Funny how one thing leads to something altogether different [take II]

[old.Tohtori]

Go for what the heart desires, f*ck other opinions. Cars can be emotional purchases for some and why not treat yourself.

My commute to work takes 7 minutes and I use a Toyota FJ. Bollocks to the fuel costs and tree huggers I can afford it!

There's a car in our yard, bmw i believe, hwich has a bumpersticker that says "F*ck off my bumper whining about my carbon footprint"

 

[DaGaffer]

Go for what the heart desires, f*ck other opinions. Cars can be emotional purchases for some and why not treat yourself.

My commute to work takes 7 minutes and I use a Toyota FJ. Bollocks to the fuel costs and tree huggers I can afford it!

You live in Dubai, fuel's so cheap they pay you. Not exactly the same in rainy old Northern Europe.

 

[old.Tohtori]

Go for what the heart desires, f*ck other opinions.

Just realised, does this apply to women also?

 

[Lamp]

I have a 530dm, thirsty fecker. Lovely drive tho. Weird mysterious stain on the back seat.

 

[Hawkwind]

You live in Dubai, fuel's so cheap they pay you. Not exactly the same in rainy old Northern Europe.

I spend half my year travelling, California mainly and the petrol there is not cheap. Mind you, nearly had a heart attack filling up a Mondeo estate last time I was in UK 84 quid. I pay about 20 to fill my beast up

I've had my FJ Stealth two years and only put 17 km on it .

 

[Olgaline]

Picked up my new car today
I'm happy as can be, it drives like a dream!

Decided to let abit of sencibility rule, so I got a 320d Touring Facelift model - No Nav or Idrive or Xenon, but! I got it cheeeeeap! kr. 50.000,- off going price "family discount"
Also switched the leather seats for sports seats, 16 inch alloys + winter tires on steel rims + caps (orig BMW) "Danish winter etc.. for kr. 1500,-

 

[Lethul]

I spend half my year travelling, California mainly and the petrol there is not cheap. Mind you, nearly had a heart attack filling up a Mondeo estate last time I was in UK 84 quid. I pay about 20 to fill my beast up

I've had my FJ Stealth two years and only put 17 km on it .

California has dirt cheap fuel afaik?

 

[Hawkwind]

Most expensive state in the US for fuel, was $4 a gallon a few weeks back.

 

[TdC]

1 US Gal = 3.8 liters

$4 / 3.8L = 1.05 $/L

$1 = euro 0.77 ; 0.80 e/L

Current fuel (not diesel) price in NL. 1.80 euro/liter | 6.84 euro/ US Gal | 8.86 $/US Gal.

 

[caLLous]

Look at you with your maths hat on. I think diesel price is currently around € 1.35 per litre here, don't know about petrol.

 

[Olgaline]

Danish Deisel goes for around 1,5 euro!
wohoo we're cheeper than someone in something! eat my shorts Dutch deisel price!!!!

 

[TdC]

NOT diesel you special people
NL diesel is 1.437 cheapest price today :-/

 

[Olgaline]

BAh!

 

[TdC]

haha

 

[Lakih]

Picked up my new car today
I'm happy as can be, it drives like a dream!

Decided to let abit of sencibility rule, so I got a 320d Touring Facelift model - No Nav or Idrive or Xenon, but! I got it cheeeeeap! kr. 50.000,- off going price "family discount"
Also switched the leather seats for sports seats, 16 inch alloys + winter tires on steel rims + caps (orig BMW) "Danish winter etc.. for kr. 1500,-

Xenon lights are awesome in the autum/winter though
Im happy you found a car you (and the missus) like, grats

 

[Olgaline]

Would have loved to have it, but wasnt about to turn it
down on lights alone.... Would also have prefered nav+idrive.

 

[old.user4556]

The inability to get xenon headlights on the Golf (unless you got a GTD or GTI) stopped me buying one .

 

[TdC]

oh god there's a 350HP compressor'd Alfa Brera for sale. that's like marrying Mila Kunis for love and then have her bring her best mate Aria Giovanni home for a threesome.

 

[Olgaline]

The inability to get xenon headlights on the Golf (unless you got a GTD or GTI) stopped me buying one .

I can easily upgrade to xenon on my car, and still have saved a bundle on the deal, compared to buying the one that had xenon.
for now I'm happy with what I have though.

 

[Olgaline]

oh god there's a 350HP compressor'd Alfa Brera for sale. that's like marrying Mila Kunis for love and then have her bring her best mate Aria Giovanni home for a threesome.

Nice looking car

 

[old.user4556]

I can easily upgrade to xenon on my car, and still have saved a bundle on the deal, compared to buying the one that had xenon.
for now I'm happy with what I have though.

Not an option on the Golf for me at the time, it meant attempting to retro fit GTi xenons (if you could get them....) which made it not worth it, particularly since I'm on a company car scheme.

 

[TdC]

Nice looking car

it's my fave "affordable" performance car atm. next one up is the Maserati 4200 GT

La Brera:

Spoiler

La GT

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[Olgaline]

Sweet!
you could also get an old Xk ?

 

[TdC]

good call, though owning a jag would age me a good 20 years right away. driving an italian does the reverse

 

[Olgaline]

Hehe, but at least with a jag you could save on the rental firetruck to follow you around!

 

[Wazzerphuk]

And what does it do for your bank balance?

 

[TdC]

that is the nasty bit: nice cars are to your bank balance as what a river is to a chopped up hooker in some brick lined garbage bags. it vanishes, never to return. allegedly.