Thread: Diesel prices!

$1.70/L here in the west for Diesel

Adam

If oil hits $200 a barrel, I'm buying a small diesel hatch, maybe a Golf 2.0 TDi. Forgettabout going offroading or camping in the bush, I'll just have to change my lifestyle.

In all seriousness, didn't the Govt promise to do something about this?
I guess they have, they have left it go unchecked.
I am truly disappointed, makes me think what else were we lied to about.

ps where in Bris is the 59c LPG?


Ralph

Originally Posted by tempestv8

If oil hits $200 a barrel, I'm buying a small diesel hatch, maybe a Golf 2.0 TDi. Forgettabout going offroading or camping in the bush, I'll just have to change my lifestyle.

Just bought a brand spankers 1.9 Golf TDI. Love it.
On the highway we have had 5.7l / 100, around the burbs 6-7l / 100. Thats a 1000km from a tank (highway)!
The two litre is 20% per grunt but add a litre / litre and half to my numbers above.

We drove from Bne to Marlborough and back to Rocky before refill.

Compliments the Disco just right, economical motoring during week, free's up the cash to feed the disco on weekends.

Do it, test drive one today.
(I do not have any commercial spotters fee arrangement with VW, just remit the spotters fee to me and I'll pass it on)

Ralph

LPG in Brisbane is around the Paradise Road down to Browns Plains area. I live on the north which shows 65-68 but was sort of gob smacked when I go to the south side and see these figures. Unfortunately LPG doesn't make it in the news. Any with Rudd cancelling (looks a certain destiny) in the May budget, I was actually going to upgrade and do the LPG again. So there is not cheap deal anymore, each having the advantage. Problem is LPG as we all know is only good on east coast so the travel bug is limited too. Geoff

Originally Posted by Ralph1Malph

ps where in Bris is the 59c LPG?

Shell on the corner of Moss St and Kingston Road Slacks Creek.

Bye the way, salary sacrifice (if your employer allows this) is sort of simple

Just imagine all, and I mean all expences being tax free including loan interest and not paying the GST components. Sounds great eh!

But, the capital outlay of the vehicle is the benefit and subject to FBT so you commence paying the additional tax.

Now the tricky part. The FBT reduces at 15K 25K and 40K limits. So ideally it starts to be cost effective from 25K as only 11% FBT per/year and at 40K only 7% FBT.

Stills sounds good. But wait, if your in the 41.5 tax you get the most benefit and if only 31.5 it reduces the benefit.

So for example you earn under 75K, and do say 20klms then a $20K vehicle is perhaps going to work out about the same.

Also there are many little things like max age of vehicle is 7 years and must be purchased from dealer (keeping the industry going) and trades are not considered in dollar terms.

I hope this gives some a quick insight as I do the above. Any further and I'll sound like an advisor to which I'm not.

Geoff

Originally Posted by 2 rocks

I still fail to understand why a product that requires less capital, effort etc in its manufacture can be more expensive than one which requires more effort, infrastructure or whatever (petrol). Diesel was always cheaper than petrol and you can't tell me the economies of scale aren't better for it (diesel) than they used to be...
Mike

This used to be the case for older-spec diesel fuel, but since we've gone to Low Sulphur Diesel, and now Ultra Low Sulphur Diesel, the refining costs are just as much as Petrol. Have you had a look and smell of diesel fuel lately? Completely different to how it used to be, now smells more like Kero.