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by Sean on 3/23/2011, 11:09 am
Our Coalition Government has reduced fuel tax by 1 pence (about 1 1/2 cents) big deal. fuel prices in my local area are now at £1.38 per litre ($2.24). wow what should I spend my savings on, 75 litres average fill save me just over £1 which I could use to buy a lotto ticket I could win a lot of money then I would not have to worry.
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Re: Fuel cost
by joelabq on 3/23/2011, 5:53 pm
Ya, but then you gotta pay tax on your winnings which probably equals more than you won... Now your back to square one! 
Maybe you could buy a slice of pizza with your savings instead?
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Maybe you could buy a slice of pizza with your savings instead?
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Re: Fuel cost
by Sean on 3/23/2011, 7:16 pm
No lotto winnings over here are tax free I would have to pay tax on the interest made when deposited in the bank. So I suppose it's a win loose situation.
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Re: Fuel cost
by Portagie1968 on 3/24/2011, 5:11 am
joelabq wrote:Ya, but then you gotta pay tax on your winnings which probably equals more than you won... Now your back to square one!
Maybe you could buy a slice of pizza with your savings instead?
Joel
Pizza and a pitcher of beer would be better.
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Re: Fuel cost
by Scruffy and Tater on 3/24/2011, 5:27 am
Our favorite grocery store also sells gas.... no diesel. They charge a penny less than the other gas stations, and they always have people waiting in line. So, that 1 1/2 cent reduction might be a big thing.
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Re: Fuel cost
by Portagie1968 on 3/24/2011, 6:36 am
I am looking for Diesel at 1.50 a gallon. Where can I find some? 
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by joelabq on 3/25/2011, 1:34 pm
I know! I know! You can find that in 1998!
Anyone have directions?
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Anyone have directions?
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by Mopar_Earl on 3/25/2011, 5:01 pm
joelabq wrote:I know! I know! You can find that in 1998!
Anyone have directions?
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Get a flux capacitor and install it on a semi fuel tanker and head back into time.
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by Admin on 3/26/2011, 1:41 am
I am looking for Diesel at 1.50 a gallon. Where can I find some?
Start making your own biodiesel. It would be less than a buck fifty a gallon. I may have to go check into learning how to do my own here shortly. either that or start using off road fuel.
Has anyone ever been pulled over and checked for fuel dye ?
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Re: Fuel cost
by GustheUsher on 3/26/2011, 2:58 am
sorry for not knowing this but, what color is normal diesel and what color is off road diesel, and what color is biodiesel?
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by jackattack on 3/26/2011, 4:24 am
Never was checked when I drove a big truck. Offroad is dyed red. Jack
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by schrowang on 3/26/2011, 5:04 am
GustheUsher wrote:sorry for not knowing this but, what color is normal diesel and what color is off road diesel, and what color is biodiesel?
Right on jackattack, the color of off-road and heating fuel is dyed because there is no federal or state tax on it. It makes it easier to identify if some happy gendarme of the state happens to dip the tank.
Bio-diesel has a golden color (saw it on History Channel "Modern Marvels" the other night). The exhaust smells like whatever was cooked in it; fries, fish, chicken, etc. It's 80% processed cooking oil and 20% methanol.
Diesel seems to be clear to slightly yellow here in NH. Not sure about elsewhere. The yellowish color might be due to the anti-gelling compound they add here in the winter.
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by Stanford on 3/26/2011, 11:24 am
Admin wrote:I am looking for Diesel at 1.50 a gallon. Where can I find some?
Start making your own biodiesel. It would be less than a buck fifty a gallon. I may have to go check into learning how to do my own here shortly. either that or start using off road fuel.
Has anyone ever been pulled over and checked for fuel dye ?
Phillip
It's funny you asked about being checked. I am just north of Little Rock,AR visiting some friends, and one of them remarked that I should have been on the same road I took to their house this past Wednesday as they were checking the diesel trucks heading to and from a cattle auction for off road diesel in the tanks. As for me I have never been checked in all my travels. Jim
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by Portagie1968 on 3/26/2011, 11:25 am
Ford does not really like you to use Bio in a 6.0. Our road diesel is green.
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Re: Fuel cost
by Stanford on 3/26/2011, 11:39 am
I have pumped a lot of diesel in to my truck and it has all been yellowish clear never green. JimPortagie1968 wrote:Ford does not really like you to use Bio in a 6.0. Our road diesel is green.
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by Portagie1968 on 3/26/2011, 11:41 am
We out here in that state that is leading the way in new and innovative ideas called California.
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by onetonford on 3/26/2011, 12:53 pm
Don't think I've seen green just light yellow or tan. Red in farm diesel.
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by Mopar_Earl on 3/26/2011, 3:48 pm
They hit my area now and then checking farmer's trucks for off road fuel. It's a hefty fine I hear. Not worth the gamble.
Diesel around here is a very slight green tint.
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Diesel around here is a very slight green tint.
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by rdsknfn_57 on 3/27/2011, 4:52 am
Portgie1968 let me know if you find that $1.50 a gallon, here in central Ca. i would be exstadic to find it for $3.50 a gallon, 1/2 mile from my house it is $4.19 and that is the cheapeast around. But regardless of the price, camping season starts next wensday for us, a one week trip to pismo beach ca. So wether we are towing the cat or playing on the beach next week ,the price of fuel is what it is, so let the CAMPING SEASON BEGIN !!!!!!!!!!!!
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by GustheUsher on 3/27/2011, 5:25 am
"I've seen green just light yellow or tan, Red in farm diesel."
"Diesel around here is a very slight green tint."
The diesel stabilizer/injector cleaner I use is kinda redish in color. If our diesel is tan or greenish what happens to the color when I add this stuff, I havn't drained any out but I think it will discolor the pump grade to the the "not for use" color won't it? BTW we are about $4.50 a gallon up here is Canada, that's why 90% of our trips are across the border for cheap fuel and beer.
"Diesel around here is a very slight green tint."
The diesel stabilizer/injector cleaner I use is kinda redish in color. If our diesel is tan or greenish what happens to the color when I add this stuff, I havn't drained any out but I think it will discolor the pump grade to the the "not for use" color won't it? BTW we are about $4.50 a gallon up here is Canada, that's why 90% of our trips are across the border for cheap fuel and beer.
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Re: Fuel cost
by Portagie1968 on 3/27/2011, 7:20 am
Mopar_Earl wrote:They hit my area now and then checking farmer's trucks for off road fuel. It's a hefty fine I hear. Not worth the gamble.
Diesel around here is a very slight green tint.
Earl
All the diesel I have found is the same. Red and green is all I have seen.
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Re: Fuel cost
by Sean on 3/27/2011, 9:58 am
In the U.K off road is red (farmer and utilities are allowed to drive a 25 mile radius of there base on red) road diesel has a slight green colour.
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Re: Fuel cost
by wildcat221 on 4/6/2011, 3:47 am
Has anyone ever been pulled over and checked for fuel dye ? [/quote]
My Wife drove my Truck to work one day last Summer and was pulled over by the MN State Patrol. They were dippin tanks for Farm Fuel. LMAO
To his little suprise our truck F-350 V-10. LMAO, i guess he was quite a jackass also. We just laughed it off. Mark
My Wife drove my Truck to work one day last Summer and was pulled over by the MN State Patrol. They were dippin tanks for Farm Fuel. LMAO
To his little suprise our truck F-350 V-10. LMAO, i guess he was quite a jackass also. We just laughed it off. Mark
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