Bob wrote: > We buy gas whatever the price because we > must have it to drive to work. The only changes come when we buy > new vehicles that are more efficient.
The very same happens here in Finland. The only place with really a working public transportation is the Helsinki area. Other areas of the country have public transport (buses and trains) but they do not work so well. The transportation times are usually too long and you have to change (usually going back and forth quite a long way before reaching the destination). There is also a lot of land compared to the number of people so the only practical way for many is to drive a car. And adding to that the government really knows how to apply taxes to private driving and vehicles ;-). > Studded snow tires are excellent when the road is covered with snow > and ice. They were banned here over 30 years ago. We were living > in Milwaukee, Wisconsin at the time (population 1,000,000+) and the > 6 lane super highways began to have tire ruts down the lanes, not > in the snow - in the concrete! > > Regards, Bob S. Banning the studs here would be a mass murder. We know quite well how to drive in bad conditions but I think driving without studded tires can be compared to planning a suicide ;-). Many of the roads are in a bad shape because of tire ruts round the year but we get used to that (although the ruts increase the possibility of water planing during the warmer periods). During the summer a lot of roads get new surfaces. The conditions also change a lot in short distances, for example driving from the coast to inland only 50-100 miles makes a bit difference so you better be prepared all the time. Cotty wrote: > An about town price for 1 litre of unleaded here in England would > set you back about 1 pound and 4 pence (£1.04). That's about > 2 USD.....a litre. > > That's about $9.22 a gallon. > > Cheers, > Cotty Yes Cotty, 2.05 a litre, but how did you end up with 9.22 USD per gallon? I think that would be 7.75 USD per US gallon. Ahh, you must have used the Imperial gallon. It seems that the gas price in good old England is nowadays the same as over here. Does your Range run on gas (V8)? How about diesel fuel, what is the current price? Antti-Pekka ________________________________________ Antti-Pekka Virjonen Computec Oy R&D Turku www.computec.fi -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
