by Robert Mcmartin

Created on: June 25, 2008   Last Updated: April 30, 2009

It has been interesting reading about how people in the US are feeling the heat on Gas prices. Down here in the Land of Oz, (no matter how many times I click my heels it is still the same place) we are currently paying $1.70 a litre (5 litres in a Gallon, you do the maths).

Here in Australia (pronounced ozzztraylllya), we have devised many interesting ways to get around the high gas prices.

1. Buy a British car and have the tow truck take you to your destination. This also works if the Auto service has to supply you with a car if you are 100 kilometres (60 miles) from home.

2. Hire a car, most come with a free tank of gas, and its usually cheaper to hire the car the fill the fuel tank.

3. Hire a car and drain the fuel tank and then give it back (you only get charged a half day rate and keep the gas).

4. Midnight Gas station, go around the unfenced car yards and siphon the tanks. Ohh, come on this country was founded by convicts, our crime rate here is hereditary.

5. Borrow friend's car, what more important really, getting around town or friends.

6. Travel everywhere with friends (make sure you don't borrow their cars, because you will need these friends to push your car around.

7. Move to a town with lots of hills, this will give you gravity assist one way and you will only use 1/2 the fuel. (Ohh, look at that car what sort of car is it, "this car is a Rolls Canardly, rolls down one side of the hill can hardly get up the other).

8. Buy a pair of roller blades and a big horse shoe magnet, on second thought it never worked for the Coyote in the Road Runner cartoons.

9. If you are downtown look for a Dominoes, or any other fats food delivery company, phone them for a home delivery and then turn up at the shop and get a lift with the driver (bonus if its not there in 30 minutes the pizza is free).

10. Tradesmen (Plumbers, carpenters, electricians) also have to use trucks, call one round to do work on your house, or even quote then while they are walking around doing the quote, steal their truck, any decent chop shop will have it resprayed an re-birthed and back in you driveway within the hour.

I hope these tips help you get around this gas crises, and remember all or any of these tips are just for fun and if any of it actually works, and if they don't and you get arrested what do you expect taking tips from a guys whose ancestors were deported from England.

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