Downshifting

You know, I was really distant from the passions in the automotive world. The few readers that I still have, and will notice this blog will remember my fascination with cyclic sports, and they will be right.

It all started in 2012 when I went to the BMW X3, and had great fun. Just a good car, powerful, performs its functions. But bikes! Oh and Ah! Since 2012, the number of two-wheeled vehicles has increased from one to seven. The number of cars remained the same mark – one.

In the fall of 2014, in view of certain circumstances, I have decided to sell my X3, which already ran off 100,000 km away, and bought another car. Deliberately not added it to the Drive, because the desire to write about it in detail and she simply was not there. Let's just say that the car became more and class – above. The first couple of weeks I'm even slightly happy with the purchase, but then the joy went smoothly. Yes, the car is better than what it was. That's only if I need this big and expensive car? Six months later, can give the exact answer, and it came back negative.

I began to live in the city, not him. My "standard" 100km per day was changed to 1-20, because to work you can even walk or ride a bike for 5-7 minutes. In the winter I'll be in the city and I can't very relevant super-cool four-wheel drive and other high Clarence. All went to the fact that the car has become more a burden than a source of positive emotions. It is necessary to change something.

Back to choosing a new car. Set out to find a machine cheaper, simpler, maybe even used. Number of cases that I was bursting, grew with incredible speed. Today I look at the BMW 5GT, and tomorrow of the Volkswagen Passat Variant. From the idea of the wagon had to be abandoned because of the reviews of my bride. As it turned out, the girls don't really like station wagons, but I'm still not 40 years old, and I'm not practical, a citizen of Germany. Farewell, Audi A6 and Passat. I will say more, I was pleasantly surprised by a new VW, and at some point seriously thought about buying it.

Played the old BMW X1 was too old, the Audi Q5 will soon change, the BMW X3 has been, the same X4 X3, Volvo XC60, not bad, but too soon, the GLK by, 3GT interesting, but something is wrong, and so on. I even drove the Audi A7, but later deleted it due to high prices for the 2014/2015 year.

Here I must digress. Driving I spent about 11 years old. It all started with the Skoda Favorit 1994, continued Mazda 3 2005, then you can look in my profile on this website. Each new machine was a little more expensive than the old, and always, except in the transition from 325 to 135, was a bit higher class. It is time this trend to break. Now I am sure that this decision is correct.

Mercedes Benz GLA very famously entered the short-list of candidates, and for a long time did not go there. I drove to the dealership, looked at him alive. Quite a okay. Opened the trunk, folded the rear row of seats, managed to put his bike, surprised the staff of the salon. This is now my super-test-drive the car. It turns out that road bike fit entirely in following cars: BMW 4 Gran Coupe, Audi A7, Mercedes Benz GLA. But for those various reasons, I still refused to buy these machines. Briefly: 4GC is still expensive, A7 – wrote, expensive, GLA...

Took it for a test drive. 200 CDI, front-wheel drive. For some unknown reasons, the cabin was not a single car with these stylish new buckets, instead of them standing standard. Just minus 10 points from the style. And then... Well, here you're going in this car, you know that it can not be compared with the one you have now, because it is much cheaper. Go, see, and just go. Zero emotion. Something similar to what I get from the current car, only faults a little more.

Yesterday I woke up with some wild idea in my head, and I could not to drop it. I have to swing by the dealership. I stop, look again at this car, and understand what it takes to drive through the rough roads of our city. Go for a test drive, catch unreal emotions, get pleasure from driving, and smiling. Last time this happened was at the wheel, M4 my friend Gosha (goshkin), but the car still I just don't need, and driving a Tesla, but it also goes beyond the budget. Food a little faster than usual, the smile never slipping from his face. Switch between modes, Sport – the excitement and emotions, the usual – a nice easy movement, economical – it's possible, but why? In me awoke again love affair with cars.

Head spins crazy idea "or really?". Time for one last test – roadies. Not climbed. Had to remove the front wheel, but the process is a treacherous 10 seconds, and my last argument is broken into small pieces. Say must choose with the heart. Maybe with cars right? Can spit on "usability", "efficiency", and so on? Just get the car that you enjoy driving, you're not going to complain, because just know that she's different? In normal cars you can consider these things disadvantages, and then – well, it's understandable, he's supposed to be. Great engine sound, great handling, lots of new options that were not there before. Came home, talked about his new choice to Dasha, she at first did not believe, thought I was kidding, but then he rejoiced, because also thinks this car is cool.

Yes, this is it! This is my new car, and it will be such a great downshifting at the turn of the upcoming tridtsatnik. I think motorists will not cause trouble to guess my next car. There is a high probability that I'll even add it to D2.

You only have to sell the machine, which is now taking me to the first start of the MTB season.