R H Draney wrote: Roland Hutchinson filted: Try Candada sometime. _Lots_ of kilometrage there, most of it English-speaking, and it's a proper country: one that you can't drive across in a single day. But you can drive across the entire populated width of it in an hour or so at almost any point....r That's nothing. In Australia you can get the Royal Geographical ...
Roland Hutchinson wrote: the Omrud wrote: Roland Hutchinson wrote: the Omrud wrote: J. J. Lodder wrote: So there are still crazy regulations that you can't buy a car in another EC country, You certainly can. When there was a bigger difference in price than there is now (about 10 years ago), there was a huge UK industry advising people on...
On Tue, 10 Jun 2008 17:49:14 +0100, Mike Barnes <mikebarnes@bluebottle.com> wrote: In alt.usage.english, the Omrud wrote: J. J. Lodder wrote: Taxation systems on vehicles and fuel differ widely in Europe. They are supposed to get harmonised eventuallly, but that takes a -long- time. So there are still crazy regulations that you can't buy a car in another EC ...
Roland Hutchinson filted: Try Candada sometime. _Lots_ of kilometrage there, most of it English-speaking, and it's a proper country: one that you can't drive across in a single day. But you can drive across the entire populated width of it in an hour or so at almost any point....r -- What good is being an executive if you never get to execute anyone?
J. J. Lodder wrote: Chuck Riggs <chriggs@eircom.net> wrote: Gallons, schmallons. What we need are cheap electric cars, and we need them now. And what we need even more than that is free electricity, Recipe for Free Electricity Take one coulomb of free electrons... -- Roland Hutchinson Will play viola da gamba for food. NB mail to my.spamtrap [...
Chuck Riggs <chriggs@eircom.net> wrote: On Tue, 10 Jun 2008 07:49:31 GMT, the Omrud <usenet.omrud@gEXPUNGEmail.com> wrote: Oleg Lego wrote: On Mon, 09 Jun 2008 08:16:54 GMT, the Omrud posted: Jitze wrote: I drove it just under 1000 miles with maybe a 50/50 mixture of freeway and downtown stop-n-go. Bottom line at the end was 43.96 miles...
the Omrud wrote: Chuck Riggs wrote: On Mon, 09 Jun 2008 22:38:46 +0100, Wood Avens <woodavens@askjennison.com> wrote: On Mon, 09 Jun 2008 01:00:19 -0700, Jitze <couperus@znet.com> wrote: Off the bat - I didn't realise it was a diesel until the first time I had to fill up - it made neither diesel noises nor smell. It had a 2 liter engine and sported...
the Omrud wrote: Chuck Riggs wrote: On Tue, 10 Jun 2008 07:49:31 GMT, the Omrud <usenet.omrud@gEXPUNGEmail.com> wrote: Oleg Lego wrote: On Mon, 09 Jun 2008 08:16:54 GMT, the Omrud posted: Jitze wrote: I drove it just under 1000 miles with maybe a 50/50 mixture of freeway and downtown stop-n-go. Bottom line at the end was 43.96 ...
On Tue, 10 Jun 2008 07:56:44 GMT, the Omrud <usenet.omrud@gEXPUNGEmail.com> wrote: Jitze wrote: On Mon, 09 Jun 2008 22:38:46 +0100, Wood Avens <woodavens@askjennison.com> wrote: On Mon, 09 Jun 2008 01:00:19 -0700, Jitze <couperus@znet.com> wrote: Off the bat - I didn't realise it was a diesel until the first time I had to fill up - it made neither diesel ...
the Omrud wrote: Roland Hutchinson wrote: the Omrud wrote: J. J. Lodder wrote: So there are still crazy regulations that you can't buy a car in another EC country, You certainly can. When there was a bigger difference in price than there is now (about 10 years ago), there was a huge UK industry advising people on how to buy their new car in ...
