Mike wrote:
> >Personally, I reckon that petrol prices should be fixed for the life of
> >the car at the prevailing rate on the day it was first registered. That
> >would be about 53p a gallon for the Spit, and, what, four-and-six for
> >the Herald?
And Doug replied:
> Mike,
> your math is a little out for the US readers as the US gallon is 3.91
> liters an Imperial gallon is 4.55 liters.
> So your numbers for US comparison should be US$4.36/USgal for LRP and
> US$5.66/USgal for 4star. Still scary numbers all the same, I used to be
> amazed when I worked for the British Army here in Canada you would read
> the ads in UK papers and all the prices would be the same as in Canadian
> ads just with the pound symbol in front instead of a dollar sign.
>
Regardless of the math involved, I like Mike's idea. Based on that, most of
my Triumphs would be running on gasoline at around 19.9 cents/gallon for the
"economy" grades and a whopping 24.9 for the "premium" grade. I like that
idea....
--Andy Mace
"There's a fine line between genius and insanity. I have erased this
line." -- Oscar Levant
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