I love this car.

[Boothbabe]

With the price of gas being so high these days my wife and I decided to sell our 2 cars and replace it with a smaller one with better milage. We looked around on various sites and finally we found one that we liked. It's an Opel Corsa from 2004 with only 62000 km on it. The engine itsn't too big, just a 1.2 liter with 75 hp but the car weighs only 910 kg and the gear box has been tuned by Opel to match the engine so it's a quick little car. The handling is great, it has lots of grip and it really goes around corners, you really have to push it before the rear end breaks out.

Yes, I'm a car geek :1orglaugh

 

[Ace Bandage]

Yeah, and if you ever get stuck in the snow, you can just pick up the sumbitch and drag it home.

 

[Boothbabe]

European cars have always been smaller, more economical and with better handling. Big gas guzzlers don't sell well over here. A big 4x4 truck isn't very practical, especially in the Netherlands.

 

[Ace Bandage]

European cars have always been smaller, more economical and with better handling. Big gas guzzlers don't sell well over here. A big 4x4 truck isn't very practical, especially in the Netherlands.

I see. We prefer to compensate for certain shortcomings by driving large cars.

 

[julialee89]

I see. We prefer to compensate for certain shortcomings by driving large cars.

If we talk about comoensate for the size of the genetales, it is a fact that the smaller penis you got, the larger car you got. Here in Europe, its different; the smaller car you got, the larger penis you got.


Is it stil weird that we have small cars here in Europe?

 

[CSkylar86]

Manual Transmission! = FTW!

 

[julialee89]

Manual Transmission! = FTW!

Automatic transmiddion! = boring!

 

[Member442]

It looks like a street legal go-cart. The best kind I miss littler GEO corners just can't be taken at as high speeds in a minivan

Automatic transmiddion! = boring!

Quoted for truth!!

 

[CSkylar86]

I've driven manuals for my whole driving life...not only better HP/Torque ratios...but better optimization of every drop of fuel...especially when it's damn sky f'kin high!

 

[Legzman]

75 hp? lame

 

[julialee89]

I've driven manuals for my whole driving life...not only better HP/Torque ratios...but better optimization of every drop of fuel...especially when it's damn sky f'kin high!

How much do you pay per gallon? I believe its VERY cheap compeared to here in Norway. We pay about 2-3 dollars per litre!:horse:

 

[Boothbabe]

Manual Transmission! = FTW!

Only a small percentage of cars sold in the Netherlands have an automatic transmission. That's because we know how to drive

It looks like a street legal go-cart.

It certainly drives like one and the space inside is actually very decent for it's size.

75 hp? lame

It does 17-18 km on one litre of gas, that's not lame

 

[Shifty]

I see. We prefer to compensate for certain shortcomings by driving large cars.

:elaugh:

 

[Vanilla Bear]

Americans only have gross motor skills. That's why they drive big cars (with auto transmission) on wide streets...

75 hp? lame

It's European hp. That's about 150 US hp.




Pssst...if nobody says anything Legz is going believe that!

 

[julialee89]

It looks like a street legal go-cart.

Better to go for a Miata if you look for a street legal go-cart. You go over 100 hp AND it is possible to place a V6 (or was it V8) engine in it. I think tey call it monster miatas :1orglaugh

 

[Member442]

It certainly drives like one and the space inside is actually very decent for it's size.

That's cool. My Geos really wasn't though it proably would have been fine if we weren'ta family of 4.


I miss only needing to spend like $20 on gas in an entire week. Now its more like $60 almost every 5 days

 

[Boothbabe]

I miss only needing to spend like $20 on gas in an entire week.

That's the main reason we sold our 2 cars and bought this one. My job is only 10 minutes by bike so my wife is going to use it to get to her job. With her old car it cost her 60 euro's per week, with this one she'll only have to fill up once every two weeks. That's 120 euro's a month we save just on gas.

 

[Member442]

That's the main reason we sold our 2 cars and bought this one. My job is only 10 minutes by bike so my wife is going to use it to get to her job. With her old car it cost her 60 euro's per week, with this one she'll only have to fill up once every two weeks. That's 120 euro's a month we save just on gas.

Thats a really good amount of savings. We are looking at getting a second small car like the one you picked for driving the our girls to classes and such. The van we definitely still need but a small car to do the little things is looking more and more desirable. Even with the added insurance for the second vehicle it seems like it will still be cheaper than driving the van everywhere.

 

[hotrod808]

american cars are the best. just hearing a camaro or hummer is sending shivers down my back.

 

[julialee89]

american cars are the best. just hearing a camaro

My thougths were: I like this guy.
Then suddenly:

or hummer is sending shivers down my back.

My thoughts: Dissapointed! I dont like them too much... At least he likes Camaro, and then everyting is bac to normal again