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Yea, but... it's still a Lupo
It's the same with driving a Peugeot RCZ. It may be a sportscar, but it's still a Peugeot.
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kracus why did you go from a suv to a car?

last I remember you were proper chuffed with the jeep
it is about time!
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He ran out of excuses to post that same pic of him driving on a plain road that even an electric scooter could blow through.
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plained wrote:kracus why did you go from a suv to a car?

last I remember you were proper chuffed with the jeep
New job/gas.

Jeeps are freaking gas hogs, I was paying something like 400-500$ a month in gas just to go to work which isn't far from where I lived. Seeing as gas was a problem I started looking for a promotion at my old job, or a new job that paid better. I got an interview for a government job and the interview went REALLY well, so good in fact I was pretty sure I was going to get the job however it was an hour and a half away from where I lived. The Jeep would cost me something like 80-100$ in gas to travel back and forth if I got the job so I started to look at getting another vehicle.

The day after I got it I found out I got the job I wanted which was great. With the GTI it cost me roughly 30$ a day instead of 80-100$ to get to my new job until I moved. I wouldn't have been able to take this new job if I still had the old Jeep, it's too bad though I enjoyed going in the trails with it.

I think I might buy myself an old beater to go offroading with at some point down the road.
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Κracus wrote:
plained wrote:With the GTI it cost me roughly 30$ a day instead of 80-100$ to get to my new job until I moved.
$100 to get to your job? With US gasoline prices, that would get you like 125 liters easily? You live like 700km from your job?
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really ey is gas more expensive way east out there?

seems costly as fuck I thought a lot of people like those jeeps cuz they have 4 banger ones.

that is a long comute geez that's got to take away a lot of valuable times.
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are you thinking of staying with this job and have u scenerio'd relocating closer?

*edit I added periods ey I know your English is very good but ey

off roading is pretty neat, back when I was a kid I used to always get stuck/fucked cuz my pallys who had cars at 16-18 always wanted to off road, ug never done till right stuck lol

thinking about it trhat kinda turns me off about it, I do like the crawling kind of off road tho


I want to do like a bunch of Rockford files/smokey and the bandit driving, hopefully one day I want to get a 2000-2006 vette and pay somewhere to let me drive like that there or take lessons or some shit
it is about time!
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Eraser wrote:
$100 to get to your job? With US gasoline prices, that would get you like 125 liters easily? You live like 700km from your job?

Yeah when I started here it's an hour and a half drive on the highway. I'm not sure how far in k/m's but probably close to 130-150km/s one way. So 300ish in total.

I now live 5 minutes away but when I got the job that wasn't the case.
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plained wrote:really ey is gas more expensive way east out there?

seems costly as fuck I thought a lot of people like those jeeps cuz they have 4 banger ones.

that is a long comute geez that's got to take away a lot of valuable times.
.
are you thinking of staying with this job and have u scenerio'd relocating closer?

*edit I added periods ey I know your English is very good but ey

off roading is pretty neat, back when I was a kid I used to always get stuck/fucked cuz my pallys who had cars at 16-18 always wanted to off road, ug never done till right stuck lol

thinking about it trhat kinda turns me off about it, I do like the crawling kind of off road tho


I want to do like a bunch of Rockford files/smokey and the bandit driving, hopefully one day I want to get a 2000-2006 vette and pay somewhere to let me drive like that there or take lessons or some shit

It's expensive enough! I did move closer after doing the commute for a month. However even know I go back on weekends to be with the wife and kids so I enjoy the savings.
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So how long is your bus ride to the call centre?
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I travel 80 miles a day back and fore to my job...I have a 1.5DCI car that does about 55mpg on average and I only drive once a week (yay car share - save the world and my wallet). I put £120 a month in my car and I find that ridiculous
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You wouldn't want to drive a Jeep. I went from a Kia Spectra to a Jeep and was floored when I realized how big of a difference it was. I expected gas consumption to go up a little, just not that much.

Right now, I spend roughly 20$ a week in gas if it weren't for the long trips home on the weekends. so roughly 80-100$ a month vs 400-500 a month. HUGE difference, in fact the savings pay for the car...
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Eraser wrote:Yea, but... it's still a Lupo
It's the same with driving a Peugeot RCZ. It may be a sportscar, but it's still a Peugeot.
Peugeot can have their moments :)

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I know what you're getting at, but the Lupo is a solid car cos it's made by VW. Is also why you can switch engines / brakes / springs with relative ease cos parts from the Golf/Polo will swap onto the Lupo with little effort. As far as little cars go it has to be one of the best imo and is the actual successor to the MKI golf :)
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Κracus wrote:You wouldn't want to drive a Jeep. I went from a Kia Spectra to a Jeep and was floored when I realized how big of a difference it was. I expected gas consumption to go up a little, just not that much.

Right now, I spend roughly 20$ a week in gas if it weren't for the long trips home on the weekends. so roughly 80-100$ a month vs 400-500 a month. HUGE difference, in fact the savings pay for the car...
What car ?, the one you looked at but didn't buy, then bought, then swapped for a car that isn't made ?
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I was lucky to get 27mpg out of the GTI I had, but then again I actually had a Golf GTI. I expect make believe GTIs have good mileage.
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Sure it looks the same...
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Mine was a GTI rabbit golf white 2013 black 2010 VW just GTI.
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Doombrain wrote:So how long is your bus ride to the call centre?
:olo:
Thick, solid and tight in all the right places.
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Krackarse, where's your car ?

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losCHUNK wrote: Can fit it with a Turbo with little to no drama n all, you can also squash the the 1.8 Turbo BAM engine in it with relative ease... 230+hp in a tin can ?.

Lovely little cars them.
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Not bad for 390WHP.
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Κracus wrote:
plained wrote:really ey is gas more expensive way east out there?

seems costly as fuck I thought a lot of people like those jeeps cuz they have 4 banger ones.

that is a long comute geez that's got to take away a lot of valuable times.
.
are you thinking of staying with this job and have u scenerio'd relocating closer?

*edit I added periods ey I know your English is very good but ey

off roading is pretty neat, back when I was a kid I used to always get stuck/fucked cuz my pallys who had cars at 16-18 always wanted to off road, ug never done till right stuck lol

thinking about it trhat kinda turns me off about it, I do like the crawling kind of off road tho


I want to do like a bunch of Rockford files/smokey and the bandit driving, hopefully one day I want to get a 2000-2006 vette and pay somewhere to let me drive like that there or take lessons or some shit

It's expensive enough! I did move closer after doing the commute for a month. However even know I go back on weekends to be with the wife and kids so I enjoy the savings.

whoa ey you moved apart from your wife and kids

that sounds counterproductive ey

is everything alright?

not trolling ey just expressing concern fellow q3w bro
it is about time!
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Yeah everything is fine it's strictly a financial decision. The New Brunswick government offered me a staggering amount to go work for them, I really couldn't refuse.

I'll make in 6 months what I would have been paid in a year at my old job and that job was the best paying tech job in town. So ultimately if I can turn this into a permanent position I'll have a job for life here that I can retire on.

It doesn't really get more cushy than a government job afterall...

I make more money, work less hours and those hours are always guaranteed to be 9-4:30 with an hour lunch. I ain't complaining.
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AmIdYfReAk wrote:
losCHUNK wrote: Can fit it with a Turbo with little to no drama n all, you can also squash the the 1.8 Turbo BAM engine in it with relative ease... 230+hp in a tin can ?.

Lovely little cars them.
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Not bad for 390WHP.
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Κracus wrote:Yeah everything is fine it's strictly a financial decision. The New Brunswick government offered me a staggering amount to go work for them, I really couldn't refuse.

I'll make in 6 months what I would have been paid in a year at my old job and that job was the best paying tech job in town. So ultimately if I can turn this into a permanent position I'll have a job for life here that I can retire on.

It doesn't really get more cushy than a government job afterall...

I make more money, work less hours and those hours are always guaranteed to be 9-4:30 with an hour lunch. I ain't complaining.
"I work for the council"

When do you get your GTI ?
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When I leave work later today, everyday.
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