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Tuesday, February 24. 2009

Well ... i´m just back from visiting several car dealers. The leasing period for my current car is almost over. I asked my brother to help me with that. My knowledge about cars is reciprocal to my knowledge about computers. The car will be larger than my last one ... i´ve saved some money by driving the one of the smallest possible company cars. Thus i have some more money to spend now. And even more positively: It´s a buyers market at the moment. So more bang for the bucks.

At first i thought about buying a Skoda Superb, i´ve almost signed the contract ... but my brother convinced me to visit a VW dealer before doing that. Now i have the problems of having a choice: Passat CC. An excellent looking car at a decent price point. But the Superb is a large amount of car for the price. It´s so hard to decide .... fsck. Thank you Florian ... for making my decision more difficult ....

Posted by Joerg Moellenkamp in Braindump, English at 19:54 | Comments (17) | Trackbacks (0)
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How many km/year do you actually travel by car?
Reading your blog, I thought you didn't have one

#1 Rainer (Homepage) on 2009-02-24 20:46 (Reply)

20.000 ... roundabout ....

#1.1 Joerg+M. (Homepage) on 2009-02-24 20:52 (Reply)

superb cause it's so semi-unconventional and slightly punkish to not care about the image and just enjoy the qualiy and ausstattung. also its volkswagen in disguise - quality is top.

#2 bro on 2009-02-24 20:46 (Reply)

Yeah ... but the CC looks much better. Didn´t thought that Volkswagen is able to build such a beautiful car ...

#2.1 Joerg+M. (Homepage) on 2009-02-24 20:56 (Reply)

true - cc is a nice interpretation of the mercedes-benz cls. beautiful.

#2.1.1 bro on 2009-02-24 21:47 (Reply)

Superb - better Heckklappe

#3 Teg on 2009-02-24 21:01 (Reply)

VAG get's your money either way

Going diesel?

#4 karl on 2009-02-24 21:04 (Reply)

I´m still calculating if its paying to drive a diesel ...

#4.1 Joerg M. (Homepage) on 2009-02-24 22:51 (Reply)

I´m still calculating if its paying to drive a diesel ...

#4.2 Joerg M. (Homepage) on 2009-02-24 22:51 (Reply)

in North America, there isn't a large discrepancy in pricing of VW's gas/diesels.

We also don't get the wide variety that Europeans do. For the time being only the 140hp 2.0T diesel.

We also do not pay a yearly federal/state tax on vehicle ownership.

#5 Karl on 2009-02-24 23:21 (Reply)

Keep in mind what you want to use your new car for and that you don't have a safe place to park it!

#6 K. on 2009-02-25 09:32 (Reply)

I have a 170 TDI Passat with DSG first class...

#7 VoPo914 on 2009-02-25 10:17 (Reply)

Only going for VAG cars? How about something nice from Munich? Shouldn't be much of a difference in price between the Passat CC and e.g. the 320i.

#8 Woo (Homepage) on 2009-02-25 10:35 (Reply)

I don´t like Bring-Mich-Werkstatt at all. Don´t know why ... but as i stated before. My knowledge about cars is limited, i mainly decided on optical stuff and price. And i just think about it when the leasing period ends. In the mean time i prefer to learn more about aircraft .... i think i know more about the function of an FADEC than about car technology. And i have only basic knowledge about FADECs

Same with Mercedes, when i want to use a Mercedes, i will call a cab

#8.1 Joerg+M. (Homepage) on 2009-02-25 10:45 (Reply)

Go diesel, you won't be sorry. And stay away from the beemers - nice cars, horrible reliability.

#9 tomd on 2009-02-25 13:23 (Reply)

why did you take no new car from your company? SUN is giving good cars to his employes. Are you in a position who will be fired in april?

#10 Mischa B on 2009-02-25 18:45 (Reply)

Don´t know, don´t think so, but in this times nothing is really secure.

I have several reasons not to opt for a company car ... but those reasons are private ones ....

#10.1 Joerg+M. (Homepage) on 2009-02-25 19:14 (Reply)

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