[Prodigal Son]

"Sky high" is relative to the country you are in.

Only to a certain extent. The Average income in the US is higher than in Britain and many other costs are lower. So, not only are you making more you pay much less for your petrol.

Petrol costs as a percentage of your income are considerably lower in America. That part is not relative.

[mewzilla]

What are light truck sales doing there? Last time we were there, which was a few years ago, we still didn't see a lot of the bigger vehicles on the road. Is that changing?

[SAJ]

UK and US **petrol** costs are within 1.5 cents of each other as I write this, basis Rotterdam and allowing for estimated shipping differentials. The difference in the price at the pump is almost entirely due to the confiscatory tax on petrol that the UK levy.

Nor is this any sort of new development; it's been true for at least 3 decades.