tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4203110337754630589.post6606590008074565411..comments2024-03-23T06:43:45.246+10:00Comments on 1735099: Reality CheckUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4203110337754630589.post-77865948227551342622008-07-10T07:41:00.000+10:002008-07-10T07:41:00.000+10:00I agree with you about dual fuel. I do heaps of dr...I agree with you about dual fuel. I do heaps of driving on western roads, and always carry a full tank of unleaded in case LPG supplies are out. Having said that, the only time I found an empty bowser was at Cunnamulla in May this year, and this was unleaded!<BR/>Combined range for my car is 1200km.<BR/>The excise is going up (under the previous government's legislation)-<BR/>"Under the changes announced today, LPG for cars, previously free of excise, will be taxed by 2.5 cents per litre from mid-2008. That'll go up to an eventual rate of 12.5 cents per litre by 2012."<BR/>(Source PM - 16th December 2003)<BR/>That's a lot better than the 38.5cpl we pay on unleaded.1735099https://www.blogger.com/profile/17945140949290600423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4203110337754630589.post-20604358618600451452008-07-09T21:17:00.000+10:002008-07-09T21:17:00.000+10:00Yeah, I had a Fairlane on dual fuel - pretty cheap...Yeah, I had a Fairlane on dual fuel - pretty cheap running.<BR/>But there are some mechanics (mine included)who say don't go near the stuff.<BR/>There can be a snag, on the Hume Freeway, just north of Goulburn, I stopped at FOUR petrol outlets and they were ALL out of LPG!<BR/>I think dual fuel is the way to go.<BR/>Will tax hungry Kev put up the excise?<BR/>CavAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com