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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Hi everybody,</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>thanx a lot for the many replies. The =
prices vary
extreme, also the costs of living. I found an index for purchase power, =
the so
called BigMac-Index. Sounds funny, but itīs helpfull. One should =
consider that a
BigMac in some countries is pure luxury. So the price for it might be =
very high,
but the other costs of living very low. The URL is: <A =
href="http://www.oanda.com/products/bigmac/bigmac.shtml">http://www.oan=
da.com/products/bigmac/bigmac.shtml</A>
There is an explanation for the index.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Here the prices for a tuning and for a =
BigMac in
US-Dollar:</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2><STRONG>Country
=
Tuning
BigMac</STRONG></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial
size=2>USA &=
nbsp; &n=
bsp;
70-150
=
2,43</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Canada =
76-86 &n=
bsp; &nb=
sp; 1,95</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial
size=2>China  =
; =
18-37 &n=
bsp; &nb=
sp; 1,20</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial
size=2>Japan  =
; =
130-150 =
&=
nbsp;2,38</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Spain =
=
35-75 &n=
bsp; &nb=
sp; 1,98</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Germany =
60-90 &n=
bsp; &nb=
sp; 2,28</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>South Africa =
36  =
; =
1,05</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Gregor Weldert</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Germany</FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>