Thread: Petrol v diesel economy

Got the Email today: Gull service stations 12 cents/L off for 24 hours, finishing lunchtime Thursday

terrano was just under half a tank...put $100 of diesel in and didnt quite fill it!!!!! running at about 3km per $ now

Originally Posted by 257weatherby

Worth remembering that while the manufacturers, suppliers, distribution and retailers all have to make a dollar, it is actually the government at fault for the sheer scale of cost to the private motorist and freight operators. It is free money for the govt, they do nothing for it, blaming the fuel companies is off the mark, they take home the least, yet they do all the work.

and the tax take PER LITRE is still more than it was 12mths ago even with the 25cents off..... go back a year further and the numbers look even worse,the taxman is creaming it now and not likely to take foot off throat anytime soon....money for jam.

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

terrano was just under half a tank...put $100 of diesel in and didnt quite fill it!!!!! running at about 3km per $ now

I got caught out by the $150 limit the other day at Gull/Waitomo and the like. Pump stopped and didn't think about it till I drove off and realize the tank wasn't actually full.

Originally Posted by Barefoot

I got caught out by the $150 limit the other day at Gull/Waitomo and the like. Pump stopped and didn't think about it till I drove off and realize the tank wasn't actually full.

You know you can go over $150?


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Just under half in the Ranger, 45L and two 20L fuel cans was $188 about. Then topped off the car and 2 20L petrol cans for the garden toys, plus another $165. At least I got two sets of Gull discount vouchers... Ouch.

Takes me 1 hour 20min to fill the 2000L tank at Gull, cause they permit one fill going to $200 before its: put nozzle back in slot-go get receipt enter credit card go get nozzle start filling , rinse and repeat!-.

Waitomo machines are still stuck on the $150 limit which is now a serious inconvenience!

Gull diesel taihape today $2.65 till tomorrow lunch time.
Waiouru has really dropped their price lately as well.
$3.15 in Ohakune though!
.50c difference on 50l fill with some 20ldeisel drums for the tractor worth the trip if I can tie it in with something else!

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Winchester is by far the cheapest fuel down here...take note @Thar @Brian its not much further at all if heading inland towards tekapo to carry on down SH1 and fill then back track 100mtrs and head inland again,will hit the roundabout and flick left to by pass Geraldine completely....$2.70 there today for diesel ,petrol is closer in price to the other pumps but still beats it by a little...its a McKewon site so keep an eye on thier others.

Mckeown fuel pumps in Fairlie too. Bp is outrageous, stay away!

The phone app Gaspy is wicked.
Back to the intent of the thread, while I am not buying anything anytime soon, and I hate filling up no matter what I have, the way things are, I would be buying a petrol

Originally Posted by XR500

Takes me 1 hour 20min to fill the 2000L tank at Gull, cause they permit one fill going to $200 before its: put nozzle back in slot-go get receipt enter credit card go get nozzle start filling , rinse and repeat!-.

Waitomo machines are still stuck on the $150 limit which is now a serious inconvenience!

The $150 limit is the default maximum on waiting terminals. If you key in your own max, it’ll go over $150. Did it last night, keyed in $200, which got the tank pretty much full.


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Originally Posted by 257weatherby

Mckeown fuel pumps in Fairlie too. Bp is outrageous, stay away!

Bp was always the favorite of the AA , dunno why down here they were always the first to raise.

Mckeown seems to be the most consistent here with three sites .

Close to $400 to fill the Landcruiser, it lasts about 8 days around town.

30 odd years ago there was a Shell service station in Blenheim Road Ch-Ch that closed, the building is still there and is used for a Mechanical workshop.
Shell spent thousands trying to track down fuel losses on the site, testing tanks and lines, checking the fuel pumps weren't over delivering, theft etc.
When they abandoned the site and removed the tanks etc an additional suction line was pulled up which went under the back fence into the neighbours property, attached to the other side of the fence was a semi rotary hand pump with 3m of hose.
Turned out years before it closed a plumber lived over the fence and whilst it was under a tank upgrade he snuck out and teed into a suction line and quickly buried it.

Originally Posted by 300winmag

Close to $400 to fill the Landcruiser, it lasts about 8 days around town.

30 odd years ago there was a Shell service station in Blenheim Road Ch-Ch that closed, the building is still there and is used for a Mechanical workshop.
Shell spent thousands trying to track down fuel losses on the site, testing tanks and lines, checking the fuel pumps weren't over delivering, theft etc.
When they abandoned the site and removed the tanks etc an additional suction line was pulled up which went under the back fence into the neighbours property, attached to the other side of the fence was a semi rotary hand pump with 3m of hose.
Turned out years before it closed a plumber lived over the fence and whilst it was under a tank upgrade he snuck out and teed into a suction line and quickly buried it.

Would have been pissed off when it closed...

I can't quite work out why no one has built a replacement diff head that contains an electric motor/generator - you could replace the diff head in your ute with that add a hybrid type battery pack under the body and not only would you then have an assist motor for slow speeds and towing which would reduce a lot of wear and tear on starting off with heavy trailers - it would make a bloody handy electromagnetic retarder on downhills when towing. On a modern common rail it would be good for a 2-3L/100Km fuel saving I reckon...