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>>Logic dictates that, yes, you will. Chances are you'd be less likely to
>>buy a Suburban than a Japanese minivan. That will keep the gasoline
>>demand down a bit. But hey, it's your money. If you want to keep giving
>>bundles of it to the Middle East, Venezuela and other place that the
>>average American (and European) can't even find on the map, that's your
>>prerogative. I hear the Burj Al Arab Hotel is a very expensive piece of
>>architecture.
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>>>I drive a 3 Series as a daily driver, my wife gets by nicely with a
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> Mazda
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>>>minivan, my daughter has a Toyota truck, and we keep a Jeep in the side
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> yard
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>>>for weekend driving. As you can see, I keep several cars around and
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> don't
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>>>worry much about paying road taxes.
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>>If you kept these cars in Holland, they would set you back at least
>>$300+ a month (rough guestimation: the road tax on a diesel powered Land
>>Cruiser alone is about $150 a month).
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>>And that's before you even drove a single mile with any of them.
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> Geez, I hope you guys don't churn this into yet another reason to hate
> Americans.
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By "this" do you mean the fact that you pay a lot less taxes on cars and
fuel in the States? If so, then I believe the appropriate term here
would be "jealousy"....