Thursday, November 15, 2007

Going stateless

There are a number of ways to lose one's US citizenship. These include:
-Taking up arms against the United States.
-Conviction of Treason.
-Purchasing an automobile made in France.

Mrs. Lemming likes the Peugeot's alphabet soup of safety features, while I like the fact that the fuel efficiency of this family car is similar to my first motorbike.

I took LLLL into Sydney on a cool 49 mpg the other day. Even with diesel, that ain't bad.
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7 comments:

  1. Sara15 November, 2007 18:31

    on the plus side that means you wont have to pay US taxes anymore!

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  2. Schlupp16 November, 2007 06:29

    I had a 206 in Europe. I want it back! I really don't think I can buy one here in the US.... (Although I'm a foreigner anyway.)

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  3. Schlupp16 November, 2007 12:04

    Huh, I had assumed you to be joking, but Peugeots are indeed illegal in the US.

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  4. C W Magee17 November, 2007 05:22

    Are you kidding me? I know they weren't sold in the US, but illegal? What, too fuel efficient? Not clunky enough?

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  5. C W Magee17 November, 2007 05:23

    Oh, and 49 mpg is 4.8 l/100km in real units...

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  6. Chris18 November, 2007 14:00

    Chuck, I think passenger diesels are assumed to be very naughty by the EPA in the states (which isn't true any more). That's why all the Californians think that a Prius is the last word in fuel economy.

    PS: LL, if you really wanted to be a contrarian you should have bought a Citroen.

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  7. Schlupp21 November, 2007 00:42

    Probably, Peugeot just didn't bother to apply for the official 'this car is legal' paper (whatever it is called), when they decided not to sell cars in the US any more.

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