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"Too many of us are not living our dreams because we are living our fears. Les Brown
Here in Southern Ontari-owe Canada regular today is $1.84 a liter, Premium up somewhere above $2.00.... so roughly $6.00 or $6.75 US a US gallon. If you are lucky enough to live near a First Nation/ Reserve with a gas station you can knock about 30 to 50 cents a liter off those prices as they don't charge the provincial taxes on gas sold on their territory.
You can't get there from here....
Mods and Tweaks:
Showcrome Trunk Rack
Showcrome LED Trunk Light
Garmin 390LM
Spyderzone Floating Hiway Boards
Spyderzone Mount Dash Bracket
BajaRon Antisway Bar
Showcrome full-size brake pedal
Spyder-2-Go Driver Cup holder
Ram X phone mount
SpyderExtras 12 volt Docking Station
BRP Driver Backrest
Monster 4K Action Camera
Spyderzone LED Fender Mount Spotlights
CASA LED Headlights and Foglights
Today in Western New Mexico at Flying J, $4.75 for premium. Wow, now twice as much per tank!
2021 Spyder RT-L - Asphalt Grey
Vredestein tires all around
Rolo Laser Alignment
Lamonster tire balancing rings/front
Lamonster Sway Bar
Lamonster belt tensioner
K and N air filter
Rear cowl - in place when you remove rear box
Here in Southern Ontari-owe Canada. If you are lucky enough to live near a First Nation/ Reserve with a gas station you can knock about 30 to 50 cents a liter off those prices as they don't charge the provincial taxes on gas sold on their territory.
Here in BC (British Columbia) that only holds true if you have a status card....all others, including myself, pay ALL of the taxes. BC fuel prices are the highest in North America, or so were told.
So it looks like our AUD $2.60+ a litre for Std ULP is still looking pretty exxy, even if it's no longer quite so close to twice the price y'all are paying?! There again, cos I do tend to use the capabilities provided by the ECU Upgrade a lot, I run my Spyder on 95 RON, and it's more expensive again (it works out to about $8.685 USD/US Gall) sooo.... ......
For now, in my part of Oz we seem to be holding steady at the sorta prices mentioned above, give or take the usual weekly fluctuations of up to 5-10c or so per litre between the Tues-Friday lower price cycle & the higher prices from Friday Arvo 'til Tuesday Morning - well it is the weekend or filling after the weekend, so I guess they assume that's gotta be for recreation, and of course you'll pay more for gas when it's used for recreation! So we generally try to fill on Tuesday arvo here, AFTER the prices drop; then again BEFORE Friday Lunchtime, when they go back up for the weekend! Then going on a weekend ryde over 200 miles or so isn't quite so painful...
But if you happen to travel much beyond the coastal fringe of 'settled areas' & head into the Outback, especially the remote Outback not only do you need to check carefully to see if there's gas available along your route, you should also expect to pay AUD $3.00 or more for Std ULP (IF you can get it! And when you can get it, it's rarely the Std 91RON most outlets sell in the cities, it's usually low octane 87RON 'Opal' fuel to discourage petrol sniffing. ) and it usually costs even more for diesel! . Many Outback pumps (not that there really are all that many! ) especially the older 'analogue' style pumps, no longer bother with 'Cents' on the display - it's all just whole Dollars, rounded up.... I can tell you that putting in over $60 worth of 87 RON Opal gas to fill the Spyder (just under 20 litres) was a bit of a shock! And yeah, my milage/economy on the 87RON Opal WAS significantly reduced! Barely got 100 miles of careful knock limiting/gas conserving running outta that tank, against my usual 150-200 miles of (somewhat 'spirited' ) ryding from the 95 RON that I usually run.
Still, I'm sorta glad I'm not filling the Long Range tanks on the 4WD's any more - right now, filling one of those vehicles with diesel would take close to $1000! Yeah, orright, I could usually expect to travel at least 3500kms or 2200ish miles on the almost 300 litres of diesel they carried, but still, outlaying that sorta cash is a big hit in the hip pocket! (And they're remote too, often no cell-phone service or internet, so cash is still king out there! ) But you gotta pay if you wanta go remote places in this wiiide country we've got here Down Under....
Last edited by Peter Aawen; 03-13-2022 at 06:26 PM.
If the oil and fuel prices are coming down, they forgot to tell the gas stations around here.....
Yes, interesting how fast they go up and how slowly they go back down…
Trent - 2017 asphalt grey RT Limited,
Ultimate Seat, Baha Rons sway bar, Vredestine rear tire, Federal Formoza fronts, SlingMods LED head and fog lights, Lamonsters highway pegs
Yes, interesting how fast they go up and how slowly they go back down…
Please just don't take it out on the poor guy at the pump.
It's not his fault.
Did that for five years after hi-school.
One day I just had enough, customer was screaming at me about the price of fuel.
I turned to him and said, sir if you would please give me your name and phone number and the next time I have lunch with the president of Imperial oil I will be sure to tell him how displeased you are.
Please just don't take it out on the poor guy at the pump.
It's not his fault.
Did that for five years after hi-school.
One day I just had enough, customer was screaming at me about the price of fuel.
I turned to him and said, sir if you would please give me your name and phone number and the next time I have lunch with the president of Imperial oil I will be sure to tell him how displeased you are.
Great response!
2014 Copper RTS
Tri-Axis bars, CB, BajaRon sway bar & shock adjusters, SpyderPop's Bumpskid, NBV peg brackets, LED headlights and modulator, Wolo trumpet air horns, trailer hitch, custom trailer harness, high mount turn signals, Custom Dynamics brake light, LED turn signal lights on mirrors, LED strip light for a dash light, garage door opener, LED lights in frunk, trunk, and saddlebags, RAM mounts and cradles for tablet (for GPS) and phone (for music), and Smooth Spyder belt tensioner.
Overhere in the Netherlands, we now pay 2.55 euro, per liter (2.82 US Dollar) , and no sign, of getting cheaper...
the funniest thing about this particular signature is that by the time you realise it doesn't say anything it's to late to stop reading it........
Spyder F3s 2019 All Black ( Named it: Brutus)
Carbon Items added, just for looks
Upgraded Shocks Trac-Tive, Rear hi/lo and rebound adjustable, with Hydraulic Pre-Load adjuster
fronts hi/lo and rebound adjustable, custom made by the Trac-Tive Guru's
Swaybar (Ron's)
Tyres Front Michelin Cross Climate+ 175/60-15
Rear, for 2022 still a Kenda, next Yokohama Advan Fleva 205/55R15
Exhaust Bone stock, with a RLS Cat- Delete
Custom ECU-Mapping, rewritten/adapted to my Ridingstyle
Pedalbox, Awesome Upgrade...
In the truck today and noticed gas was down about 15 cents a gallon from a couple weeks ago. Had half a tank left, but stopped and topped it off anyway. $4.19 a gallon today. Still not cheap. Cost almost $65 to top off a tank that was half full already.
.... Gas in Indiana has been very active. Two days ago the price was $4.25/gallon of regular. This morning the price is $4.45. Why, I don't have a clue.
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