[theclaw]

Originally Posted by rvanderpyl

Don't bother trying to do a pounds->dollars conversion, everything in the UK is priced like you were reading in US $, but paying in pounds. So his 1700 pound car is exactly like finding a 1700$ dollar car in the US. Of course it will also cost pounds for dollars to buy all the parts to fix it as well, so if it would cost $25000.0o US it will cost 25000 pounds.

Pretty much explains why so many US cars go over to England, and so few go the other way, even when the dollar is strong.

I don't want to make this into a currency thread but that might work in Canada because the C$ and the US$ move together for the most part. It's a bit of a stretch for the pounds -> dollars. Maybe that's why they all drive on the wrong side of the road!

I went thru the same drill, $2500 for a clunker? When are getting the pictures?