Fuel Costs At The Pump

Why are we paying more for fuel.

It has got stupid at the pumps and have been watching prices rise then fall.

Noticed one thing, that prices fall on the barrel of crude and takes a long time to drop at the pumps.

At one stage when prices jump from .99c to about $1.45 cents a litre.

You can't tell me that they still had stocks of petrol at the cheap price and the next they are up high and a big profit for them.

Filling up a 5 litre container for your lawnmower costs just under $10.00.

Oil companies have you by the balls as they know that we need fuel to keep workers on the roads and businesses to run.

The consumer is hit the most with truckers paying for diesel and diesel road users plus truck COF, which drips down on cost of freight and groceries to consumer as well.

Now the Government wants a watchdog to keep an eye on fuel costs, my ass they will control the costs to keep us happy as it seems funny on major holidays that fuel costs come down for some ungodly known reason.

People going on holidays over Christmas decided to travel close to home and couldn't afford trips away and what happened, prices drop on fuel on the holidays.

The more fuel prices go up the more the Government makes on taxes as well.

Cars now with big engines have become cheaper to buy and small four cylinder cars have shot through the roof. Really a have as Government has hidden plans that they want to take old cars off the roads that puff just a little of smoke and large engines, so then we will buy eco-friendly cars.

But why do they drive around in their new Merc's with fuel cards as a benefit. Come on New Zealand is not that big, could buy a small car. Even better use the Railway that we bought back.

Could see them using a ten trip bus pass.

One petrol company posted a 56 billion dollar profit, so imagine the rest of the other companies.

That is why motorbikes are back to being the big thing, but then the prices drop and everyone stops using them cause you can't go and get the weeks groceries without a boot and fuel cheap.

Bio-fuel is a joke as you are only saving a few cents as it costs a lot of money to produce, so an airline has decided to try it. So if you are a few thousand feet above the ground and smell hotdogs and chips, no the airline hasn't opened up a takeaway shop. Plus its not the ground crew having a BBQ either.

Bush only started the war in Iraq for the oil, so he got his greedy little hands on it. See how quick they were to put the fires out on the oil fields, like seeing money going in flames.
Now see who is control of the oil prices now.

Gas fields are drying up for liquid gas, so on a limited supply. A 10kg gas bottle use to cost $10 to fill, now $20 to fill.

So watch your petrol pump next time or watch the news and see what you think, might be my insanity.

Even better buy a ride-on lawnmower or golf cart, bonus is that you can get them down the shopping lanes.

Do as the Dukes do, moonshine fuel.
Can't say it isn't eco-friendly.

Motorcycle Parks

Local Councils need to now look into more motorcycle parking spots.
In our area we only have a few in the city area and only one in the town area.

Even then a car is parked in the spot marked for bikes.
If we park in a disabled zone we get issued with a ticket.

See a car in motorcycle parking area and that seems ok.
So, do as I do and park behind the car in that zone, nothing like a hot day.
Ice Cream in the boot and can't move... Evil I am.

Nothing more than a car looking for a car park with a full supermarket parking area.
Think there is a spot, when low and behold there is a motorcycle parked there.
Shame my heart bleeds (Not).

Even better when it looks like a park next to the doors of the Mall.
Haha revenge again.
The tar babies will seek and destroy their car parks unless they make us some room.

With all the bikes on the roads now, we to need parks or you will be sorry.
I am going to wake the public up this week by parking next to a shop window and shaking the crap out of it with the deep throaty sound of my Buell.
Better nail down their products, won't even supply ear muffs.

So start thinking of us as we don't need much space, they have hundreds of parking spaces for two Supermarkets and a big Mall.
We have rights too, please think of us.

Parking Warden Road Rat.

Laws Need To Be Changed

New Zealand Laws need to be changed as Road Rat has been speaking with other motorcylist and even drivers of cars.
The number of deaths on the roads is increasing due to faster motor cars.
In New Zealand if you get a motorcycle learners licence you have to ride a bike that is 250cc or under, which if you look at it is a very good idea when there are superbikes out there that can run at over 200 km/h.

So in order to be fair and safe to all road users, is to do the same to drivers of cars.
Young boy racers should be restricted to 1300cc motor cars, as in cases. The cars that are fitted with turbo's have the same horsepower of a V8.

What it means is that I can go to a car yard after I got my car learner licence.
Then buy a V8 or modified import car and drive away.
Throw in a couple of friends on board and then you have speed and showing off, admit it we were young once.

The days of driving you old Mini's and Cortina's etc, are long gone. The closest you got to juicing it up was fluffy dice, a set of mags and maybe a set of extractors.

Now we have Intercooled Turbo's, Nos kits, lowered cars, computerised tuning, super chargers to name a few.

Parents say there kids are good and just having fun. But have they been out watching them on a Saturday night with the rest of their mates and say to the parents that the cops keep hassling them.

All Road Rat wants to do is not become Road Kill and to make sure that we all survive another day.

Take care all and safe travels.