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Sounds like it'll get you where you want to go, but what if you "enjoy" driving ? I think we may be a little spoiled in Blighty with roads with interesting (to drive) "curves" and "bends".

I've been to California, I saw "far" more fairies there in the week I stayed than I've seen in my whole life at home :)

Heh, "Land of the Giants", you make I larf, Just because the average weight of a yank is around 150% the weight of a Brit doesn't mean you're any taller :) "Land of the fat bastards" is the new official UN designation.

Just keep voting for Bush, the whole world needs to look down on someone ;)

We might build shitboxes, but they are BIG shitboxes. When a BIG AMERICAN SHITBOX hits a Eurodink vehicle, it is a given, that's what the spare tire on the American Shit box is for.

Best drive for someone with absolutely no feeling for a car whatsoever.

Remind me again what the top selling car was in 2005 in America? Oh yeah...Toyota Camry.

And gutless. And made of shit steel which was so crap that Bush had to slap whacking great import taxes on steel because everyone was using absolutely any other steel they could and the US foundries were going to the wall.

How can you hit a EuroJap car? Your typical merkin slab can't keep up.

Apparently so if you think great Britain can fit inside it.

But that's good for a yank innit? My cousin in Florida once had an AMC pacer that had IIRC 175BHP from 5.7 litres.......

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Since when is Infiniti an American car maker?

Also, "Honda Acura" is not a model of car. Is that supposed to be Honda Accord? Even that doesn't make sense since it's not really a luxury car.

- Logan

Too little to late. The US foundries are all but closed for good. While we're on the topic of shit steel, the Nips will be the first ones to admit that their steels come in about 50 grades, all the way from melted down cars to the fines steels. I've worked with Jap steel. The stuff I got to drill was rubbish.

When you swerve to avoid hitting a squirrel crossing the road.

It makes no sense to build a car designed for 200 miles/hour when the speed limits here are 65 Max. It's all a waste of money, and nothing more than an ego trip. OTOH, I've done 80 mph in my Mercury, and it is indeed a smooth and comfortable ride. Most of our highways have fewer curves than yours do, so cornering is less of a concern here.

What makes your Dinky cars attractive is that they cost little to run in the way of fuel economy. You're pushing around little more than a Fisher Price Toy with a motor. Stands to reason the gas mileage is going to be better. But if you want to chain the two together at the trailer hitches, say goodbye to the Eurodink sardine can.

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What's so great about Great Britain, is the ego of the Elves and Fairies that live there. Between your poofter Elton John, and your pedophile Gary Glitter, the world can see where YOUR values are headed.

Poofters, pedophiles, and Dinkmobiles. Yes, the world has a lot to thank your country for.

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This from a country that gave us Liberace, Michael Jackson and the AMC Pacer...

That statement doesn't imply that any European country can fit inside any of the states in the US. It simply implies that that can fit inside ONE of the states in the US, and that is definitely true.

At only about 245 km^2 land area, the UK has less land area than any of Alaska, Arizona, California, Colorado, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas, or Wyoming.

Since I live in Texas, I will give an example of what driving across Texas can be like. Consider what happens if you want to drive from Dalhart, Texas to Brownsville, TX. Going to maps.google.com and asking for driving directions gives a route that is 963 miles, or 1550 km. If you drive that route and you average 70 miles/hour (which is the speed limit for much of the route, though certainly not all of it), it will take you about 14 hours. However, maps.google.com thinks it will take you 19 hours and 20 minutes to make the trip.

Keep in mind this is just the time to cross one state (admittedly at the widest points), and that Texas is not the largest state in the US, although it is the second-largest.

While I don't personally do this kind of driving very often, there are people who live in the middle of nowhere who do, because that's the only practical way to get anywhere outside of their own town. And please don't suggest that people should take a train for longer trips of this nature. The population density of Europe is about 5 times as high as the population density of the US. And the population density of the UK is over 8 times as high as the population density of the US. Roads are more practical than trains in areas with low population density.

- Logan

We can't because he can't be on the ballot. This being his second term in office, he is now never eligible to run for President again due to the

22nd Amendment to the Constitution, which spells out term limits for the office of President. Term limits are part of the principle of limiting the power of government; in this case, it's considered better to have limitations on the time someone can serve this particular office even if they are popular enough to keep getting elected.

- Logan

I'll wait to reply until your 'gas' ( I guess 'petrol' is too long a word) hits $10 a gallon...

I give it 5 years.

One of my relatives had cancer for several decades before he finally died of an unrelated illness. Therefore, cancer doesn't kill people, right?

- Logan

Ooooh, a demonstration of the constitution in action and working :)

TBH all we hear about it over here is the fact that it safeguards the public right to own firearms. The same public of whom 50% think that Saddam Hussain was behind the Twin Towers attack. I just thank god that there's a large body of water seperating us ;)

What's most annoying about our respective governments is the fact that a total dick is in power, yet where are the "other" parties ? They should be out making the most of public perception of the present government..

Err, sorry 'bout that, got a bit OT

Lawrence Glickman (Lawrence snipped-for-privacy@comcast.net) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :

You're funny.

Mum! Can we keep him? Can we? Please?

Logan Shaw ( snipped-for-privacy@austin.rr.com) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :

Yes, I know that. I'm just trying to get Laurence to be *specific*.

Yes. I know. I've done it. From Boston, MA to Sacramento, CA, via Savannah, N'awlins, and Amarillo.

In a Citroen 2cv. All 602cc of it. With no aircon.

Death Valley was a little warm, I have to admit. At lunchtime. In August.

Lawrence Glickman (Lawrence snipped-for-privacy@comcast.net) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :

I'll bet. An oil tanker.

Thank f*ck your country doesn't have corners on the roads, eh?

Logan Shaw ( snipped-for-privacy@austin.rr.com) gurgled happily, sounding much like they were saying :

There's another one to go yet.

Go on, we're listening...