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BleedingPinky · 05-01-2008, 08:10 AM

Ok, lets do some math.
As of today, may 1, one litre (0.2642 gallons) of premium 95 costs 1.150 Euros over at this Shell gas station a few blocks away. Now,
1,150 E---------0.2642 G
x E --------- 1 G

x=1.150/0.2642 = 4,352763 E per G

Now, 1 Euro= 1.54842 $, so that makes 1 gallon costs 4,352763*1.54842= 6,7399 $

Boy I´m glad I bought a little Citröen C3 1.1 a couple of years ago. Dad was wise enough to go and buy a 1973 Dodge Dart Swing v6 back in the mid seventies crisis. Nowadays I hopefully think I´m following his wise steps,(considering times have changed). One helluva powerful hi-fi/ CD-car radio, a/c, and nice smooth clutch for those everyday 40 minutes average rides to and from work. The ´1 person per car´ within the hundreds/thousands vehicles at traffic jams is still there, me included. Oh well, I hope to fix that somehow one of these days talking with a few neighbors. Not an easy task though.

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BleedingPinky Who is novice1uk? Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Sevilla Posts: 1,410 Thanks: 50 Thanked 82 Times in 61 Posts Nominated 0 Times in 0 Posts TOTW/F/M Award(s): 0	Ok, lets do some math. As of today, may 1, one litre (0.2642 gallons) of premium 95 costs 1.150 Euros over at this Shell gas station a few blocks away. Now, 1,150 E---------0.2642 G x E --------- 1 G x=1.150/0.2642 = 4,352763 E per G Now, 1 Euro= 1.54842 $, so that makes 1 gallon costs 4,352763*1.54842= 6,7399 $ Boy I´m glad I bought a little Citröen C3 1.1 a couple of years ago. Dad was wise enough to go and buy a 1973 Dodge Dart Swing v6 back in the mid seventies crisis. Nowadays I hopefully think I´m following his wise steps,(considering times have changed). One helluva powerful hi-fi/ CD-car radio, a/c, and nice smooth clutch for those everyday 40 minutes average rides to and from work. The ´1 person per car´ within the hundreds/thousands vehicles at traffic jams is still there, me included. Oh well, I hope to fix that somehow one of these days talking with a few neighbors. Not an easy task though.
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