From a car owners perspective , What is the best country to live in?

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If you could pick a country to live solely based on what it's like to own a car there , things like (Speed Limits , Fuel prices ect ect).
If I could choose anywhere it would Probably be Germany with its Nurburgring and the autobahns having high speed limits. :D
 
Chiiives said:
If you could pick a country to live solely based on what it's like to own a car there , things like (Speed Limits , Fuel prices ect ect).
If I could choose anywhere it would Probably be Germany with its Nurburgring and the autobahns having high speed limits. :D
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Germany doesn't have unlimited autobahns everywhere - far from it, also car modifications have to be TUV approved, registered on your logbook and are very expensive. They are also quite anal about speeding, similar to the UK. Buying and selling cars there is also a nightmare as well, expect to spend half a day getting new numberplates from their version of the DVLA when you buy a car from someone (plates tend to follow people rather than cars).

The Nurburgring isn't far from the UK either, not much further than some places in Germany to the ring.
 
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Wicksta said:
Germany doesn't have unlimited autobahns everywhere - far from it, also car modifications have to be TUV approved, registered on your logbook and are very expensive. They are also quite anal about speeding, similar to the UK. Buying and selling cars there is also a nightmare as well, expect to spend half a day getting new numberplates from their version of the DVLA when you buy a car from someone (plates tend to follow people rather than cars).

The Nurburgring isn't far from the UK either, not much further than some places in Germany to the ring.
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Meh that sounds worse than here :(.
Either way the Nurburgring makes up for it :D
 
Err, surely there is far more to being a "motorist friendly" country than just fuel cost!?

I actually think we have it quite well here in the UK - Second hand cars are dirt cheap, through lax import laws/duty we have easy access to many Japanese and American cars, many local tracks that offer inexpensive track-days, relaxed laws on modifications, our MOT test is fairly basic, a cult following in just about every form of motorsport out there - From Drifting to Green Laning, and of course Mile after Mile of brilliant twisty B-Roads :).
 
It's a combination of things - low fuel prices, sensible insurance prices, very reasonably new car prices, favourable leasing deals, fantastic roads, great scenery - everything a car enthusiast needs, really.
 
[TW]Fox;16734462 said:
It's a combination of things - low fuel prices, sensible insurance prices, very reasonably new car prices, favourable leasing deals, fantastic roads, great scenery - everything a car enthusiast needs, really.
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Fair enough. I once heard that cars are 25% more expensive in europe than the U.S.
 
[TW]Fox;16734462 said:
It's a combination of things - low fuel prices, sensible insurance prices, very reasonably new car prices, favourable leasing deals, fantastic roads, great scenery - everything a car enthusiast needs, really.
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We have sensible insurance prices here, I'm paying about £300 for my 530i. We have better roads, better speed limits and easy access to some of the best tracks in the world. I can't think of a more dull place to be a motorist than the USA to be honest, especially after speaking to friends over there. But it's such a massive place you might as well say 'Europe is the best place to be a motorist'.
 
If you're looking to compare countries, you have to generalise. And the bigger more developed ones are more likely to win. Not many more than the USA.
 
Wicksta said:
We have sensible insurance prices here, I'm paying about £300 for my 530i. We have better roads, better speed limits and easy access to some of the best tracks in the world. I can't think of a more dull place to be a motorist than the USA to be honest, especially after speaking to friends over there. But it's such a massive place you might as well say 'Europe is the best place to be a motorist'.
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sensible prices ?

dont be daft.

Better speed limits ? i never once found myself frustrated that i couldnt go faster on a 2 week holiday to florida. Being able to cruise the freeway and chop and change lanes without worrying about undertaking was far more preferable to being able to do 70.

and there are plenty of tracks in the USA too.

Laguna Seca anybody ?

 
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