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Old 04-23-2008, 07:14 PM
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We pay more then the U.S. because our governments tax us to death!

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Ya so we can ship it to the US and continue to pay more here that in the US.
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Old 04-23-2008, 07:34 PM
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It's $1.21 here in SW Ontario. This mornings news said that gas prices in the US have hit an all time high but when converted to liters and CDN$ it is still just $0.90/liter.
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When I bought my truck (Xterra, has a supercharger) in 2004 gas prices were up there, but not so much that I thought the premium for paying for premium exceeded that which I was paying to maintain my previous vehicle to keep it on the road (VW Passat - it was a total lemon costing me several $$thousands every year just to keep it going).

Nowadays, not so much. $1.30 hurts and when regular hits $1.30 I'll be at $1.40.

Like BMWRider, I can't wait for this snow and cold to go away so I can start riding MY bike. Except mine has pedals instead of an engine so I get about "infinity" mpg. Just takes a little longer sometimes to get from point A to point B.
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Old 04-23-2008, 07:41 PM
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$0.90 plus $.031/liter tax = $1.21/liter. Exact same price!

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It's $1.21 here in SW Ontario. This mornings news said that gas prices in the US have hit an all time high but when converted to liters and CDN$ it is still just $0.90/liter.
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$0.90 plus $.031/liter tax = $1.21/liter. Exact same price!
The US gas price includes their tax rate of $0.26 to $0.64 per gallon as well.

Just one more way for our government to screw us over.
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Old 04-23-2008, 07:54 PM
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And to top it all off, we pay tax on the tax! In Alberta, the money collected from gas taxes was to go into roads and highways You would never know it! In some places it's smoother to drive in the ditches.

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Old 04-23-2008, 08:12 PM
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$1.19 on the Island
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Old 04-23-2008, 10:21 PM
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Like BMWRider, I can't wait for this snow and cold to go away so I can start riding MY bike. Except mine has pedals instead of an engine so I get about "infinity" mpg. Just takes a little longer sometimes to get from point A to point B.
I'll bet there's still some sort of gas involved though Tony.
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Old 04-23-2008, 10:22 PM
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Depends on what I had for lunch that day.
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I'm in the trucking industry. Those high gas prices are going to drive everything up. I hear corn growers are getting more for there crops selling them to bio-diesel producers then selling them for consumption. Trucking companies fuel surcharges go up with the increases of gas. The price of trucking the products goes up. Which makes those products prices go up and so on and so on. YA
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