In a little under three weeks from now the new petrol and prices for July 2023 will take effect. For now, the latest numbers don’t bode well. Photo: Pixabay.com
How much more to costs to fill your VW Polo in Gauteng compared to 4 years ago
A closer look at how much more to costs to fill your VW Polo Sedan in Gauteng compared to four years ago. It’s scary!
In a little under three weeks from now the new petrol and prices for July 2023 will take effect. For now, the latest numbers don’t bode well. Photo: Pixabay.com
As reported by The South African website, the latest price changes for petrol and diesel both inland and at the coast came into effect at midnight on Tuesday this week.
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Petrol dropped by 71 cents a litre while diesel saw an 80-84 cents per litre decrease.
That brought the petrol price for 95 Octane to R22.63 inland.
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According to the Outlier Africa Instagram page, by comparison, four years ago a litre of 95 Octane cost R16.76.
Despite the most recent decrease, that’s still R5.87 a litre more than 48 months ago.
To fill the 45 litre tank of your VW Polo Sedan in Gauteng and other inland regions used to cost R754 in June 2019. Nowadays it will set you back R1 018.
That’s a whopping R264 more.
Ouch!
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