Originally Posted By smedley Congrats on the new car guys! Hopefully DH will be getting his nearly new car in the next week or so, his too has seen better days.. Looking forward to meeting the shiny new vehicle
Originally Posted By Kennesaw Tom ROADTRIP!!!!! I hope your car can haul a crowd. We just all might want a ride!! LOL
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Well we picked up the new wheels today and boy are we in love. Mikey and Jess seem to adore it (even though Mikey cried when we took the old car away).. Sarah and I felt a sense of accomplishment. It was especially great as there has been a lot of turmoil in work and private life recently (hence some of my absence on LP). And indeed Tom, if you were ever to find your way to the UK, a roadtrip would very much be in order.
Originally Posted By tiggerdis_ Well congratulations on the new car. We bought a "newer" car in January, a 2006 Pontiac Pursuit, it replaced our 1992 Chevy Cavalier. Ahhhhhh that new car smell, I love it.
Originally Posted By vbdad55 congrats Dave ! Man you put some serious miles on a car per year.... Well I always considered myself a car guy ( gearhead ) whatever - but I did not know what a Skoda was - so I did some digging thru your link -- you can definitely see the VW influence in the styling.... Very nice, and at what appears to me to be a reasonable price range for a 2.5 luxo sedan. Enjoy !!
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Thanks guys. I love cars too VBDAD. To help picture the Skoda, it is a Czech company owned by the VW group. The car has some of it's own stylings, but uses the VW elongated Passat Chassis, and the engine and transmission are from the Audi A6. It is a bargain really as the equivelent Passat is $16,000 more, and the equivelent A6 (with a new 2.7 upgraded engine) is $20,000 more. The back seat space has as much as an S class Mercedes (which runs about $38,000 more. Skoda used to be a joke car in the UK 20 years ago, but they have come a long way. In fact this year they were voted the top car manufacturer by a Driver Poll here in the UK. Love it. Especially as you guys can see, I live in it!
Originally Posted By u k fan Great car, there's nothing better than a new car (actually, that's not true, but if we could all just go with it and ignore the fact that I just highlighted the fact that it's not true!) Just to add contrast my car cost me £180 2 years ago! It's very old (early 80's), but it got us to DLP and back last month so I love it!!!
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Oops sorry - Pootle is the name of the people carrier we used to use in Volunteering. Oh dear, I need more sleep.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Hi folks, If you are interested, I have some pictures: <a href="http://www.kodakgallery.co.uk/I.jspc=56a8td25.6v1716xx&x=0&y=-z4ix04" target="_blank">http://www.kodakgallery.co.uk/ I.jspc=56a8td25.6v1716xx&x=0&y=-z4ix04</a>
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Oops, try this one <a href="http://www.kodakgallery.co.uk/Slideshow.jsp?mode=fromshare&Uc=56a8td25.6v1716xx&Uy=" target="_blank">http://www.kodakgallery.co.uk/ Slideshow.jsp?mode=fromshare&Uc=56a8td25.6v1716xx&Uy=</a>-
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Grrr - let's try again: <a href="http://www.kodakgallery.co.uk/I.jsp?c=56a8td25.6v1716xx&x=0&y=-z4ix04" target="_blank">http://www.kodakgallery.co.uk/ I.jsp?c=56a8td25.6v1716xx&x=0&y=-z4ix04</a>
Originally Posted By Liberty Belle Very cool, guys! Sorry I'm so late to the party but congratulations on the new car.
Originally Posted By davewasbaloo Cheers. It's great to see you around again Catfish. You have been missed!
