Hi George,our price would be a bit better if the Government were not taking such a cut. (around 70c a litre I think) But I guess thats the price we pay for new roading projects. Oil was first drilled for in N.Z around 1865 but we just dont have enough to be self sufficent. Got plenty of natural gas though. You are lucky to have so much oil around there. Classic cars and parts is another thing you are blessed with an abundance of. I wrote earlier this year of my Pontiac being rear ended on boxing day. The bumper is now ready to go back on. The cost of repairing and rechroming it came to $4000.00. Could have bought a good four door 60 for that in Canada with good bumpers. Its frustrating for us knowing you have parts in Canada sitting around for the taking when we have to make and mend what we have left here. If you go on www.trademe.co.nz you can see some of the eyewatering prices very average classic cars go for down here. Cheers Gayne.
Gayne, my heart does go out to you brother. Did i read that right, $4,000 dollars, that can not be right. For that rear 1960 bumper, it must be $400 dollars. I can not be that drunk. Any way getting back to the whole gas price thing............... IT IS ALL ABOUT GREED. Plain old fashion GREED. Cheers. George.
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1957 Pontiac Pathfinder Deluxe sedan restored 261 six
1974 Chevrolet Caprice Estate wagon low mileage original 400 V-8
I went to the last car show of the year in Waterford, Ontario Sunday October 19, 2014 and i gassed up just out side of town for $1.13 per litre. Good thing because my 1974 Chevrolet Caprice Estate wagon 400 V-8 Four barrel, 5500 pounds. Loves, loves, loves that DINO SAUCE. Cheers. George.
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1957 Pontiac Pathfinder Deluxe sedan restored 261 six
1974 Chevrolet Caprice Estate wagon low mileage original 400 V-8
Was in Dallas on Friday and price was running $2.80 -> 2.95 per US gallon.
By the time we hit Denver it was around $3.00 and by Montana on Sunday it was $3.25
Here in Calgary it's about $1.17 per liter today.
Hate to think about how much of that stuff we've been thru in the last 3 days.
Still have to get back to Ontario later this week this time driving a SUV so there goes the budget.
Was in Dallas on Friday and price was running $2.80 -> 2.95 per US gallon. By the time we hit Denver it was around $3.00 and by Montana on Sunday it was $3.25 Here in Calgary it's about $1.17 per liter today. Hate to think about how much of that stuff we've been thru in the last 3 days. Still have to get back to Ontario later this week this time driving a SUV so there goes the budget.
tow home my trailer from Winnipeg and I can off set that cost of your travel by a fair bit. Say the word and it will be ready to roll
Yesterday morning filled up at Costco in Edmonton at 97.9. Then drove to Calgary , topped off at Costco at 101.9, and then drove home to Summerland. Gas here is 127.9.
Todd, thanks for sharing that article. I found it real interesting. It is all about old fashion POLITICS, that is presently keeping oil prices down and not much of anything else. For all the wrong reasons of course but it should be interesting to see how this continues to play out.
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1957 Pontiac Pathfinder Deluxe sedan restored 261 six
1974 Chevrolet Caprice Estate wagon low mileage original 400 V-8
At it's peak in the summer I was paying the equivalent of C$2.45 per litre for regular unleaded. It's just come down to C$2.25. Avgas for my flying school planes is still C$3.55......................
You mentioned trademe in your post. I found a chrome dash for my car on there but missed it because I couldn't bid as I'm not in NZ. Do you know if there's a hack for that site that will let me in?
On Sunday October 26, 2014, i gassed up in Ancaster, Ontario right after the Rodmasters swap meet and car show for $1.13. My gas guzzler 74 Chev wagon was very thankful.
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1957 Pontiac Pathfinder Deluxe sedan restored 261 six
1974 Chevrolet Caprice Estate wagon low mileage original 400 V-8
Not sure why premium needs to be 15-20 cents more than regular. It all comes from the same hose, like to see what I'm really getting. We're right around $1.12 average right now around Lindsay, Port Perry is a bit less.
Prices here (Salmon Arm, BC) seemed to have gotten stuck at about $1.28/litre even though the price of oil has continued to decline.
Hopefully the falling oil price stimulates other industries in Canada. It seems that oil has been just about the only industry doing well in the past few years. It's likely the reason our dollar has been high, and why the dollar has been falling. As oil does down, so does the dollar. Oil supports a lot of other industries (car & truck sales, heavy equipment, computers, steel, etc.). If other industries don't pick up the slack, 2015 could be a rough year for Canada.
If I were still living in Calgary, I'd be socking a few pay checks away. Low oil prices late in the year tend to impact annual earnings numbers. And investors seem to like it when oil companies announce a lot of lay-offs in response to falling oil prices.
