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Northern Exile Dec 2020 2:13pm, 16 Dec 2020 7,172 posts	Quote Pin Northern Exile Steve, the California is a great vehicle, the downside is (I'm sure Scribbs will tell you) that they're ridiculously expensive, but residuals are good. I haven't felt the need to upgrade mine after six solid years of use and have been all over the place in it .... that said, they are quite complex vehicles and it helps if you are of a technical mein before buying one, otherwise you could be faced with some big repair bills. Example: The water pump seized on mine earlier in the year (a very common problem - this the drinking water pump) and VW quoted £348.00 for a repair. I bought a genuine VW pump and fitted it myself, cost £39.99. I could have reduced this to £20 if I'd bought the identical pump without VW logo direct from the manufacturers. I have heard about the development of the electric Cali, it does sound interesting - it may be approaching a six-figure sum though!
Angus Clydesdale Dec 2020 2:21pm, 16 Dec 2020 21,120 posts	Quote Pin Angus Clydesdale 6-figs?!!! Makes the 40-50K electric Disco conversion seem like exceptional value.
SteveC amid the winters snow Dec 2020 2:22pm, 16 Dec 2020 284 posts	Quote Pin SteveC amid the winters snow Thanks for the comments. I could handle that kind of repair, but the catch is only finding out things like that after the fact I could tolerate the price of the fossil fuel model if I could persuade my mrs to get one while she works in NL and then include it as “removal goods” which are not taxed when she comes back to Norway, but I'm not sure we are allowed to swing that. Some kind of van is definitely called for so I can travel to more running races while I am recently retired but the OH is working 😁
HarkTheHeraldAngels ♫Synge♫ Dec 2020 2:36pm, 16 Dec 2020 38,167 posts	Quote Pin HarkTheHeraldAngels ♫Synge♫ SteveC - I just read an interesting article (prompted by seeing your post) which suggested that many Norwegians use a the electric car as their city runaround, but "range anxiety" means that they keep a diesel vehicle for the weekend trips to the mountain cabin! Following up, though, is the tax position any more favourable for hybrid vehicles than for pure petrol/diesel? You will see references in recent pages to the Toyota Alphard and there may be others. Don't know if that is an option for you, though?
Gobi Dec 2020 2:41pm, 16 Dec 2020 72,501 posts	Quote Pin Gobi Do I own the cheapest most battered Van in here ?
Angus Clydesdale Dec 2020 2:42pm, 16 Dec 2020 21,121 posts	Quote Pin Angus Clydesdale Probably! But you do fill it with some really nice bikes
Gobi Dec 2020 2:43pm, 16 Dec 2020 72,503 posts	Quote Pin Gobi Has 2 in it now
SteveC amid the winters snow Dec 2020 2:45pm, 16 Dec 2020 285 posts	Quote Pin SteveC amid the winters snow Unfortunately, hybrids are not taxed as electric cars in Norway. For myself for a year or two I'm half-tempted even to get an older Tesla S as this would let me do overnights to running events. The youtube channel teslabjørn used to do this but I appreciate it's not most people's idea of a camping vehicle 🙂
Gobi Dec 2020 2:51pm, 16 Dec 2020 72,504 posts	Quote Pin Gobi camping Tesla -mmmmmm
Northern Exile Dec 2020 6:06pm, 16 Dec 2020 7,176 posts	Quote Pin Northern Exile Just in case anyone ever needs it, this is the eBay ink to the "factory" waterpumps for VW Californias. I have heard of several owners who keep one as a spare: ebay.co.uk