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[What's Burning?]

[ net pay after taxes is more like 30-35k and that's $$ not pounds, so it's worth sh!t these days.

That is pretty poo, The USD and AUD are about 1-1 these days so I cant imagine teachers here getting that, some friends who are teachers i think get around 47k after tax.

It's not right to compare straight like that. There are differences in the purchasing power of the currencies and the US dollar still has proportionally more purchasing power than most other currencies, i.e., you get a lot for your money here in the US (just look at the gas prices compared to Europe or Australia!). So, the 'value' of 30k net when living costs are factored in, may well be higher or the same as your example teacher's in Australia.

how much is Gas going in the US atm? im paying $1.30 but expected to rise to $1.50 for the easter weekend

I'm in PA which is a high gas tax state and I pay 3.93 a gallon currently for 93 octane that I have to use. There are other states with less gas tax or that have refineries in state that pay quite a lot less, around 20 or 25 cents less per gallon.

[darwin dali]

About a buck a liter. Hope it goes to 2 bucks to send a wake-up signal up the Americans' brain stem

[What's Burning?]

About a buck a liter. Hope it goes to 2 bucks to send a wake-up signal up the Americans' brain stem

I think it's got to go all the way to the medula oblongata at 3 bucks a liter before I stop seeing Hummer H3s with only the driver and no passengers at the mall.

[bud]

[ net pay after taxes is more like 30-35k and that's $$ not pounds, so it's worth sh!t these days.

That is pretty poo, The USD and AUD are about 1-1 these days so I cant imagine teachers here getting that, some friends who are teachers i think get around 47k after tax.

It's not right to compare straight like that. There are differences in the purchasing power of the currencies and the US dollar still has proportionally more purchasing power than most other currencies, i.e., you get a lot for your money here in the US (just look at the gas prices compared to Europe or Australia!). So, the 'value' of 30k net when living costs are factored in, may well be higher or the same as your example teacher's in Australia.

how much is Gas going in the US atm? im paying $1.30 but expected to rise to $1.50 for the easter weekend

I'm in PA which is a high gas tax state and I pay 3.93 a gallon currently for 93 octane that I have to use. There are other states with less gas tax or that have refineries in state that pay quite a lot less, around 20 or 25 cents less per gallon.

I should have added thats per Litre, for the normal 90RON, 98RON high octane fuel usually adds 15c/litre.

1 gal(US Liq) = 3.78541 L

[myownalias]

About a buck a liter. Hope it goes to 2 bucks to send a wake-up signal up the Americans' brain stem

I love the way that many Americans complain about the gas prices; I always point out they are lucky to not live in Europe; it's about 2 US$ per litre, close to 8 US$ per gallon (given the exchange rate). People were complaining when gas was at 2.50 US$, coming from Europe; I am very happy with $3.35 for 89 octane right now.

[What's Burning?]

[ net pay after taxes is more like 30-35k and that's $$ not pounds, so it's worth sh!t these days.

That is pretty poo, The USD and AUD are about 1-1 these days so I cant imagine teachers here getting that, some friends who are teachers i think get around 47k after tax.

It's not right to compare straight like that. There are differences in the purchasing power of the currencies and the US dollar still has proportionally more purchasing power than most other currencies, i.e., you get a lot for your money here in the US (just look at the gas prices compared to Europe or Australia!). So, the 'value' of 30k net when living costs are factored in, may well be higher or the same as your example teacher's in Australia.

how much is Gas going in the US atm? im paying $1.30 but expected to rise to $1.50 for the easter weekend

I'm in PA which is a high gas tax state and I pay 3.93 a gallon currently for 93 octane that I have to use. There are other states with less gas tax or that have refineries in state that pay quite a lot less, around 20 or 25 cents less per gallon.

I should have added thats per Litre, for the normal 90RON, 98RON high octane fuel usually adds 15c/litre.

1 gal(US Liq) = 3.78541 L

I've never bothered to do the octane translation so what does 93 octane here translate to? That the highest you can get in a garden variety gas station. There are small special places that will sell you race fuel 104 or 107 octane but at much much higher cost. I upgraded the software on my Audi so I have to put in 93 octane to get the additional extra horsepower.

[bud]

Research Octane Number (RON)
The most common type of octane rating worldwide is the Research Octane Number (RON). RON is determined by running the fuel in a test engine with a variable compression ratio under controlled conditions, and comparing the results with those for mixtures of iso-octane and n-heptane.

Over here you can get 90 RON, 95 RON and 98 RON. I know in Japan they have over 100 RON as their Premium. I had to get my old GTR tuned to 98RON once it arrived here or else it would be pinging like a mofo. So I feel your pain. Even that said i still use 98RON on my current Yank Tank 6ltre V8 Engine, not only for the extra power but its cleaner and a little more efficient.

[What's Burning?]

Research Octane Number (RON)
The most common type of octane rating worldwide is the Research Octane Number (RON). RON is determined by running the fuel in a test engine with a variable compression ratio under controlled conditions, and comparing the results with those for mixtures of iso-octane and n-heptane.

Over here you can get 90 RON, 95 RON and 98 RON. I know in Japan they have over 100 RON as their Premium. I had to get my old GTR tuned to 98RON once it arrived here or else it would be pinging like a mofo. So I feel your pain. Even that said i still use 98RON on my current Yank Tank 6ltre V8 Engine, not only for the extra power but its cleaner and a little more efficient.

I was afraid to wiki it because the only RON I know was RON JEREMY, and we know his octane rating.

[bud]

Research Octane Number (RON)
The most common type of octane rating worldwide is the Research Octane Number (RON). RON is determined by running the fuel in a test engine with a variable compression ratio under controlled conditions, and comparing the results with those for mixtures of iso-octane and n-heptane.

Over here you can get 90 RON, 95 RON and 98 RON. I know in Japan they have over 100 RON as their Premium. I had to get my old GTR tuned to 98RON once it arrived here or else it would be pinging like a mofo. So I feel your pain. Even that said i still use 98RON on my current Yank Tank 6ltre V8 Engine, not only for the extra power but its cleaner and a little more efficient.

I was afraid to wiki it because the only RON I know was RON JEREMY, and we know his octane rating.

RON Dennis came up but his rating was rather small.


On the same page it said the US has a different rating. AKI Anti Knock index. So the 87 is the same as 91RON not 90 like i said.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octane_rating

there you go thought everyone used RON.

[geetface9]

I started riding my bike the 4 miles to work 5 days a week cuz of the gas prices. I can afford gas, I am just tired of my wallet being raped each time I go to the pump!!!!!!!!

[Jabberwocky]

I paid £1.49 a Litre the other day for Diesel.

so £6.77 a gallon.
so about US$11.08

[What's Burning?]

I paid £1.49 a Litre the other day for Diesel.

so £6.77 a gallon.
so about US$11.08

And at that price, I do think I'd stop seeing the Hummer H3's about.

[vlad]

Maybe the name of this GP is pretty stupid, but the track itself could prove to be very exciting.

[bud]

Maybe the name of this GP is pretty stupid, but the track itself could prove to be very exciting.

Hey get back off topic we are talking gas here!!

[vlad]

Hahahaha!