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[GD2ILA]

i just fueled up with BP Ultimate AUD 1.87 a liter , now that hurts . my gtr is my daily driver so i fuel up full tant every 3 days. the price we pay for performance .

[KURAUN]

wooo having no licence ftw atm it seems

although by the time i get it back itll be over $2 a litre

[Shakiel]

just try waiting till tuesday man, i filled up my GTR at $1.71/litre, but still it was a total of $104 .. i cant believe there was time wen i use to fill my old 180sx up at $1 - $1.10 a litre

[West]

At least you have a GTR as a daily....................

[ITZTRU]

At least you have a GTR as a daily....................

yeah man! all those unappreciative bastards!

[sloutch]

Well it's a Thursday. Maybe try filling it up on a Tuesday when petrol prices are slightly cheaper. But hey, you're driving a GTR, petrol costs should be the last thing you need to complain about. Gone are the days of 85 cents per litre.

[DNGRUS]

I cant drive atm coz i lost my license, but I am saving so much money!

But i cant belive how high petrol prices are rocketing...

suxx

[R-SPEC]

i rarely fill up the whole tank. just put 30-50 bux in evrytime i go anywhere and usually use it all up.

stop whinging, you drive an r34 gtr you can afford 1.80/L for petrol

[Charles89]

i rarely fill up the whole tank. just put 30-50 bux in evrytime i go anywhere and usually use it all up.

stop whinging, you drive an r34 gtr you can afford 1.80/L for petrol

Maybe people used up all their life savings just to buy a GTR, so no money for petrol

But anyway, will fuel prices EVER come back down again? like EVER?

[JMP 82]

just to reiterate... i fill up tues evenings or wed mornings... usually around 1.5-1.6... best you get these days...

coles/safeway vouchers ftw too!

[Mayuri Krab]

But anyway, will fuel prices EVER come back down again? like EVER?

Better go & ask George W Bush & see if he will stop attacking Iraq & Iran...

I still remeber when I 1st came to AU & the cheapest fuel I saw once was something like 50c/L with my dad filling up his old Subaru 1800 wagon with leaded fuel which was about 10c more...

good times. good times...

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[Nismo Racer]

awwww remember not too long ago people bitching when it USED cost $1 per L

Time for hybrid Skyline *run and hide

[JMP 82]

in a couple of years, we'll all be looking back and saying 'remember when we complained that it was 1.70 a litre? those were the days...'

[cln]

gta love my daily.. gas ftw

[DogKnight]

Seriously considering going with a full gas conversion. No petrol, just purely gas. Would cost a lot, but the savings may be worthwhile, and the few extra kw's would be nice.

[R31Nismoid]

wooo having no licence ftw atm it seems

although by the time i get it back itll be over $2 a litre

lol last time i filled my tank fully was 3 years ago

It was $1.10 a ltr for ultimate or so

How times have changed, i put $50 in the other week, didnt even dint the fuel gauge @ $1.76

[Jetdat]

100 octane v-racing lately has been about same price or even cheaper than v-power

hate to think how much its gonna be once they put it up though

[(B1) MR_fanny]

i dont drive it much but i put 40 everyweek so if i dont drive for a week i feel better when i fill up next week as i think im getting more. denial is good sometimes.

its all those darn speculators that jack the prices up. ooww i heard barry might buy 3 pairs of brown socks at dimmeys, better play safe and jack up the oil price in case he does. even the oil producers cant put a price on their oil.

[SS8_Gohan]

and the few extra kw's would be nice.

i'm pretty sure you LOSE power when you go to gas

Better go & ask George W Bush & see if he will stop attacking Iraq & Iran...

incorrect. I don't see GWB flexing any US muscle on Nigeria? I don't see GWB telling the speculators to jump on the oil bandwagon. I don't see OPEC hugely increasing oil production (relative to some demands from US/EU, etc).

GWB is a tool, no doubt, but Iraq and Iran have had little impact on what we're seeing now.

[SS8_Gohan]

i rarely fill up the whole tank. just put 30-50 bux in evrytime i go anywhere and usually use it all up.

you will notice a difference, albeit slight, if you DON'T run your fuel down. You get more bang for buck (more fuel, less fumes, i know, sounds silly) on the refil if you fill from halfway.

I did some testing, filling from halfway i can get about ~20km more out of tank, compared to filling from empty. Nominal, but still an improvement nonetheless.

So you're best off getting to halfway then filling up.

Obviously tyre pressures and driving style are going to help further still, and all that jazz

G2DILA: Pump tyres to 38-40psi. (Buy a $5 pen tyre pressure tester to check this regularly).

Try and fill from halfway if possible. Regular oil changes with something around the 0w30, 0w40, 5w30 with a group 4 or higher Synth oil. (Filter as well)

As people have said, fill on Tuesdays, wednesday mornings. There are also some arguments for filling up early morning, late evening as again, there are less fumes (less servo traffic, less fuel being moved about), petrol has settled.

If you have an aftermarket comptuer, get someone like Ben @ Racepace to check everything, make sure it's not running silly rich. Check spark plugs as well, maybe even upgrade coil packs.

If you don't have an aftermarket computer, still not a bad idea to throw the car on a dyno to check to see how the ratios are going

But i suppose mostly it comes down to the right foot, choosing gears, etc..

take PT if possible I've switched to PT for my weekday shifts at work