Price of 100LL
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Just paid $ 1:96 per litre for 100 LL..............Sigh
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Best ive found in the praries is yqw @ 1.62.
Worst was a painful 2.25 @ yqr aerocenter. Great service though.
Worst was a painful 2.25 @ yqr aerocenter. Great service though.
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In Kalifornia i just filled up my rental car at 3.80 a gallon..
We are seriously getting hosed on all angles.
We are seriously getting hosed on all angles.
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We pay so much more for food, internet/cell, insurance, etc etc too. But our Glorious Leader stands in front a banner that says "A Strong Canada" and pledges to protect "The Canadian values we cherish".
North Korea would be proud of our slogans.
North Korea would be proud of our slogans.
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Currently $1.55 in CEN3. Usually the cheapest in the area.
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Yeah... I was sure pissed in 2003 when gas started climbing from .65/l to nearly a buck thanks to Harper. Oh.... wait.Dash-Ate wrote:We pay so much more for food, internet/cell, insurance, etc etc too. But our Glorious Leader stands in front a banner that says "A Strong Canada" and pledges to protect "The Canadian values we cherish".
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North Korea would be proud of our slogans.
Seriously, I don't GARA what the price at the pump is. I fill up like once a month, and now that it is biking season I'll fill up even less. For how cheap the Americans get everything... you sure don't see evidence of their higher quality of life because of it. That's because what they don't spend on consumer goods gets eaten up by other things... like every time they go to a hospital.
Everyone complains about the price of gas... yet I still see tons of people driving V8 SUVs alone two hours a day, operating huge wake boats, sleds, quads, dirt bikes, etc etc... even though the price has more that doubled in ten years. But paying the gas to operate a four cylinder four place aircraft for 50 hours ($3500) always seems to be the crux of aircraft ownership. Most people don't even put a quarter of that into their aircraft.
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If I was giving the avgas away for free, pilots would still complain about it. I used to give a discount for flying club members but they complained incessantly about getting a discount. There are people who are going to fly regardless of the cost, and those who use cost as an excuse not to. We all make choices on what's important.
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Diesel in Switzerland is CAD 2.22 a litre. Diesel in France is CAD 1.80 a litre. Since we live 4 km from the French border, I tank up in France. The French government subsidizes the price of diesel.
I couldn't tell you avgas sells for in either place. As for the notion of mogas in airplanes, the response I keep getting is it causes vapour lock, despite STC' being available in the USA since 1982.
Ever why gliding is so popular here?
I couldn't tell you avgas sells for in either place. As for the notion of mogas in airplanes, the response I keep getting is it causes vapour lock, despite STC' being available in the USA since 1982.
Ever why gliding is so popular here?
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AFAIK vapour lock is only a problem if you use winter mogas in summer. Otherwise you shouldn't have any problems.
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I spend about 3000$ a year on membership, tows, insurance, gas, etc. etc. for the gliding I do, I put in a few hundred hours a year.
I also drive a TDI Jetta which helps save a huge amount of gas. Currently $70/55L gets me about 1300 km highway in the summer.
I also drive a TDI Jetta which helps save a huge amount of gas. Currently $70/55L gets me about 1300 km highway in the summer.
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Diesels only make economic sense for long distances. The fuel savings doesn't make up for the increased maintenance and purchase price otherwise.
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I'm sorry, I could not disagree more.iflyforpie wrote:Diesels only make economic sense for long distances. The fuel savings doesn't make up for the increased maintenance and purchase price otherwise.
My WV Golf TDI does not have higher maintenance costs than comparable gasoline powered cars, and at 5-6 l/100km it saves me money regardless of how much or how little I drive. That does not include generally higher durability of a diesel engine compared to a gasoline car engine.
I only wish that I could get diesel engines for other cars and a small airplane.
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$1.47 per liter of 100LL in Bloomington, Indiana
Full service FBO. Included a ride to the hotel in a Cadillac
Full service FBO. Included a ride to the hotel in a Cadillac
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Texas, now Indiana? This sounds like quite the odessey you're on, so I'm going to have to say "pictures or it ain't true." 
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You are northbound, someone in western Canada is getting excited.
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iflyforpie
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It might not cost more now, but it will eventually. The gas engine in my 30 year old Volvo has half a million klicks on it and doesn't burn any oil, while I've seen many TDis 20 years its junior blowing blue (not black... but plenty of that too) out the tail pipe. So much for durability.thorongil wrote:I'm sorry, I could not disagree more.iflyforpie wrote:Diesels only make economic sense for long distances. The fuel savings doesn't make up for the increased maintenance and purchase price otherwise.
My WV Golf TDI does not have higher maintenance costs than comparable gasoline powered cars, and at 5-6 l/100km it saves me money regardless of how much or how little I drive. That does not include generally higher durability of a diesel engine compared to a gasoline car engine.
I only wish that I could get diesel engines for other cars and a small airplane.
Plus, How much extra did your TDi cost to buy compared to something equivalent with a gas engine? How much did it cost to finance? How much is it depreciating? Sure they might command more used, but not enough to recoup the initial cost..... unless you can realize the savings by driving it lots.... like over 30,000 km a year.
I spend less than $1000 a year on fuel for my car, so I'm pretty sure a TDi wouldn't help me.
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We used to live less than a km from the Syrian border where government subsidized diesel was 3USD a tank, as opposed to 30USD on our side. But lord help you if the Syrians ever caught you leaving the country with their diesel...bmc wrote:Diesel in Switzerland is CAD 2.22 a litre. Diesel in France is CAD 1.80 a litre. Since we live 4 km from the French border, I tank up in France. The French government subsidizes the price of diesel.
I couldn't tell you avgas sells for in either place. As for the notion of mogas in airplanes, the response I keep getting is it causes vapour lock, despite STC' being available in the USA since 1982.
Ever why gliding is so popular here?
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I drive a 2011 Nissan Xtrail diesel. I do a lot of highway with it. I am coming up on two years of ownership and we have 82,500 km on it. I am averaging 6.8 l/100 km. Not bad for a medium sized 4x4.
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Avgas is still cheaper than a shrink.......
Psychiatrist.....$250. an hour or so.
Climb a light single engine high enough ...circle, shallow bank ....lift one hand cover a small city with your thumb -if you can cover up your problems under your thumb...how big are they really? $15.
Of course, the disadvantage of Aviation Therapy:
......at the end , you don't get a paper proving you're sane
Psychiatrist.....$250. an hour or so.
Climb a light single engine high enough ...circle, shallow bank ....lift one hand cover a small city with your thumb -if you can cover up your problems under your thumb...how big are they really? $15.
Of course, the disadvantage of Aviation Therapy:
......at the end , you don't get a paper proving you're sane
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"Avgas is still cheaper than a shrink......."
That should be my new motto...
That should be my new motto...


