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Petrol is expensive!

Overcast Winter skies from the Chapel Street mobile petrol station looking towards Matua

Last week  the other half and I drove out to another side of Tauranga to fill up his petrol tank of his car. My work had been giving away promotional vouchers to get 20 cents off a litre of petrol which has proven to be very popular with people. Depending on where you go or live the prices can vary somewhat. For instance up north where I use to live in Mangawhai and Wellsford the cost of 98 or 95 was around $2.35/$2.45 per litre. Here in Tauranga it's roughly $2.37 per litre on average for the same. We filled up his car's tank in preparation for our journey next week.

How expensive is gas where you are?

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Comments

Adrian Ward said…
We are a little dearer at NZ$ 2.5/L most of it is tax. Most of the cost of everything is tax.
12 July 2018 at 16:22
Billy Blue Eyes said…
Bad here in the UK at £1.28 a liter, government is ripping us off
12 July 2018 at 18:04
Amypie said…
so that's like $3 NZD? that is alot.
12 July 2018 at 18:50
local alien said…
Our petrol on the island is far more expensive . It's 1.75 euros a litre here,around 1.40 in Athens, sometimes cheaper. Heaven knows what that is in NZ dollars.
12 July 2018 at 19:52
Graham Edwards said…
When I first lived in NZ in 2006 the exchange rate combined with the relatively cheap petrol in NZ compared with Scotland meant that I paid about half the Scottish price. The price of 95 in my local filling station is £1.35/l at the moment which means that in NZ terms it is $2.59/l. (Today's tourist rate is 1.92 $/£)
12 July 2018 at 19:53
Andy said…
$1.379 in Ontario. Canada. A real bargain compared to you.
12 July 2018 at 21:40
Wayne said…
On the east coast of the US, we pay ~$0.80/liter
12 July 2018 at 22:33
William Kendall said…
It tends to waver between $1.20 and 1.35 a litre here, depending on the day of the week and the time of the day. I don't know how the Canadian dollar compares to yours.
13 July 2018 at 03:29
PerthDailyPhoto said…
Oh wow that is expensive Amy! I went to fill up today at my local, was horrified at $1.51 found it elsewhere at $1.32 .
13 July 2018 at 04:27
PerthDailyPhoto said…
P.s. you guessed right re the area around Kings Park.. hugely expensive!
13 July 2018 at 04:28
Pat @ Mille Fiori Favoriti said…
Gas prices here fluctuate quite a bit hee in the US, but I'd say the average has been $2,85 where I live in Colorado
13 July 2018 at 08:19
Spare Parts and Pics said…
Yikes, that's really expensive! If I'm doing the math right, that's nearly $9/gallon!! Here in CA we pay around $3.75/gallon, which is higher than most of the rest of the US due to higher taxes. At $9/gallon, I would be driving a hybrid or electric vehicle for sure!
13 July 2018 at 08:44
Photo Cache said…
The cheapest is about 3.50 per gal.

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13 July 2018 at 15:36
Jim said…
Our prices waver between $1.20 and $1.50 in Sydney. $2.45 is like $2.24 Aussie dollars. Yikes!
13 July 2018 at 17:37
eileeninmd said…
Hello, the gas prices seem to go up and down here. We are paying $2.70 a gallon here. Happy Friday, enjoy your day and weekend!
14 July 2018 at 00:04
Rhonda Albom said…
Auckland just put up 11.5c/l petrol tax at the beginning of the month. I though t we were high at $2.27/l of 91.
20 July 2018 at 23:37
gz said…
about $2.50 NZD...the government here is ripping us off too
5 August 2018 at 07:33
gz said…
A real change from April 2013...we left NZ with fuel at $1.42 NZD and arrived back in Scotland to fuel at £1.42.....
5 August 2018 at 07:34
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