-
<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by florida4sun
Yeah but health care will cost minimum of $700 a month (and you still have pay something towards yor treatment)for good policy covering a family of four. Swings and roundabouts.
[/quote]
Thats providing you take Health Care cover that is!!
I am sure that not every American has it, even though at some point in their life they may need it!!
I think by the time you take into consideration our NI Contributions and Our Employers NI Contributions, we will not be that far behind them!!
We also have the option of Private medical treatment!!
The NHS is stretched to the limit at the minute and has been for some years!!
But we do take on board your comments!!
I don't think all the taxes we pay on Fuel in the UK go to fund the NHS. Although SOME may get there in the end!!
-
Well, whatever the figures, and whether or not its UK gallons or US gallons, pounds stirling or dollars, most of us like to think we are getting a bargain, and petrol in the US certainly is that - for British tourists anyway! I am sure we are not the only ones to get a real kick out of filling up our tanks for less than $20,so,long may we enjoy it.[msnwink]
Not only that, but it makes it possible to enjoy the comfort and luxury of some of the larger American vehicles without worrying too much about how much the petrol is costing.
We arrived very late at night, after midnight, at the Alamo collection point in Orlando last year only to find that they had very few cars left, and none in our class. So they said 'take what you want' and we ended up, to my son's joy, with a lovely comfortable 4 x 4 for the same cost as a Compact. This, added to the low cost of petrol made our day!
Mind you, we did have trouble trying to persuade our son that he could not take the 4 x 4 home with him![msneek]
-
Ellie
Thanks must have been a great start to your Holiday!!
I can just imagine you trying to explain that you have to give it up before you return home!!
-
Too true, Andy and Diane, and he's not a toddler either - a hulking great 6ft 16 year old now!;)
:D
-
<blockquote id="quote" class="ffs">quote:Originally posted by ellie
Not only that, but it makes it possible to enjoy the comfort and luxury of some of the larger American vehicles without worrying too much about how much the petrol is costing.
[/quote]
I agree wholeheartedly. Driving in the US (LA excluded [xx(]) is less stressful and more enjoyable than in the UK. I have done over 400 miles in a day without too much of a bother on the US while the 80-mile trip from my house to London along the M4 gives me the heebie-jeebies.
-
-
It might well be that equivalent US cars are a little more thirsty than the UK ones because they are virtually all automatics. I drive an automatic car here and the mpg is around 10-15% less than the manual version. Even so, as everybody has observed, US petrol is still very cheap by comparison and the driving experience seems so much more pleasant.
-
I certainly wish I was bowling along the Florida Turnpike, in a comfortable 7 seater minivan, on my way from Miami to our villa, Katy's Grandad!
I have to admit to having only driven around our community, and never having attempted to drive on 'real' roads, despite our numerous trips! What a wimp, eh?
Not only that, but my 19 year old daughter went to work for a year in Miami and after being a VERY nervous driver on British roads, took to driving on the wrong side of the road like a duck to water - despite the manic traffic conditions down there! It has to be seen to be believed - one hand holding their cell phone, the other doing their make-up, or eating a McDonalds!!! Aaargghh! Puts me to shame, I can tell you!
Ah well, Katy's Grandad, perhaps that is the bonus of having youth on your side!
[msnwink]
-
wish i had the nerve to try driving around the villa we stayed at, Russ did and loved it, but am very afraid!!![msnwink]
-
Well I,m going to brave it and do a bit of driving when Ray & I are in Florida in February. No sons to heckle from the back seats, so will give it a go. Probably just around the community to start and see how it goes, never having driven an automatic before it should be a real experience.[msnoo]:D
