Don't forget the other, often ignored fact, that ALL of our elected
officials have been bought by the highest bidder.
And WE are not even allowed into the auction.
On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 4:14 PM, Jim Johnson <bmwwxman at gmail.com> wrote:
> Don't forget that in the UK they use the Imperial gallon which is 1.2 US
> gallons. So the conversion in this country would actually be 62.8 mpg in
> the US. Still pretty good mileage but it is also a diesel. Europe has
> different restrictions on diesel emissions.
> See:
>
> http://www.dieselnet.com/standards/
>
> You can check the differences. The EPA's "Clean Air" standards are more
> stringent for cars than the European standards. The whole thing boils down
> to a bloated, runaway bureaucracy in this country that is throttling us
> with poorly conceived regulations resulting in nasty unintended
> consequences.
>
> Cheers!!
> Jim
>
> On Fri, May 11, 2012 at 1:57 PM, Kirk Hargreaves
> <khargreaves2 at gmail.com>wrote:
>
> > A friend sent this to me. The car I rented in the UK last year also got
> > incredible mileage as well.
> >
> >
> > Comments on this video?
> >
> >
> > http://video.staged.com/localshops/vw_passat_785_mpg_in_the_uk
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