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In some parts of Asia, having any kind of car is a luxury.
Cars in Europe cost more than in America, and big cars are more prohibitively priced and more expensive to run (don't forget how much more petrol costs over here). EVERYTHING in Britain costs more than in America (except medical and college fees), a basic Ford Mondeo (the British equivalent to the Ford Five Hundred) has a list price (on the Ford UK website) of nearly £15,000 thats about $29,500, more than the most expensive Ford Crown Victoria. That's why not all English drive Jaguars and not all Germans drive Mercedes E-Classes and S-Classes (though those are cheaper in Germany). Would you call our houses or flats shitty because they aren't as big as the house you live in probably is? And that's a fair bet because you live in Alaska and I can't imagine property prices are very high there.
I'll tell you one thing Explorer, if you lived in England, not only would you have to wait three more years til you could drive at all, once you did reach that age and pass your test, you have a very hard time getting affordable car insurance on anything bigger than a Ford Escort (a car substantially smaller than your Tempo), so you would be stuck with shitty little cars until you reached your early 20s. I don't know anyone whose first car, that they owned, not one they borrowed from their parents, had an engine bigger than about 1.6 litres.
Cars in Europe cost more than in America, and big cars are more prohibitively priced and more expensive to run (don't forget how much more petrol costs over here). EVERYTHING in Britain costs more than in America (except medical and college fees), a basic Ford Mondeo (the British equivalent to the Ford Five Hundred) has a list price (on the Ford UK website) of nearly £15,000 thats about $29,500, more than the most expensive Ford Crown Victoria. That's why not all English drive Jaguars and not all Germans drive Mercedes E-Classes and S-Classes (though those are cheaper in Germany). Would you call our houses or flats shitty because they aren't as big as the house you live in probably is? And that's a fair bet because you live in Alaska and I can't imagine property prices are very high there.
I'll tell you one thing Explorer, if you lived in England, not only would you have to wait three more years til you could drive at all, once you did reach that age and pass your test, you have a very hard time getting affordable car insurance on anything bigger than a Ford Escort (a car substantially smaller than your Tempo), so you would be stuck with shitty little cars until you reached your early 20s. I don't know anyone whose first car, that they owned, not one they borrowed from their parents, had an engine bigger than about 1.6 litres.