rocmoc
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Just saw on BBC News with all the conversions, unleaded gas is $8.40/gal in England. Insane but makes our prices look cheaper.
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wallynm
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Check the tax rate per gallon of liter. 5 or 6 bucks I will bet.
rocmoc wrote:Just saw on BBC News with all the conversions, unleaded gas is $8.40/gal in England. Insane but makes our prices look cheaper.
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Gas/Petrol pricing
According this article the UK price of Gasoline aka Petrol is made up of 60% tax and duty. With a US equivalent $8.40/gal that would mean the taxes on a gallon is around 5.04
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Keep in mind that the USA is not Europe. Europe has a railway system that connects almost every major city with every other major city. Think back to the railroads in WWII. For the most part, people in Europe just do not travel the way that we do in the USA. They may travel within their own country, but long trips across Europe into multiple countries, equal to the distance across the USA, are just not done very often. Small fuel efficient vehicles and MH's work fine for the short trips in Europe.
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Use to be they had what was called an Imperial Gallon which was 5 quarts compared to our 4 quarts to a gallon.
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Johnny G1
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It is also coming to North America too, just give it time.
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supercub wrote:Use to be they had what was called an Imperial Gallon which was 5 quarts compared to our 4 quarts to a gallon.
They still do.
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B.C. Canada is also very high, here locally the Canadians come down to shop for cheaper groceries and clothes and bring their empty gas cans along. I usually try and get into Costco early in the morning before they get here as the lines get long and takes longer to remove the cans fill them (also the vehicle) and then put them back the vehicles. A good portion of their gas price is also tax. They are on a metric system so it is priced by the liter.
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tempforce wrote:they are paying higher prices for everything to pay for all of the government benefits they receive.
nothing is free,
also for the fuel efficient cars, they are great for in town. but do poorly dealing with trucks on the highway or 50 mph winds blowing the car sideways on your drive to work..
if you live 3 miles from work, ride a bike,
5-10 get a small car. but if you need something that can handle a dirt road or a half foot of snow. or high winds. you better have a stout vehicle..
the wanna b's that drive large cars/trucks in town are for show... just have more money than brains.
Good evening. I agree with much of your post including 50 mph cross winds that tend to make driving my smart car "interesting". Having said that generally it is not a problem and interstate travel is uneventful. Many small cars do well in snow as well. Of course common sense if you need off road capability get something that will do the job.
Last year we were about 20 miles off the beaten track in sedona where they have the big jeep tours. You've seen these things. Huge tires, lots of clearance. Cool. Anyway we round a corner in our little smart car, starbucks in hand and there is a jeep, full of tourists, open jawed wondering what the heck this tiny little smart car with a maple leaf on the front of it was doing out in the middle of the desert. We just took our time...and took about 10PSI out of the tires so we wouldn't spill our starbucks of course.
Europeans tend to have a better choice of two seat commuter vehicles than we have. Most commuters on this side of the pond seem to be in 5 seat SUV's or mini vans. Once in awhile you will see two people in them but most of the time it is just one. As long as fuel is as cheap as it is I doubt that will change.
The practical side of life says that for single car families SUV's and Minivans work very well. But those of us who never have the need for a back seat, 2 seat commuters are an inexpensive efficient alternative. I would find it hard to go back to anything under 70 MPG again. 
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Dennis MM, good points. We need to adjust to the world as it is, not as we would like it to be and we could have (should have) started doing that years ago.
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