That's one way to *brick* a turbocharger.
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They are basically your avatar.
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But how much of that is tax? Which is to ask, what's the actual difference in the price of the fuel itself?
Here's the US breakdown:
The crude costs the same, but refining Diesel is more expensive, which is partially offset by lower taxes.
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You have to wonder how much of that is actually marketing. Fuel is not a thing I am brand loyal for. It is usually either, "I need fuel, there is a station." or "I better get fuel on the way home, and will do so at the station close to my house." I don't go out of my way to buy a particular brand.
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Here's the US breakdown:
Note that we pay substantially more tax per unit volume than you do total cost for that same volume unit. Stop
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which is partially offset by lower taxes.
Note: tax as percentage is lower, but higher by volume (diesel .48 vs reg .424).
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There is another 20% VAT on top of the 58p/l
The 58p/l is pretty close to the final price for unleaded in the US right now (varies quite a bit by location). Prices around here are about $2.45 / gallon right now.
You have to wonder how much of that is actually marketing. Fuel is not a thing I am brand loyal for.
My local grocery store has a deal with Shell stations (and another chain has a similar deal with Exxon), so every $100 I spend at the store gets me 10¢ off per gallon. I buy most of my gas from Shell stations.
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The 58p/l is pretty close to the final price for unleaded in the US right now (varies quite a bit by location). Prices around here are about $2.45 / gallon right now.
Yeah, and last week I bought fuel for < $2/gallon. It really brought back some memories. It had been long enough since I saw those numbers at the pump that I got a little nostalgic. Now, if we could get back to '95 when I got my license and bought fuel for ~$1/gallon...
My local grocery store has a deal with Shell stations (and another chain has a similar deal with Exxon), so every $100 I spend at the store gets me 10¢ off per gallon. I buy most of my gas from Shell stations.
Costco is usually 10-15 cents/gallon cheaper than the rest of the area and I get 2% cash back on the purchase. If I am close to one, I will get fuel there. Other than that, I don't really care. Even at 10 cents/gallon, I usually get ~18 gallons of fuel at a stop. I am not going out of my way to save $1.80.
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I buy most of my gas from Shell stations.
Me too because I prefer the Super Diesel from Shell or BP and Shell gives me points which eventually get me money off.
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Even at 10 cents/gallon, I usually get ~18 gallons of fuel at a stop. I am not going out of my way to save $1.80.
You only spend $100 on groceries between fill ups? The important part of the money off is that it is per $100 spent on groceries, which helps add it up.
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You only spend $100 on groceries between fill ups?
Probably. I get fuel more than once per week. I drive a lot.
Regardless, I still would not go out of my way in order to save $3.60.
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I get fuel more than once per week. I drive a lot.
OK, I guess that would make more sense for you. For those of us that only fill up once a month or so it seems like a bigger thing due to both a higher discount and the reductions being a higher percentage of total spent.
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Costco is usually 10-15 cents/gallon cheaper than the rest of the area and I get 2% cash back on the purchase. If I am close to one, I will get fuel there. Other than that, I don't really care. Even at 10 cents/gallon, I usually get ~18 gallons of fuel at a stop. I am not going out of my way to save $1.80.
Our local Sam's club is similarly 10-15¢ / gallon cheaper than local stuff. Though I regularly have ~30 mile trip where gas is often a little bit cheaper than that, plus my discount. I don't really drive that much, so it's rare than I have less than 30¢ off any particular purchase.
Regardless, I still would not go out of my way in order to save $3.60.
Totally. I have plenty of places to choose from.
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(There are also some blue pumps about, but I don't know what they dispense.)
Heating kerosene? Because 100LL (which is dyed blue, too) certainly isn't it...
Are LPG I think
Interesting...do they have some sort of pressure-seal system for filling? stares curiouslyIt could also be AdBlue, although that's less common from pumps.
I suspect DEF isn't available at-the-pump here either...requires an entire another storage tank.
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do they have some sort of pressure-seal system for filling?
They appear to from a quick look, but as I've never used one I couldn't say for sure.
I suspect DEF isn't available at-the-pump here either...requires an entire another storage tank.
It's not common, and is usually at the lorry-only pumps but they do exist at some motorway services.
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Interesting...do they have some sort of pressure-seal system for filling? stares curiously
Yes. Disconnecting it usually results in a satisfying hiss and a small cloud of cold (liquified) gas.
As I said, knowing most people, letting them tank it themselves might be a bad idea..
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Usually diesel nozzles are green or sometimes yellow, and gasoline nozzles are black
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Sounds like Oregon. You are not permitted to pump your own gas in Oregon. Ever.
New Jersey is the same way.
This, as it applies in N.J., was the subject of one of my favorite Daily Show segments ever.
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of those that have diesel, it's one pump out of the 8 or 12 on the lot.
That's not like it used to be. Around here (Dallas) most stations still dont' carry it, but the ones that do have it on all the pumps. It was like that in Florida and South Carolina too, where I lived.
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9 years after that and they're still not able to pump their own gas.
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New Jersey is the same way. I did not realize it and was yelled at and chastised by the guy working the pumps when I went to get out of my vehicle. They take forever to pump your fuel and waste a lot of time in that state.
One attendant also almost put 87 octane in my tank.
Sure, the prices are nice and low, but that's offset somewhat by the expectation of tipping.
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Sure, the prices are nice and low, but that's offset somewhat by the expectation of tipping.
You expect your car to tip over when using low-octane fuel?
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You expect your car to tip over when using low-octane fuel?
Hey, don't do @Groaner's job. Would you like him to come over there and do your Croatian things for you and put you out of work?
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I do Croatian things? Where? Need to eliminate those right away!
I don't even know enough about Croatia to continue this line of jokes.
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http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/Croatia
Edit:
Every second word in Croatian is "kurac"
Hold on! I did actually post ONE thing then... where's that post now...
Edit the second:
http://what.thedailywtf.com/t/the-funny-stuff-thread/2628/2112?u=onyx
There. My wrongdoings have been discovered!
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I don't even know enough about Croatia to continue this line of jokes.
After a bit of Googling, I now know that Croatia is quite the beautiful place. Although, I did get a kick out of:
Wine is produced in nearly all regions of Croatia.
That is the Wikipedia way of calling you out as being a country full of drunks. I would fit right in. I would just have to learn new curse words.
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Most of the wine is pretty bad though. As in, many people produce wine for their own needs only and usually the quantity is preferred over quality. So what people around here mostly drink, when it involves wine, is "gemišt" or "bevanda" (depending on the region):
Wine is a popular drink in Croatia, and locals traditionally like to drink wine with their meals. Quite often, the wine is diluted with either still or sparkling water - producing a drink known as gemišt (a combination of white wine and carbonated water), and bevanda (a combination of red wine and still water).
Don't get me wrong, there's good stuff too. But to take that quoted statement at it's fullest you have to take that caveat into account.
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Don't get me wrong, there's good stuff too. But to take that quoted statement at it's fullest you have to take that caveat into account.
Sounds like headache fuel...
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You expect your car to tip over when using low-octane fuel?
No, I expect it to pull timing or detonate.
Someone needs to give these attendants a few tips about high compression ratios.
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Sure, the prices are nice and low, but that's offset somewhat by the expectation of tipping.
Really? The state forces you to have your gas pumped (with the cost of his unnecessary labor being added to the price of the fuel), and the attendant has the nerve to expect to be tipped?
BTW, we have a similar WTF around here. I live near a ton of tiny Native American reservations and they sell gas without the federal and state taxes added in. In New York, the total gas tax is about 68 cents per gallon or about 25% of the total price. Yet, the reservation gas stations only charge about 7 to 10 cents less than non-reservation gas stations. Every one of their stations requires you to pay before pumping - which means you have to make two trips to the cashier to fill up, one to give them too much money and another to get your change back. At about 60 cents per gallon excess profit (over the other stations that manage to stay in business), one out of every four customers could drive off without paying and they could still stay in business. Rather than use some of the profit to improve customer service, they literally have the worst customer experience possible.
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Really? The state forces you to have your gas pumped (with the cost of his unnecessary labor being added to the price of the fuel), and the attendant has the nerve to expect to be tipped?
Seems like it's optional, depending on services rendered. And as with most tipping rules, it seems like it's vaguely defined and controversial.
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The total gas tax is about 68 cents per gallon or about 25% of the total price. Yet, the reservation gas stations only charge about 7 to 10 cents less than non-reservation gas stations.
Things like that make me annoyed. Like people selling an ebook for 50p less than the paperback, or ISAs with a lower interest rate than the equivalent non-ISA account, so that you still earn slightly more than you would in the tax-paying account, but effectively the bank is helping itself to a slice of your tax break.
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Yep. Bloody EU insisting that ebooks cannot be exempt from VAT - or even at a discounted rate.
Which then allows publishers to less obviously take the mickey.
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pay before pumping - which means you have to make two trips to the cashier to fill up, one to give them too much money and another to get your change back.
When I first saw this in a film I was . I don't get why you'd have to do that, or who thought it was a good idea. Possibly before ANPR was common, but these days it just seems archaic
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Seems like it's optional, depending on services rendered. And as with most tipping rules, it seems like it's vaguely defined and controversial.
I have never tipped in NJ nor heard of anyone doing that. My in-laws live there, and I visit there several times a year. My wife grew up there. I asked her if she'd ever heard of tipping at gas stations and she looked at me like I was stupid (this may not be related). Irregardless, she's never heard of the practice.
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looked at me like I was stupid
Irregardless
<I'm sure you did this on porpoise, but I'm still calling you out
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It's nice when someone notices the effort you put into a post.
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I have never tipped in NJ nor heard of anyone doing that.
I've seen it done in OR, but not done it myself. Someone else was driving. :)