Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2012/03/22
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Adam, There is as close to zero crime as possible. No drugs, no unsafe streets, state of the art utterly safe public transport, spotlessly clean, landscaped environment, some of the best low income housing that you can ever find, a superior education system from primary to post graduate, what more do you want? And you worry about a bicycle? You guys are so car oriented that it blinds you to everything else.... Cheers Jayanand On Fri, Mar 23, 2012 at 8:58 AM, Adam Bridge <abridge at mac.com> wrote: > Just to make sure I understand . . . you pay $61,500 just to have the > privilege of then buying the 1600cc car? Wow. The other expenses are > attention getters as well. Somehow I don't think my bicycle would be very > safe there, though. > > Thanks for sharing the perspective, one of the side benefits of being a > LUG member! Thank Brian for that! > > Adam > > On Mar 22, 2012, at 8:04 PM, Joseph Low wrote: > > > Hi Jayanand > > > > Thanks for highlighting Singapore - but what you should also know : > > > > - we have the most expensive car ownership scheme in Singapore - right > now > > A Certificate of Ownership for 1600cc cars cost US$61,500.00 > > > > - Car insurance for a 1600cc model is Us$923.00 per year > > > > - Road Tax US$1308.00 per year > > > > - Gas is US$1.73 / litre > > > > - on top of these we pay Electronic Road Pricing entry of US$1.15 to > 2.30 per entry > > > > - Parking in the CBD ranges from US$3.08 to Us$5.38 per hour > > > > Life is not cheap > > > > Joseph in Singapore > > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >