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Interesting Vehicles & Transportation

Saturday, June 14th, 2008

I have had this post in the works for a while now and I finally thought it was time to get it out here. This post contains pictures of some of the interesting vehicles that I have come across so far in my time in Norway. I took some of these pictures to show how things are the same and also to show how they are different.

Some things that are the same would include:

* Harleys are a very popular motorcycle here

* People with families like to drive minivans

* People do like to drive cars that are similar in size to what we have in the U.S…. they are not all micro machines

* The hells angels are in Trondheim

* People like to cruise in their classic cars. These are mostly American, but, there are some old Volvos and Opels around too

Some things that are different:

* Even the American vehicles have different available options, for example, a diesel powered Chrysler minivan or a Chrysler minivan with a 5 speed manual transmission. Neither have been offered in the U.S. to my knowledge

* Some people drive extremely small cars

* There are small wooden ferry boats that cross the narrow part of the harbor between two or three different restaurants/pubs

* Gas costs around $10.02 per gallon

* There is a sweet bike lift in old town for people to use. You put in your money and a small metal peddle comes out of the dispenser. While sitting on your bike you then place your foot against the peddle and get pushed up the steep hill. This is a beast of a hill so it might come in handy. I haven’t seen any one use it yet though.

Check the pictures to see for your self! As always, click on them to get the full view.

Corvette Club Of Norway

Saturday, June 7th, 2008

Today was also the Corvette Club of Norway’s rally in Trondheim. We got to see many different cars ranging from some of the very first to the latest Z06 models. Check out the pictures in the gallery below for a taste of what we saw and click on the pictures to get the full size view.