What Car do you Drive? Simple As!

When I have to drive my car, it's an 85 Jeep Cherokee.
Main transportation is my Road Star.

WOW! I only knew something about denmark. It IS very close to norway in a lot of respects. And I thought smaller cars were like double the cost there. YEAH, I know denmark, and almost CERTAINLY norway, has "sin taxes". Higher taxes on alcohol, tobacco, some polution, and extravagance. This car qualifies in the last two categories,

A few decades ago or so, they created a gas guzzler and luxury tax in the US, so the fees above the price, on a car like this, are higher. ALSO, if cars have a certain look, rating, reputation, or class, ability, insurance rates can SKYROCKET! And this car DOES have that look, class and ability. Basically a speedy and powerful sports car.

In fact, my FIRST car was an isuzu. It was a new car, sporty looking, and had a similar model in Japan, that WOULD have cost more to insure. My insurance company had extra questions for me, because they didn't know how to class it. One such question was if it had a turbo charger. If t did, I would have to pay more.

HERE they generally mandate things like catalytic converters. For the REAL offenders? Well, THAT is what the gas guzzler tax is for.

And in some states, perhaps all, it is ILLEGAL to remove the catalytic converter. Doing so, ironically, can improve performance. If you DO, though, in california, last I knew, it was a $2,500 fine, iirc! AND, if you have a catalytic converter, you may not be allowed in some places in some national parks, because the catalytic converter can get very hot and possibly start a fire.

BTW my uncle, in denmark, DID tell me about how some people LOVED used cars from california, because they are often environmentally a bit cleaner and haven't had a lot of things like extremes of temperature, etc... So a person could buy a corvette at a relatively low cost. He DID say that they would like rip it apart to inspect to make sure there weren't things like spiders in it. It seems like a tall order. A car may be free of spiders for several reasons, but the US has plenty.

Still, it gives you an idea of how expensive cars must be over there if they are shipping them from here to save money.

To give you an idea of how much cars cost in the US:

kia rio: $12,295
VW Passat: $19,995
volvo xc90: $39,500
chevy corvette: $49,525 (I guess they are REALLY hurting. 8-()
Rolls Royce Ghost: $246,500
maybach 62: $423,500


Steve