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Rip Off Britain

Post by lemond » Fri Jan 18, 2008 9:00 pm

Check this link out... nothing you dont really know, but these prices are US Dollar
Divide by 1.956 at time I posted this.... (Half them!)

http://autos.aol.com/article/sedan/_a/1 ... 3309990001
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Post by saf » Fri Jan 18, 2008 9:09 pm

Lets all move to the US

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Post by lemond » Fri Jan 18, 2008 9:10 pm

Hmmmmm yep I get your point...I'd rather pay more for my cars! and the fuel
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Post by Vorsprung_Durch_Technik » Fri Jan 18, 2008 9:40 pm

Right then group buy for plane tickets anyone?? :)

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Post by VARSITY » Sat Jan 19, 2008 12:46 am

The specs ARE different, in some cases very much so. The performance isn't always the same either.

There are State and Federal taxes to be paid and also "gas guzzler" taxes on some of these cars.

Don't be fooled, I have brought back many cars now from the USA and until you sit and add the taxes etc, etc it looks great, but in reality, it just aint that different.
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Post by lemond » Sat Jan 19, 2008 11:47 pm

Still a Nissan 350Z at 13k seems cheap... Even the 'top knobbly' one as only about 16k!

I don't think importing them is a good idea... blooming septics have the wheel on the wrong side anyway!
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Post by VARSITY » Sun Jan 20, 2008 2:00 am

Ironically, we in Britain make how many cars? Even worse how many sports cars?

So in reality the countries who do make them have the steering on the other side, so I would hazzard a guess that the SEPTICS as you call them may have a better clue on whats right more so than us LIMEYS.

And who wants a f11cking NISSAN anyway?
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