Thread: Britain's "remarkable automotive cottage industry"
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Old 02-13-2004, 09:57 AM
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Originally posted by Excaliber



.....It does appear that the USA market is far more accepting of a big block than our English friends. You know it's all about those "loud" Amercians that HAVE to have everything "bigger" than most (especially if their from Texas).

Ernie
Not entirely, Ernie. For a start, you could fit all of the roads in Britain, end to end, into Texas seveteen times over, and still not touch 2 borders but it would cost you the GDP of a small nation to drive your 7 litre Cobra to the papershop & back over here! (I`m figuring that an IMPERIAL gallon of regular unleaded will cost us here $6.50...... so you`re talking $260 to fill a 40 gallon tank.... @15 mpg gives you $2.30 per mile!!!!!!!!!)
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