Hah! That wouldn't work here, as most Greeks don't pay tolls anymore, they just get out of the car, raise the bar and drive away!
![Shocked :shock:](./images/smilies/icon_eek.gif)
Then, when they eventually go to court, they prove they have no money and get away with it! Its a sad reality but in most cases its true. This financial crisis has unbelievable manifestations; you must live in it to understand everything going on. More than half a million drivers returned their license plates to the government as they can't afford to pay road tax, which is very high compared to incomes now. A 2liter car pays 660€/year, my 1.8T's pay 300€ each/year, the 3liter pays 880€... With average salaries down to ~700-1200€/month, fuel prices at ~1.70€/liter, living costs on the rise (but why?) and unemployment aiming for 30%, its no wonder people are abandoning their cars. As a matter of fact, we have many European dealers coming to buy high-end cars from Greece, like Cayenne's for ~15k€, Brera 3.2 4wd for ~16k€, 3liter M3's from 6k€... And the best part is they're 100% rust-free! My family has lost ~51% of the income we had 3 years ago... It
IS a huge drop, but what can I say... That's life. We've been better and maybe we will again. I'm just thankful for what we have -its sobering to look around and see so much misery..
![Sad :(](./images/smilies/icon_sad.gif)
And, we're
still waiting to see politicians behind bars...
![Evil or Very Mad :evil:](./images/smilies/icon_evil.gif)
The
biggest problem in this country was, is and will be tax evasion. If laws are
not enforced, we will do worse -yes, worse is always possible!
Ahhh, screw this! Today I brought home from the garage the water/air IC, the little radiator+recirculator and will deal with replacing the injectors with the IW-44 ones first; if I can finally get off my a$$ that is!
Jim K.