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Dzombs, do self a great favor and simply hire a Jimny, Suzuki!!


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I read a few days ago, that the petrol price was going down :-? Here it goes up and down like a yo-yo lol


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H. erectus wrote:Dzombs, do self a great favor and simply hire a Jimny, Suzuki!!
It's not on the Avis list
Am going with the Rav 4 \O


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Richprins wrote:Over half our petrol price is used to sponsor government theft, Dzombs...they even sold our strategic oil reserve, or tried to! lol
Not unique to SA.....
Apparently 61% of our fuel cost is duty, with another 20% is VAT. That's over 80% of our fuel cost is tax!

I saw in the newspaper that there were issues re the fuel reserve.
According to the report, the court blocked it?


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Hmmm... Don't let anyone scare you off with fuel prices Dzombo . The fuel is just the extra to pay on the entire trip :O^
You will probably not travel more than 2000 km during your trip , and the RAV , being quite light on consumption , will probably cost you no more than R2000 --- GBP120 0*\

Add your airtravel costs plus distance and then see how much it costs you per kilometre over the entire trip ;-)

In other words , compare it to a great meal at a top restaurant -- and think of the fuel as the tip you give to the waiter :-)


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okie wrote:Hmmm... Don't let anyone scare you off with fuel prices Dzombo . The fuel is just the extra to pay on the entire trip :O^
You will probably not travel more than 2000 km during your trip , and the RAV , being quite light on consumption , will probably cost you no more than R2000 --- GBP120 0*\

Add your airtravel costs plus distance and then see how much it costs you per kilometre over the entire trip ;-)

In other words , compare it to a great meal at a top restaurant -- and think of the fuel as the tip you give to the waiter :-)
okie, that's the way I see it
I have a budget for the entire trip. And the fuel will only be a small part of that.

My main cost is the airfare
2 x direct on Virgin Atlantic.
I could save £100/ ticket or so if I fly via. But that would also add considerably to my travel time. And it would cost me at least a day, if not more of my trip. 0-


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Exactly \O
Now , driving the Landy up and down , fuel costs us about R8000 per trip , twice per year ;-)

Enjoy O/\


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okie wrote:Exactly \O
Now , driving the Landy up and down , fuel costs us about R8000 per trip , twice per year ;-)
Is it not worth your while to fly?
It is expensive though. I checked on SAA. The return faire is £420 (R7,140) for the two of us.
Was wondering if a local rate would be less?

But figured time wise, getting to airport, checking in etc, I wouldn't be saving that much time?


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If Okie flies, he will have to rent a car O**


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The drive is part of the holiday .There is no aeroplane ride that can compare with travelling at your own speed over the wide expanse of the Karoo . Stopping for a cup of coffee and listening to a silence that stretches to 360 degree horizons that fade a 100 kilometres into the distance . To smell rain when it is still 50 kilometres away , see lightning flashing from towering cumulonimbus clouds.


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