"Peter Bozz" > wrote in message
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> [snip]
>
> >>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.
> >>
> >>
> >>>I drive a 3 Series as a daily driver, my wife gets by nicely with a
> >
> > Mazda
> >
> >>>minivan, my daughter has a Toyota truck, and we keep a Jeep in the side
> >
> > yard
> >
> >>>for weekend driving. As you can see, I keep several cars around and
> >
> > don't
> >
> >>>worry much about paying road taxes.
> >>>
> >>>
> >>
> >>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).
> >>
> >>And that's before you even drove a single mile with any of them.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Geez, I hope you guys don't churn this into yet another reason to hate
> > Americans.
> >
>
> 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"....


A reasonable man would be jealous, a zealot would have fire in his eyes. Yet
another reason to hate Americans. ;-)