Fuel in Hua Hin

[blobtec]

Have noticed on the news that petrol is not only exspensive but also hard to get. Can anybody give any advice as i will be comeing back ot in 6 weeks and want to rent a car, no point if i cant use i
Thanks Bob

[Locturian]

Well, there's a lot of gas stations in and around Hua Hin so fuelproblems doesn't seem to be the problem...

[Guess]

Gas is more or lees the same price all over Thailand.

I did hear today that there are some fuel stations in the area that have run out.

[VincentD]

The petrol stations close around ten at night and don't re-open till about six in the morning nationwide .
Keep that in mind if you have to drive at night.

[The understudy]

One advice for drivers who live beyond Hua Hin market en route to Khao Thakiap. there are big No Petrol stations until you reach the overpass en route to Pranburi. The last Station before the Night Market is Esso with the Tesco/Lotus express. beyond that there's one small Petrol Station a few mies ahh I mean a few Km's from Hua Hin Market Village anf Mall.

Your's "the understudy"

[lomuamart]

Thanks for that piece of advice. It's obviously a good idea to fill up before you make any journey of over 5km.

[Burger]

A tip for you all .......

To play safe, what I always do after filling up at the Esso/Tesco Express station is once I get to the top of the overpass I put the car in neutral and 'coast' down the other side, where you can safely make it into the next station without engaging the gears.
It can be done.

Burger

[Digger]

[quote="Burger"]
I put the car in neutral and 'coast' down the other side, where you can safely make it into the next station without engaging the gears.
It can be done.
Burger[/quote]
Do not remind me Burger as my father did that well into the sixties as it was a habit he got into during petrol rationing in UK which ended in the late forties and quite possibly early fifties quite a long time after the actual end of the war.He went so slow I could have followed on my tricycle and probably overtaken him.
Hey sure you were not driving then as they say old habits die hard

[Burger]

Do not remind me Burger as my father did that well into the sixties as it was a habit he got into during petrol rationing in UK
Hey sure you were not driving then as they say old habits die hard

Not guilty Digger, I was only being conceived in the late 60's

Burger

[Edd Case]

Can someone enlighten me as to the current cost of a litre of petrol. Thanks

[ajarnfrank]

About 28 baht per liter for 91 octane, nearly 30 baht for 95 octane. Diesel is only a bit cheaper than 91 octane. Of course, the prices fluctuate, mostly upward, recently.

[lomuamart]

About 28 baht per liter for 91 octane, nearly 30 baht for 95 octane. Diesel is only a bit cheaper than 91 octane. Of course, the prices fluctuate, mostly upward, recently.

I don't have a vehicle, but funnily enough my wife was complaining about how much it cost to fill her bike up yesterday. 90B now, she says against 30B before. "Hold on a minute, that seems a lot. How long ago were you paying 30B?" "About 10 years" was the answer.
For the sake of more "current and reliable(?) comparisons", she says it was 70B a year ago

[olmate]

Its really not that cheap there is it, i was there in jan and fuel was not much cheaper than in oz. I guess thats why the locals get around on scooters rather than in fuel guzzling v8's as my fossil fuel loving nation does. Bet the price aint to affordable for the locals there right now, its getting up here and it has a heavy news presence. But here is a fact--- house prices in oz have gone up by 700%in the past 20 years, where as petrol is more like 50-100%.
Dont know about you but im bitchen more about the fact i cant afford my own house!!!!! My motorbike only costs 20aud to get 350ks, i got mates paying 90aud to get that outta there fuel guzzlers, sometimes it really makes me wonder what is more important in life been able to afford a roof over your head or getting from a to b. Unfortunately societies nowdays are so heavily reliant on dwindling reserves of fossil fuels the price is only gonna keep going up.

[ajarnfrank]

Yes, olmate, a motorcycle is far thriftier on fuel. My CBR150R gets 70 miles per gallon, 30 km/liter, so it costs one baht per liter. Surely the smaller bikes would get 35km/liter if they didn't have four Thais on board.

But it's nearly impossible to get somebody who grew up on V-8 cars in North America or Oz to settle for two wheels in the rainy season.

Motorbikes back home were toys; here they are just hazardous appliances.

[HansMartin]

But at least it is warm rain!!!