Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/04/28
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Joseph, and what would it cost you to use taxis only ...................... in comparison? Hong Kong city is so small ............. and even to the other side of the island, it's not so far. Mercedes did/does wonderful business in H.K. The parking establishments too ......... B. On 28-apr-2006, at 21:01, Joseph Yao wrote: > Gerry, > > I lived in the UK for twenty years and it is still a relatively > inexpensive > place to maintain a car. Here are my car-related expenses in my > part of the > world: > > Car tax 100% - for example, a 2006 Porsche 911 costs US$220,000 > Annual road tax US$1,700 > Insurance US$2,800/year with full NCB > Petrol/gas US$8.33/gallon, approx. US$900/month > Parking US$520/month (residential) > Parking US$580/month (office) > Parking US$4/hour (typical downtown parking lot) > > Plus various tolls for tunnels/roads. > > And culturally we do not like buying used cars, cars depreciate > heavily > here: typically 30%/year. Like Leica purchases, we prefer to buy new > whenever possible :-) > > Still, I must not complain. I understand my friends in Singapore have > approx. 250% car tax. > > Joseph > [Hong Kong, SAR] > > > On 29/4/06 2:03 am, "Gerry Walden" <gwpics@googlemail.com> wrote: > >> Petrol (lowest grade) is now at 0.99 at some of my local places, >> which >> equates to about $8 a gallon US. Couple that with cars about 35% more >> than most places, add around $300 per year road tax, and you soon >> realise that driving is an expensive 'luxury' here in southern >> England >> where congestion is some of the heaviest in Europe. >> >> Gerry >> >> On 28/04/06, Ted Grant <tedgrant@shaw.ca> wrote: >> >>> As I'm aware of the costs in other countries due to my >>> assignments about the >>> planet over the years, quite frankly I always felt sorry for you >>> folks in >>> the UK when I'd arrive home and realized how "cheap" our fuel was. > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information