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Delivered in Gouda, the Netherlands !

Discussion in 'Gen 2 Prius Main Forum' started by Arnold, Mar 20, 2004.

  1. Arnold

    Arnold +AT+SR

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    Ordered 11 February, delivered 19 March, a Platinum Silver Prius, 'standard' edition. There are just two editions, 'standard' and 'business' in this country. Business is about your package #9, without HID headlights (not available here). Standard is about your package #3, but does include VSC. Both have EV-button. 600 of the 1000 Prius'es allotted to Holland have already been sold in the first 6 weeks. According to my dealer new orders will have to wait for delivery in next January.
    There is a large tax-incentive here to go hybrid (for Honda Civic IMA as well): in Holland 25% tax is added to the base price on personal cars (not on commercial cars). Hybrid cars are exempt of this so-called BPM. This can be upto euro 7660. On top of that we have the normal value added tax (sale tax) of 19%.
    It feels exciting, somewhat like getting my first car, 39 years back, as a student on the University of Utrecht. This is now my 11th car, and I have had cars in all sizes, starting from my first 2 cylinder Citroen 2CV, up to the full-size Ford Galaxy 500 XL, which I drove 25 years ago while working as a post-doc at Texas A&M University for two years. In the mean time I must have driven a million miles.
    My last car, a Peugeot 306 diesel, was excellent, did better than 40 mpg over its total 223000 km (139000 miles). Hopefully this Prius will not disappoint me either. I am in love with it now anyway.
     
    #1 Arnold, Mar 20, 2004
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    congrats on your car! ive had mine a week and loveit!. is your town named after the famous cheese?
    fred
     
    #2 fred, Mar 20, 2004
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    Arnold +AT+SR

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    Yes, Gouda cheese must be the worldwide most imitated type of cheese. In Texas we got it made in Wisconsin. Try the real thing, matured for for more than half a year !
    Gouda is also known for the painted glas windows in the medieval church.
     
    #3 Arnold, Mar 20, 2004
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    Is the correct pronounciation "Howda"?

    Don't be dissin Wisconsin cheese...

    Brian
    "Eat cheese or die" - proposed Wisconsin licence plate slogan
    "Oh, what a friend we have in cheeses"
     
    #4 N9IWP, Mar 20, 2004
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    Gotta dis it a bit :) What is with the strange orange color of your Cheddar? If something that color came out of a cow, I think it would have to be put down! ;-)
     
    #5 bruceha_2000, Mar 20, 2004
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    FANTASTIC!!!
     
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    Hardstikke fijn man! Ook Hilversum mag binnenkort een Prius verwachten. :p
    OR: Great Man! Also Hilversum (the radio and television town in the backyard of Amsterdam) expered a Prius soon. :mrgreen:
     
    #7 Roland, Mar 29, 2004
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    The cheese is named after the town, I visited there in 1956. For a little money they let you wear the traditional cheese carriers get-up for a photo. Do you know which cheese is MADE backwards?












    EDAM
     
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    Sorry
     
    #9 ammiels, Mar 30, 2004
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    Hoera!! (Hurray)

    Gefeliciteerd! :) (Congratulations)

    And BPM is not 25%, but 45.2%. This is applied to the net catalogue price. When BPM is added a correction is applied ( EUR 1540 is deducted for petrol engine cars and EUR 328 is added for diesel cars). And after that the 19% VAT is applied... :x

    I ordered my Prius at the beginning of March and it should arrive in August or September, although it could be a bit later :?
     
    #10 Batavier, Mar 30, 2004
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