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Originally Posted by Jim B.
Makes me think of the old joke.
Q: "What are the two preferred ways to get around in New York City"
A: "By bus, and by ambulance!"
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Maybe I would do well as a cabdriver there then...
Glad you liked your visit to Norway. You got to visit our most rainy city, Bergen. Just been there once myself, and it is a nice place.
I am situated a bit further north, on a smaller island called
Leka. When looking at a map I would say about just in the middle of the northern and southern points of the country.
I see you picked up a few phrases from Norway as well
You can find some quite out there stories, and most people are good of making them around here, so there is always a joke or funny story to be heard.
I have some extra lights around somewhere, which I suspect it is the same type you are referring to. Anything
like these you are looking for? Theres a terrible set of similar lights on the W124 which is totally useless. Bad quality. So I plan to fit those round ones on the W124 instead. Those make pretty good "daylight" at even the darkest nights. The problem is the regular main beams. I will probably have a look at the reflectors and see if they may be bad.
There is a few places to get those lights here. Most part shops carry some brand of them so they are not hard to get by. If you want I can look up and see how much they are. I am sure I can assit to ship some over there. I actually thought of starting some kind of export/import of those when I lived in the states. Would just be glad to help. There is also a lot of various smaller ones out now which uses Xenon technology with excellent results.
Most taxes are ok... but some are not too my liking. I would not mind getting the one-time taxes on vehicles removed. They could keep the vat, but skip the power, weight and engine capacity taxes - or CO2 taxes which recently replaced the power tax. Our neighbors in Sweden do not have these, and as a result cars are usually half price or less there.
Another silly tax you mention is the green plates. It is correct as you mention that if you just register a wagon (which is large enough) as a 2-seater you can usually save 20+% on the one-time taxes mentioned above. However this does not affect any used cars as the one-time tax has already been paid. So since I have white plates I can drive around with a total of 4 persons in mine. I could re-register it with green plates, but it would not save me anything. The green plates can usually be swapped for white ones after the car is 10 years anyways. Or has been registered for 10 years with green plates I should make a point of. The green plates indicate a light van/wagon mainly designed for transportating goods. Makes it a bit easier on the commercial transporters I guess...