Careful, Dave, or we'll drag the Brits on the list in on this, and THEN
we'll see some gas prices after accounting for exchange (I, too got your
$2.08 in USD, but that was for regular - how about another dime per litre
for premium?). I prefer to think of my mileage as 'tankfuls per season', and
as the price of getting more real motoring fun than in a Boxster or other
'soul-less' modern sports car. BTW - Ottawa is nearly snow-free - just a
couple good rains away from another season in the 6 and 3A! Cheers, JD.
-----Original Message-----
From: Dave Terrick [SMTP:dterrick@pangea.ca]
Sent: April 6, 1999 2:48 PM
To: Day.John@fin.gc.ca
Cc: triumphs@autox.team.net; spitfires@autox.team.net
Subject: Re: Back from cruising (No LBC)
...and here in sunny Winterpeg (we've had 15 inches (40 cm) of wet,
thick,
spring mountain like snow, starting on April 1. NO FOOLING. Gas
went up
from .499/l to .549/l. In 'merican that's $2.08 per US gallon cdn.
Adjusted for currency, that's $.39 US per US gallon. Bastards!
Lest you
think different, we don;t make an extra 50% in income to cover the
exchange,
so imagine paying $2.08/usg AFTER paying 26-56% income tax.
((of course, non of this matters as my GT6 sits quietly under snow,
still
attempting the spontaneous parts regeneration Andy M refers to,
awaiting the
day when I can afford to pay a bodyman to fix the hood I replaced
after the
race incident. The Honda, FWIW, uses no gas at all (36 mpg city),
and - get
this - LEAKS NOTHING AT ALL!!!! BWAHAAHAAHAAHHAA
Dave T
Winterpeg.
PS how Was Xmas, oops, I mean Easter (wow what a short summer we
had)
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>>Gee, and I thought we had it tough in upstate New York, where
prices had
>>dipped as low as 85.9 for cheap regular. Now it's a whopping
105.9!
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>>--Andy
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>What's that noise? Very, very faint noise? Oh yeah, it's all us out
here
>crying for you! <VBG>
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>Now when I see these price tables of national average gas price,
I'll know
>it's not a joke-there really is a place!
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>Laura G. and Nigel
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