Quote:Original post by Saruman
I eat about 70USD / week in fuel right now... SUVs are horrible.:(
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How much do you pay for gas per gallon?
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Quote:Original post by N8dunnQuote:Original post by Saruman
I eat about 70USD / week in fuel right now... SUVs are horrible.:(
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On gas.. yes.
In snow and for lugging things around.. no.
We actually didn't burn that much more gas compared with a V6 car back where we used to live, but in stop and go traffic the thing just eats gas when the light goes green :)
Living in Germany sucks...
EUR 1.20 for 1 litre
EUR 4.54 for 1 gallon
= 5.85 USD/gallon!!!!
:´(
PS: I hope my calculation is correct but I assume it is..
If the gas prices raise any more then I'll have to sell my BMW and
buy a small car like a fiat or something equally ugly :(
EUR 1.20 for 1 litre
EUR 4.54 for 1 gallon
= 5.85 USD/gallon!!!!
:´(
PS: I hope my calculation is correct but I assume it is..
If the gas prices raise any more then I'll have to sell my BMW and
buy a small car like a fiat or something equally ugly :(
What I find funny about this thread (and why I stopped reading it) is that everyone has a different name and amount that there money is worth and different countries have different measurements for thier gas... How about everyone converts it to $/gal. That will make everyone in America (that is where the GDnet server is based, right?) happy.
SUVs do 10-20 mpg though. An efficient-ish car does about double that (my old piece of junk did about 35 mpg). A new generation diesel does about 70 mpg.
Also, the price of petrol is so high in Europe because it's so heavily taxed. The price of the crude is the same, and so the end product should be the same as in the US.
Also, the US is quite different from Europe in terms of traffic and roads. I don't really fancy going though Texas with my dinky 1.4 petrol engine. Not exactly a cruiser.
But still, when it comes to cities, what good is a V8 6 litre 300bhp engine? apart from wasting fuel and polluting...
Also, the price of petrol is so high in Europe because it's so heavily taxed. The price of the crude is the same, and so the end product should be the same as in the US.
Also, the US is quite different from Europe in terms of traffic and roads. I don't really fancy going though Texas with my dinky 1.4 petrol engine. Not exactly a cruiser.
But still, when it comes to cities, what good is a V8 6 litre 300bhp engine? apart from wasting fuel and polluting...
Let me see, its about 11kr/l ( = $6.51 per gallon). I love my bicycle.
So it's quite cheap in the US really. Even so, hopefully these high prices will eventually make the fat stupid americans buy smaller cars (Sorry for stereotyping here, I know there are also a few healthy smart americans who drive energy efficient small cars).
So it's quite cheap in the US really. Even so, hopefully these high prices will eventually make the fat stupid americans buy smaller cars (Sorry for stereotyping here, I know there are also a few healthy smart americans who drive energy efficient small cars).
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Quote:Original post by oliiiEr, street racing, sex (appeal), and various psychological reasons commonly associated with the "Man Condition". V8? Pah! One of the local street racers around here has a BMW V12 in a 90s Mitsubishi rice-rocket shell. Someone around here owns a Lamborghini Diablo too, but I don't think they dare race it. ;) I do pretty well in my 2004 Saturn ION-2 4-Door Quad Coupe against most Street Light Racers, but my petty straight-4 is no good against the more powerful luxury and racer-customized vehicles. My turning ratio still beats them though! Yee-haw! [/tangent]
But still, when it comes to cities, what good is a V8 6-litre 300bhp engine?
[ot] Anyone know how to disable the speed governor on my car? I can only get up to 125mph before it activates. [/ot]
Quote:Original post by Adraeus
3. California's Cost of Living is much higher than Australia and Netherlands.
You are most certainly right baout driving more in the US. I remember the shock at how close everything was when I moved back to Europe etc. But you must be kidding trying to say that the Califnornia cost of living is greater than at least the Netherlands (don't know about Australia). Most, if not all, western european countries have a higher cost of living than anywhere in the US except say downtown Manhattan.
Woah, $2.50 per gallon, I cannot imagine getting gasoline the cheap anywhere here in germany. With today's price and exchange rate, I'd pay $4.8574 per gallon, that's nearly twice as much. Our general wealth and cost-of-living should be nearly the same, I think.
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