Fabian wrote:
> Raj Feridun hu kiteb:
> 
>>I think the whole driving experience in Japan is overpriced period.
>>Shaken is a total ripoff and the costs for driving schools and
>>gasoline are insane. (Yes, I understand why gasoline costs are high.)
> 
> Gasoline is expensive in Japan? Not compared to the UK it isn't.

I drive a lot (about 50K+kms a year) in largish vehicles that while not 
exactly gas guzzlers still use a fair bit of fuel. Petrol prices seem 
fine to me, in fact I wouldn't object to paying around 140-180 yen per 
litre if it would ease the congestion a bit.




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"Beyond the Euphrates began for us the land of mirage and danger, the 
sands where one helplessly sank, and the roads which ended in nothing. 
The slightest reversal would have resulted in a jolt to our prestige 
giving rise to all kinds of catastrophe; the problem was not only to 
conquer but to conquer again and again, perpetually; our forces would be 
drained off in the attempt." - Emperor Hadrian AD 117-138