And how far do you drive though? You need to take mpg and distance travelled to see how many gallons you eat up. Americans still, on the average, pay more out of their pocket. So, stop using it as a crutch.
I always hear how over in Europe gas is SO much higher. What I never see is how far the average person that does drive their vehicle over there has to drive. According to a 2001 census of southeast england, the average commute is 12.9km, or around 8 miles. In france the average looks to be around 13.3km, about the same.
The average commute in the USA is around 20 miles. That's 2.5x what most europeans see that do drive and not use public transportation. So, europe I'm showing at around US$6.72 a gallon. The average in the US is US$3.28.
So, comparing apples to apples of say the same vehicle in both countries for the average commute, it is more expensive to commute here in the united states. $3.28 x 2.5 = $8.20.
Now, the average vehicle over here isn't known for gas mileage so actual out-of-pocket costs vary, but it does show that the common myth that europe is more expensive isn't always true.
Moreover, you also said 50bhp. That's redicolously underpowerd, even for your 650kg Citroën. Forget about having an automatic transmission on a vehicle like that, and you'd better be easy on the clutch or you're going to be in stall city.
I don't know which year, but diesels are all about the torque, which is the only real measure and it's what gets you off the line. Judging the car's feasibility by looking at a horsepower rating, especially on a diesel, is about as useless as jpegs to hellen keller*.
* Fair warning, I've been listening to weird al tonight, which is a blast to fit into conversations.
Before I got my iPod I came across a good site, http://ipodminiinfo.blogspot.com/, that had some pretty good info. It looks like a compilation of info from different sources. That's just if anyone wants to seriously look for some info on them.
I actually ended up picking up the mini just because it's easier to pop into my back pocket or a jacket pocket. Seems ok, it plays music, good 'nuff. I'm not into podcasting or any of the likes so I guess it's overkill, but I like gadgets to play with.
Do you watch the tv show Boston Legal(lawyer show with Shatner)? The word schadenfreude was used on the show in a closing argument and also at the end of the show.
I use Bittorrent, specifically Azureus, for like tv shows/movies, eMule for applications, and Jubster for finding mp3s. They all seem to do the best in what they aim for.
Azureus is easy to use, nice features, works pretty well. Always does the job well for me from day 1. I really like watching for swarming and visual transfer flow on that one screen, just a neat feature.
eMule has a nice-looking interface, but sometimes the eDonkey network is just pokey to get results(from an impatient point of view). But, you can't beat the results for not being as fake(FastTrack was notorious for this do to the way the hashing only looked at the first 300k of a file).
I came across Jubster a couple of months ago at the recommendation of a friend, and it's very handy at times since it's a p2p/web search hybrid, so sometimes you get lucky and find what you want on a website and pull it down in 20 seconds. Aside from the web, it does the usual p2p transferring stuff on a few p2p nets, don't recall which one offhand beyond the donkey and gnutella nets.
I think most people do it like me, using a few different packages, depending on what you are looking to get. I have yet to find just one program that could do it all the way I want to.
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And how far do you drive though? You need to take mpg and distance travelled to see how many gallons you eat up. Americans still, on the average, pay more out of their pocket. So, stop using it as a crutch.
Wouldn't surprise me at all to see the Mafiaa somewhere in the background on this one.
I always hear how over in Europe gas is SO much higher. What I never see is how far the average person that does drive their vehicle over there has to drive. According to a 2001 census of southeast england, the average commute is 12.9km, or around 8 miles. In france the average looks to be around 13.3km, about the same.
The average commute in the USA is around 20 miles. That's 2.5x what most europeans see that do drive and not use public transportation. So, europe I'm showing at around US$6.72 a gallon. The average in the US is US$3.28.
So, comparing apples to apples of say the same vehicle in both countries for the average commute, it is more expensive to commute here in the united states. $3.28 x 2.5 = $8.20.
Now, the average vehicle over here isn't known for gas mileage so actual out-of-pocket costs vary, but it does show that the common myth that europe is more expensive isn't always true.
Some food for thought there.
I don't know which year, but diesels are all about the torque, which is the only real measure and it's what gets you off the line. Judging the car's feasibility by looking at a horsepower rating, especially on a diesel, is about as useless as jpegs to hellen keller*.
* Fair warning, I've been listening to weird al tonight, which is a blast to fit into conversations.
The first thing that came to my mind was the Sheepboys from the Skittles commercial.
It's finally a reality! (Jibberjabbering not included)
Before I got my iPod I came across a good site, http://ipodminiinfo.blogspot.com/, that had some pretty good info. It looks like a compilation of info from different sources. That's just if anyone wants to seriously look for some info on them.
I actually ended up picking up the mini just because it's easier to pop into my back pocket or a jacket pocket. Seems ok, it plays music, good 'nuff. I'm not into podcasting or any of the likes so I guess it's overkill, but I like gadgets to play with.
Do you watch the tv show Boston Legal(lawyer show with Shatner)? The word schadenfreude was used on the show in a closing argument and also at the end of the show.
I use Bittorrent, specifically Azureus, for like tv shows/movies, eMule for applications, and Jubster for finding mp3s. They all seem to do the best in what they aim for.
Azureus is easy to use, nice features, works pretty well. Always does the job well for me from day 1. I really like watching for swarming and visual transfer flow on that one screen, just a neat feature.
eMule has a nice-looking interface, but sometimes the eDonkey network is just pokey to get results(from an impatient point of view). But, you can't beat the results for not being as fake(FastTrack was notorious for this do to the way the hashing only looked at the first 300k of a file).
I came across Jubster a couple of months ago at the recommendation of a friend, and it's very handy at times since it's a p2p/web search hybrid, so sometimes you get lucky and find what you want on a website and pull it down in 20 seconds. Aside from the web, it does the usual p2p transferring stuff on a few p2p nets, don't recall which one offhand beyond the donkey and gnutella nets.
I think most people do it like me, using a few different packages, depending on what you are looking to get. I have yet to find just one program that could do it all the way I want to.