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americans complaining about petrol (gas to u americans) prices rising
Don Rizzle:
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--- Quote from: Don Rizzle on April 09, 2004, 04:03:06 PM ---
--- Quote from: I Just Wasn't Made For These Times on April 09, 2004, 02:45:22 PM ---Well; gas may be the dumbed down term; but you're paying 3 times more than us idiots for the same product with a different name.
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its all in tax >:( the truckers actually blocked all our ports a about 3 years ago because they had had enough, it lasted for about 2 weeks and most of the petrol stations ran out of petrol, wat petrol was left was reserved for emergency services. but it had little effect our petrol is still high. the french also did the same but their governement gave in and slashed taxes.
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If you had more oil would you have to worry about taxes?
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we have plenty of oil actually, we got north sea oil plus we get it from all over the world too
Real American:
The reason we Americans are making such a big deal about gas is that we are more dependent on it. England is just a small little country compared to how large and expansive the US is. You guys don't travel far to your destinations and have really good mass transit systems. Most Americans live in suburbs and have to drive a great distance to their jobs and so gas ends up being very costly. No one in America rides buses and only New York has a subway system.
Doggystylin:
Exactly^ yup, i actually agree with c walker, whats happened?
Don Rizzle:
--- Quote from: CWalker187 on April 10, 2004, 01:30:36 PM ---The reason we Americans are making such a big deal about gas is that we are more dependent on it. England is just a small little country compared to how large and expansive the US is. You guys don't travel far to your destinations and have really good mass transit systems. Most Americans live in suburbs and have to drive a great distance to their jobs and so gas ends up being very costly. No one in America rides buses and only New York has a subway system.
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i live in a village that has 2 buses a day, public transport is shit and its expensive for example if want to get a 1 way ticket from my uni house to my family home on the train it will cost me £35 if i drive it will cost me £12-15. in the cities public transport is alot better than else where but its unreliable and most ppl r put off using them and just use cars instead, in general terms the ppl who use buses are those on benefit/make minimum wage and the elderly.
we maybe smaller doesn't mean we don't need to travel, plus we have huge conjestion problems, the m25 which is the motorway which circles london gets jamed for almost all daylight hours. which alot of ppl use to get into london for their jobs, my dad has to leave at 6.30am to avoid the main rush hour traffic but it still takes him about 40 minutes and he is at work about 1 and a half hours early because of this.
we have to pay shit loads for the privilage of our cars for the fact they are more expensive to buy here than most other places, we pay car tax each year costing between about £120-£180 depending on engine size, insurance is astronomically expensive my first car was a 10 year old pugeot 205 with 1.4 engine it cost the best part of £1700 (3 times the amount i paid for the car) to insure on a 3rd party only policy, currently i have a 1.5 on 3rd party fire n theft which i am gettin a very good rate for cos insurance company fucked up (but can't be arsed to explain) anyway it costs £800 for this year. having high travel costs is a huge burden for british firms trying to keep costs down and stay competetive in an international market.
i do not accept your argument at all, its just the greedy attitude americans are notorious for
heyyou:
What's up don rizzle, how come your insurance is so high? How old are you?
Do you have any points on your licence, any previous claims etc?
I'm 23 and drive a 2000 x-reg peugeot 406 coupe (2.0 litre). Insurance cost me £865 fully comp. (I live in london). This is with elephant.co.uk, however:
Although this is my first car (insurance is also under my name), I've been driving for about 5 yrs (insured as a second driver on my dads car),
I have no driving penalty points, no previous claims,
I park the car on the driveway overnight, but worst of all, i'm only allowed to drive a maximum of 2000 miles a year, social and domestic no commutting(although I walk to work).
You should shop around and check your insurance conditions, try to park your car in a garage or driveway, check you annual mileage, is it unneccessarily high, eg 10,000 miles when you only do 6,000 miles etc
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