And we have it good here in the U.S. I've been in the UK on business a couple of times this year. On the way to a customer visit we stopped to fill up my coworker's car - a BMW 320D. Diesel was 95 pence per liter - the tab came to 14 Pounds for 15 liters. Thats about $28 for 4 gallons of fuel! A full tank costs almost $100.

On the plus side, a 3-series with a modern common rail diesel has surprisingly good performance and delivers better than 40MPG on the motorway.

- JimY