Carrying a Kayak on a Civic

Thoughts on that? Not sure if I can get a civic yet, but one pre-req of getting a car is that it can carry a kayak.

WTF? What happened to the impreza?

dunnas wrote:WTF? What happened to the impreza?

I'm still tossing ideas around. I'll probably get nothing. But I like the 2008 Civic coupe.

you'd have to buy a rack, but other than that, it should be no problem.

Aristotle wrote:you'd have to buy a rack, but other than that, it should be no problem.

Cool. I want to go cheap if I buy a new car. Keep other options open, and shit.

I love options, and hopes and dreams. It's always so delightfully depressing when they come crashing down.

yeah. my only dreams now involve not collapsing in front of a group of strangers.

Aristotle wrote:yeah. my only dreams now involve not collapsing in front of a group of strangers.

It really is phenomenal how life just picks off dreams and hopes one by one until you're left with nothing but a sad attempt to salvage even the most minimal dignity.

Well I don't know how expensive Veedubs are up in Canadia, but new Jettas start at $16K and have a kayak rack as an option down here.

I know people usually frown on VW reliability, but people I know with newer Rabbits and Jettas have no complaints.

Holy Shit nevermind, Jettas are not cheap in Canada. They roughly start at $21k CAD ($20,500 USD) and with one major option plus anything you'd really want, you'd have a $28k+ Jetta.

he could buy it in the US, no?

I don't know what he would have to pay in import taxes for Canada. Or if they would allow him to purchase a brand new vehicle from technically another country.

Its rediculous what they have standard on a base Jetta in the US and the "City" Jetta in Canada. Canada definitely loses out.

Honor Kleinberger wrote:he could buy it in the US, no?

That would just add a whole level of complexity I don't want to deal with and time I don't have. Especially when a Subaru Impreza would provide the same stuff for a little more money

I built an S model Jetta on the US site and it comes with a lot of standard premium options for starting at $16k. It also comes standard with the 170 hp 2.5L 5-cylinder. I kept it rather bare bones otherwise except for some nicer 16" wheels and with the Kayak rack it came out to almost $18k.

The "City" model Jetta I put a convenience package (power windows, door locks etc.) an automatic, and air conditioning, it still came out to $21K and didn't have half of the standard features the US model did. Oh and it only comes with a 2.0L 115 hp 4-banger.

Wally, do yourself a favor and move down here.

The cheapest Jetta 2.0 Auto starts at about $31,000 here.

SBF wrote:Holy Shit nevermind, Jettas are not cheap in Canada. They roughly start at $21k CAD ($20,500 USD) and with one major option plus anything you'd really want, you'd have a $28k+ Jetta.

i am now pissed off, since the most basic jetta here costs 19110 euro. and then you have a plain white 1.6 no option one. . .

oh, that's 30k usd.