A glimpse of my (soon to be) man cave

[Dawg Dee-Lux]

Just bought it today, detached house included.



Catch, 60mile each way, 4days per week commute, so the Yeti has to go post-haste.

Likely candidates (high mpg/low milage/diesel/cruise control):

2011 VW Golf 1.6 TDI (105Hp)


2011 Mini Clubman D (109Hp)


2011 Mazda 3 D (109Hp)


2011 VW Polo Cross 1.6 TDI (90Hp)


2009 Honda Civic 2.2 i-CDTI (140Hp)


Kinda tempted by that Civic, but I suspect absolute best milage would be had with the Polo - even better with a bluemotion.

[SoCalDubber]

The Cross Polo "looks the coolest" to me of your choicest... for whatever that's worth

[Morbidly Obese]

Congratulations!!!

[Orjan]

Congrats! Looks like very nice house!

As for a new car, I guess the Polo would be the best of your candidates

[VdubChaos]

Upstairs window is missing a lamp.

[Fritz27]

Get the Mazda, it's in 3D.

[koko12]

congratulations! looks like a very nice place, not too big, not to small and a nice spacious, private garage to play in with an even roomier driveway. I'm a a little confuse though, where's the front door? Is it in the back?


As for the car choices, I like the looks of the Cross Polo the most, but the Civic has at least 30 hp on the rest the torque split should be even higher. That one would most like be the most fun to drive of the bunch.

[duke of chucchinchilla]

From what I learned in Oslo two months ago, most people in Norway (EU?) get the Polo because it's only slightly smaller than the Golf, just as good, but much cheaper. I'd look into one of those a little more. Are the Mini's cheap there?

Also congrats on the house! The white trim w/black roof is my favorite style Norwegian house. What town are you in now?

[200HP4dr]

Congrats on the new place. That looks nice a decent garage.

Chris

[Air and water do mix]

Congratulations! Welcome to home ownership.

The garage looks pretty big for Europe. (as it seems to us in the U.S.) Is it comparatively so? If so, is that what made you pick this particular house?

[Lupo TDI]

Congratulations on the house!

Out of the cars you posted I would pick the Polo. The Polo TDI (1.4L, 70hp) my dad had impressed me. Wasn't slow at all in city traffic and yet it didn't need much diesel. It got better mpg than my older Lupo TDI (1.4L, 75hp). I can only imagine how good they have become.

p.s. And a Volvo 240 as a project car now that you have (what seems to be) a big garage??

[vdubdave]

Very cool!! My vote goes to the Polo TDI. That thing looks great!!

[Air and water do mix]

Wasn't slow at all in city traffic

Wait, are you comparing it to your Fiat?

[Lupo TDI]

Wait, are you comparing it to your Fiat?

Pssssht! Don't tell him!

No, really, the 1.4 TDI engine was fun. Had more torque than a US-Spec Volvo 240. It was perfect for city driving and twisty b-roads. Zip!

[Air and water do mix]

Pssssht! Don't tell him!

No, really, the 1.4 TDI engine was fun. Had more torque than a US-Spec Volvo 240. It was perfect for city driving and twisty b-roads. Zip!

It's actually hard for us to judge, as it's too unlike anything offered here and our expectations are different. I like the Polo from where I am, but I certainly wouldn't commit without driving it... Even for a recommendation.

Hey, Dawg Dee-Lux... Is the new Fiesta 3 cylinder available yet? I know it's close to making it's debut in England, but I don't really know about it's rollout schedule. I have my eye on that one. 125 hp out of a 1 liter doesn't sound bad at all. I believe you're taxed on displacement, right? If so, that would have to help!

[John A]

60 miles each way? I'd sell the cars, get a gun and shoot myself.

[schwein]

i would follow top gear and buy that XJ6 diesel, didn't it get like 38 British mpg or something like that? beat out the polo blue motion and the Subaru

[Dawg Dee-Lux]

From what I learned in Oslo two months ago, most people in Norway (EU?) get the Polo because it's only slightly smaller than the Golf, just as good, but much cheaper. I'd look into one of those a little more. Are the Mini's cheap there?

Also congrats on the house! The white trim w/black roof is my favorite style Norwegian house. What town are you in now?

Sarpsborg - moving in a couple of months or so, got to get rid of the apartment in Oslo in a hurry as well.

[Dawg Dee-Lux]

Congratulations! Welcome to home ownership.

The garage looks pretty big for Europe. (as it seems to us in the U.S.) Is it comparatively so? If so, is that what made you pick this particular house?

Thanks!

My better half is from this town, and we have been looking for an older/grander house for quite a while now. This one is from 1917 - but there has been done a great deal of restoration from 1998 till now. Garage is from 2008, and fits about 2 1/2 cars.

Some interior shots, my better half was sold on that kitchen - no joke!

[Dawg Dee-Lux]

60 miles each way? I'd sell the cars, get a gun and shoot myself.

I'm going to give it a very very good try - my new job is very much worth hanging on to. So for the foreseeable future I plan on commuting.

[Dawg Dee-Lux]

It's actually hard for us to judge, as it's too unlike anything offered here and our expectations are different. I like the Polo from where I am, but I certainly wouldn't commit without driving it... Even for a recommendation.

Hey, Dawg Dee-Lux... Is the new Fiesta 3 cylinder available yet? I know it's close to making it's debut in England, but I don't really know about it's rollout schedule. I have my eye on that one. 125 hp out of a 1 liter doesn't sound bad at all. I believe you're taxed on displacement, right? If so, that would have to help!

We are taxed on weight, horsepower and co2, the latter replaced displacement in 2008 I think.

Going to have a close look at a Golf 1.6 TDI Highline this weekend - found one at a very good price - according spritmonitor.de 50mpg is attainable for strict highway.

[VadGTI]

That is a nice place . VdubChaos made a lamp comment, so I'll refrain .

[SchnellFowVay]

That house is GORGEOUS!

Congrats!

[Dawg Dee-Lux]

Congratulations on the house!

Out of the cars you posted I would pick the Polo. The Polo TDI (1.4L, 70hp) my dad had impressed me. Wasn't slow at all in city traffic and yet it didn't need much diesel. It got better mpg than my older Lupo TDI (1.4L, 75hp). I can only imagine how good they have become.

p.s. And a Volvo 240 as a project car now that you have (what seems to be) a big garage??

Consumption looks convincing on the new 1.2 TDI 75Hp - ~70ish MPG. Also, impressively quiet.

[Seki]

Congrats

[duke of chucchinchilla]

Sarpsborg - moving in a couple of months or so, got to get rid of the apartment in Oslo in a hurry as well.

Holy **** that's far from Oslo! My fiance has an aunt in Sarpsborg and although we didn't stop there over the summer, we did pass through on the train to Göteborg.

Also that interior is amazing. I take it the floor near entrance is heated? Winter in Norway can't be that bad when your house is as cozy as that.

[duke of chucchinchilla]

Have you considered taking the train to work? You could park a beater at the nearest train station to your job then simply drive from there?

[Dawg Dee-Lux]

Have you considered taking the train to work? You could park a beater at the nearest train station to your job then simply drive from there?

The drive will take about 60min. and my work is straight of the highway at Ryen - train will take 1h 40min plus a busride from down town. Pretty much out of the question.

[Dawg Dee-Lux]

Holy **** that's far from Oslo! My fiance has an aunt in Sarpsborg and although we didn't stop there over the summer, we did pass through on the train to Göteborg.

Also that interior is amazing. I take it the floor near entrance is heated? Winter in Norway can't be that bad when your house is as cozy as that.

Yep, it's heated - otherwise that would be one freezing cold granite floor.

[Lupo TDI]

Consumption looks convincing on the new 1.2 TDI 75Hp - ~70ish MPG. Also, impressively quiet.

It's easy to "hypermile" in a TDI. A free flowing highway, a constant speed of around 100-120kp/h (depends on the gearing of the car) and the will to "see what happens" is all you need My dad and I got 3.4 liters per 100kms in said Polo driving to Italy once. We filled up at the luxembourgish-gemran border (41 liters) and 1000kms later the instrument cluster was indicating that there was one quarter of the tank left. And we did it in 10:30 minutes.

And now back to your house: It is simply beautiful, I love the fireplace. Again, congratulations!

It's actually hard for us to judge, as it's too unlike anything offered here and our expectations are different. I like the Polo from where I am, but I certainly wouldn't commit without driving it... Even for a recommendation.

I know what you mean. I've never been in the USA and so I can't really compare the driving habits and traffic flow. And I do therefore ask myself if I'd drive one in the US if they were offered there. Who knows? But if you should ever have the chance to drive a TDI (if you didn't have it until now) go for it.

[NoDubJustYet]

How very uneuropean of you!

I have a 55 mile each way drive... However, most of it's the Autobahn and I carpool with a co-worker.

Good luck on the car search!

BTW - your house is awesome!

[Heffernan]

Nice house

[Techun]

Build out that fireplace that counter is enclosed, and make some pizzas in that bad boy

[Dawg Dee-Lux]

How very uneuropean of you!

I have a 55 mile each way drive... However, most of it's the Autobahn and I carpool with a co-worker.

Good luck on the car search!

BTW - your house is awesome!

About the same as mine, 3-4min. to the highway at one end, and 1min. at the other - 99% highway practically. All speaking in favour of a frugal TDI of sorts.

This is the drive - linky

[NoDubJustYet]

About the same as mine, 3-4min. to the highway at one end, and 1min. at the other - 99% highway practically. All speaking in favour of a frugal TDI of sorts.

This is the drive - linky

Good deal.