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The roads over here are built and maintained by HUGE levels of taxation. The fuel tax is insane in Germany... for every euro you pay at the pump... something like 0.75 cents goes to pay for the taxes!! A US gallon of premium gasoline costs about $6.50, based on today's exchange rates(1 euro buys $1.14, a liter of SuperPlus is ~1.50 euros). In past summers the highest a liter of SuperPlus was close to 2 euros!! IF you own a diesel car... the government considers that you have a tax advantage... so they charge you double or triple the road tax of a gas car to register it every year. Most people pay around 300 to 1,500 euros in order to register your car each year. Then oil is also taxed... a liter of oil can cost close to 40 euros in some stores. Cheapest price I've seen is 8 euros for a liter. It goes on and on.
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