Cost of Fuel abroad

[RSM Masser]

Just returned from a very nice holiday and thought I would check out the price of fuel whilst in Egypt.
Maths is not my strong point so I was quite relieved when my currency conversion technique revelead a cost of 90L.E. (Egyptian Pounds) to be approx £1 a litre.

How wrong was I - its 90 cents a litre which is about 9pence!!!

I very nearly emptied all the suitcases of clothes and bought plastic bottles to fill with fuel!

 

[dem maser]

Got a cousin who fills up a honda for £10 in dubai.....

 

[Parisien]

....but wages in Egypt.......a 10th of here.......so only what market can bear....

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[NickP]

15p a litre in Libya so I read today.... sickening really.

 

[Parisien]

Yup......taxation of all types a true pain...eps when flittered away for no real gain to those who paid it in the first place!

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[Maser Sod]

Yeah, I get *really* hacked off when the govt blame it on everything but the tax.

I was in Romania on the weekend, I got a taxi from the airport to my hotel in central Bucharest, the cost was 13 RON (love it!) which is roughly two quid sixty. Go work out what the cost of fuel is if the drivers are doing two to three trips like this per hour and still making a living.

 

[NickP]

I was in Denmark last week and it was 10 krona per litre for diesel, 11 for petrol, so roughly £1...

 

[Ton3200]

Belgium today.
For 1 liter
Fuel £1.35
Diesel £1.15

 

[Parisien]

.....gee........pretty cheap.......in both Denmark and Belgium....France and Italy both very similar to here....as is the ROI!!!


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[X1ons]

Just returned from Cyprus where we hired a Jeep for 3 days - it was 1.24 euro per litre - so that £1.08.

 

[Budapeststu]

You'll like this. In Hungary, a country better off than Romania but still a long long way off the UK, I filled up at the weekend and paid 445 HUF/litre. That's £1.45, albeit for V Power Racing. I'd pay £1.23/l for standard 95 RON petrol.

 

[Easyplan66]

Just returned from a very nice holiday and thought I would check out the price of fuel whilst in Egypt.
Maths is not my strong point so I was quite relieved when my currency conversion technique revelead a cost of 90L.E. (Egyptian Pounds) to be approx £1 a litre.

How wrong was I - its 90 cents a litre which is about 9pence!!!

I very nearly emptied all the suitcases of clothes and bought plastic bottles to fill with fuel!

and they still make a profit on that! think how much they make out of us not including the rediculus 80% tax the government steals !!

 

[NickP]

.....gee........pretty cheap.......in both Denmark and Belgium....France and Italy both very similar to here....as is the ROI!!!


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Beer was £6 a pint in Denmark, I belive its now hitting £10 in Sweden..... swings and roundabouts I guess?!

 

[Parisien]

...some very sober high speed drivers out there then!!!!


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[Emtee]

Beer was £6 a pint in Denmark, I belive its now hitting £10 in Sweden..... swings and roundabouts I guess?!

Yep, don't take your eye's off your pint in Scandinavia. It'll be gone in a flash!

 

[Parisien]

...not spiked with 30mgs of ketamine/rohypnol....decent sorts over there......


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[DaveT]

Don't know those ones P?

With your medical background can you please enlighten me?

 

[Parisien]

.....leg pulling Dave.....?!........horse doping drug/heavy sedative the 2nd....................

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[DaveT]

Ah OK.

Probably what took care of Shergar then Frank?

Haven't seen him lately round the border country have you with Lord Lucan in the saddle?

 

[Parisien]

....I meet him regularly.........as I blast down the highway to H*E*L*L*....toot my horn and rev the beast hoping he might fall off......


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