Photograph copyright: DAVID McMAHONAnd you think YOU pay a lot for petrol? Huh, you ain't see nuthin' yet, mate! Have you ever paid $888.8 for a litre? Here is photographic evidence of how much we pay. But you can breathe easy - this Shell service station in Caulfield is being refurbished, with new underground storage tanks and better access. And when I drove past today, they were simply testing the pricing display - hence the astronomical sum.
At that rate, 65 litres would cost $57,712, so the contents of my fuel tank would have cost a fair bit more than my car itself! And just for the record, the average price in Melbourne today was very low at about $1.28 a litre, For the benefit of my American friends, that works out to $5.76 a gallon, or 54 pence a litre for my mates in the UK.
FOOTNOTE: Peter, Peter, pumpkin eater, sold his house to buy a litre.
14 comments:
Had a good laugh David... cool title for this post! ;-) Hope it won't someday be the real price... the way fuel prices are ever-rising! Its interesting one of the opinions on this BBC article is "Higher petrol costs can only be a good thing for the environment" :-) Here's a pretty interesting article on how we're ending up ignoring the ecology!
Hahaha, awesome.
Reminds me of when Jessie and I arrived in Jamaica, the gas prices were astronomical. Then our driver told us that while they accept American dollars, they have their own dollar which is not worth near as much, and the gas prices are in that currency. Or something like that.
When you get a chance, check out the New Camera post, for I have answered your call to duty. I edited in to the existing post simply to conserve some front page space for now.
Hey! Dont forget about your British friends!
How much does that work out in pounds? $888.8...umm carry the 1...ah forget it. I'm sure it's a lot :)
Well, that settles it...if I do decide to come down and visit...I won't drive! Ha
gosh!! u almost had me there david... my eyes nearly popped out my socket!!
thanks god!! phew!!
once again... a good catch!!
WOW that's worse than here! (96 pence a litre of unleaded).
This only helps my decision of going with your other funny post of 41 miles a gallon(beer). Its cheaper, loads of choices and more fun... Siddharth
Hi Sanjay,
I'm so glad it made you laugh. Thanks for those links. Will check them out later tonight.
Hopefully fuel prices will never get that high - well, not this week, at any rate!
Cheers
David
Hi Bart-Man,
Loved the story. You should post it on your blog, because it's so quirky. You and I revel in that sorta stuff, don't we!
Yes, check out your pictures hours ago and showed them to friends who agreed they were great.
Cheers
David
Hi Lady T,
Sorry, I would never do anything so churlish as to leave you out.
The only reason I converted it to US figures is that they buy petrol by the gallon.
But immediately I saw your comment, I added the UK equivalent.
Consider my knuckles rapped!
Cheers
David
Hi Mushy,
Whaddya mean ``if''? I thought you were coming this weekend - I've boked out the whole pizza restaurant for us and our wives.
Cheers
David
Hi Sam,
Glad you liked it. Funny thing is, I drove past today and the service station had re-opened for business and the price was a normal $1.31 a litre.
Cheers
David
Hi Dilly,
That's a lot of dragon-quid! Get Mum to pay instead ...
Cheers
David
Hi Siddharth,
The perfect reply! I am so on your side.
Let's invent a beermobile.
Cheers
David
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