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Old 10-17-2017, 09:33 PM   #91 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by JockoT View Post
(US sometimes have a larger engine size option),


The few "US" cars sold here, such as the Cadillac Escalade and the CTS, the Chrysler Voyager and Crossfire or the Chevrolet Cruze fair no better on UK roads (they tend to rust even quicker than homegrown and their electrics fail miserably).


On top of which our extremely tight MOT testing standards puts thousands of cars into the crusher, that in the US and other parts of the world would run on for years.
https://www.gov.uk/government/public...cked-at-an-mot
Those vehicles are not regarded as durable in the U.S, either.

I didn't know that about the UK crushing cars due to MOT testing. We would openly revolt if a politician came here and tried that (except in california, which isn't really considered America )

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