New French Leader

Originally Posted by beenthere

Attachment 2182066 What do you guys in Europe do if you're out driving and hit a rabbit or squirrel, call an ambulance and a tow truck? LOL

They usually don't survive the collision.

Originally Posted by NoDrama

Europeans have cars(non electric) that get 80MPG though, something we don't have. Government would never allow cars with that kind of efficiency here, where would they get the taxes to fund the roads if cars were that miserly with fuel?

yeah looking at your fellow patriots here i dont think its your government thats stopping people buying more economic cars

Originally Posted by UncleBuck

please tell me you did not just call a 2L engine "quite big". please. that's a nice 1992 toyota corrolla, which is great, but by no means "quite big".

Originally Posted by Winter Woman

They are talking about taxing us by the miles we drive. 80 mpg? besides myself and my husband can I still carry more than 2 bags of groceries? I think not.

Originally Posted by kelly4

Try pulling a boat without one of them big "trucks".
Or a camper, snowmobile, atv, etc...

Originally Posted by kelly4

Sorry, I wasn't thinking F550 big.

Originally Posted by beenthere

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What do you guys in Europe do if you're out driving and hit a rabbit or squirrel, call an ambulance and a tow truck? LOL

Originally Posted by Total Head

people think it's so cheap to buy gas in the states but the fact is we have to drive everywhere. our passenger rail system is practically 3rd world compared to europe, so if you live in a rural area you could end up having to drive 2 hours each way to work. americans spend a larger percentage of their personal income on gas than citizens of any other country in the world.

about the americans driving huge cars...drive around for a few weeks on american roads and see how safe you feel in a go-kart. americans in general view economy cars as chintzy perilous tin boxes that will get smashed to pieces by a mack truck and all the other enormous vehicles on the road. whether or not this is true is beside the point. it's the way we feel, although the economy is starting to get people into more economical cars. also not every american feels this way but a great deal of us do. i also agree with the guy who said the interiors of american cars are sad and cheap feeling, but i'll still take a big fat nasty buick over a vw any day.

i drive a 3.8L engine with 6 cylinders. at the time, i was being economical because i wanted the v8. i want my car to go vroom, not make a high pitched whine. every time i see a vw i sing a circus tune in my head and picture a bunch of clowns pouring out.

edit: and socialism is bad. lol
back to the thread...

Originally Posted by Total Head

Lol. No i just don't care for go karts that will be crushed to dust if i get bumped by some douche in a hummer. Also when i saw it on the lot i was in love and it hardly had any miles on it despite being 8 years old. Grannymobiles ftw. Whitewalls are sexy.

@totalhead VW's are some of the best built and safest cars in europe admittedly against a douche in a hummer its a losing fight but isnt getting a big truck to "protect" yourself while endangering the rest of the driving world a douche move in itself?

it does amuse me how you guys bring the big engines and trucks upon yourselves then bitch about it being your governments fault. where is this personal responsibility you guys harp on about so much?

for the record i have an 18 yearold 1.3l VW golf that i picked up for £400 with less than 40k on the clock

Originally Posted by Red1966

They usually don't survive the collision.

Originally Posted by Harrekin

Did the Lord bistow you with such a small manhood that you need a 3.8L V6?

Aww bless...

I must have a millimeter peter since I drive a Dodge with a 5.9L V8 Magnum... And my gf with her 3.5L V6 Acura.. She is hung like a hamster ):

Originally Posted by ginjawarrior

yeah looking at your fellow patriots here i dont think its your government thats stopping people buying more economic cars















@totalhead VW's are some of the best built and safest cars in europe admittedly against a douche in a hummer its a losing fight but isnt getting a big truck to "protect" yourself while endangering the rest of the driving world a douche move in itself?

it does amuse me how you guys bring the big engines and trucks upon yourselves then bitch about it being your governments fault. where is this personal responsibility you guys harp on about so much?

for the record i have an 18 yearold 1.3l VW golf that i picked up for £400 with less than 40k on the clock

i don't know where you live, but here i have snow in the winter, and i also need to tow things great distances from time to time, and my 3.8l engine is still in a sedan, NOT a truck. it's very easy to tout the safety of tiny cars when you are sharing the road with other tiny cars. the other day i learned what a lorry (sp?) is and i literally thought, "how cute!"

it's also easy to say americans should be driving smaller cars when you come from a country where cars have ALWAYS been smaller. you don't just go from a buick le sabre to a vw bug overnight. it's absurd to expect as much. the fact is that this fuel thing is brand new to america, and it's not in our culture to rave about cars with LESS horsepower. it's like trying to sell bbq beef in india. it just doesn't work.

also, many of the countries to whom we are being compared have almost no distance to haul people and goods. america is a very spread out place, and we don't have near the public transportation system as most of europe. you all have taxes to DISCOURAGE driving, and we have lower taxes to ENCOURAGE it. that's where the "government intervention" comes in. in america, driving=freedom.

Originally Posted by ginjawarrior

Pretty impressive. Just thinking about getting into one of those cars make me claustrophobic though.

Originally Posted by Total Head

i don't know where you live, but here i have snow in the winter, and i also need to tow things great distances from time to time, and my 3.8l engine is still in a sedan, NOT a truck. it's very easy to tout the safety of tiny cars when you are sharing the road with other tiny cars. the other day i learned what a lorry (sp?) is and i literally thought, "how cute!"

it's also easy to say americans should be driving smaller cars when you come from a country where cars have ALWAYS been smaller. you don't just go from a buick le sabre to a vw bug overnight. it's absurd to expect as much. the fact is that this fuel thing is brand new to america, and it's not in our culture to rave about cars with LESS horsepower. it's like trying to sell bbq beef in india. it just doesn't work.

also, many of the countries to whom we are being compared have almost no distance to haul people and goods. america is a very spread out place, and we don't have near the public transportation system as most of europe. you all have taxes to DISCOURAGE driving, and we have lower taxes to ENCOURAGE it. that's where the "government intervention" comes in. in america, driving=freedom.

how big is your sedan if you consider the VW pictured by nodrama to be a toy car?

LOL @ america only place with snow
LOL @ lorries are "cute" you think america only is place with size difference on the roads? ever been in a mini next to a 40ton "lorry"?
LOL @ its unreasonable for americans to think about smaller cars
LOL @ america being only place where people need to travel
LMFAO @ america being the place for driving freedom
ROTFLMAO @ all those excuses combined with the widespread belief that its the government stopping people driving efficiently