Avgas in France has reached $7.50/gal !

In article , Matt Barrow wrote:
Hardly, it's quite possible to make a mid or fullsize diesel car very
economical on fuel.

And as I said, Americans hate diesels. Also, see the other point about
diesel pollution.

....which is NOT being caused by modern clean turbodiesels, but
older-designed truck engines which let out a thick black pall of smoke
if you even breathe on the gas pedal.

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"Maintain thine airspeed, lest the ground come up and smite thee"

In article , Newps wrote:
A Volkswagen and a Puegot? Goddamn things come with mechanics? Ain't
no place to get them fixed around here.

I know Peugeot is rare in the US, but VW is hardly a rare brand of car.
My friends in Salt Lake don't have an issue with it - but then again,
their Jetta hasn't needed to be fixed (and it now has 120,000 miles on
the clock). All it's needed is normal routine maintenance.

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Dylan Smith, Castletown, Isle of Man
Flying: http://www.dylansmith.net
Frontier Elite Universe: http://www.alioth.net
"Maintain thine airspeed, lest the ground come up and smite thee"

In article , Matt Whiting wrote:
Not true. I lived in England for 4 months and didn't mind at all
driving 100+ on the motorways! And I thought all of the roundabouts
were a hoot. The rock wall lined roads in Wales were interesting however...

Try Manx roads. Part of the TT circuit (the TT is a motorcycle road
race, a 37.75 mile long circuit, raced on public roads) is rock lined.
My Dad races a sidecar outfit in that race (he's already got his race
number for this year's event).

They go hurtling through towns at 140mph+. It's awesome.

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Dylan Smith, Castletown, Isle of Man
Flying: http://www.dylansmith.net
Frontier Elite Universe: http://www.alioth.net
"Maintain thine airspeed, lest the ground come up and smite thee"

Matt Barrow wrote:

The diesels GM brought out were such pieces of junk it turned off a couple
of generations of drivers in the US. Until that legacy is lost to memory
diesels will be a tough sell.

If my take is right, the MB TurboDiesels that sold in the US have not been
happy experiences, either.

That was when, 20 years ago? Diesel technologie has evolved, you know?
;-)

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"Jens Krueger" wrote in message
...
Matt Barrow wrote:

The diesels GM brought out were such pieces of junk it turned off a
couple
of generations of drivers in the US. Until that legacy is lost to
memory
diesels will be a tough sell.

If my take is right, the MB TurboDiesels that sold in the US have not
been
happy experiences, either.

That was when, 20 years ago? Diesel technologie has evolved, you know?
;-)

But people haven't.

What's the attraction? I take it that's mainly the Atlanta area?

Last I heard, yes -- mainly Atlanta.

Actually, I've been pleasantly surprised every time I've been to Georgia.
Nice people and nice weather (well, except in July/August).
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Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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What's the attraction? I take it that's mainly the Atlanta area?

Last I heard, yes -- mainly Atlanta.

Actually, I've been pleasantly surprised every time I've been to Georgia.
Nice people and nice weather (well, except in July/August).
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They were very nice! They gave directions like you lived there (all the
landmarks were rather obscure to an outsider) and you were one of their own.


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Matt
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Matthew W. Barrow
Site-Fill Homes, LLC.
Montrose, CO

Jay Honeck wrote:

Nice people and nice weather (well, except in July/August).

Yep. There've been many timnes I've wished I never left Atlanta.

George Patterson
There's plenty of room for all of God's creatures. Right next to the
mashed potatoes.

Jay Honeck wrote:
That's for sure. If any of us have luck on our side, it's surely those of
us who were fortunate enough to be born in the "Western world."


Oh, crap -- there I go again, being "racist"...


Don't worry about it, Jay (and, I can see you aren't).

You've got your head on straight. Biases? Yeah, you got 'em.
Opinions, yeah, those too. Prejudices? Sure.

The socialistas and the hate-America-first crowd here have 'em too,
despite the fact they won't admit it. The difference is, their
arguments don't hold up under scrutiny.

Dylan Smith wrote:

Oh, and France is a beautiful country too, and the Anglo-American
stereotype of the French is also in most cases couldn't be more wrong.
Just because French society has different values to the US doesn't make
them "dunderheaded" either.

Agree. Their politics certainly does, however.