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FallenBMWer
10-12-2005, 09:22 AM
Mr. Ricco
10-12-2005, 11:37 AM
D3AeighT
10-12-2005, 11:55 AM
I put regular in the last fill up since ATL's choices a couple weeks ago were limited. BTW, it ran OK. Guess the ECU adjusted itself.
Germanic
10-12-2005, 01:08 PM
D3AeighT
10-12-2005, 01:24 PM
We still have it good. 1980 inflation adjusted prices in 2005.
greenie
10-12-2005, 04:40 PM
Paldi
10-12-2005, 05:39 PM
EuroA8
10-13-2005, 05:17 AM
In my country (Belgium):

Super 98+ 1.407 euro/liter
Super 95 1.365 euro/liter
Diesel 1.121 euro/liter

I drive the A8 diesel, if I'm correct that would be $ 1.35 for me. No diesel in the US, so that's $ 1.68 per liter for gasoline over here.
greenie
10-13-2005, 06:07 AM
TheBrit
10-13-2005, 07:09 AM
But, boy is it good fun for those 320 miles!
Feuerstein
10-13-2005, 07:18 AM
$1.74/liter, $6.59/US gallon - regular
$1.83/liter, $6.93/US gallon - premium

(No wonder the A4 is so popular with 1.6 engine here - we've also got lots of D2 A8 2.8)
FallenBMWer
10-13-2005, 08:41 AM
Well, I've clearly been put in my place; no more pathetic yammering about gasoline prices from me.

Instead, I hereby pledge to contribute $70 every time I refuel my A8 to the European A8 Owners Petrol Relief Fund. If all of us in the US did likewise, our European counterparts would continue to be able to hit the open roads with Yankee abandon and that, once again, there'd be "bluebirds over the white cliffs of Dover." I'm certain if the tables were turned, our friends from across the sea would do the same.
Paldi
10-13-2005, 09:53 AM
D3AeighT
10-13-2005, 09:59 AM
Remembering that it's all about taxes in Euroland & GB too.
TheBrit
10-13-2005, 10:00 AM
Jitney
10-13-2005, 12:59 PM
In Germany, I put in 75 liters of Esso Benzine Super Plus yesterday. The price on the pump was 104.25 Euro ($128.83)

Thanks to the US Forces contract with Esso, the price to me was only $57.75.