I can remember when a dollars worth of petrol took us from Parramatta to the beaches and back.

It also covered a whole nights cruising up and down the streets of Parramatta, with traffic light drags and with four others in the car. Wasn't (in this case) a mini though.

They have predicted fuel prices will hit $6 a litre within 10 years.

i remember around that time maybe a few years before when it would cost me $16 to fill my Mini

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The great thing about living in a small city, when you don't know what your doing - Someone else always does!

Watch out! - Adelaide's Pocket Rocket - Coming soon! (and it's just the start) Thanks to Brickworx (good things come in small packages)

I remember 55 cents when I started driving.... I think

but I'm more than happy to pay $2 a litre, it just shits me that the money goes into the generall goverment coffers instead of into enviromental impact and alternative fuel sources....

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did I tell you that I won a trophy?

As much as I dont like the fuel prices, and I dont even drive, that is about the most sensible thing I have heard.

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Talk is Cheap because Supply Exceeds Demand

hell - back in the day when i first got the zed 95 was only about $1.16 (what i wouldnt do to be able to get 95 for $1.16 again )

anyway - paid $1.58 sunday mourning for ultimate ($102.64 worth of petrol is not cool...) - i almost cried? hopefully it will stay below $2 a litre until i get out of uni and get a job (ie have a source of income) after that it may as well get as expensive as it likes (less people on the road is a good thing in my books)

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冬を征服できる人々はばねを征服できる。

http://www.unmoderatedausmini.tk/

People complain about the cost of petrol yet happliy spend $3.00/litre on drinking water

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David L


My greatest fear in life is that when I die my wife will sell my Mini and tools for the price I told her I paid for them!

Usually you don't need to buy 50 liters of drinking water at a time, and not having this water will not cause you to lose your job.

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SooperDooperMiniCooperExpertEngineering

All garage work involves equal measures of enthusiasm, ingenuity and a fair degree of irresponsibility.

isnt it about $3 for 10 litres?

whats a litre you ask?

its french for gimme some f&%^# cola!

In 1996/97 I used to drive down to the airport (about 6 or 7 km from home) ..... and put $10 worth of AvGas in my old Corolla. AvGas was between 98c and $1 per litre while Super was about 65c.

Didnt make my Corolla drive any faster..... but the smell was fantastic

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[NATHAN] -- Sold everything mini related and am back in big beautiful BMWs

National average price in the UK at the moment is 99.9p/L which equates to approx $2.47/L

Glad im earning the pound, and im glad i dont own a car here, renting one for a weekend is bad enough..........

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Andrew
1973 Leyland Mini
1989 Mitsubishi Pajero
2014 Ford Focus

My car used to run on $5 a week being used everyday, but that was years and years ago now. Ahhhh the good old days.

I wouldn't mind paying so much for fuel if the government didn't take half of it in tax (or however much it is)

Excise and GST on petrol - a tax on a tax.

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"In two years time your car will be like a lady's clothes, out of date, my car will still be in fashion when I am dead" - Sir Alec speaking to Pininfarina

well said

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-jamie-
1963morris 850
1965 solid side van
1994 rover racecar

I was reading somewhere, the price in the Arab countries is around 26 cents a litre.
It was 30 odd cents but the king lowered the price when he thought the cost was effecting his people.
King Howard say's f##k ya.

When I bought my first Mini way back in 1967 I could fill it up for less than $2.00. That was when petrol was around 36c /gallon.....