[TR] Refuelling a Spitfire

[Don Hiscock]

A TR friend in the Netherlands reported the equivalent of $9.73/US gallon
there this afternoon.

On Thursday, March 10, 2022, bill beecher <notakitcar at yahoo.com> wrote:

> Just topped up yesterday at $3.76gal USD in Texas.
>
> “Last night I saw upon the stair,
> A little man who wasn't there,
> He wasn't there again today
> Oh, how I wish he'd go away”.... Mearns
>
> On Mar 10, 2022, at 12:58 PM, Don Hiscock <don.hiscock at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> 
> I bought fuel twice yesterday travelling between states and paid £0.80/L
> ($3.999/US gal) in Ohio. And breathed a sigh of relief that I did a driving
> trip from Missouri to California and back -- 4700 miles -- in January!
> California is headed the UK's way on pricing faster than the US midwest.
>
> Don
>
> On Thu, Mar 10, 2022 at 12:47 PM John Macartney <johnbmacartney at gmx.com>
> wrote:
>
>> I’ve been using a friends Spitfire for the last ten days and today
>> decided to top off the tank, even though it was still half full. Toured
>> around the local gas stations to find out where the cheapest fuel might be
>> available. To compare like with like and remembering one US gallon is
>> effectively 3.8 litres (gas is only sold by the litre in the U.K.) the
>> cheapest was one US gallon cost USD 8.77. Just after lunch I passed the
>> same gas station where the price I paid this morning had risen from 8.77 to
>> 9..12.  Diesel was even more! Thankfully, a pint of my favourite beer
>> hasn’t changed - yet.
>>
>> Jonmac
>>
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