I was really looking forward to the extra-long weekend
of Kings Day. Because of the weather forecast I also had a day of extra leave
on the Friday before the weekend so I was ready for doing nothing for a few
days.
Friday was not as warm as they promised, but okay, it was
possible to sit in my favourite spot in my garden. And so I did. When Jan Cees
came home we had a difficult job waiting for us. It was time to choose the new
lease car and we have to decide in 4 weeks. Of course when you know what car
you want and when it’s in the budget it’s not that difficult. However, the car
of his dreams was not allowed, because plug in hybrid cars are not on the list
yet. The second best one, was too expensive in the end. A bit disappointing but
still a luxury problem. So we started all over again and searched the list from the
beginning. First wish, only 20% addition (is that the right word for Dutch 20%
bijtelling?)
Than we would prefer a station wagon and if possible with automatic gears. That means there was not so much to choose from anymore. So we went on tour on Saturday to see the preferred cars for real.
First the Peugeot 308SW, than just to see it for real the Citroen Cactus C4, a really strange but funny car. After this we went to Toyota to see the Auris Sports Tourer, a hybrid car with only 14% addition.
Not the most beautiful one but it has a few pros above the others. The car trip continued to the Volkswagen to see the Golf, which we found too small, and we ended the tour with the SEAT leon, which we found really nice but too expensive compared to the Peugeot and the Toyota Auris.
I’m guessing you can imagine how the cars played a prominent
role in our weekendJThan we would prefer a station wagon and if possible with automatic gears. That means there was not so much to choose from anymore. So we went on tour on Saturday to see the preferred cars for real.
First the Peugeot 308SW, than just to see it for real the Citroen Cactus C4, a really strange but funny car. After this we went to Toyota to see the Auris Sports Tourer, a hybrid car with only 14% addition.
Not the most beautiful one but it has a few pros above the others. The car trip continued to the Volkswagen to see the Golf, which we found too small, and we ended the tour with the SEAT leon, which we found really nice but too expensive compared to the Peugeot and the Toyota Auris.
After thinking through the pros and cons we decided to go for a
test drive with both cars, the Peugeot and the Toyota. Unfortunately, Toyota
will introduce its new model in June so we cannot see and test the new model
yet. I’ll keep you posted about what we will choose at the end.
Than Kings Day Monday; we didn’t do a thing, we only
watched the new style Kings Day on TV to see what it looks like. I found it a
bit boring and so we ended up on the couch to watch 3 movies, I ordered food
from Thuisbezorgd.nl and that was our Kings Day. So funny, when I came into the
office the next day a lot of colleagues asked me how my Kings Day was. I think
foreigners think all Dutch people run around in orange clothes and sell their
stuff during Kings Day. Now Not Me!
Haha, Flora! I think I would have died of exhaustion on your car trip (pun intended) :) As for King's day, we didn't do anything either, but the village was all orange and there was a sort of orange tent village in a field. It looked like fun, but I steered clear! Not my thing really. I'll correct your mistakes with you tomorrow - it's mostly prepositions and a few standards, e.g. how it looked like > what it looked like! Well done for writing so much!
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