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Topic: price of petrol
Posted By: NovemberMum
Subject: price of petrol
Date Posted: 25 May 2008 at 2:50pm
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how much does your vehicle cost to fill...mine is about $70 which is cheap with petrol prices these days...feel for those who have to fill up every week ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: kebakat
Date Posted: 25 May 2008 at 2:57pm
| I never actually fill mine lol. I only pop in $40 cause that's how much my budget allows for, that was lasting 4 weeks. Now its only lasting 3 which is grrrr! |
Posted By: blondie
Date Posted: 25 May 2008 at 2:58pm
If I was to fill my car up from empty (oddessey honda) it would cost about $130.00 these days so hence I dont fill it up I'm a $30 here and there person ------------- 
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Posted By: Joelle
Date Posted: 25 May 2008 at 4:03pm
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Mine costs $105 to fill up right from empty - when we first got the car around Xmas it was around $80! ------------- http://lilypie.com">  
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Posted By: AnnC
Date Posted: 25 May 2008 at 4:39pm
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Mine is about $90 to fill - thats the Nissan - the Pajero its been a while since we filled it from empty but at a guess I would say probably $150 (ouch!! - hence we are selling it - actually few reasons but more so cause we don't need a 7 seater anymore) ------------- Ann 
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Posted By: Shezamumof3
Date Posted: 25 May 2008 at 4:48pm
Its costs me $80 to fill my car now and it only last like 5 days Its SOOO hard on our budget------------- |
Posted By: MrsMojo
Date Posted: 25 May 2008 at 4:57pm
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Last time I filled up (last month) it was $90 but I'm guessing that will have increased now. We used to fill up fortnightly but we're using our car as little as possible now and only fill up once per month. -------------  
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Posted By: .Mel
Date Posted: 25 May 2008 at 5:06pm
I'm not sure when ours was last filled up  it's now only getting used in the weekends. So I'm guessing that it's costing $20 every 10 days?------------- Mr Mellow (16) Miss Attitude (8) Destructa Kid (3) 
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Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 25 May 2008 at 5:18pm
I don't fill mie up, I put in $60 which should last about 2 weeks but sometimes I need a $20 top up. $60.00 only half fills it so it would be around $120 + to fill. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: kasbee
Date Posted: 25 May 2008 at 5:21pm
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Hubby filled our car up the other night and it cost $108. We only fill it up once a fortnight on payday, but if the petrol prices keep going up we wont be filling it up anymore. ------------- Kelly, mother to 4 wonderful children. http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: LeahandJoel
Date Posted: 25 May 2008 at 5:46pm
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I only fill mine every 3-4 weeks depending on what i've been doing and last time was $95, dreading it this time as that was at $1.82 before it all shot up, and no doubt it will go up again before I have to do it again -------------  
 
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Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 25 May 2008 at 5:47pm
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To fill from empty would be about $120 I have a 60 litre tank. But I won't be doing that until I go to Waiouru and then will fill it up once a month for my trips away. I put $40 in a week and that lasts me quite well now I don't use the car all that much. So if I continue that I might be able to get away with one week not putting any in it. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: CuriousG
Date Posted: 25 May 2008 at 5:54pm
$60 nearly fills my car and that lasts me for a week, doing 96km a day to and from work. However, DH's car costs about double to fill. We are about to sell our cars and become a 1 car family. Here I come Looser Cruiser (the bus!)  ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: LJsmum
Date Posted: 25 May 2008 at 5:58pm
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just filled up today $90.00
Still have to fill DH car which will be around $60.00. we don't have big cars just a small 2 door hatchback and a 4 door sedan. -------------  
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Posted By: ginger
Date Posted: 25 May 2008 at 6:39pm
My car is $70+ (last fill, it wasn't on the red lines yet and it cost $70.20!) and that lasts a week. The husband's from empty is aroung $100 and that lasts a week too  ------------- Cuinn Lachlan 23.1.09 - 22:00 Antonia Helene 4.8.11 - 09:41 |
Posted By: minik8e
Date Posted: 25 May 2008 at 7:55pm
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To fill DF's Landcruiser is about $130 or so (diesel). Mine is about $80 to fill. I can put $40 in and it'll last me around 3-4 weeks. DF goes through about $60 a week
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Posted By: RBsMama
Date Posted: 25 May 2008 at 8:03pm
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We've been a one car family for a while now and we fill up once a fortnight. Last fill up it was $99. Not looking forward to the price going up further.
Once bubs is here though, we won't be using the car much, so that will be savings the $$. ------------- http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow">  http://lilypie.com" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: Kels
Date Posted: 25 May 2008 at 10:25pm
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Argh dont even get me started. I am looking at the buses as a better option lately too ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: emz
Date Posted: 25 May 2008 at 11:12pm
| DH's big car (Legnum) costs about $150 to fill, we have never filled it yet though as its only his weekend car so $30 a week for that, then the small Lancer (the runabout car to save on tyres etc on the Legnum which cost $300 each) costs $80+ a week to fill which lasts only 5 trips to Burnham and back for DH, then my car gets $20 a week which only last me 2 trips to work (10 mins away) and 2 short trips elsewhere. So yeah we spent about $130 a week but that was before the $2 a litre so ouch. |
Posted By: kiwigal
Date Posted: 25 May 2008 at 11:47pm
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Dh has got a 3.5 litre Maxima and costs him about $140 to fill up but I think it lasts him 2-3 weeks and I have got a Mazda 6. From empty it is about $120 when DS was at daycare I was spending $50-$60. Now he his at school is I am only spending about $30-$40 about every 10 days as his school his only 5 mins from home. |
Posted By: Mama2two
Date Posted: 25 May 2008 at 11:53pm
It cost us $130 today from 1/4 to fill ours and that will last about a week! I am so sick of these petrol increases! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: IVFGirl1111
Date Posted: 26 May 2008 at 9:45am
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My husband is a courier so our petrol bill is MASSIVE! He puts in about $100 every 3 days and then there is road charges on TOP of that and then there is my car on top of that again too! OUCH!
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Posted By: ohanlon82
Date Posted: 26 May 2008 at 10:17am
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my little car i drive to work in cost me about $40 for about 2 weeks - before price rise was nearlly getting me 3 weeks.
DH car he puts in $40 a week and that normally does him alright.. we both playing sport now in winter which is hiking the prices up... plus DH car just failed today on warrent - 4 new tyres coming up ARGGGGGGGGGGGGH ------------- http://lb2f.lilypie.com/TikiPic.php/RPaODBg.jpg |
Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 26 May 2008 at 10:31am
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I think mine would cost around $100 to fill up.
I'm considering selling it and having no car... I've got to replace the seatbelt ($1200 retail) and a few other things which are worth more than the frigging car itself. Argh. |
Posted By: meow
Date Posted: 26 May 2008 at 11:18am
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Oh no, the case for our seatbelt broke over the weekend and it better bloody not cost that much to fix!
Just filled mine up today and it was $73 with a 7 cents per litre saving (P&S). That was from just under a quarter though, making it about $100 to fill. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Aprilfools
Date Posted: 26 May 2008 at 11:42am
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Mine's about $120, I drive a Mazda 6 and put 96 in it. It lasts anywhere from a week to two weeks. Depends what errands and catching up we have to do as to how long it will last.
Our 4wd I'm not sure asDH is too lazy to stand there while it fills up but the prices have gone up 70% for diesel so I'm guessing it's around $150 now. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: jack_&_charli
Date Posted: 26 May 2008 at 1:38pm
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we have a nissan primera wagon and i fill it up every fortnight when DH gets paid. it usually takes $95-100 but that was when it was $1.86/ltr so i'm not looking forward to filling it tomorrow
i find myself staying home alot more and not going out just because i can. i also try to do everything i need to in the one day. i think i'll be looking into busing sometimes too DH's car is a toyota corolla hatchback and he goes through $70-80/fortnight so i'm guessing that with the increases....we will be 'wasting' $200 a pay on petrol!!!!! 
we've been talking about DH getting a small motorbike to get to work and back and selling the corolla...but will see how things go. can't really afford to buy one, but can't afford the petrol for the car so it's a catch22 ------------- http://www.alternatickers.com"> 
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Posted By: fattartsrock
Date Posted: 26 May 2008 at 1:48pm
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My car costs about $90ish to fill which I do from about just under quarter, every three ish weeks? so about $100 odd to fill from empty. Its a 2.4l, and I find it not too bad on gas. Depends on if I have used the air con alot, too.
Dh has a falcon futura wagon for work, and he travels alot, so his costs about $150 a WEEK, and also on our fuel card is another work vehicle which is a diesel which costs about $70 to fill (a toyota noah) not mych cheaper than gas now. Hubby is looking at converting the falcon to LPG, which at $1.06 a litre is much cheaper. ------------- The Honest Un PC Parent of 2, usually stuck in the naughty corner! :P |
Posted By: SMoody
Date Posted: 26 May 2008 at 3:01pm
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We filled the car the other day. Wasnt totally on empty and took just under a $100. That can last anything from a week to three weeks. Grant uses a 125 CBR Honda to work and it is something like $12 to work per week and no parking.
I take the car to playcentre (that is literally up the road) twice a week. We walk during the summer. Then to swimming on Tuesday and that is like 6km there and then shopping on a Friday. Say another 6km there and then it is stuff over weekend. Visiting, touring, trips ect. So really does depend on where we go ect. I remember when we got here it was like 65 to 70 dollars to fill the car. ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 26 May 2008 at 3:40pm
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I have a Nissan Presage, I last filled it early last week before the latest price rises and it was just over the $100-mark, brought back to just under by the Countdown 4c off voucher. When I bought it in Aug '06 it used to cost $80 to fill. I always fill it tho, I can't be bothered with piddly little top ups coz it means I spend half my life at the gas station.
We use a lot of petrol. A tank probably lasts 10 days, and I can do 480km on a tank. It's a 16km round trip to Maya's school and we do that twice a day, plus I seem to have endless errands etc.and I refuse to let petrol costs stop me from visiting friends etc. (altho at $2 a litre I might have to start being a bit more reclusive!) We don't walk anywhere except occasionally to the local dairy for milk etc. coz school, the supermarket, playgroup etc. are too far away. We could walk to Mainly Music but we usually just stop there on the way home from dropping Maya at school so it's not actually using any more petrol -------------  Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 26 May 2008 at 4:29pm
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Don't worry Kat - your seatbelt thing won't cost that much. Mine is just because it is a ridiculous Peugeot. The car is sh*t but everything costs a fortune!! I'm going to sell it as soon as I get a warrant.
Oh yeah, and I managed to get a seat belt from a wrecker for $170 so I feel a tad better now. Still, $170 for a tiny little nick int he seat belt. Unimpressed.  (Mind you... if I crashed, that tiny little nick might cost me an awful lot more than money!)
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Posted By: Maya
Date Posted: 26 May 2008 at 7:05pm
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Oooh yeah Nikki, European cars are so classy but soooo damn expensive to fix! I my lil VW and I was so sad when I had to sell it to make room for the gremlins, but my wallet is thankful. ------------- Maya Grace (28/02/03)
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The Gremlins:Sienna Marie & Mercedes Kailah (14/10/06)
Lil miss:Chiara Louise Chloe (09/07/08)
Her ladyship:Rosalia Sophie Anais (18/06/12)
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Posted By: nikkitheknitter
Date Posted: 26 May 2008 at 7:09pm
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Maybe when I'm rich. Or living in Europe. But my poor debt-ridden-just-out-of-uni ass still can't afford it.
But it's cute!!! |
Posted By: 4crazykids
Date Posted: 26 May 2008 at 7:10pm
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we have to have a 7 seater 4wd and it took today $116 that was for 62 litres! That should last for 2-3 weeks depending on what I get up to.
The other car a Legnum 1.8 goes through $40 per week on average. It is getting sp expensive to live. I walk as much as I can already. ------------- When life kicks dirts up your face it is time to get up brush yourself off and carry on! Life is just too short. |
Posted By: BaAsKa
Date Posted: 26 May 2008 at 9:00pm
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We have a mitsi Legnum which costs us about $120 to fill from empty and it lasts us just under a week if its only used for DH going to work and back and me to work and back
I miss our old tank "THE LADA" we called it "the beast" bcos it was so ungly and heavy but man was it cheap and fast!!! 
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Posted By: NeoshasMummy
Date Posted: 27 May 2008 at 10:35am
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$120 For both our cars to fill!! A Subaru Legacy B4 and A Subaru legacy GT wagon both twin turbo so we fill with 98
A tank seems to last me 2 weeks and DP normally drives his company car which has free gas so thats a bonus! We are looking into a hybrid probably in 3 years if gas continues to rise. Its a bugger because I have a lil 2001 Hyundai FX coupe which is only $74 to fill and lasts 3 weeks but we cant use it with Neosha BOOOO HOOO lol ------------- https://secure.fertilityfriend.com/home/30c4ec/" rel="nofollow">  Mrs Te Kani ❤️ Neosha 26/5/2007 |