[urq] High fuel prices?

[audiqtrocp]

Ehhhh.  I go thru 4 tanks a year in the UrQ so whatever it costs I don't care too much.   With 91 oct at $4.35 and 100 oct coming in at $6.50 I been treating it to a healthy mix of 100.  

The price of gas shouldn't be prohibitive of driving and enjoying it - the price of maintaining it is more likely.  

Sent from my iPhone for, the one with the bigger Gee Bee's

On Apr 12, 2011, at 23:28, Keith Lloyd <spotatashleys at hotmail.com> wrote:

> Stop your whinging all. You're making me feel hard done by. - I have to pay £6.17/gallon that's $10:00 for a smaller gallon than you.
> If I ever filled my quattro to the brim it would stop working from the shock of it.
> And Diesel is £6.49/gallon!
> 
> Regards
> Keith (under financial siege in a grey, wet England)
> 
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike Del Tergo" <mdeltergo at hotmail.com>
> To: <urq at audifans.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2011 2:11 AM
> Subject: Re: [urq] High fuel prices?
> 
> 
>> 
>> From: laraa at sympatico.ca
>> To: <quattro at audifans.com>, urq at audifans.com
>> Subject: [urq] High fuel prices ?
>> So you 'staters think that 4$ a gallon is expensive ?
>> Today, in Montreal, 1.42$ a liter (5.37$ a gallon). And that's for regular.
>> So filling my urQ with Premium 91, that would be a whopping 140$ !
>> 
>> Yikes !
>> Louis-Alain
>> 
>> While I think it is more expensive than last year, and so on, I do not think it is "expensive" compared to the price some have paid trying to make sure it keeps flowing here "cheaply".  I'm damn fortunate that I can afford to fuel my cars at todays levels and may still be able to should we approach Germany levels that Ingo mentioned.  While I don't care for politcizing car forums I will say that any American who thinks, short term price ebbs and flows aside, that we will be able to avoid paying the true world price for oil and its byproducts (and many other commodities by the way) has missed the Canadian dollar surpassing parity with the US$, they have missed the A$ at it highest rate vis a vis the US$ in 25+ years and you have definately missed the millions of Chinese (every month) who want, and very shortly will be able to afford a car in every driveway and petrol to fuel it.
>> In 2008 we thought China car sales would top the US in 2015-20120.  It happened last year.  They are building roads at a rate that would make Eisenhower blush.  A society with the wherewithal to displace 4 million people for a dam project to meet future power needs.  I could go on.
>> I am making no judgement good, bad or indifferent.  It may be fair to say they are England of 250 years ago with 100+X the population.  Maybe the US of 100 years ago with 20+X the population.  Who is to say they are not entitled to seek their destiny today the way these other countries did then?  Then of course factor in India and a few other countries and $8.50 gas may seem like a deal.  I am just saying there will be huge global ripple effects as these countries "come of age".  I take a little comfort in the Brazilian model.  (not that kind of model, though it would also be comforting!)  For all intents and purposes they are energy independent. (even without 1/2 their deep water oil)  Sugar beets being their bio fuel of choice vs corn here.  You can take your Audi, and your GM or Ford for that matter to any fuel station and pick either petrol or an ethanol style blend, which ever is cheaper or suits your fancy.  You don't have to flip a switch on your car, swap lines or fil
>> ters etc, just choose.  Go figure, Brazil.  Here I need an act of Congress, almost literally to put a wind turbine in my back yard. Something has to give and it probably won't be fun, so I'll take my $4 gas while I can get it and "be happy".
>> This is my one and only post on the sbject though happy to chat offline. Just food for thought.
>> Mike
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