"G-man uk" <me@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
news:5plpfvFs07qvU1@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Ronny wrote:
>>
>> "sjmassey" <sjmmail2000-247@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
>> news:1194659566.233685.324570@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>>> Audi has announced that the 2009 A1 might come to the North American
>>> market, even if the other compact A3 s****t wagon does not sell that
>>> well in here. "There is absolutely a potential for that kind of
>>> vehicle in America,"
>>>
>>> Read More:
>>>
http://www.topspeed.com/cars/car-news/audi-a1-might-come-to-usa-ar46960.html
>>>
>>>
>>> I keep reading that petrol (Gas?) is getting expensive in the states.
>>> But how much has it gone up in the last couple of years or so?
>>>
>>> -----------------------------------
>>> Audi NewsHub: Auto news sourced from websites, ****tals and blogs
>>> http://www.carshops247.co.uk/news/Audi.html
>>>
>>
>> Well Petrol in the UK is now £1.02 a litre, that means it now costs to
>> fill up my A4 £67
>>
>> That is approx $140 per tank, when i last went to the states I think it
>> cost around $20 to fill up.
>
> I think it would probably be about double that now ($40). All depends
on
> size of tank etc.
>
> However, you might think you're hard done by on fuel, but the cost of
> other basics such as electricity are very much higher than the UK.
>
> Swings and roundabouts really. Grass is not always greener etc etc
Very much higher?
Explain....
Our price for a "small" house is £600 a year for electicity, remember we
dont have stuff like swimming pools and air con, big fridges etc, so thats
over $1200 a year, how much do you pay?
We also pay £1500 / $3000 a year in council tax, Car Tax £200 / $400 a
year.
I was just looking at the price Audi are going to charge us for the R8,
which looks like £77,000 for the base model, this compares to US price of
$102,000
With the current exchange rate, that is $154,000 an increase of some
$52,000
and we live closer so it should cost less to im****t, especially as we are
part of the European Union.
So you pay $40 for gas, I fill up every week so 52 x £70 = £3640 / $7300 a
YEAR just in fuel to get to work
It sucks to live here lol, but hey someone has too :)
Oh and just on a side note, a house in the UK for a small 2 bed ****y
terraced is £130,000 which means alot of people here now pay nearly £1000
a
month just in mortgage payments alone.
|
