2 Weeks in Germany
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St. Jude Donor '11, '17
2 Weeks in Germany
Just spent 2 weeks in northern Germany, didn't see one Vette
I usually see 1 or 2 on the autobahn, but not this trip.
I usually see 1 or 2 on the autobahn, but not this trip.
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St. Jude Donor '11, '17
Originally Posted by RedBad1979
hope you had a good time 
At $6.80/gallon how many Corvettes did you expect ??
At $6.80/gallon how many Corvettes did you expect ??
Porche, big Mercedes, & big BMWs suck lots of fuel too!
BTW - gas is now about $7.50 a gallon. By comparison our gas prices have increased faster than theirs. It used to be that their gas was about the same price per liter as ours was per gallon, but now their price per liter is only about .65 times as much. Still way too high but it does show that oil companies are charging more here than in Europe.
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St. Jude Donor '05
Originally Posted by Twin_Turbo
Premium runs about 1.95 a LITER and my truck does about 12 MPG....oh goodie let's go cruising 
and my truck does about 12 MPG....oh goodie let's go cruising Almost $8 for a gallon is
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I pay about $1.20/liter here in Canada for 93 octane. With the problems in the Middle East and the hurricane season coming I expect to see about $1.40. Not pretty. Translation is close to $5.50/US gallon.
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St. Jude Donor '03,'11
Originally Posted by RedBad1979
Gas has always been more expensive in Holland than in Germany... at least for the past 15 years....
Almost $8 for a gallon is
Almost $8 for a gallon is
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St. Jude Donor '05
Originally Posted by turtlevette
i bet you can get a big *** bag of dope or a ***** for the same price.
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You would expect to see a few there. Back in the 70's & 80's a lot of the American and Canadian troops had theirs shipped over and ended up leaving them there. The price of gas might have a lot to do with their vanishing act.
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Originally Posted by turtlevette
i bet you can get a big *** bag of dope or a ***** for the same price.
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I'm currently stationed in southern Germany (40 minutes from Nuernberg) and, in the three+ years I've been here, I've only ever seen a handfull of Corvettes (7-10 different ones at the very most). 99% of the time if you see a Corvette it is owned by an American Soldier and it is a C4 of newer. In the three years I've been here, I've only ever seen two other C3s.
Driving a C3 in Germany is as close as I'm ever going to get to being a rockstar. Even my ratty-looking '79 draws crowds when I park it in public parking lots and I always come back to my car to find people taking pictures of my car.
I might be incorrectly stereotyping Germans, but it doesn't seem that they are into working on their cars as much as Americans are. The few Germans I've met who own a classic have a little bit of extra money and they pay a mechanic to do everything for them. I almost never see classic cars in German, let alone Corvettes.
Driving a C3 in Germany is as close as I'm ever going to get to being a rockstar. Even my ratty-looking '79 draws crowds when I park it in public parking lots and I always come back to my car to find people taking pictures of my car.
I might be incorrectly stereotyping Germans, but it doesn't seem that they are into working on their cars as much as Americans are. The few Germans I've met who own a classic have a little bit of extra money and they pay a mechanic to do everything for them. I almost never see classic cars in German, let alone Corvettes.
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St. Jude Donor '05
Originally Posted by Victor
I might be incorrectly stereotyping Germans, but it doesn't seem that they are into working on their cars as much as Americans are. The few Germans I've met who own a classic have a little bit of extra money and they pay a mechanic to do everything for them. I almost never see classic cars in German, let alone Corvettes.
.. if you live in an apartment somewhere in a city you're lucky if they offer you a garage for $100/month extra..... that garage can be 1/2 mile from where you live 
If you own a house with a two car garage over there then you're rich and can afford somebody else working on your car
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Originally Posted by ratflinger
It used to be that their gas was about the same price per liter as ours was per gallon, but now their price per liter is only about .65 times as much. Still way too high but it does show that oil companies are charging more here than in Europe.