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"... <span
style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">$2.41
per litre for premium 98 octane petrol ..."<br>
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Before us Yankees get all excited, I believe this is per the
'research' method. In the 'States we use the average of the
research and motor methods, and there's generally a 7-8 octane
point spread between the two, so this would be equivalent to
93-94-octane here.<br>
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"... </span><span
style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><span
style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">NO
ethanol content ..."<br>
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Now, THIS gets me excited! I presume NZ doesn't have corn
mega-agribusiness shoving their product into our cars.<br>
<br>
Bob<br>
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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">On 5/8/2021 4:48 PM, Mark Donaldson
wrote:<br>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Gentlemen,
to put things into perspective,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Way
down here in New Zealand we are presently paying NZ$2.41 per
litre for premium 98 octane petrol guaranteed with NO
ethanol content from selected <b>Mobil</b>, and some <b>BP</b>
and <b>Caltex</b> stations around the country. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">At
the current USD v NZD exchange rate of 73 cents, that is
US$1.76 per litre – or $6.66 per <b>US gallon</b>. That is
exactly NZ$8.00 per <b>Imperial gallon</b>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">I
got 27.5 mpg from our tri-carb on a 2,278 mile trip to our
National Rally in the South island in March. I’m very
pleased with that.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">The
further south we got, the worse the gas got. It seems to be
more prevalent in the South Island.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">The
car LOVES being back home in Auckland.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">In
the Auckland region we pay an extra 10 cents plus tax to
fund roading and transport projects. At least, that’s
where our government tell us it’s going.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Frankly,
I think a lot of that money is funding the literally
hundreds of thousands of orange road cones clogging up our
roads!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Mark<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="font-family:"Tahoma",sans-serif;color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US">Ardmore,
NZ<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span
style="color:#1F497D;mso-fareast-language:EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b><span lang="EN-US">From:</span></b><span
lang="EN-US"> WILLIAM B LAWRENCE <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:ynotink@msn.com"><ynotink@msn.com></a>
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<b>Sent:</b> Saturday, 8 May 2021 6:07 a.m.<br>
<b>To:</b> Bluehealey <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:bluehealey@gmail.com"><bluehealey@gmail.com></a><br>
<b>Cc:</b> Bob Spidell <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:bspidell@comcast.net"><bspidell@comcast.net></a>;
Michael Salter <a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:michaelsalter@gmail.com"><michaelsalter@gmail.com></a>;
<a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="mailto:healeys@autox.team.net">healeys@autox.team.net</a><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Healeys] Vapor lock gas<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">I feel your pain... But don’t worry, our
politicians are busy working on ways to close that gap.
Unleaded regular is up 60 to 70 cents in the last three
months. Funny how that works.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Bill Lawrence<o:p></o:p></p>
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