<x-html><!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD> <META content="text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" http-equiv=Content-Type> <META content="MSHTML 5.00.2314.1000" name=GENERATOR> <STYLE></STYLE> </HEAD> <BODY bgColor=#ffffff> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Anyone know where I can get the 3 horn set at a good price? I saw them at Treffen for 30 bucks, can't quite find that price online.</FONT></DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Shawn</FONT></DIV> <DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>'89 GTI 16V (fed up with soccer moms)</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML> </x-html>From ???@??? Fri Mar 10 20:47:18 2000 Received: from relay1.bu.edu (RELAY1.BU.EDU [128.197.153.99]) by acs-mail.bu.edu ((8.9.3.buoit.v1.0.ACS)/BU_Server-1.3) with ESMTP id XAA186800 for <[email protected]>; Thu, 2 Mar 2000 23:44:50 -0500 Received: from green.smsu.edu (green.smsu.edu [146.7.7.109]) by relay1.bu.edu ((8.9.3.buoit.v1.0)/8.8.5/(BU-RELAY-11/18/99-b2)) with ESMTP id XAA01203 for <[email protected]>; Thu, 2 Mar 2000 23:44:51 -0500 (EST) Received: from shawn (Shawn.smsu.edu [146.7.160.195]) by green.smsu.edu with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.2650.21) id F543M28C; Thu, 2 Mar 2000 22:44:50 -0600 Message-ID: <[email protected]> From: "Shawn Kuenzler" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, "Patrick Austin" <[email protected]> References: <[email protected]> Subject: Re: Gas OUT!!! Date: Thu, 2 Mar 2000 22:42:51 -0600 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.00.2314.1300 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.2314.1300 X-UIDL: f7b9725dc5a83fc1f292949ca164ad12 Status: O X-Status:
40% of the price we pay for gasoline in the US is tax. It goes to the highway system and such. If you ask me, that's pretty high as it is, especially since my roads suck. Shawn '89 GTI 16V ----- Original Message ----- From: Patrick Austin <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]>; <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2000 9:38 PM Subject: Re: Gas OUT!!! > The government should have higher taxes. I say boost the tax on gas by $1 > a gallon and use it to do something worthwhile, like improve roads, provide > healthcare to people w/o insurance, improve schools, etc, etc, etc...I'd > love to pay higher taxes if my money went somewhere good, rather than into > the pocket of various defense contractors making aircraft carriers that the > navy doesn't even want. In the meantime, the higher gas prices will force > americans to buy fuel efficient cars and we might, as a result, see > something like the neat little Alfa diesels and all those cool hot hatches > they get in europe where noone can afford to drive camaros. Americans have > it EASY. > > > > > > >Lee, > > > >Gas is cheaper in the U.S. than most other places, but the real reason isn't > >so much cost of the base product as it is the outrageous taxes imposed in > >other countries. Upwards of 80% of the price, in the the UK, for example, > is > >a combination of taxes. VAT is 17-1/2%, and that's charged on top of > another > >tax (light hydrocarbon oil duty, as I recall). > > > >Martin Bullen > >'89 GTI 16v 6-spd > > ************** > Patrick Austin > [email protected] > (617)493-6636 > ************** > _____________ > List Sponsor: http://www.netsville.com > To remove yourself from this list, send mail to [email protected] with 'unsubscribe a2_16v' in the body of your message > See us on the web at http://www.a2-16v.com > Visit the 16V Homepage at http://www.gti16v.org
