Re: Does German Cars cost more in Germany?

[PlyBoyDoct@aol.com]

Whoa...another Eye Opener for me.  I can't believe that I already owned 3 
cars and planning on another car.  Where does all the tax money go?  I think 
we are all previlage to own cars.

Culture shocked,
Jason C

In a message dated 5/26/99 12:44:37 PM Pacific Daylight Time, 
Doyt@nwonline.net writes:

> Jason.......The TAXES being talked about are HUGE sales taxes.  For
>  instance, in Holland, a car buyer pays about 40% of the total price of the
>  new car in taxes. In the USA it is about 6%.
>  
>  So the Dutch buyer signs up for a $40,000 car and pays an additional
>  $16,000 in taxes for a total of $56,000.   The same car in the USA is
>  $40,000 plus $2,400 taxes =  $42,400, but the buyer probably chisels the
>  price down to $39,000.  The Dutch dealer doesn't chisel. He sells for
>  sticker, and then the buyer has to go down to the tax bureau and cough up
>  an addition $16,000.
>  
>  The taxes are set so high by the governments to keep people riding public
>  transportation.
>  
>  When a European buys a car, he expects to own it for most of his life, and
>  he doesn't pay those big taxes on replacement parts. He just keeps
>  replacing things until the car gets hit or he dies.  When the family buys a
>  car, the whole community throws a party for them. They put it in the
>  garage, polish it daily and drive it on weekends, and rejoice that they
>  have really made it big. I lived there two years and saw it happen. They
>  still ride bikes or street cars to work, and go places on the train, and
>  save the car for special events.
>  
>  Doyt Echelberger