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Today, I filled up Sandwich for the first time.
I'd need to have a closer look into it, but I strongly suspect it must have some humongous engine underneath its family-car hood. At the traffic lights, it easily leaves everybody behind. Which is really, really unexpected in a vehicle which all but mimics Smørebrød in many aspects (which definitely was not capable of leaving anybody behind in terms of acceleration).
Anyway, today it got treated to a full tank of gas. Premium gas, I might add. For something like US$2.95 per gallon - which comes down to around 80 US cents per liter. Regular would have been way below US$ 2.50. So I paid about 50 bucks. For a full tank of gas.
The country fought back, however, in its own sneaky way. For some reason, even with their huge trucks everybody is driving (ok, maybe just half or even less), the gas stations have very short hoses. For some reason (which is probably related to the reason why many things here are less-than-optimally designed), it is ok to simply attach a short hose to the gas dispenser. Not a spring-loaded rolled-up hose, not a spring-suspended arm holding a length of spare hose, no, just a simple hose. Dude, if two yards of hose ain't enough, drive around the block to turn your ride and come back, dude. What's the matter? Do they all know which direction to drive up to the gas station? Do US cars have their gas valves on both sides of the car? Am I weird?
I'd need to have a closer look into it, but I strongly suspect it must have some humongous engine underneath its family-car hood. At the traffic lights, it easily leaves everybody behind. Which is really, really unexpected in a vehicle which all but mimics Smørebrød in many aspects (which definitely was not capable of leaving anybody behind in terms of acceleration).
Anyway, today it got treated to a full tank of gas. Premium gas, I might add. For something like US$2.95 per gallon - which comes down to around 80 US cents per liter. Regular would have been way below US$ 2.50. So I paid about 50 bucks. For a full tank of gas.
The country fought back, however, in its own sneaky way. For some reason, even with their huge trucks everybody is driving (ok, maybe just half or even less), the gas stations have very short hoses. For some reason (which is probably related to the reason why many things here are less-than-optimally designed), it is ok to simply attach a short hose to the gas dispenser. Not a spring-loaded rolled-up hose, not a spring-suspended arm holding a length of spare hose, no, just a simple hose. Dude, if two yards of hose ain't enough, drive around the block to turn your ride and come back, dude. What's the matter? Do they all know which direction to drive up to the gas station? Do US cars have their gas valves on both sides of the car? Am I weird?
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Tuesday, October 28, 2008
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