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"the guvnor" > wrote in message ... > 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 |
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