O-town fuel wars!

[Slunnie]

How good is the fuel pricing.

Well, in Orange.... to be quite frank I don't buy fuel here. I'm well aware of all of the "Shop local" etc etc etc talk, but Orange is always priced sky high for fuels and are very very very slow to drop fuel prices. With a 150 litre tank I can carry enough diesel typically to just fill her up at Yetholme where Shell fuel is cheap when doing my odd Sydney runs.

Anyway, I had to fill up locally the other day and thought that I was getting great value (for Orange) when the diesel dropped to 163.9. Of course the next day it dropped to 161.9.

Well, today the new United servo opened up on the Molong Rd and the cost of diesel in town dropped by 10c per litre overnight!!!! and United is selling for 148 or 149 c/l

If this is what its going to be like, then I will shop local and I will support the servo that supports the community.

[Tombie]

Excellent news Slunnie...

Send me a couple of drums :cool:

BTW, watch United, they often sell unbadged B5/B10...

Check the colour as you fill up!

[waynep]

It's still way too high IMO ......

My recollection of about 3 years ago : West Texas crude was around $65 a barrel and the A$ was around 60c to the US$, and petrol was around $1 a litre. ( I've looked for actual data to verfiy this but it is hard to find).

So under the same conditions now, why is petrol 40c a litre higher ?

I can understand some increase in processing and distribution costs, wages etc, but not 40% !

So I think we're still being ripped off. It's due to drop another 10c a litre in the next fewweeks though, if the underlying pricing factors remain the same.

[Xavie]

last time I filled up at a united I lost over 150kms in that tank:( I never went back to a united again.

[rick130]

It's still way too high IMO ......

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So I think we're still being ripped off. It's due to drop another 10c a litre in the next fewweeks though, if the underlying pricing factors remain the same.

Absolutely.

I think it's around 163.9 here ATM.
I don't even look anymore, I just go in, fill up and write the cheque....

[kaos]

our local shell is selling it for 149.4 at the moment it went down over the weekend

[Lotz-A-Landies]

It's still way too high IMO ......

My recollection of about 3 years ago : West Texas crude was around $65 a barrel and the A$ was around 60c to the US$, and petrol was around $1 a litre. ( I've looked for actual data to verfiy this but it is hard to find).

Have to agree with you there Wayne, but not being an oiler not sure of the price of diesel. What I do remember was that on the ANZAC Day Weekend 2005 I went to the LROCV S1 Gathering at Horsham and was horrified when I had to pay $1.17/litre for petrol outside Melbourne when it had been around and under the $1.00 mark everywhere else.

Diana

[stevo68]

I filled up at $1.40 for diesel...currently around $1.40-1.44...ULP has gone under the $1.30 mark in some places.

Regards

Stevo

[Landy110]

Ever since my brother, who used to burn three road trains of deisel a day, told me that BP is the best I have stuck to it and always buy it at the same place. I have always been hesitant to buy cheap deisel but as long as others do and united keeps the local price down I will appreciate their presence. we will fill the petrol vehicle there!
Steve.

[cjc_td5]

Yep Orange fuel prices have been way too high (could say that about many regional cities though).

Have noticed the low prices at the new United servo. Am going to support them by filling up there today!!! Lets hope they are sustainable...

[George130]

For intrest sake when I bought the 130 3.5 years ago diesel was under $1 a litre.

[Utemad]

In Dec 04/Jan 05 I drove to Tassie and back. I went out of my way to avoid paying over $1 per litre for petrol however I had to in rural Victoria and all over Tassie.

I have noticed diesel selling for $1.45 in Brisbane for the last few weeks. Must be a huge relief for diesel drivers from the $1.89 highs around here.

[stevo68]

In Dec 04/Jan 05 I drove to Tassie and back. I went out of my way to avoid paying over $1 per litre for petrol however I had to in rural Victoria and all over Tassie.

I have noticed diesel selling for $1.45 in Brisbane for the last few weeks. Must be a huge relief for diesel drivers from the $1.89 highs around here.
__________________Not wrong, I sold my D3 V8 at the beginning of the year for my D2 Diesel, one of the main premises being was saving on fuel by switching to diesel. What happens.....diesel goes through the roof. I was still better off but only slightly from a fuel and distance perspective as I average upto 800kms. Now I have a bigger smile...for now,

Regards

Stevo

[mcrover]

Have to agree with you there Wayne, but not being an oiler not sure of the price of diesel. What I do remember was that on the ANZAC Day Weekend 2005 I went to the LROCV S1 Gathering at Horsham and was horrified when I had to pay $1.17/litre for petrol outside Melbourne when it had been around and under the $1.00 mark everywhere else.

Diana

You can hardly call Horsham just outside Melbourne. :eek:

It is atleast 3 hrs from Melbourne to Horsham

[45tr0]

Be glad none of you live in Port Hedland!

Petrol today - $1.729/L
Diesel - $1.779/L

And this in the town where tankers full of the stuff dock four times a day...

[fernockulated]

Not wrong, I sold my D3 V8 at the beginning of the year for my D2 Diesel, one of the main premises being was saving on fuel by switching to diesel. What happens.....diesel goes through the roof. I was still better off but only slightly from a fuel and distance perspective as I average upto 800kms. Now I have a bigger smile...for now,

Regards

Stevo

had same situation myself,sold thirsty v8 rangie and replaced it with diesel datto ute for work and diesel went thru the roof,I remember once diesel used to be heaps cheeper than diesel ,oh and diesel at aratula last nite was selling at $1.38.9 per litre:)

[Andrewpv01]

The new United in Orange is supposed to get LPG either today or tomorrow. I am hoping that this will bring down the gas prices too.

The Lpg has been 79.9 for months at all the servos. The strange thing about this is the price in Bathurst And Dubbo (60 k's closer to Sydney and 150k's further) has always been atleast 8 c/L less than Orange so they can't blame extra cartage costs.

Looking forward to the extra competition and I will definately be buying at the united now if it drops the LPG price. Hopefully there isn't any difference in LPG quality over the different brands.
Andrew

[The Fish]

I don't even look anymore, I just go in, fill up and write the cheque....

I'm the same and pay what I have to pay. It doesn't hurt so bad when you don't pay attention to the price numbers ticking over really quickly.