"the guvnor" > wrote in message
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> On Thu, 16 Jun 2005 09:51:32 -0500, "Joel Jacobs" >
> wrote:
>
>>>>>10% import duty??
>>>>
>>>>Those socialist amerikaners have a funny slant on things, don't they.
>>>
>>> Note how Europeans are free to import any car (not that anyone does)
>>> but Americans cannot import any car they choose...
>>
>>Who the hell in his/her right mind would import most US cars into Europe?
>
> It's a choice thing.
>
>>I've lived in Europe off an on for the past 25 years, so you "ain't"
>>talking
>>with the "average" Yank.
>
> Fair enough.
>
>>There are many Euro cars we don't import here into the US. Getting spares
>>for a Renault, TVR, Peugeot, even Fiats do not make it sensible to do so.
>>And then, finding a tech to work on them is another story entirely as
>>well.
>
> The differance is that you *can't* import them, at least not for road
> use.
>
>>In Europe I found ONE guy who could do the diagnostics on a Corvette while
>>living in Southern Italy and he had the equipment to work on them because
>>he
>>owned both a ZR-1, and a convertible.
>
> People in Europe have long forggoten how pushrod engines work?
>

And that oil is supposed to stay inside the engine, and electrics are
supposed to work for more than a week.

Al