Petrol prices getting close to last year's record. What about your city or town?

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#2954108 13-Aug-2022 09:12

Aren't there enough EV thread's already without this one heading the same path.

It's kind of meant to be about local gas price changes...

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#2954110 13-Aug-2022 09:18

Stu: There are already Chinese made EV in NZ. MG and BYD come to mind, there may be more. I think they start at around $50,000.00, so they're up there with the rest. Certainly don't seem to be interested in inexpensive options.

The MG is $40k after Clean Car incentives. To put this in perspective, this car has more range then a $70,000 Nissan or Hyundai 2 years ago. Prices are definitely coming down.

Factor in never buying petrol from Day One and the 5 year picture says these cars are already cheaper overall than a comparable new petrol car assuming you drive 50km or more each day.

LDV sell two electric vans ("e-Deliver") and a ute (T-60 electric).

Great Wall is bringing the Ora Cat to NZ soon. It's a cool looking car.

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#2964249 7-Sep-2022 15:12

98 at Mobil in Ōtaki was $3.39 this morning as I drove past.

I've just filled up at Mobil in Paraparaumu for $2.69.

I don't even know how petrol companies keep a straight face anymore when asked about their record profits.

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#2964255 7-Sep-2022 15:23

Linuxluver:

Great Wall is bringing the Ora Cat to NZ soon. It's a cool looking car.

It looks like a Mini spent a wild night with a Porsche.

I love it.

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#2964261 7-Sep-2022 15:31

I see Gull Greville Rd (Auckland) is selling 91 at $2.60 at the moment.

That would be the cheapest AKL gas I have seen for a while.

Meanwhile Mobil Wairau Rd (not far from Gull Greville, really) is $2.81.9

Can't be accused of collusion when there's that kind of disparity.

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#2964264 7-Sep-2022 15:33

Linuxluver:

Great Wall is bringing the Ora Cat to NZ soon. It's a cool looking car.

Local distributor already have a page up for it, the 50K sticker price still looks a bit steep thou

https://brendanfoot.co.nz/vehicles/ora-good-cat/

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#2964273 7-Sep-2022 15:44

Pretty bad. I'm paying well below retail rates for petrol and diesel but still feeling the pinch. Suffice to say I haven't been doing much offshore fishing lately.

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#2964280 7-Sep-2022 15:54

Linuxluver:
Stu: There are already Chinese made EV in NZ. MG and BYD come to mind, there may be more. I think they start at around $50,000.00, so they're up there with the rest. Certainly don't seem to be interested in inexpensive options.

The MG is $40k after Clean Car incentives. To put this in perspective, this car has more range then a $70,000 Nissan or Hyundai 2 years ago. Prices are definitely coming down.

Factor in never buying petrol from Day One and the 5 year picture says these cars are already cheaper overall than a comparable new petrol car assuming you drive 50km or more each day.

LDV sell two electric vans ("e-Deliver") and a ute (T-60 electric).

Great Wall is bringing the Ora Cat to NZ soon. It's a cool looking car.

I'm, not sure I'd leap into Chinese car (EV or ICE) based on what I've seen/experienced

Great Wall ... not if you value your life, lol. I test drove one of their utes and it reminded me of Japanese utes but 15 years older.

I've hired a petrol MG SUV over Easter. I don't recall which model but it was a POS. Awful ride, handling and general experience. Looked OK(ish), but that was it's only positive feature IME. It had 4 wheels and went from A to B, but its not something that would be enjoyable to own.

Those LDV light commercials are very limited. The van would be good if you have light loads delivered over short distances with predominance of urban driving.

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#2964291 7-Sep-2022 16:08

Creeping up to the 2.60 range for 91 in CHC cbd again. Makes my pre purchased at 2.67(or 76) look less sadface if they all rise up.

Further afield you can still get a deal around the 2.49 mark.

Diesel however... now only 6c cheaper at most places. What the.

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#2964293 7-Sep-2022 16:09

Handsomedan:

I see Gull Greville Rd (Auckland) is selling 91 at $2.60 at the moment.

That would be the cheapest AKL gas I have seen for a while.

Yikes. Just went past Caltex Whakatane, $2.37. You'd think somewhere like Auckland would have economies of scale (or is the Auckland tax back again?).

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#2964296 7-Sep-2022 16:14

The Auckland (Goff) tax never left.

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#2964305 7-Sep-2022 16:40

MikeAqua:

I've hired a petrol MG SUV over Easter. I don't recall which model but it was a POS. Awful ride, handling and general experience. Looked OK(ish), but that was it's only positive feature IME. It had 4 wheels and went from A to B, but its not something that would be enjoyable to own.

The MG ZS EV is a completely different driving experience to the petrol version and most reviews of the 1st gen model will attest to that. I wouldn't base your perception of the MG EV on the underpowered ICE version.

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#2964423 7-Sep-2022 21:22

I don't care about petrol prices. I only ever fill up for 30€ anyway. ;-)

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#2964543 8-Sep-2022 09:19

Tinkerisk:

I don't care about petrol prices. I only ever fill up for 30€ anyway. ;-)

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I only care about the fuel prices because my wife pays for petrol, so does my son.

I have a fully paid company car, so don't think about the cost when I fill up (fuel card means the pump price is irrelevant anyway).

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#2964563 8-Sep-2022 09:46

maoriboy:

The MG ZS EV is a completely different driving experience to the petrol version and most reviews of the 1st gen model will attest to that. I wouldn't base your perception of the MG EV on the underpowered ICE version.

I already have, first impressions count. Regardless of drive train and power it was still a poorly made, poorly designed car. The EV version is likely to be faster but a heavier drive train on the same or similar horrid suspension package.

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