Wheels

I finally succumbed to the inevitable and bought a car made this century. I have never previously owned a car newer than something built in 1985 so this is a big bound into the motoring 'future' for me.
Not new obviously, i'm pretty sure barring a lottery win that will never happen.

So what did i get....a Passat estate (stasjonsvogn or even station wagon sounds much better)
2001 vintage so i expect it to last me many many years or until i get bored with driving modern.

and how much does a used 1.6 litre 2001 passat estate with 154000 km on the clock cost?
Well let me tell you ...it's a mind boggling 95000 Norwegian Kroner (50 quid short of 10000 quid..... yes ten thousand !) plus 6500 kroner to get my name in the log book, plus 2740 kroner road tax and 7000 kroner insurance.

Welcome to Norway.

Not actually signed the contract yet but after a bit of ummming and aaaaaing and a couple of test drives i said i'd take it.

Not decided the fate of TFW yet - but i'm hoping a sympathetic buyer can be found. I'm going to miss it.


So here it is... got to come up with a non rude name for it now all i can think of so far is 'pissrat'