Re: [LINK] Fuel Check website helps drivers find cheap petrol

2016-08-28 Thread Paul Bolger
I think the WA version has been around longer. The crucial difference is that in WA the service station is only allowed to change the price once a day, so they can't indicate really cheap petrol, wait 30 min, and put the price up as the suckers arrive. If I remember rightly the Rudd government

Re: [LINK] Fuel Check website helps drivers find cheap petrol

2016-08-27 Thread Kim Davies
> On Aug 26, 2016, at 3:07 AM, Stephen Loosley > wrote: > Fuel Check website helps drivers find cheap petrol > 26 Aug 2016 > ... > State Minister for Innovation and Better Regulation Victor Dominello said the > site was the first of its kind in the country and was

Re: [LINK] Fuel Check website helps drivers find cheap petrol

2016-08-26 Thread David Lochrin
On 2016-08-27 08:58 JanW wrote: > At 10:29 PM 26/08/2016, Antony Barry wrote: > >> Back to petrol, I buy around 30 litres a month. > > Me too -- without using the bike or walking much. :)) > Buy local, plan trips. ...and buy some model of Prius! I get a long-term average of just under 5

Re: [LINK] Fuel Check website helps drivers find cheap petrol

2016-08-26 Thread JanW
At 10:43 PM 26/08/2016, Stephen Loosley wrote: >I'd say this site will become very popular across NSW, and, will result in >lower >fuel prices across the State. An excellent State Gov initiative, and one which >I'd certainly hope Victoria etc soon emulates. Well done the NSW government. Ours

Re: [LINK] Fuel Check website helps drivers find cheap petrol

2016-08-26 Thread JanW
At 10:29 PM 26/08/2016, Antony Barry wrote: >Back to petrol, I buy around 30 litres a month. Me too -- without using the bike or walking much. :)) Buy local, plan trips. But it's still nice to see prices below $1/l Jan I write books. http://janwhitaker.com/?page_id=8 Melbourne, Victoria,

Re: [LINK] Fuel Check website helps drivers find cheap petrol

2016-08-26 Thread Stephen Loosley
On Fri, 26 Aug 2016 Roger writes > Hilarious example ... > > (There are of course counter-examples). Haha .. yes true. It certainly looks to become a useful website resource though. For example, my sister lives in Marrickville, which shows an apparent 16c / litre difference on

Re: [LINK] Fuel Check website helps drivers find cheap petrol

2016-08-26 Thread Antony Barry
> On 26 Aug 2016, at 8:07 PM, Stephen Loosley > wrote: > > Fuel Check website helps drivers find cheap petrol I’m 75, closer to 76. I do have car and I try to drive below the speed limit or 85kmph whichever is the lower. In explanation 85kmph is the minimum speed

Re: [LINK] Fuel Check website helps drivers find cheap petrol

2016-08-26 Thread Roger Clarke
At 20:07 +1000 26/8/16, Stephen Loosley wrote: Today fuel was almost 20 cents cheaper in Tahmoor than it was Appin. Hilarious example. I suspect that the road between the two is broken by bridge-work. Because Google Maps is currently showing a 50km each way drive north via Campbelltown or

[LINK] Fuel Check website helps drivers find cheap petrol

2016-08-26 Thread Stephen Loosley
www.fuelcheck.nsw.gov.au Fuel Check website helps drivers find cheap petrol 26 Aug 2016 Today fuel was almost 20 cents cheaper in Tahmoor than it was Appin. That sort of information was once hidden but is now brought to light through the NSW Government’s Fuel Check website, which allows