairyArsedBloke; 30 March 2008, 17:06. Reason: Supply evidence before AtW tell me that I am wrong
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