No Phil, you should really come for a visit, but it has to be in May, this place is going absolutely bananas at that time and in May, this is the best place in the world, better than Australia.... Sydney, Surfers paradise, or whatever.....
For some reason people here have a reputation of being cold, that is, until you get here.... I heard first hand from people never been here before that this place and the people here........
You guys from US will be greeted as friends when you arrive at this place.....
And I'm driving some 30.000 km / year now, probably... and never have issues with paying for gas around here, just have to work slightly harder, and then it's not a problem.....