Graham Stretch wrote:
>
> Hi Mike
> I think I see a flaw in your plan, you could use a bowser full of petrol
> driving round to find enough #.S.D. to pay for a tank full!
> I do like the plan as it would work well for me on my cars, all post
> decimalisation!
>
> Graham.
>
> 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?
The latter is an interesting concept, in the U.S., at least. A 1956 TR3,
registered in west Texas, in the middle of a gas war, would have enjoyed
high octane gas forever for 9.9 cents a gallon.... <smile>
Cheers.
--
Michael D. Porter
Roswell, NM (yes, _that_ Roswell)
[mailto:mporter@zianet.com]
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