Uhm, no Idea tbh, I'll have a look in that, the taxes are calculated in fonction of how much CO2 your car reject, so it really depend on the car. For the insurence, we have a thing called (Other than age obviously) "Fiscal HP" It's calculated by the number of doors, seat, CO2, again, number of cylinders, and other stuff that I don't know.
£520 for a year of road tax on my vehicle, along with £1600 insurance and 97-99RON premium unleaded costing me £1.30-1.40 per litre. 4.92-5.30 GBP for a US gallon accordingly, 7 bucks or so
R$ 3,00 (0,9USD) - R$ 4,00 (1,2USD) Per Litre (depends on the gas station) Its expensive and the gas is not that good
Something I've noticed from reading through this, is that is seems that most places outside of North America tend to have higher octane fuel available, Here locally around the St. Louis area, 87 octane is the lowest available, and 91 is the highest available at most gas stations, and anything over 93 is usually considered race gas, and has a substantial price increase. While 91 is usually around $2.50 a gallon, 101 is $11.60 a gallon.
Here in brazil, the in is 87 and the max is 95 (but half of the gas composition is not gas here, is etanol, with some other products and the half left is gas)
Where do you buy your petrol?! My R56 Mini Cooper S is happy enough on Tesco 95 for £1.09 per litre. I might give V-Power a go when I get paid mind.
Gas where I am at (Los Angeles) is around $2.30-$2.90 range depending on gas station, octane. In Europe that would get you around 0.26 gallons paying that price adjusted for currency. Even though The U.S was known for gas guzzling V8 cars... we enjoy cheap gas prices compared to most of the world.
Funnily enough, tesco, though I'm not supposed to use 95 in my car considering its running close to 1bar of boost. And Tesco 95 costs more than that around here. It might not make a difference in your mini to go v power unless it's a turbo/supercharged cooper s. The ECU won't necessarily advance the timing enough to exploit the higher knock threshold of higher octane fuel. That's not to say it's dangerous to run either, it'll be just fine on it, just won't take advantage properly. --- Post updated --- You do have more ethanol in your gas though. Most of Europe is only 5-10%ethanol with 0% easily obtainable (shell V power for example is 99ron 0%). Average for the US is 15-30% supposedly. --- Post updated --- Adding to that. E85 is unobtainium. I have race and aviation fuel sources far closer than e85 weigh to my knowledge nearest place to obtain is Santa pod.
