Diesel cars in Canada ?
Jun 23rd 2006, 2:17 am
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Re: Diesel cars in Canada ?
Originally Posted by hot wasabi peas
Jetta-drivers! I forgot all about Jetta-drivers! They are the worse! Worse than perchers! I've never come across a Jetta-percher driver but could you imagine?! 
I suspect those who have are lying in a ditch or trapped, bumper-pinned up against a wall in a parking lot somewhere in Victoria, BC. Jetta drivers = bane of my existance in Canada. Oh, forget it, I'm staying here.
Ahhh… that feels better…. no offense meant to all the good (yeah, right!
) Jetta drivers.
I suspect those who have are lying in a ditch or trapped, bumper-pinned up against a wall in a parking lot somewhere in Victoria, BC. Jetta drivers = bane of my existance in Canada. Oh, forget it, I'm staying here.Ahhh… that feels better…. no offense meant to all the good (yeah, right!
) Jetta drivers.
Jun 23rd 2006, 2:21 am
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Re: Diesel cars in Canada ?
Originally Posted by Atlantic Xpat
Yep. Tax on tax on tax. Welcome to Canada!
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Jun 23rd 2006, 2:25 am
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Re: Diesel cars in Canada ?
Originally Posted by Canada Bob
Let me know where it's any different, and I'll be headed there
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In Canada the government takes its chunk on the new vehicle purchase, and then every time its resold too. I expect quite often it adds up to more then 100% of the initial purchase value.
Jun 23rd 2006, 2:25 am
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Re: Diesel cars in Canada ?
Originally Posted by Canada Bob
Let me know where it's any different, and I'll be headed there
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My tax rule - you have to pay it, and it will be a lot
Jun 23rd 2006, 3:30 am
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Re: Diesel cars in Canada ?
Can someone explain what a Jetta is? I've never understood the VW line. Is it a Bora (and is that just a Golf with a boot?), or are there Jettas in the UK and I should have been paying more attention?
Jun 23rd 2006, 3:33 am
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Re: Diesel cars in Canada ?
Originally Posted by Biiiiink
Can someone explain what a Jetta is? I've never understood the VW line. Is it a Bora (and is that just a Golf with a boot?), or are there Jettas in the UK and I should have been paying more attention?
Jun 23rd 2006, 3:40 am
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Re: Diesel cars in Canada ?
Originally Posted by Biiiiink
Can someone explain what a Jetta is? I've never understood the VW line. Is it a Bora (and is that just a Golf with a boot?), or are there Jettas in the UK and I should have been paying more attention?
Surely the VW.ca website will explain the range to anyone who cares.
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Jun 23rd 2006, 3:44 am
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Re: Diesel cars in Canada ?
Originally Posted by Calgal
Yes Biiiiink - Jetta is Golf with Trunk/Boot. Don't know if they were/are in the YUK, but my Auntie in Germany drove one, when they first came out.
Jun 23rd 2006, 3:47 am
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Re: Diesel cars in Canada ?
Originally Posted by iaink
picture...thousand words...some cliche or other...
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Jun 23rd 2006, 3:49 am
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Re: Diesel cars in Canada ?
I know what they look like but apart from the badge on the back I wouldn't know if that's a Bora, a Passat, and having just looked at VW's UK page it could also be a Eos or a Phaeton, whatever those might be! Too much crossover in their range, I never understood Golf Estates (those were Passats when I was a kid before the "new" Passat") or Polo Estates either...
I did have a Lupo to learn to drive in but fell out of love with it when I discovered it would only take 2 Tesco bags in the boot
I did have a Lupo to learn to drive in but fell out of love with it when I discovered it would only take 2 Tesco bags in the boot
Jun 23rd 2006, 3:54 am
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Re: Diesel cars in Canada ?
Originally Posted by Biiiiink
I know what they look like but apart from the badge on the back I wouldn't know if that's a Bora, a Passat, and having just looked at VW's UK page it could also be a Eos or a Phaeton, whatever those might be! Too much crossover in their range, I never understood Golf Estates (those were Passats when I was a kid before the "new" Passat") or Polo Estates either...
I did have a Lupo to learn to drive in but fell out of love with it when I discovered it would only take 2 Tesco bags in the boot
I did have a Lupo to learn to drive in but fell out of love with it when I discovered it would only take 2 Tesco bags in the boot
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Jun 23rd 2006, 3:58 am
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Re: Diesel cars in Canada ?
Originally Posted by iaink
See, I dont know what the hell a Bora or a Lupo is...here until the "Rabbit" reappeared (stop sniggering at the back!) it was Golf (Jetta if it had a Boot, Beatle if it was cute shaped, GTi if souped up some), Passat (wagon favoured by salesmen) Tourag (SUV) and Pheaton (only ever sold three...lot of money for a VW), and then they dropped the Phaeton. Not enough market here for small expensive euro cars, so I guess we never saw the Bora or Lupo?
sorry
Jun 23rd 2006, 4:01 am
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Re: Diesel cars in Canada ?
Originally Posted by iaink
See, I dont know what the hell a Bora or a Lupo is...here until the "Rabbit" reappeared (stop sniggering at the back!) it was Golf (Jetta if it had a Boot, Beatle if it was cute shaped, GTi if souped up some), Passat (wagon favoured by salesmen) Tourag (SUV) and Pheaton (only ever sold three...lot of money for a VW), and then they dropped the Phaeton. Not enough market here for small expensive euro cars, so I guess we never saw the Bora or Lupo?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volkswagen_Lupo <---- Ah, this has a map of the VW models - Edit: the Bora was the Jetta. Mystery solved!
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Jun 23rd 2006, 4:08 am
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Re: Diesel cars in Canada ?
Originally Posted by Biiiiink
It was a 4 seater car but you really wouldn't have wanted to sit in the back.
STOP SNIGGERING AT THE BACK!
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Jun 23rd 2006, 4:10 am
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Re: Diesel cars in Canada ?
Originally Posted by iaink
So the Lupo was what I remember as a Polo?
