From: "Gary Britt" 

All I know is that if you buy a Mercedes off the showroom floor in Germany
and have it shipped to the USA it will not be allowed on the roads until
lots of pollution control modifications have been made to it.  After its
been modified they are referred to as "grey market" autos and
have continued problems finding people to work on them and warranty repairs
are out, etc.

You may think you have stringent controls, and maybe you do.  However, you
don't have the gas mileage sapping pollution control standards required in
the USA.

Gary

"Adam" <""4thwormcastfromthemolehill\"{at}the
field.near the bridge"> wrote in message news:445650a8{at}w3....
> Gary Britt wrote:
>> 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.
>>
>
> Such as? We have very harsh emission laws here. Every car over 3 years
> old has to be tested & if it doesn't make the grade then it can't be
> used on the road (unless it qualifies as a "classic").
>
>> 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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