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Fuel cheaper in EU
speedyxjs - 7/8/08 at 10:28 AM

Well weve known that for ages.
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r1_pete - 7/8/08 at 10:44 AM

and IIRC French road tax is included in the fuel tax.....

speedyxjs - 7/8/08 at 11:13 AM

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Originally posted by r1_pete
and IIRC French road tax is included in the fuel tax.....



Well what are we still doing here?

David Jenkins - 7/8/08 at 11:35 AM

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Originally posted by r1_pete
and IIRC French road tax is included in the fuel tax.....


Which is easily the fairest and most sensible system. If there was 1p extra duty purely to cover the loss of road tax, my annual tax bill would be roughly the same as it is now (1300 Yaris, roughly 10,000 miles/year). My Locost would be massively less despite it's thirsty ways (due to me only doing around 1500 miles/year), and my wife's Matiz would be halved (she does around 2,000 miles/year).

Anyone who chooses to drive a big and thirsty car will pay more - which is what this government (spit!) claim to be trying to achieve.

I think it would be an incentive for the manufacturers to get the mpg down as well.

mr henderson - 7/8/08 at 11:43 AM

The trouble with the french fuel is that it is on sale in France, and one has to go there to buy it. By the time one had got home most or all of it would be used up.

The simple fact is that England, with all its faults, is still a nicer place than anywhere else.

John

speedyxjs - 7/8/08 at 11:50 AM

quote:
Originally posted by mr henderson
The simple fact is that England, with all its faults, is still a nicer place than anywhere else.


You cant really say that unless you have lived pretty much everywhere imo

iank - 7/8/08 at 11:51 AM

Certainly isn't 'nicer' than Vancouver in Canada...

saigonij - 7/8/08 at 11:53 AM

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The simple fact is that England, with all its faults, is still a nicer place than anywhere else.


eh? you what? you cant be serious can you? Please tell me you are being sarcastic?

smart51 - 7/8/08 at 12:00 PM

quote:
Originally posted by mr henderson
The trouble with the french fuel is that it is on sale in France, and one has to go there to buy it. By the time one had got home most or all of it would be used up.

The simple fact is that England, with all its faults, is still a nicer place than anywhere else.

John


I spent 3 weeks in Detroit once. England is better than there. I've been to Hong Kong too. Very clean. Excelent public transport. The people are very polite. Housing is terrible, traffic worse. Rather live in England. South Africa has great food. The best steak in the world by far. Nice place. Rather live in England. Ireland wasn't bad, nor Canada either. Still England.

Many of the people here are antisocial, violent and rude. We have appaling litter but no-one cares. Politicians are shocking and the tabloid press are worse. On balance, I'd still rather live here than anywhere I've been. Just because I don't want to live anywhere else, doesn't meen I can't see the faults our society has.

[Edited on 7-8-2008 by smart51]

mr henderson - 7/8/08 at 12:16 PM

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Originally posted by speedyxjs
quote:
Originally posted by mr henderson
The simple fact is that England, with all its faults, is still a nicer place than anywhere else.


You cant really say that unless you have lived pretty much everywhere imo


The whole point about being English is that you don't need to do experiments to find out where the best place to live is, you already know!

God's English too

John

02GF74 - 7/8/08 at 12:29 PM

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Originally posted by mr henderson
quote:
Originally posted by speedyxjs
quote:
Originally posted by mr henderson
The simple fact is that England, with all its faults, is still a nicer place than anywhere else.


You cant really say that unless you have lived pretty much everywhere imo


The whole point about being English is that you don't need to do experiments to find out where the best place to live is, you already know!

God's English too

John


no, she is Cypriot. Cyprus, like England as they speak English but nice weather and less sh&t. ( you can probs guess what my eye is on).





oh, and there is this

novacaine - 7/8/08 at 12:38 PM

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Originally posted by mr henderson

The whole point about being English is that you don't need to do experiments to find out where the best place to live is, you already know!


Yea, not england


Oh and if god exists (and has a nationality) isnt it arguable that god would be of middle eastern origin

edit : typo's


[Edited on 7/8/08 by novacaine]

mr henderson - 7/8/08 at 12:43 PM

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Originally posted by novacaine
quote:
Originally posted by mr henderson

The whole point about being English is that you don't need to do experiments to find out where the best place to live is, you already know!


Yea, not england


But surely Stafford is in England? If you don't like it, why are you still here?

quote:
Originally posted by novacaine

Oh and if god exists (and has a nationality) isnt it arguable that god would be of middle eastern origin


Yes, but only a non-English person would argue

John

smart51 - 7/8/08 at 12:50 PM

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Originally posted by novacaine
edit : typo's


Nice irony. A note to say you've edited to remove typos and you insert one in the note

Humbug - 7/8/08 at 01:20 PM

"Fuel cheaper in EU" - title doesn't make sense... England (in fact, the whole of the UK ) is in the EU

(tee hee)

speedyxjs - 7/8/08 at 01:29 PM

You all know what i mean

pajsh - 7/8/08 at 02:11 PM

And if the G'ment did scrap RFL and put it on fuel think of the HUGE savings at DVLA.

- No staff, buildings or computers to administer the system

- No printing & postage sending out reminders & issuing tax discs.

- No camera vans to check on who's paying.

Like the council tax & child tax credit they just seem to make things more complicated than they were and then have to waste more money to run them.

splitrivet - 7/8/08 at 03:13 PM

Fuel in France is now about the same as here diesels cheaper but since they got rid of road tax the price of it has rocketed.

Very nice to cherry pick certain items and say thier less than here but we have no motorway tolls as Italy, spain and France, cant speak for Germany but take it from me if hauliers were paying the same as in these countries they would be moaning.
Cheers,
Bob

[Edited on 7/8/08 by splitrivet]