Kev946 Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 Quite topical as it's budget day. http://omidr.typepad.com/torque/2007/03 ... ius_i.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevie_350z Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 Interesting. It amazes me that the States don't like deisels. And why is it that whenever I see beemers or mercs, their engines (in the states) are always bigger - like, Merc 430 rather than 320 or even 280s. Driving a Merc 500 is "normal" over there. Insane. Fuel prices are rising but the people I work with over there don't give a damn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monkfish Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 Interesting. It amazes me that the States don't like deisels. And why is it that whenever I see beemers or mercs, their engines (in the states) are always bigger - like, Merc 430 rather than 320 or even 280s. Driving a Merc 500 is "normal" over there. Insane. Fuel prices are rising but the people I work with over there don't give a damn. Yeah Stevie, fuel prices are rising to nearly a third of the price we pay in the UK. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ir_fuel Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 cars in the VS are crazy ... Went to SF for one week, countless AMG's, a bunch of RS4's, some Lambo's, tons of 350Z's, you seem to get Ford Mustangs for free when you buy a burger if you see how many of those driving around over there, smallest bmw3 series is a 330, the X5 is the 4.8i.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevie_350z Posted March 21, 2007 Share Posted March 21, 2007 Interesting. It amazes me that the States don't like deisels. And why is it that whenever I see beemers or mercs, their engines (in the states) are always bigger - like, Merc 430 rather than 320 or even 280s. Driving a Merc 500 is "normal" over there. Insane. Fuel prices are rising but the people I work with over there don't give a damn. Yeah Stevie, fuel prices are rising to nearly a third of the price we pay in the UK. $3.45 / gallon for super @ the mo 1 US gallon = 3.7854118 litre $1 = 0.5103 pounds therefore they pay 91c per litre, which is about 46p... roughly half... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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