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Originally posted by CookieRevised
You don't have small (commercial) trucks like delivery vans?

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they are much more bulkier and they use up a lot of gas. They are mainly only used for commercial transport

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Originally posted by CookieRevised
There are 2 types of 'gas':

Eurosuper 95 or 98 which are the normal petrol types.

Then there is Diesel, also extremely common (especially in Belgium), and still a lot cheaper than Eurosuper. And it was always said this is better for the environment although the latest studies have shown that this isn't so 'friendly' as they used to say (because of the ejected fine dust particles and how they used measure it and how they measure it now). That's the reason why the price of Diesel will go up in the near futur (more taxes).

And there is also LPG, a real gas form of fuel for which you need a special adapted pressured tank in the back of your car. This is relative cheap and was the very first environment-friendly fuel type.

Of course, electric hybrid stuff is also available, but still a bit expensive. Although in major cities some public busses are running on electric or hydrogen hybrid motors.

Prices range a lot across Europe.
At the moment, the official prices for a liter, in Belgium, are:
Diesel: € 1,021 (1.5941 CAD)
Eurosuper 95/98: € 1,309 / € 1,327 (2.0433 / 2.0714 CAD )
LPG: € 0,474 (0.7398 CAD)

The cars in Europe have a fuel ratio of around 5-7 liter per 100Km. (7 liter is already considered a lot though)

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ahh well it sounds much better than here. The government doesn't care as much about pollution
but we obviously also have diesel. It's mainly trucks that use it. The price range is around the same as regular gas but it ends up a lot more expensive than what you pay

I'm still waiting to see hydrogen hybrid cars or bus' around here!

thanks for the info Cookie

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Originally posted by Sunshine


Renault Clio 1.4 16V Privilege, 2002, 5 doors
(yes, this is the actual car)

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IT'S SO CUUUUUTEEE!!! Europeans have the best cars ever