Cars are bloody expensive in Norway..

"Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh" (andymcbradleigh)
07/27/2016 at 15:46 • Filed to: None

Right? You’ve all heard the tales, cars cost a fortune up here, even an old beater is expensive as F...

BUT.. Here’s an old Saab 9000, cost me about 500 USD.

And it’s my daily driver. Yes sir, 500 bucks for a daily driver, in Norway.. I’ve driven it 6500 miles since I bought it, and the only thing it needs is a new CV joint.

Sure I had to buy new tyres this spring, but that’s something you have to do anyway after the odd miles.

Ps. New cars are expensive as shit though :P

DISCUSSION (38)

Cé hé sin > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
07/27/2016 at 15:48

But aren’t Teslas cheap (ish) like Golf money or something because they get so many tax breaks that Norway can afford because it produces fossil fuels?

For Sweden > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
07/27/2016 at 15:48

You’re welcome

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > Cé hé sin
07/27/2016 at 15:51

Uhm.. well.. Teslas are quite cheap compared to let’s say a Mercedes or such yes. Not because fossil fuels though.. But yeah, electric cars are cheap here.

EL_ULY > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
07/27/2016 at 15:56

Wait a sec...

Kinja'd!!!

does 1,246,000 Norway money really translate to $144,473 USD for an everyday, no big deal Mustang GT???

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > EL_ULY
07/27/2016 at 15:58

Yes. New cars with big engines = VERY MUCH MONEY here in Norway.

EL_ULY > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
07/27/2016 at 16:00

WTF!!!!!!!!!!!! Those things are going to be all over random used car lots by the hundreds everywhere in a couple years for high teens to mid twenties.

Mind...

Kinja'd!!!

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > EL_ULY
07/27/2016 at 16:03

Welcome to my life mate

Seat Safety Switch > EL_ULY
07/27/2016 at 16:06

It’s probably even more in Switzerland. That place is insane.

RallyWrench > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
07/27/2016 at 16:14

You guys have it much better for cheap old cars though, I browse European classifieds all the time and can’t keep my jaw from dropping.

Svend > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
07/27/2016 at 16:14

I love the SAAB 9000. My dad worked for a SAAB dealership and I enjoyed going to with him to drop off courtesy cars.

Also Malcolm Wilson, rally driver and boss of M-Sport who make all those rally Ford Fiestas used to own a SAAB dealership a few miles away from me.

Saracen > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
07/27/2016 at 16:20

Yeah, I have a friend who lived in LA and had an E92 M3. When she moved to Norway for work for a while she had to get used to drive a sub 2-liter diesel Peugeot or something.

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > RallyWrench
07/27/2016 at 16:22

We do indeed, found a mint condition 1978 Ford Fiesta for about 1500 USD the other day. A friend have a Citroën DS 23 Break for sale, 2000 USD.

EL_ULY > Seat Safety Switch
07/27/2016 at 16:24

Kinja'd!!!

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > Saracen
07/27/2016 at 16:27

Yeah, but she could have a Peugeot though :)

Nimbus The Legend - Riding on air like a cloud > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
07/27/2016 at 16:47

and they say socialism is a bad thing.... psh....

Cé hé sin > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
07/27/2016 at 17:16

That’s very cheap for a DS.

They can go for £20,000 or £30,000 in the UK.

Want a genuine Chapron convertible? Multiply by ten.

DrScientist > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
07/27/2016 at 17:17

i imagine the import taxes would be somewhere approaching that if you wanted to do something to get around that crazy price?

Cé hé sin > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
07/27/2016 at 17:31

(Googles)

Basic 60 kw Tesla with bakhjulsdrift and no extras 594,800 including free toll roads.

That would buy you about two ordinary (not elbiler) Golfs so no, not as cheap as I thought.

I see Norway cannot into the Scirocco.

AfromanGTO > Nimbus The Legend - Riding on air like a cloud
07/27/2016 at 17:52

They aren’t socialist. That’s Sweden. They are just taxed to high hell. They are the richest and wealthiest country in Europe.

AfromanGTO > For Sweden
07/27/2016 at 17:54

You know the Norwegians go to Sweden for cheap beer, cigarettes, gas, and groceries. lol

AfromanGTO > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
07/27/2016 at 17:58

You could always buy a car from Sweden, but then you’d have to deal with the paperwork. One of my buddies got his GTO from Sweden, and is the only one in Norway with a new GTO.

Nimbus The Legend - Riding on air like a cloud > AfromanGTO
07/27/2016 at 18:12

they are a democratic socialist country...

http://liberapedia.wikia.com/wiki/Democrati…

AfromanGTO > Nimbus The Legend - Riding on air like a cloud
07/27/2016 at 20:52

You are forgetting Norway has a king. They are an Unitary Parliamentary Constitutional Monarchy.

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ranwhenparked > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
07/27/2016 at 20:59

Big engine? It’s like 5 liters, tops.

TFSIVTEC drivesavolvo > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
07/27/2016 at 23:36

I was just looking through Norwegian used cars, I couldn’t find any S40 T5 AWD trims, were these never offered?

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
07/28/2016 at 11:14

Since when are you in Norway?

Nice find btw, love those old 9000s :)

Nimbus The Legend - Riding on air like a cloud > AfromanGTO
07/28/2016 at 12:40

“Norway divides state power between the Parliament , the Cabinet , and the Supreme Court , as determined by the 1814 Constitution ”

and

“The country maintains a combination of market economy and a Nordic welfare model ( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordic_mo… )
with universal health care and a comprehensive social security system.”

so really, A socialist unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy.

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires
07/29/2016 at 14:20

Uhm.. since I was born? Soo.. 35 years ago.

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > TFSIVTEC drivesavolvo
07/29/2016 at 14:21

Not sure, may have been FWD only here.

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > ranwhenparked
07/29/2016 at 14:22

Considered big up here :)

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > DrScientist
07/29/2016 at 14:26

Pretty much.

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > Cé hé sin
07/29/2016 at 14:56

We had the Scirocco, didn’t sell enough I think.

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > Cé hé sin
07/29/2016 at 14:58

I meant 5000 USD, must’ve hit the wrong key. But still quite cheap, even for what’s really a car stored in multiple boxes.

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
07/29/2016 at 15:53

Huh, I always had you down as a Scot. Lord knows what I’m thinking!

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires
07/29/2016 at 15:57

Really? Well, I guess my English is good enough then.

Perhaps the Laird part got you confused somehow. Anywho, born and raised in Norway I am.

BiTurbo228 - Dr Frankenstein of Spitfires > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
07/29/2016 at 16:10

As good as a Scot ;)

Norway’s a cool place :) went to the fjords somewhere when I was younger and I fell off the boat! 20-odd degrees air temp, bloody freezing water!

TFSIVTEC drivesavolvo > Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh
07/29/2016 at 19:17

One country over from Sweden and no AWD, does Volvo hate it’s neighbors or there's just not a market?

Laird Andrew Neby Bradleigh > TFSIVTEC drivesavolvo
07/30/2016 at 12:49

My guess is that there was no market.