Where would you go for a cheap fuel?

Filling became more expensive in Auckland. [19659006Gaspyaregistered3284newuserdiscovered

The free App-based service helps motorists find the cheapest petrol stations in their area.

Its founder Larry Green said that there were only 30 signs. Most of the new registrations were from Aucklanders indicating that the introduction of the Auckland Regional Fuel Tax, designed to raise funds for transport projects in the city destroyed by traffic jams, was frightening motorists. 19659007] READ MORE:
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"It's 10,847 percentage growth that pretty clearly demonstrates the public interest for Auckla"

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Larry Green, co-founder of Gaspy. "

Although many people joined Gaspy to save money , a surprising number wanted to save money not to enrich themselves, but to deny profits to oil companies.This is not just a question of savings. "It's theirs way to protest, "he says.

The Auckland Regional Fuel Tax of 11.5c per liter, the 10c tax and the 1.5c GST tax, applies to all fuel purchases made. In Auckland since Sunday, motorists have tried to avoid the rise of waiting lines, which has led Dave Bodger de Gull to "store people to store gas in their garages."

The regional boundary of the fuel tax extends south of Pukekohe and north of Port Albert, encompassing the entire Auckland Council area, raising the question of knowing where people are ready to save themselves a few dollars. 10,000 kilometers per year could, depending on the energy efficiency of their cars, pay somewhere in the region between $ 140 and $ 270 more per year to move through the new tax, it was estimated.

Auckland engine neck The $ 800 was based on the average size of the tanks, filling each week for a year and taking into account the difference between the cheapest and the most expensive fuel in Auckland, within a radius of 20 km (excluding Waiheke), "he said," The savings are probably bigger now, but we'll have to recalculate the numbers. "

This figure did not include the costs of driving to inexpensive service stations, which could be up to 20 km.

The Canstar market research agency said that nearly two-thirds of Auckland's motorists were ready to ride 10 km for a cheaper fuel.

Some go up to 15 km, but the intentions expressed in the polls do not always reflect the behavior of people.

But Aucklanders, who is already passing a unreasonable driving time, does it go core more time to drive to save $ 10?

Canstar found a difference of 23 cents per liter of fuel prices in Auckland before the introduction. On a 40-liter fill, it would be about $ 9.20 between the most expensive filler and the cheapest, minus the cost of driving to get lower prices.

Mark Stockdale, of AA, estimates that medium-sized car 10kms cost about $ 2 in gasoline

The greater the filling was important, the more it was worth sacrificing the time and fuel required to drive at lower prices.

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Gull CEO Dave Bodger sees motorists as opportunists willing to look for a lower price.

Australian research indicates that the drive to save a small amount is common among older drivers, who had the time and could drive off rush hours, and the poorest were trying to make limited budgets.

The highest paid middle-aged and poor people tended to fill up when it was practical.

Bodger said that there was no hard data from New Zealand on the proportion of people drove their way for fuel, but after decades in the oil sector, he has an idea of ​​the number of motorists behave

Time Pr Essentially in Aucklanders life meant a lot bought on their ordinary roads to and from work, and to and from the supermarket, but he said that many motorists were also opportunistic.

When they went out of their usual roads, they kept a

According to Green, one of the most common uses of Gaspy was that people do research on prices when they were leaving for such trips.

Retired drivers, however, were looking for bargains. a day, which gave them the opportunity to source cheap gasoline.

"There are still a lot of people who like cars," said Bodger. "They like to go by car."

Green, who bypasses Tauranga by bicycle, believes that Gaspy might surprise Auckland drivers about the little money they need to get fuel at a low price. 19659044] – Tips and Tricks