Italians are very creative when it comes to taxes.  Being an American
serviceman, I did not have to pay tax on my Fiat Abarth Zagato, but I can
recall some friends complaining about how they had to pay a tax because they
had a balcony on the second floor of the homes!

Dave in KC
85 Westy

----- Original Message -----
From: "Chris Mills" <scmills@TNTECH.EDU>
To: <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Sent: Thursday, September 12, 2002 1:52 PM
Subject: Re: Comments on Splittie

>
> I was always confused by this. I think in Italy they had a chart that said
> if you had a certain engine size then you have a certain taxable
horsepower
> and thus the high output 2.0 liter engines they had in some of the cars.
>
> This was in '91 through '94 that I lived there - things could certainly be
> different now.
>
>
> Ciao!
>
> Chris Mills
> Cookeville, Tennessee
> ICQ# 5944649