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[RC] Fwd: non USA endurance riders and fuel - Benedikte WhitmanOne of the things that often seems to be lost in this debate between costs in Europe & the US is the vastly different sizes of our countries. This was really brought home to me when my husband and I were in England looking at a racecar for him. We live in New Mexico and he has a race in Michigan each year. When he was speaking with the seller in England about that, the genetlemen thought about the distance and said that for him, that number of miles would take him from where he was in central UK and put him in Moscow or somewhere in Russia. Almost no-one in Europe(with the exception perhaps of truckers) ever drives distances that we consider quite normal. When I look at scheduling events, I look for "close" ones which for me is anything that is under 400 miles away. To someone in the UK or continental Europe, I beleive travelling those types of distances sometimes monthly for a two or even one day event would be unfathomable. It really does make for rather and apples/oranges comparison. Back to lurking :-) Benedikte From: Tx Trigger <txtrigger@xxxxxxxxx> Subject: [RC] non USA endurance riders and fuel Original message from Kathie Ford: : >>>Some folks also say it's high in Europe. Well, so what. We are not Europe we are USA.<<< I'm sure our Ridecamp members from other countries really liked that statement. :-( Remember, we are a WORLDWIDE E-List. I'd be curious to hear what riders from other countries do to get to rides. I understand much smaller, fuel saving rigs are common. Brenderup trailers pulled by smaller vehicles are often mentioned. I'd like to hear more about how far they travel to rides on average, what type of camping facilities do they use. Tent? Sleep in vehicle? Do some have LQ trailers? How many rides do they have to choose from? Maybe we can get some hints on how to save on fuel expenses from those who DO have higher prices than we do. Jonni Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Ridecamp is a service of Endurance Net, http://www.endurance.net. Information, Policy, Disclaimer: http://www.endurance.net/Ridecamp Subscribe/Unsubscribe http://www.endurance.net/ridecamp/logon.asp Ride Long and Ride Safe!! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
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