Record petrol and diesel prices on the cards in South Africa

Faaaaak, I am so glad I do not have to commute every day! My car hasn't been out the garage since Thursday. I feel sorry for those who have to go to work at their expense and who are not effectively taking a salary cut. Sad, very sad.
We don't even have Boland to thank!
 
lkswan747 said:
Faaaaak, I am so glad I do not have to commute every day! My car hasn't been out the garage since Thursday. I feel sorry for those who have to go to work at their expense and who are not effectively taking a salary cut. Sad, very sad.
We don't even have Boland to thank!
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Get a smart charger for the car battery. I still put in R500 of 50ppm for 3.0TDi.
 
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Thread 'Geely E2 Apex, pull the trigger or am I going mad?'

Current situation:

My wife drives a 15-year-old Hyundai i10 automatic, 90k km on the clock. She only drives from Randburg to Sandton and back, and petrol costs around R2k/month.

I drive a Fortuner. I work from home 3 days a week, but we use the Fortuner over weekends for braais, kids' parties, etc. Diesel for weekend driving alone is probably R1,000 to R1,500/month.

We also have small boys, and the i10 can barely fit one cricket bat in the back, never mind safety features.

The plan:

Yesterday I took the boys to test drive the Geely EV2 at Geely on Beyers Naudé, and I'm sold. My wife...
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TofuMofu said:
We all know it's Epstein's fellow pedo friends that caused this. And there are poepholle on THIS forum that are Trumpers and Nazis, I mean Zios.
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Little difference between Trump supporters & ANC/EFF/MK supporters when it comes to blindly keeping people in power who make life harder for everyone.
 
I would just like to know...

How are we supposed to survive with these rising fuel costs?

I presume, presume, getting a 2nd or 3rd income stream going is paramount to survival?
 
"If a service station applied a 15% retail margin on the current expected diesel price of R32.18, it would charge R37.01 per litre."

But what is the actual probable margin garages use? I know it doesn't get regulated. The average is 15%?

Haven't checked the current wholesale prices and what a garage in the area charges.
 
joshuatree said:
"If a service station applied a 15% retail margin on the current expected diesel price of R32.18, it would charge R37.01 per litre."

But what is the actual probable margin garages use? I know it doesn't get regulated. The average is 15%?

Haven't checked the current wholesale prices and what a garage in the area charges.
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I go on about R3 that is added to petrol, so plus R3 minimum.
 
Iamn0tageek said:
I would just like to know...

How are we supposed to survive with these rising fuel costs?

I presume, presume, getting a 2nd or 3rd income stream going is paramount to survival?
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Be proactive and start gathering corrugated sheets. Soon we will all need to use them as walls at the rate costs for everything just go up & up.
 
joshuatree said:
"If a service station applied a 15% retail margin on the current expected diesel price of R32.18, it would charge R37.01 per litre."

But what is the actual probable margin garages use? I know it doesn't get regulated. The average is 15%?

Haven't checked the current wholesale prices and what a garage in the area charges.
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Depends on the Garage really.

I use a truck stop that adds about R1 to the wholesale price, but it does seem like most places tack on around R2.50 - R3.50, even the garages just down the road from the truckstop are R1.50 more expensive
 
Seems like these hikes will not stop anytime soon.

Will put any December plans on hold, not going to pay silly money to get to somewhere like Addo National Park from Cape Town, will consider closer to the time.
 
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