From: "Gary Britt" 

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
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>> 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.
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> Bob Comer
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> "Don Hills"  wrote in message
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>> 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
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