Unleaded to be phased out in 2011 (NSW)
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From: John_H on 21 Jun 2010 19:23 hippo wrote: > >Oh well, there's always diesel or LPG! Since you mention it... excise will be applied to LPG as from June 2011 (coincident with the removal of the ethanol subsidy). Remember also that excise indexation was abolished by the Howard Government, you can therefore expect an excise review anytime between now and then, more likely then. Any pricing anomolies between petrol and diesel are sure to be corrected... unless of course they want us to use diesel. Or, if it were politically expedient GovCo could offset the price increase due to ethanol by reducing the excise rate, but don't hold your breath since it also coincides with the beginning of the next term of government... giving the sheeple three years to forget about it! :) -- John H
From: Kev on 21 Jun 2010 19:55 John_H wrote: > hippo wrote: >> >> Oh well, there's always diesel or LPG! > > Since you mention it... excise will be applied to LPG as from June > 2011 (coincident with the removal of the ethanol subsidy). > > Remember also that excise indexation was abolished by the Howard > Government, you can therefore expect an excise review anytime between > now and then, more likely then. Any pricing anomolies between petrol > and diesel are sure to be corrected... unless of course they want us > to use diesel. > > Or, if it were politically expedient GovCo could offset the price > increase due to ethanol by reducing the excise rate, but don't hold > your breath since it also coincides with the beginning of the next > term of government... giving the sheeple three years to forget about > it! :) > Well I have 2 out of threee vehicles running on diesel now the latest one doing excellent on it, averages just over 8L/100klm, pretty damn good for a constant 4WD vehicle that weighs 2 tonne and that is 30/70 split city/highway driving That motor would go even better in the ute wonder how well the Toyota twin turbo V8 would go 650Nm and 210Kw Kev
From: Toby on 22 Jun 2010 03:40 On Tue, 22 Jun 2010 07:56:11 +1000, John_H wrote: > The joke is, we could have all stopped it in its tracks simply by > boycotting the stuff in the early stages. Once the 5% target has been > reached, as it probably now has, we're stuck with it! When the community 'accepted' on-the-spot ticketing....... You know the rest. -- Toby Formerly we suffered from crimes; now we suffer from laws. Tacitus
From: John_H on 22 Jun 2010 04:27 Kev wrote: > >Well I have 2 out of threee vehicles running on diesel now >the latest one doing excellent on it, averages just over 8L/100klm, >pretty damn good for a constant 4WD vehicle that weighs 2 tonne and that >is 30/70 split city/highway driving The bookkeeper says I've bought 25,153 litres of distillate so far this year. Thankfully none of it was for my own car! :) >That motor would go even better in the ute >wonder how well the Toyota twin turbo V8 would go >650Nm and 210Kw Should go about the same as 400Nm and 210kW from a naturally aspirated SI engine of similar weight. 390Nm and 300kW would be considerably better! :) -- John H
From: D Walford on 22 Jun 2010 05:34
On 22/06/2010 9:55 AM, Kev wrote: > John_H wrote: >> hippo wrote: >>> >>> Oh well, there's always diesel or LPG! >> >> Since you mention it... excise will be applied to LPG as from June >> 2011 (coincident with the removal of the ethanol subsidy). >> >> Remember also that excise indexation was abolished by the Howard >> Government, you can therefore expect an excise review anytime between >> now and then, more likely then. Any pricing anomolies between petrol >> and diesel are sure to be corrected... unless of course they want us >> to use diesel. >> >> Or, if it were politically expedient GovCo could offset the price >> increase due to ethanol by reducing the excise rate, but don't hold >> your breath since it also coincides with the beginning of the next >> term of government... giving the sheeple three years to forget about >> it! :) >> > > > Well I have 2 out of threee vehicles running on diesel now > the latest one doing excellent on it, averages just over 8L/100klm, > pretty damn good for a constant 4WD vehicle that weighs 2 tonne and that > is 30/70 split city/highway driving Prado SWB with a 3.0TD? Same engine as in my Hilux, my economy is not quite that good but it gets in the low 8's on the hwy, would probably be better if the tub wasn't full of tools most of the time. > > That motor would go even better in the ute > wonder how well the Toyota twin turbo V8 would go > 650Nm and 210Kw I had a short drive of a 2009 78 series GXL ute with the TD V8, saying I was impressed is an understatement. Daryl |