Whats the price of petrol (gasoline) per litre where you live?

Une_ame · June 03, 2008, 05:38:40 AM

I'm often moving between Washington, DC and Paris. Here what I've saw :

Washington, DC (Arlington to be right) : 3,99USD/gallons so (1 gallon = 3.785 litre) 1,054 USD/litre so (1,56 USD = 1 euro) 0,68€/litre.

Paris (Maisons-Alfort to be right) : 1.52€/litre.

Zane · June 25, 2008, 04:08:04 AM

Threads like these make me glad I don't have a car.

jmyers2043 · June 25, 2008, 04:16:22 AM

QuoteThreads like these make me glad I don't have a car.

Hi Zane - Ah, but you have a computer and can surf over the SC4Devotion. Glad to see you can still do the important things

zakuten · June 25, 2008, 06:51:44 AM

Right now, I live in Chicago, which is as I've heard about the highest. My parents' house is in the cheaper suburbs, where gas is now $4.29/gal, but near me, it's $4.59 today. Kinda bad with math, and I'm on a public comp with most programs locked(Yay for campus library so I can't do a proper calculation of the gallons/liters and the $/€ conversions.

Zane · June 25, 2008, 01:06:26 PM

Quote from: jmyers2043 on June 25, 2008, 04:16:22 AM
Ah, but you have a computer and can surf over the SC4Devotion. Glad to see you can still do the important things

Good thing I'm not driving over SC4 Devotion!

sebes · June 25, 2008, 02:24:03 PM

I paid €1.749/liter today in Amsterdam

flame1396 · June 25, 2008, 02:56:06 PM

$4.50 a gallon here...

Vario80 · June 25, 2008, 02:58:02 PM

1.509€ per litre here in Bremerhaven for petrol (Benzin)

Andreas · June 25, 2008, 04:26:24 PM

That's rather "cheap", Vario80, here, it was 1.559 € per liter when I drove by the station today.

flame1396 · June 25, 2008, 06:43:16 PM

Sad how cheap gas is now a comparative term.

Though supply hasn't gone down (up actually) prices have, really it's oil companies raising prices with no real reason (record profits there, gas stations only make a few cents a gallon after all)... that and "It's running out!" commentaries from various eggheads around the world, true maybe but the price rise shouldn't occur until the supply can no longer keep up with demand.

... that turned out to be a bit of rant...

BuildingUp · June 25, 2008, 06:48:35 PM

I don't know that for sure, but I do know gas per gallon is around $4.15 in my neighborhood. When it comes out, I'm seriously considering purchasing one of those "compressed air" cars. Either that or a non-ethanol Hybrid like the nice pretty burgundy Honda FCV.

flame1396 · June 25, 2008, 06:50:47 PM

Motorcycle is even better. Or a scooter, if you never need to go much over 40.

Nice Volcania avatar, fun city there. Though it really actually sucked...

Tarkus · June 25, 2008, 07:08:17 PM

Quote from: flame1396 on June 25, 2008, 06:50:47 PM
Motorcycle is even better. Or a scooter, if you never need to go much over 40.

I've actually got a scooter myself--a little 49cc Honda that you don't need a motorcycle endorsement to ride (50cc is the cutoff here in Oregon). It's right now my main mode of transportation. Usually tops out at 38mph, though I've got it up to (at least) 40 going down an extremely steep hill (the speedometer stops at 40).

It takes $5 or so to fill that up even now. Gas was around $4.40 for regular last time I checked, and at least $4.60 for premium. It's probably gone up even more since then.

-Alex (Tarkus)

BuildingUp · June 25, 2008, 09:23:23 PM

Quote from: flame1396 on June 25, 2008, 06:50:47 PM
Motorcycle is even better. Or a scooter, if you never need to go much over 40.

Nice Volcania avatar, fun city there. Though it really actually sucked...

Thanks, lol. I had a motor scooter awhile back, it didn't take anything to fill that sucker' up. But, I ended up selling it. Of course, it was back when gas wasn't nearly this expensive.

flame1396 · June 25, 2008, 10:32:27 PM

I'd go for a motorcycle and license... if my parents were on board. I could pay for a fairly nice used Yamaha or something and the license would be no big deal, but my father is an EMT and has seen the results of losing control of a motorcycle... higher stakes.

Ryan B. · June 26, 2008, 07:20:05 AM

$4.29 / gallon at the Mobil across the street. : help :

Une_ame · June 26, 2008, 08:22:55 AM

QuoteI paid €1.749/liter today in Amsterdam

Whow

, I think you break a record here !!!!!!

Shadow Assassin · June 30, 2008, 04:04:16 AM

$1.56/ltr here in Sydney, Australia.

Truckies are staging a protest on one of Sydney's busiest roads tomorrow morning. Basically, a rolling blockade.

mightygoose · July 02, 2008, 05:24:51 AM

i paid £1.32 per litre last week.....

daeley · July 02, 2008, 05:35:40 AM

Quote from: flame1396 on June 25, 2008, 10:32:27 PM
I'd go for a motorcycle and license... if my parents were on board. I could pay for a fairly nice used Yamaha or something and the license would be no big deal, but my father is an EMT and has seen the results of losing control of a motorcycle... higher stakes.

a motorcycle is not worth it IMO... sure, it's cheap comparing gas prices. sure, you get through a traffic jam somewhat faster then cars. sure, the wind blowing through your fingers and the mighty engine between your legs is a great feeling... but is really worth risking your life? And you can say I'll be carefull, but that's hardly the point. A lot of accidents happen, and most of the people involved are not to blame. I've been in a total loss accident that was not my fault a few years ago. Had I been riding a motorcycle, I'd be eating through a tube now.

oh, and gas prices seem to have stabilized over here... paid 1.327 euro/ltr for diesel a few days ago (though i saw a cheap gas station not too far from work where they sell it 1.287). Official price is 1.427 if I'm not mistaken.