From: "Phil Payne" 

Bzzt.

Not any more.  Both Sweden and Switzerland always had more stringent
control than the USA, and they're now standard everywhere.  Both Britian
and Germany now tax cars by their emissions.

"Gary Britt"  wrote in message news:44563495$1{at}w3....
> Europe doesn't have the pollution control gas mileage sapping laws that we
> have here.  A car made for EU use can't be sold in the USA until lots of
> extra pollution control stuff is added to it.
>
> Gary
>
> "Robert Comer" 
wrote in message
> news:445604b0$1{at}w3....
> >> British gallons are bigger than Texas. Gallons, that is. It therefore
> >> follows that British ten gallon hats are bigger than Texan ten gallon
> >> hats,
> >> which means that Britons have bigger heads than Texans.     QED.
> >
> > I agree. 
> >
> >> But seriously, 1 Imperial gallon = 1.2 US gallons, give or take a
> >> thinbleful.
> >
> > I thought there was a little difference.
> >
> > --
> > Bob Comer
> >
> >
> > "Don Hills"  wrote in message
> > news:S7eVEtgaXKxJ092yn{at}attglobal.net...
> >> In article , "Robert Comer"

> >> wrote:
> >>>You sure you aren't using bigger gallons than we do here? 
None of the
> >>>Audi's sold here even come close to that.  The A3 is supposed to get
> >>>around
> >>>32MPG highway and it's the smallest. (other than the TT,
which doesn't
> >>>mention the mileage, but I doubt it gets any better.)
> >>
> >> British gallons are bigger than Texas. Gallons, that is. It therefore
> >> follows that British ten gallon hats are bigger than Texan ten gallon
> >> hats,
> >> which means that Britons have bigger heads than Texans.     QED.
> >>
> >> But seriously, 1 Imperial gallon = 1.2 US gallons, give or take a
> >> thinbleful.
> >>
> >> --
> >> Don Hills    (dmhills at attglobaldotnet)     Wellington, New Zealand
> >> "New interface closely resembles Presentation Manager,
> >> preparing you for the wonders of OS/2!"
> >>    -- Advertisement on the box for Microsoft Windows 2.11 for 286
> >
> >
>
>

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