by squarebeard » Wed Oct 06, 2021 6:41 pm
Unfortunately, I won't be able to register my Atom 4 in
Denmark, so it'll be a trailer toy until the rules change. So for towing purposes I recently bought a 2016 Passat Alltrack, 2.0 TDi with 190 diesel ponies and the DSG box. It's got AWD and is a little bit higher than the standard Passat. Mine's also lifted a touch more... I need to be able to pull a covered autotrailer around Europe, through grassy paddocks, over autostrada and autobahn, and not die of boredom or unpleasantness, while still keeping fuel and maintenance costs reasonable. Deftly keeping more cash on hand for future Atom parts.
And because used cars like this are expensive in Denmark (I just looked it up - £35000 due to lovely Danish tax grumble grumble), this one will have to be my daily, I guess. Turns out it's a pretty nice commuter car. People think it's a police car and slow down for me.
I'm absolutely insane to even bother trying to have an Atom in Denmark, but I do love a challenge. I had to upgrade my driving license, and still to go: actually buying the trailer. And building the garage, and actually taking delivery of the Atom and transporting it UK-DK. Then paying the taxes, and registering the car in Germany, and...
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Unfortunately, I won't be able to register my Atom 4 in :doh: Denmark, so it'll be a trailer toy until the rules change. So for towing purposes I recently bought a 2016 Passat Alltrack, 2.0 TDi with 190 diesel ponies and the DSG box. It's got AWD and is a little bit higher than the standard Passat. Mine's also lifted a touch more... I need to be able to pull a covered autotrailer around Europe, through grassy paddocks, over autostrada and autobahn, and not die of boredom or unpleasantness, while still keeping fuel and maintenance costs reasonable. Deftly keeping more cash on hand for future Atom parts.
And because used cars like this are expensive in Denmark (I just looked it up - £35000 due to lovely Danish tax grumble grumble), this one will have to be my daily, I guess. Turns out it's a pretty nice commuter car. People think it's a police car and slow down for me. :police:
I'm absolutely insane to even bother trying to have an Atom in Denmark, but I do love a challenge. I had to upgrade my driving license, and still to go: actually buying the trailer. And building the garage, and actually taking delivery of the Atom and transporting it UK-DK. Then paying the taxes, and registering the car in Germany, and...
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