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Nassau65 said:
Don’t forget it’s not a straight conversion from US dollars into UK pounds. We have 10% import duty and a further 20% VAT ( value added tax) to add on.
That’s one of Trumps grievances about cars from Europe into the US. You guys only charge 5% import tax on entry to the US.
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True but do the Americans make them RHD? Generally not. Only the Mustang and the C8 are which is why they are shifting both in much larger numbers than when they were LHD only. How many UK cars would Americans buy if they were only RHD? Jeep is the only other company I can think that shifts relatively large numbers and that shows an increase recently mainly due to the popularity of the current Avenger. Given the fact that the Jeep Wrangler only got one star in the 2108 Euro NCAP safety ratings, I am surprised it sold any. Even the new Avenger mentioned only got three stars last yea which is, these days, woeful. Also, most run-of-the-mill American cars aren't set up for European tastes or indeed roads. Cadillac, which is obviously one of the better marques, sold only 684 cars across the whole of Europe in 2022 [latest figs] and that is with LHD in all countries except ours! It could well be a case of "the market has spoken".
 
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Termie said:
While I find lane assist annoying unless cruising on motorways, and speed limit warnings can also be tedious, I've had emergency braking on two cars and think it is a good thing. Apart from the very occasional glitch in a city, it is unobtrusive when implemented well, and I certainly never saw it triggered when making good progress on a nice A or B road. On the other hand, I did mildly rear-end a learner driver when they stopped suddenly at a roundabout give way about 15 years ago, so I wish the technology had been in my car then! I've also been hit from behind at junctions twice, once writing off my car.

I turn off various aides at times (and some cars make this very easy, like my old GR Yaris), but I've never once felt inclined to turn off emergency braking. Similar to car airbags, I hope to never need it, but quite happy to have it in a car just in case.
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Absolutely with you, Manish. If all goes well, you don't need it. However, with the standards of driving and traffic volumes, I'll take all the help I can get! All these things can be annoying but if it saves a crash of any sort, you will welcome it. This is particularly true if you are tired or at night, in bad conditions or all of these.

Many years ago, a friend of mine was somewhat scathing about the little wedge-shaped "blind spot" mirrors I fitted to my cars. I used them anyway. One night after a day at work, 200 miles of driving [having been held up on the M25 for over an hour] and on a dark M4 heading west, I was driving at around 50mph as I was so exhausted. Nevertheless, I came across a slow moving vehicle in Lane 1. I looked in my mirror -nothing- indicated and went to pull out. I just saw a brief glimpse of the little mirror and aborted the manoeuvre. With that, a full-size coach swept past at over 70 just on side lights which I hadn't seen coming as they really were dim compared to the size of the ruddy coach. We would have been killed but for that little device, low tech though it seems now. It was a safety device that worked and I was grateful for it to say the least.

That's not to say I don't turn off all aids when on a track even if, as Manish will testify, I am constantly in a state of opposite lock!
 
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