# Light weight cars in Europe Get 78 mpg

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**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [November 17, 2018, 11:46pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/light-weight-cars-in-europe-get-78-mpg/129044 "2018-11-17T23:46:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![bing](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/bing/32/4619_2.png) [@bing](https://community.cartalk.com/u/bing)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2018, 8:21pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/light-weight-cars-in-europe-get-78-mpg/129044/21 "2018-11-18T20:21:14Z")

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Time flies but I think Minnesota will be heading in the same direction come January. I don’t think there will be any riots though but I do believe there will be pressure to issue gas vouchers for some folks when the tax goes up. But hey, I survived $5 gas so anything less and I’m thankful.

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**Author:** ![Barkydog](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/cartalk/user_avatar/community.cartalk.com/barkydog/32/2470_2.png) [@Barkydog](https://community.cartalk.com/u/Barkydog)\
**Post date:** [November 18, 2018, 8:51pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/light-weight-cars-in-europe-get-78-mpg/129044/22 "2018-11-18T20:51:23Z")

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I would think in my daily driving 0 to 60 I’ll have to try timing it. The biggest problem might be getting on to an interstate, But like I say I would have to see my time on an on ramp, probably longer time needed going up hill on an on ramp.

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**Post date:** [November 18, 2018, 10:31pm UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/light-weight-cars-in-europe-get-78-mpg/129044/23 "2018-11-18T22:31:36Z")

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> [@bing](#):
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> Interesting article in the paper paper today on the street riots in France. Seems Macron is increasing the tax on diesel by 6% to fight climate change.

The article I read had a major error - it said diesel and gas taxes were the same. For a long time diesel taxes in Europe were much less than gas taxes:

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**Post date:** [November 19, 2018, 5:46am UTC](https://community.cartalk.com/t/light-weight-cars-in-europe-get-78-mpg/129044/24 "2018-11-19T05:46:28Z")

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[https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/17/world/europe/french-drivers-protest-fuel-taxes.html](https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/17/world/europe/french-drivers-protest-fuel-taxes.html)

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