Gas prices UK $9.42 a gallon (fuel, MPG, toll, engines)

[mickeystoll]

I have been reading your comments on US gas prices.. I have within the last hour been to fill up my car and does this sound horryfying or not! These are English pounds.. 1.07 per litre x 4.5 litres to the gallon = 4.71 pounds x UK/USA exchange rate of $2.00/pound =$9.42 per gallon.. Thats why they call it rip off Britain.... Any comments?

[galore]

Well, almost everything costs a LOT more in the UK. For consumer goods, what costs 1USD in the US costs about 1GBP in the UK.

[Bob The Builder]

Originally Posted by mickeystoll

I have been reading your comments on US gas prices.. I have within the last hour been to fill up my car and does this sound horryfying or not! These are English pounds.. 1.07 per litre x 4.5 litres to the gallon = 4.71 pounds x UK/USA exchange rate of $2.00/pound =$9.42 per gallon.. Thats why they call it rip off Britain.... Any comments?

My first comment is that there are 3.79 liters in a gallon. But I feel your pain. I just filled up my Vito for 87 Euros. I am down here in what you guys refer to as peasant country- Italy. Its the taxes babe. Taxes to pay social services like healthcare and schools.

[mickeystoll]

Originally Posted by Bob The Builder

My first comment is that there are 3.79 liters in a gallon. But I feel your pain. I just filled up my Vito for 87 Euros. I am down here in what you guys refer to as peasant country- Italy. Its the taxes babe. Taxes to pay social services like healthcare and schools.

Hi Bob... Yes you are correct for a us gallon and I did not know that... Our gallon is 4.56 litres... I never new they differed.

[Bob The Builder]

Originally Posted by mickeystoll

Hi Bob... Yes you are correct for a us gallon and I did not know that... Our gallon is 4.56 litres... I never new they differed.

Hey

I didn't know that either!

[king's highway]

What percentage of the UK price is tax ?

[southdown]

Something like 70% of the price is made up of duty and tax. The tax (VAT @ 17.5%) is charged on the duty too!

But as someone else mentioned, tax is part of life, it pays for schools, health, roads, military.....so it's not exactly a rip-off as the state and its citizens benefit from the income.

There was a fuel tax 'escalator' in the UK which increased prices year on year, supposedly a green tax intended to discourage car use.

See Fuel Tax - PetrolPrices.com

BTW They also increase tax on landfill every year, to encourage better recycling rates.

[New_Horizon]

UK pint is 20fl oz US pint is 16fl oz therefore the UK gallon is larger hence more litres to the gal.

I do have to say that the price does equal out in a way, not many cars in the UK have 4liter engines, 1.6 and 1.8 litre engines do many more mpg therefore evening it out a bit.

[wankel7]

How much is diesel?

[southdown]

Originally Posted by wankel7

How much is diesel?

In the UK it's about £1.10 per litre

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