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To: combjelly who wrote (339637)	6/6/2007 11:32:30 AM
From: Tenchusatsu	Respond to of 1574109

CJ and Ted, about the smaller cars in Europe. I really don't think that's due too much to the higher cost of fuel. Instead, it seems it's all due to the narrow streets that Europeans are used to. Especially in Rome and Florence, but also in the villages where some of them seem to have been around for 500 years or more. I was able to drive through Florence with my dinky 4-passenger rental, but I knew if I tried to drive my beloved BMW 3-series through those streets, I'd have a much harder time getting anywhere. By the way, both my rental cars were diesel-powered and performed very well. I remember once driving a Mercedes diesel-powered car from the 80's, and it was an underpowered mess. Diesel was (and is) cheaper, and the fuel economy seemed all right, even after driving on the Autobahn at speeds of up to 180 KPH. Unfortunately, my Italian car beeped and warned me every time I exceeded 165 KPH. Tenchusatsu