carparkno1
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- Oct 12, 2011
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Well I'm English, so we have positives and negatives
On the negative, everybody is mpg obsesses because our gas and diesel and car tax is all way over twice what you pay, so it's diesel engines and small one litre petrols. We are brand obsessed and we have the rise of the yummy mummy who ponce about in giant suvs for a two minute school run to drop little hermoine off at the school round the corner. Our roads are cramped and tight and cannot handle this and they can't drive for peanuts.
On the positive for a car nut like me with a supportive wife and a fairly disposable income it means I can grab large v8 Mercedes for nothing as our second hand market is wonderful and we have access to the best driving roads in the world in Scotland which is only a few hours up the motorway.
Ever seen skyfall? Pretty much every Road in Scotland from the borders all the way up is like that. I lived there for a few years so I go up all the time to see friends and I thrash my BMW 1 coupe like nothing else.
Next on the list is a Mercedes AMG SL and a trip over the water...
France into Switzerland and then onto Germany and the nurburgring, all in a stonking manual v8.
Saying, that the invasion of the automatics is happening and having driven in the USA I can see why. Sometimes it's lovely to stick in in drive and let the car do all the work. And having driven in florida I can day yes, you lot are mental.
Or maybe it's us tourists ;-)
On the negative, everybody is mpg obsesses because our gas and diesel and car tax is all way over twice what you pay, so it's diesel engines and small one litre petrols. We are brand obsessed and we have the rise of the yummy mummy who ponce about in giant suvs for a two minute school run to drop little hermoine off at the school round the corner. Our roads are cramped and tight and cannot handle this and they can't drive for peanuts.
On the positive for a car nut like me with a supportive wife and a fairly disposable income it means I can grab large v8 Mercedes for nothing as our second hand market is wonderful and we have access to the best driving roads in the world in Scotland which is only a few hours up the motorway.
Ever seen skyfall? Pretty much every Road in Scotland from the borders all the way up is like that. I lived there for a few years so I go up all the time to see friends and I thrash my BMW 1 coupe like nothing else.
Next on the list is a Mercedes AMG SL and a trip over the water...
France into Switzerland and then onto Germany and the nurburgring, all in a stonking manual v8.
Saying, that the invasion of the automatics is happening and having driven in the USA I can see why. Sometimes it's lovely to stick in in drive and let the car do all the work. And having driven in florida I can day yes, you lot are mental.
Or maybe it's us tourists ;-)