[TR] Fuel cost - for fun?

[Frank Fisher]

 im more than agitated and mifed at gas prices around $6.50 a US gallon in southeren california.i can still get leaded gas at one special station but "not for use in a road car". i used to treat boththe triump and the bel air a tank full every 4 or 5 fillups. naughty me.but at that time i was paying about 10.00 a gallon when regular gas was around 3.50 +/-.i wont be treating the cars to lead anytime soon, i do not even have the heart to look what that gas may be right now.sigh!frank 
    On Tuesday, May 12, 2026 at 02:34:38 PM PDT, Don Hiscock <don.hiscock at gmail.com> wrote:  
 
 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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