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Price of fuel...
V8MoneyPit:
:lol: :lol:
So what this tells us is that depending on how you use the figures, different results can be obtained. I wonder if the government have thought of this??? :roll: :lol:
dxmedia:
Was speaking to a guy yeasturday who was saying that in '68 a tank of fuel for his car cost about 1/2 his weekly wages. There wasn't many cars around in the 60's which had 80 > 100L fuel tanks either.
Kind puts it into perspective a little IMO.
V8MoneyPit:
I bought a 4.2 XJ6 when I was about 18. I remember filling both tanks when I first bought it and having the shock of my life when it got to £60 IIRC. Now it cost me that to fill the relatively tiny tank in the 90.
I take your point about wages though. Filling the Jag 28 or so years ago took a painful percentage of my wages. Now, filling a tank just hurts because I know most of it goes to a wasteful government.
MuddyMike:
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It was five bob a gallon when I bought my first tankfull.
So, who will be first to reply with how much a liter five bob a gallon works out to?
Mike
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5.5p per litre. Am I really so sad I actually sat down and worked it out?? :lol:
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Spot on. Five bob was indeed five shillings or 25 new pence per gallon. Divided by 4.54 (liters in a gallon) makes it 5.5p per liter.
A year later I paid nine pounds and ten shillings for a Morris traveler, and it came with 3 months tax and a years MOT!!!
Mike
dxmedia:
over 240.... makes it about 20 odd p a litre....
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