NEW 2009 EURO - at the track...

[IVTECS4]

At first I thought the new Euro looked a bit flimsy just 'evolving' over the current one. But after seeing the pictures posted by VT3C - the car looks pretty damn good - in both standard and luxury. Heck, the new Mazda 6 looks ugly - it's only the luxury sports that is ok ok.. just not the base model..

As for the boot, if it has the same capacity as the current one I'm happy... or maybe wait for the wagon(hmm 2 years away?) - now there's heaps of space. - the issues of the 18s not fitting into the sedan could fit into the wagon. Anyway, tonight I'm going to one of the melbourne honda dealers - for a presentation of the new Euro so I see and fire off some questions - about the boot

I don't see anything wrong with the dash, - it would probably take some time getting used to it - ergonomic wise - if the new Euro has that switch which can dim the brightness of the console and the tacho, speedo etc.. then it shouldn't be a problem for sensitive eyes .

[tarik]

or maybe wait for the wagon(hmm 2 years away?) - now there's heaps of space.

Yeah, I probably would be gotten the new (or current) wagon if it was available. I was actually tossing up between Passat Wagon (sedan's rear is just plain ugly) and current Euro.

I ended up chickening out of a wagon because I didn't want to become a weekend taxi driver for trips to Ikea for the rest of the family

Which reminds me of an awesome sticker I saw on a ute a few months ago:
YES I HAVE A UTE
NO I WON'T HELP YOU MOVE

[IVTECS4]

Yeah, I probably would be gotten the new (or current) wagon if it was available. I was actually tossing up between Passat Wagon (sedan's rear is just plain ugly) and current Euro.

I ended up chickening out of a wagon because I didn't want to become a weekend taxi driver for trips to Ikea for the rest of the family

Which reminds me of an awesome sticker I saw on a ute a few months ago:
YES I HAVE A UTE
NO I WON'T HELP YOU MOVE

Mind you before I had my Euro, I used to drive a 1998 Mazda 626 Wagon - that car was underpowered and pretty porky (1300kg + not helped by the crap 4 speed auto and 2.0 MZR engine - 93kw/178Nm ). But apart from that though, there was nothing wrong with driving a wagon

With the wagon gone, my Euro sometimes is used for hauling things (doesn't do a bad job actually) and I think my old man's car is gonna get a replacement soon so we had a look at the diesel Passat wagon and the new Euro wagon with the new I-DTEC diesel (pity no news on the wagon or diesel engine yet). But if the wagon variant was available with the diesel engine and 5AT then sweet put me ( or my old man) down for one