Move to the US, its great! Murder, and shootings, and gangs, and obesity problems... and hippies, especially hippies....Quote:
Originally Posted by it_burns_when_i_pee
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Move to the US, its great! Murder, and shootings, and gangs, and obesity problems... and hippies, especially hippies....Quote:
Originally Posted by it_burns_when_i_pee
oh just to add
if you try to avoid paying council tax, car tax, tv license or evade paying VAT you can expect a very heavy fine
repeat the offence and you could be looking at jail. boo to our government, may all your teste's turn into cubes and fester on every corner
good point is we dont suffer the same crime rates like you guys, the yanks portray, well a phucked up image to the rest of the world. i hardly hear a nice word say about americans. thing is i know not all of you guys are like that, its just whats makes the headlinesQuote:
Originally Posted by Raptor22
and when i was in america i couldnt bevieve the carb content of half the stuff i considered buying. with all those sugars in your food why do they complain about being overweight!
Yeah, all they sell you is crap here.... :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by it_burns_when_i_pee
Guys let's keep this on-topic. This is "What car is your own?" and not "What country is better".
LOL... fine...Quote:
Originally Posted by Soulburner
I have a 1978 Datsun 280Z (under restoration, and VQ35 engine swap pending)... :yepp:
Well, i pay almost 90 € ( 120 dollars ) to fill my car tank with 95 gasoline, that's about 65 liters:shakes:
Very very bad :(
Ontopic, i have a citroen c5!
95 Octane? The highest stuff we have here is 92 and thats rare, the standard for Premium is 91.
i was thinking the same thing, but I think octane is measured differently in Europe or something....Quote:
Originally Posted by Soulburner
Premium here is 98. You won't find anything under 95.
premium in tx is 93, and im pretty sure that's state wide, although you can find 95 in some areas.
in japan its 100 ron
premium over here is 97, 98 & 99 depending where you get it. the wrx i had would only run on 99 or better, otherwise it would "pink" when accelerating
fuel rating is the same world wide btw
my grand am and Beretta Z26 only the grand am and the subaru are on the road.
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h5...cture2-002.jpg
new daily beater/ winter car
http://i60.photobucket.com/albums/h5/95blackz26/229.jpg
You mean ping ;)Quote:
Originally Posted by it_burns_when_i_pee
Interesting...why does the US get all the crappy gas then...
its dubbed PINKING here in the uk
over here and in japan where emissions are strict, have smaller engines which are more finely or highly tuned, making fuel quality very important. i was under the impression that american cars are typically 6 cylinder or more relying on raw power and fuel quality was not such an issue.
the subaru (scooby) was a 2litre 4cyl flat 4 but was outputting 342bhp on a rolling road (dyno). weighing in much less than a typical american car (had aluminium hood & panels too), the bhp vs wieght got the car to 60mph in 4.1 seconds. a slight downside to some, but not others (inc me) is that all that power driven through a small engine results in alot of awesome noise, backfiring from overfuel and smile inducing whines & drones. i miss my scooby :(
it's not the same!Quote:
Originally Posted by it_burns_when_i_pee
91/92 Usa gasoline = 95 Gasoline in Europe.
Some years ago we had Shell 100 octane and BP 100 octane. Now premium gasoline is only 98 oct.
From wikipedia:
This historical "issue" is based on a very common misapprehension about wartime fuel octane numbers. There are two octane numbers for each fuel, one for lean mix and one for rich mix, rich being always greater. So, for example, a common British aviation fuel of the later part of the war was 100/125. The misapprehension that German fuels have a lower octane number (and thus a poorer quality) arises because the Germans quoted the lean mix octane number for their fuels while the Allies quoted the rich mix number for their fuels. Standard German high-grade aviation fuel used in the later part of the war (given the designation C3) had lean/rich octane numbers of 100/130. The Germans would list this as a 100 octane fuel while the Allies would list it as 130 octane.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gasoline
Octane ratings can vary greatly from region to region. For example, the minimum octane rating available in much of the United States is 87 AKI and the highest is 93. In the Rocky Mountain (high altitude) states, 85 octane is the minimum octane and 91 is the maximum octane available in fuel. The reason for this is that in higher-altitude areas, a typical combustion engine draws in less air per cycle due to the reduced density of the atmosphere. This directly translates to reduced absolute compression in the cylinder, therefore deterring knock. It is safe to fill up a car with a carburetor that normally takes 87 AKI fuel at sea level with 85 AKI fuel in the mountains, but at sea level the fuel may cause damage to the engine. In some east coast states, up to 94 AKI is available [4]. In parts of the Midwest (primarily Minnesota, Illinois and Missouri) ethanol based E-85 fuel with 105 AKI is available [5].
California fuel stations will offer 87, 89, and 91 octane fuels, and at some stations, 100 or higher octane, sold as racing fuel. Until 2003 or 2004, 92 octane was offered in lieu of 91.
Generally, octane ratings are higher in Europe than they are in North America and most other parts of the world. This is especially true when comparing the lowest available octane level in each country. In many parts of Europe, 95 RON (90-91 AKI) is the minimum available and the standard, with 97/98 being premium or "super" (except Italy, which hasn't adopted it because of its pollution) [citation needed]. In Australia, "regular" unleaded fuel is RON 91, "premium" unleaded with RON 95 is widely available, and RON 98 fuel is also reasonably common. Shell sells RON 100 petrol from a small number of service stations, most of which are located in capital cities. In other countries "regular" unleaded gasoline, when available, is sometimes as low as 85 RON (still with the more regular fuel - 95 - and premium around 98 available.) In Russia and CIS countries 80 RON (76 AKI) is the minimum available and the standard.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Octane_rating
I pay in Germany almost the same, even more.Quote:
Originally Posted by Indigo
On the moment: 1 liter = 1.36€ (~1.91$). :shocked:
One big diference, minimum income in Portugal is 400€:( We can't compare the countries, Germany is far far away from us in everything :(Quote:
Originally Posted by deepsilver
Sorry the off topic.
ok here is my car, i'm still working on it so its still on the jacks (which are rated to hold up a semi or 71 tons :D made them myself )
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b3...4/DSC02882.jpg
Yesterday I paid 22.81€ for 20.4l (or $32.33 for 5.39 gallons).. and it was diesel. Oh great :rolleyes:Quote:
Originally Posted by Indigo
Ontopic now:
2000 VW Polo TDI..
http://lites.no.sapo.pt/polo1.jpg
http://lites.no.sapo.pt/polo2.jpg
.. and also 2000 Honda S2000:
http://lites.no.sapo.pt/s.jpg
Mine:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6.../Car/xenon.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6.../Car/links.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v6...s/Car/side.jpg
Seat Leon 1.9TDI nov2003.
18"rims, xenon headlights, lowered by 40mm, etc.
Not enough to set the tarmac alight but it suits me pretty well.
Lets see, I think since I was here last I haven't posted my new acquisition.
Its a Pontiac G6 GT.... yeap another Pontiac. And the G8 will probably be my next ;)
^ mine as well
the g6 looks sooo long in that pic
The G6 looks like a solara from the back...