1) Average age of cars in USA: http://content.usatoday.com/communities/driveon/post/2010/03/average-age-of-vehicles-in-the-us-highest-in-15-years/1 Average age of cars in UK: http://www.motor-trade-insider.com/index.php/2010/07/average-age-of-cars-on-uk-roads-increases/ I was off by one year. 2) British gallon versus US gallon: http://www.asknumbers.com/GallonsToOuncesConversion.aspx MPG reduction due to ethanol: http://www.fueleconomy.gov/feg/ethanol.shtml 3)British petrol is currently running about 1.35 pounds per liter, exchange rate is ~$1.70 per pound sterling: 1.35*1.7*3.79=8.698 4) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eeGGbaEJGHM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJhO8W3rgm8 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rDNPuHjDp0w Etc... 5) http://www.rsma.co.uk/index.php/news/press-releases/3-driving-without-a-clue.html 6) My British relatives confirmed not only that there are no credit card pumps, but also that there are no latching pump handles either. I certainly did not encounter either. Both are standard over here (how do Brits buy gas in the middle of the night?) 7) See #4 8) http://ask.metafilter.com/202150/American-Roads-are-more-dangerous-that-British-Roads (discussion following original post) 9) I saw less than a dozen Navara's (Frontiers) and Rangers, but that's it. Certainly nothing comparable to a 1/2 ton pickup, which is ubiquitous over here (the F-150 has been the best selling American vehicle of any type, including passenger cars, for more than a quarter century: http://media.ford.com/article_display.cfm?article_id=31720) Bill Robertson #5939 --- In dmcnews@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Kevin Abato <delorean@...> wrote: > > This is bias and inaccurate on so many levels, i won't even bother to > document it. > > Kevin Abato > vin# 16680 > On Jan 13, 2012 10:43 PM, "content22207" <brobertson@...> wrote: > > > I've just returned from a 1,600 mile whirlwind driving tour of Great > > Britain, during which I observed several differences that account for much > > of the online confusion between American DML users and British DML users: > >e > > 1) Whereas Americans hold on to cars for an average of more than 10 years > > now, British automobiles more than 5 or 6 years old are quite rare (cars > > with visible body damage, especially rust damage, are even rarer). British > > cars also accumulate fewer miles than American cars. It is basically a > > country of recently manufactured low mileage automobiles. > > > > 2) British MPG calculations need to be reduced 20% to yield comparable > > American equivalents (the British gallon is 160 oz). The Brits also don't > > adulterate their gas with grain alcohol, which reduces MPG at least 5% > > further. > > > > 3) British gas currently costs about $8.70 per US gallon. > > > > 4) The curviness (and hilliness) of British roads is indescribable. They > > are 10 times worse than West Virginian roads. No joke -- plan on averaging > > 35 MPH (you are continually accelerating and braking at intervals often > > measured in fractions of a second). Their Motorways are more or less > > comparable to Interstate highways, but they only cover a small fraction of > > an already small country. > > > > 5) British road signage is less than inadequate. > > > > 6) Brits have yet to discover pay at the pump. > > > > 7) Run flat tires must have been developed for British use, because their > > roads have no shoulders whatsoever (9 times out of 10 the pavement is > > bordered by a stone wall, or it just drops off the side of a cliff (or into > > a lake/loch). > > > > 8) A sign on the A5092 advertises 740 deaths in the past 5 years, which is > > pretty phenomenal for a 10 mile stretch of pavement, so I looked up British > > road fatalities per 1,000 square miles (20.5) versus US road fatalities per > > 1,000 miles (8.64). Given the comparatively shorter distances Brits drive, > > they are slaughtering themselves on their roads at a frightening pace. > > > > 9) Brits do not drive pickup trucks. > > > > I'm sure I could think of more, but jet lag is kicking my butt, so I am > > going to bed. Bottom line: until British DML users come over here and > > experience American motoring first hand, of course everything we do on this > > side of the pond is going to seem weird and inexplicable. > > > > Bill Robertson > > #5939 > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > > > To address comments privately to the moderating team, please address: > > moderators@... > > > > For more info on the list, tech articles, cars for sale see > > www.dmcnews.com > > > > To search the archives or view files, log in at > > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/dmcnewsYahoo! 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