A glimpse of my (soon to be) man cave

[windi]

wow thats nice. makes me want to move out of the US some times, Europe has such nicer homes and cars imo

Unfortunately that is not an average home in most of Europe...

[Activ8]

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

If it's a commute, then it might be bad, but if it's a drive (read, decent roads with bends, no lame traffic), why not

[nismo4life]

Unfortunately that is not an average home in most of Europe...

This is true, but I still prefer pretty much everything european to anything here...minus gas prices, cost of living, and the language .

[arethirdytwo]

Spoken like an American who has never lived in Europe. While I enjoyed my time there living in Europe made me happy to come home.

This is true, but I still prefer pretty much everything european to anything here...minus gas prices, cost of living, and the language .

[Air and water do mix]

This is true, but I still prefer pretty much everything european to anything here...minus gas prices, cost of living, and the language .

There are plenty of fine older homes here in the States as well. Look for something built in the early part of the last century/a nice Craftsman style home with updates to the kitchen and whatnot. I've seen inlaid narrow board wood floors that would make you cry* because of their beauty and craftsmanship.

*OK, maybe not cry, but they're sure fine looking and nothing like what is built today.

[ValveCoverGasket]

Spoken like an American who has never lived in Europe. While I enjoyed my time there living in Europe made me happy to come home.

depends on where youre at.

it may shock many posters here, but europe is not in fact all one country.

[paul61]

I could sell ya a rider for that lawn?

[nismo4life]

Spoken like an American who has never lived in Europe. While I enjoyed my time there living in Europe made me happy to come home.

More like "spoken like a naturalized American who immigrated at a young age from South America, and has since visited said south american origin and in certain ways prefered it to current United States location."

I also enjoy living in the US, but in many ways more than one would prefer to live elsewhere.

depends on where youre at.

it may shock many posters here, but europe is not in fact all one country.

[DCubed]

Beautiful house and a great choice on the car purchase! Hoping to get the keys to our new home next month, so seeing you have some good fortune is putting me in a better mood about the reality that is buying a house in the US right now (I know you are in Norway...). Did a 50 mile one way commute for a couple years (being in the car business requires 6-7 day a week schedules) and its not that bad, get some good music or books on CD/Tape/iPod and you are golden.

[nismo4life]

There are plenty of fine older homes here in the States as well. Look for something built in the early part of the last century/a nice Craftsman style home with updates to the kitchen and whatnot. I've seen inlaid narrow board wood floors that would make you cry* because of their beauty and craftsmanship.

*OK, maybe not cry, but they're sure fine looking and nothing like what is built today.

Trust me I know, I live in Central Connecticut. We have our fair share of ancient homes (some older than the country) in the area for sale, I just prefer the general styling of western european homes....well western european anything in general.

[MidnightSpecial]

So what project car is going to occupy the vacant space in the garage?

[Air and water do mix]

Trust me I know, I live in Central Connecticut. We have our fair share of ancient homes (some older than the country) in the area for sale, I just prefer the general styling of western european homes....well western european anything in general.

Style is a different thing altogether.

Myself I'm a huge fan of Craftsman style homes and Mid-Centruy Modern. Throw a little Bauhaus in there for good measure.

That being said, I live in a simple ranch home with a hip roof. I like to think of it as more of a Frank Lloyd Wright/Japanese inspired brick ranch, though.

[arethirdytwo]

Above you mentioned South America which is VERY different from Europe. Now you mention you prefer European built homes as opposed to early American homes which are... pretty much European. So my question I guess is have you been to Europe?

Trust me I know, I live in Central Connecticut. We have our fair share of ancient homes (some older than the country) in the area for sale, I just prefer the general styling of western european homes....well western european anything in general.

[nismo4life]

Above you mentioned South America which is VERY different from Europe. Now you mention you prefer European built homes as opposed to early American homes which are... pretty much European. So my question I guess is have you been to Europe?

Buenos Aires has a very heavy european influence. Many jew's, as well as German's fled there during and post WW2. I have seen enough photos, movies, videos, and spoken to my father who has traveled almost all of europe when he use to work for Agfa to know they share a lot of similarities, whilst still maintaining their individuality. An American home from the 1900's doesn't really seem to share much with an early scandanavian home from the 1900's besides the 4 walls and a roof aspect.

[Fritz27]

Buenos Aires has a very heavy european influence. Many jew's, as well as German's fled there during and post WW2. I have seen enough photos, movies, videos, and spoken to my father who has traveled almost all of europe when he use to work for Agfa to know they share a lot of similarities, whilst still maintaining their individuality. An American home from the 1900's doesn't really seem to share much with an early scandanavian home from the 1900's besides the 4 walls and a roof aspect.

Europe is a big place and so is America. Lots of Spanish and Italian-style homes in Florida and last I checked those places are European. Furthermore, the people that set up Argentina and South America as a whole were, you guessed it, European. Europe is a big place. That's why Spain and Germany are different even if they're on the same landmass.

[Air-over-water]

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

You live in a small state, of course 60 miles seems like a long drive.
I cannot even get to the next 'big' city driving less than 100 miles.
Heck, to get out of the state it is almost 300 miles east, 280 miles north, or 600 miles west.
But I can get to Mexico in about 200 miles.

[tiopedro]

^^ sounds like San Antonio Texas or something of that sort..

[Air-over-water]

^^ sounds like San Antonio Texas or something of that sort..

Close, Austin.

[tiopedro]

UGH!!!! I typed austin, then I was like nahhh.. San antonio is closer to Mexico..

[feels_road]

Speaking of the dog:

Still very handsome.

As to Argentina, culturally it is extremely different from much of Latin America in its European origin (more like much of the US). Yet, surprisingly, a recent study found that over 30% of Argentinians' ancestry is Indigenous American (but, conversely, more than half of the genetic make-up of Argentinians who declared no European grandparents is of European descent - a pattern quite common when for centuries, Europeans where socially and economically empowered).

[Dommer]

How is any of this car related?

[Dawg Dee-Lux]

So, today I had a quick car-related chat with my next door neighbor. He had his '79 MB W123 280 out of the garage, and I thought that would be a great occasion to "break the ice".

Well, it turned out that W123 was the proverbial tip if the ice berg. Scattered round town (not much room in his own garage) he has a small collection of US metal.

1962 Chevrolet Corvair
1969 Buick Riviera
1979 Chevrolet Blazer

Can't wait to get a chance to see them in the flesh.

[2.0T_Convert]

1979 Chevrolet Blazer

Can't wait to get a chance to see them in the flesh.

Amazing world when a European member looks forward to seeing what I would consider a yard decoration for trailer parks

[Slipstream]

Amazing world when a European member looks forward to seeing what I would consider a yard decoration for trailer parks

Europeans probably wonder why Americans get all moist over some old German (MB) taxis, too.

[Dawg Dee-Lux]

Amazing world when a European member looks forward to seeing what I would consider a yard decoration for trailer parks

Ok, the Blazer is last on the list - much more interested in the Riviera and the Corvair.

[Morbidly Obese]

How is any of this car related?

Random bump to the top because i like this thread.

[Dawg Dee-Lux]

Random bump to the top because i like this thread.

Then I'll seize the opportunity to show my actual factual Umweltplakette (Environmental badge) - showing that my Golf started its life in Wolfsburg - presumably as a factory courtesy car.

[feels_road]

[fuelly]

48 US mpg average - not bad!

[Son]

Great looking house! I hadn't seen this thread before. I heard at least Oslo is SUPER expensive, with house prices starting from ~800k€.

The car looks nice, too. The Team edition seems to have white/silver stitching on the steering wheel, shift boot and seats.

[Morbidly Obese]

Then I'll seize the opportunity to show my actual factual Umweltplakette (Environmental badge) - showing that my Golf started its life in Wolfsburg - presumably as a factory courtesy car.

Eww, eww, I want one of those.

[Dawg Dee-Lux]

Just throwing this in here - 15min drive from my new home


Nikon D800 + Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 by emmkayfive, on Flickr

And there are roads like this going all over the place.

[too_slow]

^Does that turn into this in the winter?

[Dawg Dee-Lux]

^Does that turn into this in the winter?

That would be nice, but sadly, no. Not that much snow these parts, but it can get really cold.

[eiriksmil]

Dawg, I need to buy you a beer one day..

[Dawg Dee-Lux]

Dawg, I need to buy you a beer one day..

... hey, that's not a bad idea - of course I'd return the favor