--- On Tue, 8/11/09, Florian Speier <groups.florian@GMAIL.COM> wrote: > yes, the germans figured out 5-10% > get illegally diverted to easter europe > and africa. When I was in Germany 2006-7 it was even difficult to buy a used T3 Vanagon. The good ones went to other parts of Europe, and the less good to Africa. > considering that c4c in germany mainly aims at > 9-12 yea old > vehicles, and that the emission reqs there where > pretty high back then > already, maybe they should just be exported to the U.S. to > make us > greener:-) Actually, Europe got the catalytic converter laws a lot later than US/Canada. Having grown up there and moved to the US in the 90's I noticed how much better the air smelled even in New York! Now Volvo's, Audi's, and Mercedes all regularly go 20+ years, so though the air has improved there are still many non-catalytic cars on the roads. > > http://www.treehugger.com/files/2009/08/thieves-cash-clunkers-germany.php > > http://tinyurl.com/nwevvq The photo of the Vanagon carted away on two shopping carts is priceless! (But probably just archive photo the newsagency pulled) Martin __________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Canada Toolbar: Search from anywhere on the web, and bookmark your favourite sites. Download it now http://ca.toolbar.yahoo.com. |
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