I drive a 2008 Peugeot 207, 1.4-litre diesel engine, 70 hp. Love it, even if with hindsight I would have probably bought the 90 hp 1.6-litre diesel engine: almost same diesel oil consumption but 20 hp more...
I drive a '94 Volvo 940 wagon. Here's a shot of it taken in September.
And this was taken last summer.
It used to be blue, but it's been repainted red. I was at a laundromat one day when a guy came up to me asking to buy it. I told him it wasn't for sale and he then offered to rent it. He was a producer with a movie they were making in Halifax and they apparently needed a car just like mine by the next day, and they saw mine parked on the street. I still didn't want to sell it so he offered to pay me to use it and have it painted red for the film. Of course I agreed. What luck!
It's a TV movie, so it'll be difficult to find, but it comes out in November. It's called 'November Christmas' and the Volvo they use in it is mine haha.
Here's a great shot from the back seat while touring the Cabot Trail - you can see my old camera's set up.
Some time ago I owned one of these. It was 940 se saloon with a bit too weak engine, 2.0 only. However, in return it could obtain nice 35 Mpg if reasonably pushed forward. There were 2 more important virtues this car was characterized by:
1. Incredibly small turning circle for car of this size. It could do better than many smaller cars.
2. Best, most comfortable seats I have ever driven in. No MB's, Beamer or any other car offered me such a pleasant driving position as Volvo did. They were just like reclining armchairs in living room comparing to kitchen stools in other cars.
Edit:
I found very old picture of my Volvo. Here you are. Look at the harmony of this shape:
They aren't that rare here in Poland. I mean that maybe the streets are not swarming with them, but I think they are as popular as Corollas or 306s. Definitely not worth alarming press if you spot one at your street corner
And yeah, it's a pretty car. What I cannot comprehend is why the US version is so much uglier...
Heh the Civic is the #1 most sold car in Canada. You can literally see it anywhere you turn your head, although our Civic is different. It is bigger, but doesn't look as futuristic (and arguably not as good) as the European counterpart. We also don't have the hatch.
I still like it though, although I have the Acura version of it. The interior is really nice once you get used to it, although the visibility in the car isn't the best (rear visibility is very bad and the front panels are very wide and can obstruct the view sometimes).
I did have one strange mishap with it last week - my electric power steering shut off for no reason at all when I started the car in relatively cold weather (but not nearly as cold as it will get soon here). A bit alarming, but didn't happen to me again so far.
You're right. The 4d Civic is not available in Germany for example, while we have it in Poland. It's not even half as much popular as hatch though. Partly because euro 4D is made in Turkey, and I guess people just don't trust it's quality and prefer poven UK-made hatchbacks.
^^ There are quite a few cars that are sold as saloons only in certain European countries, usually in Eastern Europe(since saloons are quite popular in EE). One example other than the civic is Toyota Corolla.
Considering that Honda Canada does not even have a design department, I find the story to be quite interesting. What may have occurred during the design process of the Civic, is that ideas brought forward for the Acura CSX, could've been incorporated into the Civic sedan. However, I find this too to be a bit of a stretch, since the design details for the CSX would've come in relatively late in the process. The CSX is a niche car, sold in a small market, so the initial design sketches would have come much latter than the global Civic design.
ohoho, Danes here i just went to toyota.dk to see how much did did you pay it and saw that for that money (if you took entry model) in HR you could buy Avensis with medium equipment package, or if you take discount which is valuable - Avensis diesel with lowest equipment. or exactly 2 Yarises with stronger engine and base equipment
and finally - i went to mercedes.dk to see the prices. so, the cheapest S-class costs cca 210.000€
Purchase tax of 80%. However, the system is complex, and discounts are possible via a complex calculation of taxes.
Another issue that shouldn't be forgotten is that the income of the Danish people is significantly higher than most European countries, including the Netherlands or Germany.
^^
don't understand me wrong, i know all that. i didn't wanna say that you cannot afford a larger car, nor that your system doesn't have its point. i am giving it one large :master:
i just wanted to highlight that because i knew that many people didn't know about such high taxes on new cars in DK (i was also shocked when i saw it first time)
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