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, So is there a good arbitrage shipping used HK cars somewhere that does not devalue used so much, possibly the Philippines or South American countries? Curious minds want to know? As a sidelight, people wonder why Americans drive such large cars with relatively huge engines, costs are much, much less here. If you live in a normal city and work for a largish company then your costs would be Porche 911: 62000 to 85000 Insurance: 1800/yr Gasoline/93 Octane 0.82/litre Parking: generally free at work and home Parking: events might vary from $5 to $10 Tolls: in Atlanta 0.50 each way on the only toll road for several hundred miles With costs so low compared to a lot of the world, no wonder we drive so far, so fast(Nathan, the normal speed on Interstates in Georgia is 130-140Km/hr), in such large vehicles. Don don.dory@gmail.com On 4/28/06, Joseph Yao <joseph@yao.com> 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 >