txdon
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Daedong and Mith, That is why we enjoy or "SEAT TIME" so much. The USA practically gives us our fuel to have fun! /forums/images/graemlins/grin.gif
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EastTexFrank
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Great chart Vin. I've been looking for something like that for years to help explain to visitors from the UK why gas is so much cheaper here. They honestly don't believe that the only reason gas it is so expensive over there is that they pay 10 times more tax on it than we do. The other posters are right though, we'll still ***** about the cost of gas no matter what the price is and that we'll not be getting rid of our 17 mpg pick-ups any time soon.
i know that it is the tax that does it - agricultural diesel is without most the tax ant 25p a litre but you cant use it on the roads and have to be registered to get it. the USA subsidises fuel costs as i guess the country would crash if the price went up to what it is for us - youd be paying around 50p a mile in your trucks /forums/images/graemlins/blush.gif
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I'm not sure what that means "the USA subsidises fuel costs". Do you mean by not taxing it as much? Do you mean the Federal government discounts it to it's citizens who in effect subsidize the Federal government? Just curious about your perspective.
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</font><font color="blue" class="small">( ...we'll still ***** about the cost of gas no matter what the price is...)</font>
Not me! /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif
</font><font color="blue" class="small">( ...and that we'll not be getting rid of our 17 mpg pick-ups any time soon.)</font>
My current 4-wheeled vehicle gets 14 mpg, and that's after installing headers, high-flow air cleaner, and a "mileage master" ignition computer & coil (before that it got 11 mpg). I commute 30 miles each way to work, so last year I calculated how long it would take to pay out a new hybrid car that gets 50 mpg, versus my paid for and repair-free current truck, based on fuel savings. It was a long time, many years - very obvious that it is in fact much more economical for me to keep that truck buy anything else new.
Maybe a better comparison would be to buy a second-hand, non-hybrid economy car that gets 30-40 mpg, but this doesn't appeal to me much. I already have a motorcycle that routinely gets just over 50 mpg, and I can ride it to work easily nine or ten months of the year.
Not me! /forums/images/graemlins/cool.gif
</font><font color="blue" class="small">( ...and that we'll not be getting rid of our 17 mpg pick-ups any time soon.)</font>
My current 4-wheeled vehicle gets 14 mpg, and that's after installing headers, high-flow air cleaner, and a "mileage master" ignition computer & coil (before that it got 11 mpg). I commute 30 miles each way to work, so last year I calculated how long it would take to pay out a new hybrid car that gets 50 mpg, versus my paid for and repair-free current truck, based on fuel savings. It was a long time, many years - very obvious that it is in fact much more economical for me to keep that truck buy anything else new.
Maybe a better comparison would be to buy a second-hand, non-hybrid economy car that gets 30-40 mpg, but this doesn't appeal to me much. I already have a motorcycle that routinely gets just over 50 mpg, and I can ride it to work easily nine or ten months of the year.
