$1US = R7.72
$1Aus = R7.25

1L = R8.01(coastal, inland is R8.25+)

Which means we pay
1L = $1.04US/$1.11Aus
1US gallon = $3.94US/$4.20Aus
1Imp gallon = $4.73US/$5.05Aus

Unfortunately we also get paid in Rands, so it helps nothing that fuel is cheap when the cost is converted to $ of any kind. Diesel is never much more than 5-10 cents(ZA) less/more than petrol so it doesn't really matter which you buy. Diesels just tend to be more fuel effecient than petrol, which is why people tend to go for them lately...

The other day I drove in Johannesburg, and there was a 1400 bakkie infront of me, it said "Diesel Power" on the back. When we pulled away from a traffic light, it took of with a fair amount of speed and kept accelerating quite well, it spew black clouds as it went. I have been wondering, these 1.9TDi VW engines put out a fair amount of grunt, and they are very fuel effecient. What would happen if one built one of those into a 1200...just for the hell of it...