Thread: Diesel prices!

Originally Posted by p38arover

One thing I've noticed with the diesel Disco - it take a lot longer to warm up the car interior than the petrol P38A. This is not good when going to/from work in the mountains.

If I keep driving the Disco I might have to start wearing long pants!

Start it 5 minutes before you leave

Originally Posted by p38arover

One thing I've noticed with the diesel Disco - it take a lot longer to warm up the car interior than the petrol P38A. This is not good when going to/from work in the mountains.

If I keep driving the Disco I might have to start wearing long pants!

That's because the heater core isn't leaking into the passenger space

Helensburgh this morning $1.74.5 a litre, always cheaper than Heathcote/Engadine area.

Baz.

Just payed $1.75.9 WTF is the world doing

It was cheaper to run a V8 disco


Adam

What I want to know is, why the massive difference between unleaded and diesel. It was 10c/l more before easter, it's now 30c/l dearer. at this rate my V8 disco will soon be cheaper to run on unleaded than a TDI

(I'm only interested in diesel as my work car is a diesel, not that I pay for it anyway)
Cheers,
Ross.

Diesel is so expensive because of the demand for it. Plant and equipment all runs on a lot of it. Demand is very unresponsive to changes in price.

They charge because they can. We domestic users are bidding against mining comapnies for the stuff.

I saw a small article in the local rag yesterday which said that BPs refining profit from diesel had increased 300% since the start of the year.
They charge what they can because they can and Krudd and the rest love it as they get more as the price increases.
But why whinge about the refiners profit when the pollies sit back and rake off billions for doing nothing?
Alan.

Have l missed something, aren't Diesels much more cost effective than v8 petrol rovers, don't you Diesels guys do a 1000km to a tank compared to v8 400km tank range, don't Diesels last longer as motors than v8

Can't Diesels be run on home made bio oil obtained from your local fish and chip shop and therefore are really cost free.