07-13-2013, 12:34 PM
Interesting.
I filled up twice today. Once (AM) for my daughter's Ranger and then in the (PM) for our Toyota. In the AM I paid $3.62 a gallon and then in the PM paid $3.56 a gallon.
The U.S. / Australian exchange rate is U.S $1.00 to AUD $ 1.104. That would equate then to an Australian cost for my above purchases of AUD $ 1.055 a litre for the AM and AUD $ 1.038 a litre for the PM.
In Steve O's above post where he made a purchase of AUD$ 20.39 of 11.93 litres at $1.709 would equate to the U.S. at U.S. $18.47 for 3.15 gallons at U.S. $5.863 a gallon or U.S. $1.548 a litre.
If Steve O was to make the above purchase here in the U.S. in the AM he would have paid U.S. $.956 a litre and the total cost would have been U.S. $11.41
Had he purchased his fuel in Australia at U.S. prices but with the AUD $ his cost would have been AUD $ 1.055 a litre and his total AUD $ cost would have been $12.59! Steve O could have pocketed AUD $ 7.80 on a 3.15 gallon purchase!
I filled up twice today. Once (AM) for my daughter's Ranger and then in the (PM) for our Toyota. In the AM I paid $3.62 a gallon and then in the PM paid $3.56 a gallon.
The U.S. / Australian exchange rate is U.S $1.00 to AUD $ 1.104. That would equate then to an Australian cost for my above purchases of AUD $ 1.055 a litre for the AM and AUD $ 1.038 a litre for the PM.
In Steve O's above post where he made a purchase of AUD$ 20.39 of 11.93 litres at $1.709 would equate to the U.S. at U.S. $18.47 for 3.15 gallons at U.S. $5.863 a gallon or U.S. $1.548 a litre.
If Steve O was to make the above purchase here in the U.S. in the AM he would have paid U.S. $.956 a litre and the total cost would have been U.S. $11.41
Had he purchased his fuel in Australia at U.S. prices but with the AUD $ his cost would have been AUD $ 1.055 a litre and his total AUD $ cost would have been $12.59! Steve O could have pocketed AUD $ 7.80 on a 3.15 gallon purchase!