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Well Denmark is 100 km wide, so there's no point driving further, is there? 
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Vetty's knowledgede about other countries : zero
With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.
Steven WeinbergComment
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Width of Denmark
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Well, just show me where Denmark is 100 km wide
With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.
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Really?Originally posted by BlackCat
Honestly, I can't see any reason that you have to drive more than we do.
My work takes me to various cities throughout the province (this can be up to 500km each way) and there is no suitable mass transit. Everybody in my position has the same choice - automobile.
I just wish the rest of you guys would take the damn bus so I could go faster.
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No offese, but is that comon for the majority of canuks ?Originally posted by Wezil
Really?
My work takes me to various cities throughout the province (this can be up to 500km each way) and there is no suitable mass transit. Everybody in my position has the same choice - automobile.
I just wish the rest of you guys would take the damn bus so I could go faster.
With or without religion, you would have good people doing good things and evil people doing evil things. But for good people to do evil things, that takes religion.
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We are paying $1.10 a litre now. If my conversion is accurate (3.785 l/gallon ?) that equates to $4.16 a gallon. I've heard talk of $1.50 / litre by the summer."I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure." - Clarence Darrow
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A majority? Obsolutely not. But anyone traveling to different places regularly would have the same problem. I'm sure you can come up with a long list of occupations where this would be required. Even when I am only required to be at my office it is a relatively short 20 km trip each way. There is no transit option at all for that either.Originally posted by BlackCat
No offese, but is that comon for the majority of canuks ?
As to local transit, in most places it just isn't adequate. Our cities tend to be rather sprawling places with lots of suburbs and outlying industrial parks. To properly service such places requires more $$ than the taxpayers are prepared to pay. Even in Toronto you can't rely upon the Toronto Transit Comission (or "Take The Car" as some refer to the TTC).
The fact is we are relatively few and somewhat spread out over a large terrain. The mass transit required for us to give up our cars just isn't there."I have never killed a man, but I have read many obituaries with great pleasure." - Clarence Darrow
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Gah, living in the sort of low density cities that exist in most of America would drive me insane. Here we've got massive apartment complexes all over the place and pretty much zero single story buildings so everything you need is generally within a few minute walk away. It's nice
So is having a very good subway system...
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Re: $4/gallon gas coming?
Not to beat this dead horse but my car requires that I be in "park" to start the engine - not exactly feasible to constantly be pulling over to put the car in park to start it.Originally posted by chegitz guevara
Going down hill? Turn off your engine and coast.
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Not necessarily, it is more efficient to leave it in gear and have your foot off the clutch for as far as possible rather than coasting out of gear or with your foot down on the clutch. But then you are probably all driving automatics.Originally posted by Oerdin
Taking it out of gear would accomplish much of the same without losing the power steering and power breaks.Speaking of Erith:
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bah anyone doing long distance travel, buy a VW Polo and enjoy 70+mpg... no matter how expensive petrol is, it won't make too big a dent in your wallet...
if "price" of travel is important of course... otherwise enjoy your gas guzzlers
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Well I have a fairly big car but it is a diesel so doesn't drink through too much fuel.Speaking of Erith:
"It's not twinned with anywhere, but it does have a suicide pact with Dagenham" - Linda SmithComment
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I don't have to pay for my fuel, my firm does. I will not be putting in neutral and coasting anytime soon.
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Reminds me.Originally posted by Provost Harrison
Not necessarily, it is more efficient to leave it in gear and have your foot off the clutch for as far as possible rather than coasting out of gear or with your foot down on the clutch. But then you are probably all driving automatics.
How many Americans here use their gears as brakes?
Same question for Europeans.
I would expect a bit of a differential due to the auto vs manual divide.One day Canada will rule the world, and then we'll all be sorry.Comment
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