New car FUN

New cars on the Thomas patch current have our attention with both of us finding any and every excuse to go for a spin. Dianne has a brand new Holden Astra, 60th Anniversary Edition, and I stepped into an ex demo Holden Epica (5 months old with 6.4k on the clock). That saved me about $10k or roughly 30% of the RRP plus on road costs straight up which I'm pretty happy with. I managed to resist the temptation to go for an off-road, all-terrain, SUV, 4WD, AWD, gas guzzling pose vehicle. The Epica is very conservative, comfortable, well built, affordable, economical (7.9l / 100km) and yet it still has the power that goes with a 6 cylinder, 2.5 l engine. No it is not the diesel version Holden is currently advertising. It is the only 6 cyl. East West configuration I'm aware of and it is as smooth as silk.

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