Gas Prices

[Quinster]

BMW Rider

Out of curiosity what do you get charged for insurance on your bikes there?

Manitoba has made it so there is almost no cost saving by insuring a motorcycle, the insurance is so high that it cancels out the fuel savings.

I have a 1948 Chevy with a 396 big block, and while city mileage is poor, highway is decent. Now gas being $1.25/L mileage is an issue, but it costs me less than $1000/year to insure the vehicle ($884 for all purpose and full coverage), while my 1100cc shadow now would be $2058 with no fire and theft or vandalism.

That $1174 would buy a lot of gas in the 5 - 7 months we drive either vehicle here! I wish I could justify a bike again!

[BMW Rider]

Originally Posted by Quinster

BMW Rider

Out of curiosity what do you get charged for insurance on your bikes there?

Manitoba has made it so there is almost no cost saving by insuring a motorcycle, the insurance is so high that it cancels out the fuel savings.

I have a 1948 Chevy with a 396 big block, and while city mileage is poor, highway is decent. Now gas being $1.25/L mileage is an issue, but it costs me less than $1000/year to insure the vehicle ($884 for all purpose and full coverage), while my 1100cc shadow now would be $2058 with no fire and theft or vandalism.

That $1174 would buy a lot of gas in the 5 - 7 months we drive either vehicle here! I wish I could justify a bike again!

Youch, that's extreme. My rates for both bikes with full coverage (collision, all perils and liability) is a little under $1200 per year. I'm insured under the MMIC's Open Road insurance program. The rates with them are much more reasonable than through most independant insurers, but I see that is not available to you in Manitoba.

[Quinster]

Yikes...at that price I would have no issues justifying even some of the huge gas guzzling 1800 - 2000cc bikes!

[Lance]

Just out of curiosity, does anyone know the price of gas in Ottawa?
Last year when the price first start rising quickly, I was talking to a gentlemen who had just travelled across Canada who told me Ottawa's prices were way lower than the rest of the country.

[Quinster]

http://www.torontogasprices.com/Pric...state=ON&c=can

[Zoaelite]

Everyone is sitting here freaking about gas prices now... You know that there estimating that gas will be $2.40 per LITER in 4 years . Just think il still be a student in dept for that and then on top of that its going to cost me $140 per TANK to fillup and drive to school.
Levi

[VFX]

I've been paying sky high gas prices in the UK ever since I owned a vehicle.

That's why we don't drive Hummers, Dodge Rams, F-150's etc & the average family car has a 4 cylinder 1.8 liter engine.

Gas prices here seemed cheap to me.

The only that bothers me is that I can't get 98 or more Octane petrol!

UK Petrol Prices for Thursday 24th Apr 2008

Unleaded (94 Octane): 119.9p
Diesel: 131.0p
Super (98 or more Octane Petrol): 126.9p
LPG: 60.9p

Convert that to $CAD and UK already pays around $2.40/liter for regular gas!

In 4 years time it'll be over $5/liter


UK Prices

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