<VV> Gas, Petrol, Benzin etc. costs

[Dennis Pleau]

In CA we pay $0.364 state & federal plus sales tax which is built in.  Sales
tax varies by location, mine is 8.75%. $0.645 would be for $4.00 gas.  Gas
is currently around $2.609 in my neighborhood so the tax is $0.552.

My hat is off to all driver is other countries also.

dp

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Sent: Saturday, October 31, 2009 9:30 AM
To: virtualvairs at corvair.org
Subject: <VV> Gas, Petrol, Benzin etc. costs

The December Road & Track has a very interesting summation of oil  
consumption and production worldwide.  One of the
comparisons--taxes--reminded me 
of how different the old car hobby economics are  for us depending on where 
we live--in the US there are differences state by  state because state fuel 
taxes run from zero in Alaska to 64.5 cents in  California--and country--the

Netherlands has the highest priced automobile fuel  ($6.25) while we were 
paying about $2.23 at the same time on average.  On  top of that other 
countries--especially Europe--pay an annual road tax that is  typically
based on 
the size of the engine and/or the weight of the  vehicle.
 
So my various hats are off to our foreign (and that includes southern  
California :)) Corvair lovers and the higher costs they incur to be able to

enjoy their Corvairs (but I still think our Dutch friends need to run
premium 
in  their turbos instead of regular fuel while staying off the boost).
 
Bob Hall