OT Price of gas in Italy?

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Jan G

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I'd appreciate it if anyone there would tell me what you are paying now?
Last time it was E 1.26 but that was a few years ago.

Between therising price of oil and the exchange rate of the Euro, I'm
expecting it will convert to $9 or more.

Thanks,
Ed
 
"Ed Pawlowski" ha scritto nel messaggio


Varies according to the region a bit, but leadfree is about ?1.53 per liter.
Exchange rate is nominally a bit over $1.45. Italy buys almost all of
Libya's oil. The direct Italian owned pipeline was one of the first things
to be fastened down.
 
Giusi wrote:



See if you can find an independent fuel station, they usually have better
prices and the quality is the same. Here it's 1.52 almost everywhere but
near to my town there's an indipendent selling at 1.46
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ViLco
Let the liquor do the thinking
 
"ViLco" wrote in message
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I prefer independents here too. I'll be driving about 2000 miles between
Milan and Santa Maria di Castellabata (with plenty of side trips) and back
so I'm sure I'll have plenty of choices.
 
Ed Pawlowski wrote:


Very nice! If you happen to pass near Reggio Emilia, which is on the highway
from Milan to Bologna (and then Florence, Rome, etc) and wanna have a lunch
or a drink with me, let me know here or on facebook. Also if you need a good
hint about where to dine or shop in this area, I'm always willing to help :)
--
ViLco
Let the liquor do the thinking
 
Ed Pawlowski wrote:


Expecially after the recent north african events: two months ago it was
about 10% cheaper than now.
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ViLco
Let the liquor do the thinking
 
On 22/04/2011 6:07 AM, Giusi wrote:


That sounds like travelling withe my older brother..... drive, drive
drive. When I went on a trip to Europe with him and another brother 10
years ago we did more driving than seeing. We started off with a few
days in Denmark and the, over the course of 6 days we went all the way
down to Austria, back up to Black Forest and then to Paris. We spent too
many entire days driving. There was lots to see and do along a more
direct route to Paris.

I have made a couple day trips with him, like a trip to a war planes
museum. It took us an hour and a half to get there and am hour and a
half to get back. When we got there he headed to the cafeteria for
brunch. Ten minutes later he wanted to leave. He is like a Japanese
tourist, spending all sorts of time getting to place, then just taking a
picture and heading on to the next site.

btw,,, Italy is a little more than 500 miles from north to south. I
don't know how one could manage to drive four times the length of the
country during a short vacation. Personally, if travelling alone or
wothjust one other person, I would opt for a rail pass. European trains
run everywhere and frequently. While I did not find Italian trains as
efficient as those in France and Germany, it is a good way to sit back
and enjoy the scenery. Besides, Italian drivers are something most North
Americans are not prepared to death with. Best to leave the driving to
someone else.
 
On Fri, 22 Apr 2011 05:58:41 -0400, Ed Pawlowski wrote:


I'd get your eyes checked out. The information on that spreadsheet is
only 10 days old. And it will be 3 days old tomorrow. Plus you can
use it again when you're ready to leave rather than clogging up the
group with more OT posts.

If you can't read or do simple math, knowing gas prices really isn't
going to do shit for you.

-sw
 
On Fri, 22 Apr 2011 06:04:51 -0400, Ed Pawlowski wrote:


Now that's why you REALLY posted. Why beat around the bush with an OT
posts if that's all you really wanted to announce?

-sw
 
On Fri, 22 Apr 2011 10:40:36 -0400, Dave Smith
wrote:


On several visits I toured Italy by rail, given a choice I'd always
choose the old narrow gage, it took far more scenic routes. My only
regret is that there were no digital cameras back then. I've taken
innumerable tours of the US & Canada by automobile and throughly
enjoyed them all but I'd seriously question the wisdom of touring
Europe by auto.
 
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There are many many places you can't get to in a train, although there are
few you can't get to with a train and then a possibly infrequent bus. Last
year I went often to a frinds house which is 2h15m in a car and 7 hours in a
train. I have no problem with driving, it's the amount of driving. Maybe
he is an inspector of roads coming to give us the once over twice?

That said, there is no "straight there" in Italy. I live 236 km from Rome,
almost all of it twisting or tunneling or climbing. I am near the Adriatic,
but must go over a bunch of mountains to get there. The crow does not fly
here.
 
On 22/04/2011 11:36 AM, Brooklyn1 wrote:


Given the choice, I would rather go by train in other European countries
than Italy. I suggested train because of the horrors of driving in
Italian cities, but I have to add that train travel was much less
pleasant Italy than in the other countries where we used our rail pass.
In Germany, France and Switzerland the train cars were air conditioned
and spotlessly clean, and the trains ran on time. In Italy the cars were
hot and dusty and the trains always seemed to run late.

When we went to Venice we stayed Padua we followed a cousin`s advice and
stayed in Padua and took the train into Venice for the evening. The
train was supposed to leave at 11 pm. The train was packed, standing
room only, and for some reason, it did not pull out of the station until
about 12:30.

When we left for Nice the train was late leaving, made a few long
unscheduled stops along the way and arrived late.
 
On Apr 22, 3:04?am, "Ed Pawlowski" wrote:

If you stick to the autostrade it will take nine hours to get from
Milano to Salerno (system didn't understand Santa Maria di
Castellabate) and cost 51 Euro in tolls.

Gas prices at the oases along your route are also listed. You might
want to rent a diesel -- we usually do in Europe.

www.autostrade.it/en/index.html
 
"Dave Smith" ha scritto nel messaggio

In Italy the cars were > hot and dusty and the trains always seemed to run
late.

Things have changed a good deal. Only a commuter train would ever fit that
description and then only rarely. I was delayed several hours once because
they'd discovered and unexploded WWII bomb on the system. Things happen!


You are aware that Nice is French?
 
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