[TR] Fuel cost - for fun?

[Don Hiscock]

Well, for reference, Jonmac, distances in this country are a little greater
than yours and public transportation is absent in much of the US.

My state of New Mexico alone is almost 30% greater in land area than all of
the UK.

The idea that the furthest point from the sea could be only 70 miles
continues to amaze people here.

We’d be in the streets with pitchforks and torches if/when fuel prices here
reach yours!

On Tuesday, May 12, 2026, John Macartney <johnbmacartney at gmx.com> wrote:

> My iPad news feed tells me lots of people in the US are getting ‘rather
> agitated’ and ‘a bit miffed’ at gasoline prices hitting the USD4.50 per US
> gallon.
>
> So?
>
> I went to fill up our daily driver today (Kia Sportage hybrid) and
> arriving at the supermarket, saw that 95 octane E10 unleaded has gone up
> yet again, so a part-refill was soon decided.
>
>  For comparative purposes, the equivalent cost in USDs using UK prices is
> this. Our fuel is sold now only in litres and no longer imperial gallons as
> heretofore.
>
> One US gallon is equal to 3.785 litres.
> One litre here costs GBP 1.59 per litre
> One US gallon in GB pounds is 3.785x1.59 = GBP6.02
> Multiply the GBP6.02 by 1.35 to turn them into USDs and the figure is
> USD8.127 per US gallon price in the UK. Europe isn’t too much different
> either.
>
> Basically, double what our ‘a bit miffed’ enthusiast friends are paying on
> t’other side o’t pond, so count your blessings, friends.
>
>  It broke my heart when I sold my two Triumph Big Sixes some years ago but
> if I’d kept them, as sure as hell I’d no longer be able to afford keeping
> them to enjoy their continued and delightful use. Perhaps those who paid me
> a lot less than either was worth at the time, are now limited in only being
> able to look at them and making brrrmmm brrrmmm noises sitting in the
> driving seat. I hope so. The only good news coming out of this chaotic
> international bloody mess both at home and abroad is the Hybrid Kia
> Sportage with part time electric power and regenerative braking is still
> giving us 57mpg on mixed rural and urban use. Being very gentle, 61-63mpg
> is also available - but for how much longer?
>
> Jonmac
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