Quote Originally Posted by Mr. Silver View Post
Perspective: The US is 309x bigger than Belgium by land area, but only 27x bigger by population. We'd have to tax everyone 10 times more to build the same infrastructure (and taxes are un-American)
I know that people in the US or Canada just can't live whithout a car, that is just impossible. That's why I find it bizarre that American car companies just don't ( or hardly, or just too late) invest in cars that don't use as much gas.

It seems to me like it's a more a status thing than anything else. Because of my work I nearly live in my car. I look at two things when I buy a car: how much it uses and safety. I drive a Renault Mégane and it uses 4,1l diesel/100 km and it still is a powerful fast car.

Oh and I pay 62% taxes on my income.