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Old 03-13-2008, 08:32 AM
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We are currently paying £4.80 approx per UK Gallon (equates to about £4 per US Gallon or $8.10 per US Gallon).

As of yesterday, I will have to pay the Government £450 per year ($910) just for owning the damned 3.0 X3 Sport! That's a 110% increase in 12 months.

I'd trade places with any of you in N. America anytime (or in fact the rest of the civilised world for that matter - see if you can find many places in the world where motoring is more expensive)
Sweden is the same. ($8 something / US galon)
I would like to get US gas price, what i would not want is insurrance bil from US
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Old 03-13-2008, 10:32 AM
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Sweden is the same. ($8 something / US galon)
I would like to get US gas price, what i would not want is insurrance bil from US

haha, everybody has to make the money somewhere....
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Old 03-13-2008, 11:00 AM
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Sweden is the same. ($8 something / US galon)
I would like to get US gas price, what i would not want is insurrance bil from US
A big chunk of the US insurance is the Liability portion. That's because in the US, everyone like to SUE the crap out of everyone else. You tap someone on the bumper, next thing you know you get sued for $1 million with the guy claiming (among other things) that he can't "please" his wife anymore in bed because you screwed up his spine (never mind that it was a 2 mph bumper bump). The lawyers here get very creative!

There's no perfect country, every place has its' upside and its' downside.
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As of yesterday, I will have to pay the Government £450 per year ($910) just for owning the damned 3.0 X3 Sport!
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Why?
Well in Europe and most of the other civilized world (beside US China and India) pay for the polution that our cars make, not only in form of tax like in UK but also in form of envoriment tax on fuel, why do you think you get to pay $3,50 / galon while rest of the world pays more then dubble?
A hint: it is not becouse you invaded Iraq

Becouse UK government wants their cittizens to drive fuel efficent cars, use public transport and so on
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Two things that will help more than you think

1. Plan your route. Don't run back and forth across town more than once - think like a schoolbus driver does.

2. Keep the average speed function of the OBC displayed. Obviously stop&go traffic will decrease the mph so by coasting more and using the brakes less your average will stay higher.
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Don't buy a SUV when you don't need one. If you spend the majority of your time driving by yourself or with your wife/spouse/other..you didn't need a 4000lb+ SUV to start with.

Get a manual transmission instead of an auto if possible.

Maintain speed.

Oh if only public transportation was REALLY available.
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Don't buy a SUV when you don't need one. If you spend the majority of your time driving by yourself or with your wife/spouse/other..you didn't need a 4000lb+ SUV to start with.
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Old 03-12-2008, 05:08 PM
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Or can't afford it...........
Bingo. The peeps you really need to feel bad for are the poor bastards making minimum wage, which is about 3 dollars more an hour then a gallon of gas costs.
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