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Old 06-09-2005, 10:38 PM   #1
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Default What do you give up - to fuel your car?

Yes it's the hottest topic in the local news atm - and in nearly every paper in the country!!

As fuel prices get higher and higher, what are you going without to keep your vehicle going from week to week?

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Old 06-09-2005, 11:04 PM   #2
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Cut back on big saturday nights out in the city.
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Old 06-09-2005, 11:06 PM   #3
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Nothing.. gonna LPGas it and laugh at everyone paying nearly $1.50/L for petrol...
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Old 06-09-2005, 11:06 PM   #4
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Im not giving up anything yet.
At the moment fuel prices are getting a bit on the high side but I can still comfortably afford it. If it gets to a point where its just too much ill buy a little shi*box for work.
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Old 06-09-2005, 11:36 PM   #5
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Old 06-09-2005, 11:43 PM   #6
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Nothing I work a 2 on 1 off fly in/out roster & i make up for it on my week off lol.
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Old 06-09-2005, 11:44 PM   #7
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yeah it hasnt hit me that hard yet, so no sacrifices have been made yet. Now the GF has her own transport it will help too.
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Old 06-09-2005, 11:48 PM   #8
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Im giving up smoking! Also driving my LPG Fairlane more and my XR8 less.
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Old 06-09-2005, 11:49 PM   #9
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FOod... i'm not eating
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Old 06-09-2005, 11:51 PM   #10
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Haven't bought grog in over 1 1/2 months. Hard for an engineering uni student.
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Old 07-09-2005, 12:03 AM   #11
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Eventualy convert to straight gas I suppose - with the nightmare of running out of fuel and getting towed!
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Old 07-09-2005, 12:25 AM   #12
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Haven't bought grog in over 1 1/2 months. Hard for an engineering uni student.
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Im giving up smoking! Also driving my LPG Fairlane more and my XR8 less.
I wouldn't be surprised at all if smoking is one of the first national casualties!!!! : Good. That may have a flow on effect also to alcohol which maybe isn't so good but at least smoking might slowly die for good, the sooner the better.

As for me, I just give up looking at the prices. I'm too arrogant to let some ***** stop me from enjoying my car.
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Old 07-09-2005, 12:49 AM   #13
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I broke up with my girlfriend - admittedly that was late June.
But as she has no car and lives in Hoppers Crossing, and I have a car and live in Dandenong, I'd say I'd save $30/week not having to drive her home and drive myself home again. She would catch a train to my place in the daytime, I'd take her home at night. It's pretty much 60kms each way. A good decision for me in many ways besides costs of petrol, going out etc.

I figure I'm getting screwed enough by the government......
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Old 07-09-2005, 12:49 AM   #14
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FOod... i'm not eating
Same & between fuel and the accident I will be not driving the car much.

Time to crack out the old BMX... modding here I come lol
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Old 07-09-2005, 12:53 AM   #15
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Old 07-09-2005, 12:53 AM   #16
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$98 for the last week in petrol for the van. just hit 400km.....ill let you know when i can afford it.
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Old 07-09-2005, 01:08 AM   #17
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the only driving i do during the week is to work, and thats 8mins away. so i use the 6cyl EB for that. the EF (5.0) usually comes out on weekends. even then, i have more fun in the EB.....

i reckon it may be more economical with a 5spd in it.....hmmm...
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Old 07-09-2005, 01:18 AM   #18
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Driving a lot more sedately as well as converting to LPG..
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Old 07-09-2005, 06:06 AM   #19
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Old 07-09-2005, 06:24 AM   #20
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putting my 'general shopping' on the business fuel card... haha pangs of guilt strike again
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Old 07-09-2005, 07:03 AM   #21
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Ride the moto more ;-) cant argue with about 4L/100k's...blows out to about 6L/100 when i give it a flogging... which is pretty much all the time.
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Old 07-09-2005, 07:23 AM   #22
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Gave up buying lunch at the local deli one day a week and living on Salada / Jatz. Might have to increase it to 3 days the way things are going....at least I'll lose some weight.
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Old 07-09-2005, 07:27 AM   #23
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Havent given up anything yet but considering things, maybe my mortgage!!!
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Old 07-09-2005, 07:33 AM   #24
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So much for looking forward to driving the LTD again. I'd have to get a small loan to pay for the juice..

I'll keep driving the Suzuki until I can save enough to buy petrol... By then PULP will be $2.00!!
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Old 07-09-2005, 07:40 AM   #25
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Driving to work. I'm now starting to get the train to work & back so i can still have some money for play time on the weekends.
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Old 07-09-2005, 07:45 AM   #26
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i actually havent given up on anything im just cutting back the amount of rev's i use to get my car up to speed and just try not driving around wasting fuel as such,my car used to cost 70bucks to fill now its nearing 95 to fill it its pathetic.

im actually gunna be doing the lpg car thing or getting a scooter
scooters run forever on a dry rag so might be the go i reckon.
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Old 07-09-2005, 07:48 AM   #27
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My wife .. she is the one using all the fuel!!!
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Old 07-09-2005, 07:48 AM   #28
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Trying to sell car parts, and not giving the XF more then about 1/2 throttle :(
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Old 07-09-2005, 08:41 AM   #29
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Mrs reckons if we give up smoking we can afford to not only pay for our new XR8 but feed it fuel as well, got the calculator out and shes right.
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Old 07-09-2005, 08:44 AM   #30
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