"the guvnor" > wrote in message
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> On Thu, 16 Jun 2005 22:54:12 +1000, Kenshlock de la Fehrêtte
> <slapsableschubbyface@forever> wrote:
>
>>On Thu, 16 Jun 2005 12:40:41 GMT, the guvnor
> wrote:
>>
>>>On Thu, 16 Jun 2005 07:34:51 -0500, "Joel Jacobs" >
>>>wrote:
>>>
>>>>> Ever wondered why so few American built cars are sold around the
>>>>> world?
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Well, SIZE is one reason. Not offering right hand drive in many models
>>>>is
>>>>another. And those awful, bloody, import and engine-size taxes are a
>>>>killer.
>>>
>>>10% import duty??
>>
>>Those socialist amerikaners have a funny slant on things, don't they.
>
> Note how Europeans are free to import any car (not that anyone does)
> but Americans cannot import any car they choose...

Who the hell in his/her right mind would import most US cars into Europe?
I've lived in Europe off an on for the past 25 years, so you "ain't" talking
with the "average" Yank.

There are many Euro cars we don't import here into the US. Getting spares
for a Renault, TVR, Peugeot, even Fiats do not make it sensible to do so.
And then, finding a tech to work on them is another story entirely as well.

In Europe I found ONE guy who could do the diagnostics on a Corvette while
living in Southern Italy and he had the equipment to work on them because he
owned both a ZR-1, and a convertible.