your fuel doesn't cost any more than ours, the difference
in price is because your government funds it's socialist programs with
high fuel taxes, if you want womb to tomb welfare benefits the money
needs to come from somewhere and in the UK its from fuel taxes

"In the first place, we should insist that if
the immigrant who comes here in good faith becomes
an American and assimilates himself to us,
he shall be treated on an exact equality with
everyone else, for it is an outrage to discriminate
against any such man because of creed, or birthplace,
or origin.
But this is predicated upon the person's
becoming in every facet an American, and nothing but an American...
There can be no divided allegiance here.
Any man who says he is an American,
but something else also, isn't an American at all.
We have room for but one flag, the American flag...
We have room for but one language here,
and that is the English language...
and we have room for but one sole loyalty
and that is a loyalty to the American people."

Theodore Roosevelt

Wow - I don't know where you buy your petrol but I pay around 95 pence per
litre, which works out at £4.32 a gallon. However, we should explain for
those on the other side of the Atlantic that a UK gallon is a bit bigger
than a US gallon so on a "like for like" basis we pay around $7.50 for a US
gallon.

Liam

The shortcut below is an English Newspaper article re: Lexus. Not only does
it make an interesting read, but I'd be interested to hear your comments
reference the prices we have to pay for cars in the UK, compared to where
you live. (The prices are at the bottom of the article).

For any of you not living in England, I point out that 'Green' cars here are
very important (not just from an environmental perspective) but also due to
the fact if you have a car supplied here by your employer, (and 75-85% of
management here do) depending upon the make and its emissions, the tax
authorities take the list price of the car, divide this by 3 (i.e.: say
£60,000 / 3 = £20,000) and class the £20,000 figure as earned income and
charge you 40% income tax on that! In addition, Lead Free fuel here is now a
few pennies short of £5.00 per gallon!

Pls cut & Paste into your browser!

http://www.express.co.uk/motoring/view/6822

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