u/Pale-Revolution-5151

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Basically want a car that has a premium field and will be driven on the highway in Europe at 80mph/130kmph.

My budget is 15,000 euros and I can get a 10-12 year old old C class or a 8-10 year old Golf but I am afraid both might be money pits.

They will be at 80,000-120,000 miles and I wonder if kept for 5-7 years and driven 6000-8000 miles per year only on the highway. I could buy a Corolla or Hond but they won't have the premium feel and might be too loud at that speed and feel even the slightest bump of the highway (here in Eastern Europe there are a lot of those). The Octavia is too long I want a shorter car.

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Basically I am a man in my 30s. I have never had a real girlfriend more than a few school well we won't say they were relationships back then. In my 20s I studied/worked in 3 different countries Wester Europe and 2 years ago moved back to Zagreb.

The issue is until now I focused on work and study and building wealth which helped me (and with some parents help) buy a flat. Now the next big thing is a relationship.

The thing is I am not sure I trust women. Maybe its because of Internet brainwash or maybe because my parents divorced I have this idea that women only want a man for his money, take what they can in a divorce and leave him for someone else(although it didn't happen like that in my parents divorce as they just separated each keeping their own assets and after that none of them started another family).

Maybe this fear that either I won't find someone and get my heart broken or find someone for a while, start dating or start a family and be left makes me distrust women.

Depsite knowing close family and friends who are in great families and love each other and have made beautiful families I am skeptical it will happen to me.

Maybe generally I am an insecure person despite being well off financially and educated and good looking I have this inner feeling life and women will duck me, thus stop myself from being confident to flirt. So I wonder will I ever change will I ever first believe that there are woman out there who have morals like I do (I won't cheat or use someone for money as I make enough and am a modest person generally and this is why I am able to save and invest) because I know there are (its not like I am a superior being or something) but I don't know if I will find them as quality people nowadays are rare.

Would you say my upbringing is the fault? I don't know where my desire to look at the worst scenario possible comes from really?

2025 Mazda 3 vs Civic , GR Corrola, BMW 3 series, Peugeot 308, regular Golf, C class, A3, Porshe 718.

I don't care much about straight line performance but want a car that is good on a twisty road and the Moose test is the best predictor.

2025 Civic Hybrid vs Mazda 3, Mazda Miata , GR Corrola, BMW 3 series, Peugeot 308, regular Golf, C class, A3, Porshe 718.

I don't care much about straight line performance but want a car that is good on a twisty road and the Moose test is the best predictor

2025 Civic Hybrid vs Mazda 3, Mazda Miata , GR Corrola, BMW 3 series, Peugeot 308, regular Golf, C class, A3, Porshe 718.

I don't care much about straight line performance but want a car that is good on a twisty road and the Moose test is the best predictor

I am choosing between the comfort and space on a 5-7 year old premium German car and the sporty feel of a new Mazda (I won't trust an old 3 series). It seems illogical for the X5 to be better at corners but what about the 5 series wagon despite being half a ton heavier than the Mazda. Unfortunately the 5 series sedan even second hand is too expensive.

As a 30 year old man who has his life together - nice job, hobbies, paid off an apartment I feel men in my position who enjoy the single life and dont want to be involved in the dating scene as it seems like a lot of effort with very little added benefit to well being I feel the weight of being blamed for it. The initial reason why I was motivated to build a life was to attract a woman, but not that I did it and the decade spent single has made me appreciate a piecefull life at my own pace.

Men are blamed for living their best life, focusing on money and themselves but when women do that they are celebrated for being independent. Although traditionally men make the first move nowadays women are equally as free to do so, which implies that they have the same role in the lack of dating in the West.

Basically want a car I will drive a few times per year on long highway drives - 6000 miles/10,000 km per year and 80% of them on 10-12 two way trips with very rare occasions driving in town. I plan to put 30,000-50,000 miles/50,000-80,000km and sell it. Ideally I don't plan to drive faster than 70-75mph on the highway and want a planted car that is also quiet.

Although here in EU Audis and BMWs are very popular second hand I think the Japanese will age better. The things is the Lexus is 50%ish more expensive (Lexus is around 20,000 euros which is a little over budget while I can get a Mazda 3 for 12,000-15,000 euros) than the Mazda 3 hatch and I wonder will be it be this more comfortable and some have had issues with rust which might be a US things as here is Europe firstly we don't have snowy winters and I am not sure they put as much salt on the road.

The alternative is an Octavia which is also popular here but its bigger and I don't think it will be as fun as the other 2.

Basically want a car I will drive a few times per year on long highway drives - 6000 miles/10,000 km per year and 80% of them on 10-12 two way trips with very rare occasions driving in town.

The thing is I wonder will it have some electric faults considering its will be a roughly 10 year old car with 80,000-120,000 miles/150,000-200,000km on it and I plan to put 30,000-50,000 miles/50,000-80,000km more.

I know in the US people drive them until they reach a quarter of a million miles but I wonder considering I am in the EU will repair be more expensive.

The alternative is an Octavia but its bigger and I don't think it will be as fun. Mazda 3 is also fun but I am afraid of reliability and rust.

Basically want a car I will drive a few times per year on long highway drives - 6000 miles/10,000 km per year and 80% of them on 10-12 two way trips with very rare occasions driving in town.

The thing is I wonder will it have some electric faults considering its will be a roughly 10 year old car with 80,000-120,000 miles/150,000-200,000km on it and I plan to put 30,000-50,000 miles/50,000-80,000km more.

I know in the US people drive them until they reach a quarter of a million miles but I wonder considering I am in the EU will repair be more expensive.

The alternative is an Octavia but its bigger and I don't think it will be as fun. Mazda 3 is also fun but I am afraid of reliability and rust.

Basically want a motorway cruiser comfortable at 70mph. The Suberb or Passat or a 5 series are a good choice, but they might be a little expensive out of warranty so I wonder how much better (more comfortable) are they compared to a Toyota or Honda and is the expected extra maintenance cost worth it? I am looking for 2020+ models of the two I would like an IS hybrid as well but the newest I can afford is 2016 and driving a 10 year old premium car for 5 years might not be the best.

I a 30 year old man and studied in Germany from 19 to 24 after I returned to Croatia in this time I

Bought and fully repaid a one bedroom apartment (with help of parents)

Build an have a emergency fund equal to an average yearly salary in addition to a small but diversified portfolio which I will grow on the coming years now that I don't need to make down payments

Also started working out more seriously and became fitter than before lifting weight, mountain and road biking (semi competitively)

But I haven't built a friend circle. Also I find it hard to find dates and make women attracted to me and I haven't been intimate with a woman for years which feels bad.

A woman from my school who I was in love with but never told also went to study in Germany but she stayed until now and recently returned. I unfortunately haven't met someone that I liked in these 11 years and think about her a couple of times a month. When I saw her LinkedIn I saw that she found a job in my city.

This makes me feel sad firstly as she returned after having her fun 20s in Germany while I lived modestly so I can afford an apartment. She is a 7/10 (despite in my eyes being 10/10) so she will just get a man with an apartment as she is social and outgoing. And maybe that men will be taller than me she is 5'8 and I am 5'10 and she always had preference for taller men. Maybe she will date someone 6'2 like Henry Cavill.

Part of me wants to go on a date with her but part of me knows the truth - I am attracted to her only because she is beautiful for me I really don't think our personalities will match the slightest in a LTR which at the end is what I am after yet her looks and the fact that I didn't confess my feelings and kept them hidden in the years we went to school together are enough for me to think about her even after 11 years. I know this is sad but I think if I see her with someone else I will feel like a failure because she could in a span of an year let's say achieve (relationship plus apartment what took me 6 years)

I know men and women play a different game yet why didnt she stay in Germany (maybe she wanted and is miserable idk) so I don't get to see her ever. Part of me doesn't want a relationship because it won't be fair for the other women to still be in love with my crush. Will I ever forget her? In whole honesty we are not right for each other.

I am a 30 year old man and studied in Germany from 19 to 24 after I returned to Croatia in this time I

Bought and fully repaid a one bedroom apartment (with help of parents)

Build an have a emergency fund equal to an average yearly salary in addition to a small but diversified portfolio which I will grow on the coming years now that I don't need to make down payments

Also started working out more seriously and became fitter than before lifting weight, mountain and road biking (semi competitively)

But I haven't built a friend circle. Also I find it hard to find dates and make women attracted to me and I haven't been intimate with a woman for years which feels bad.

A woman from my school who I was in love with but never told also went to study in Germany but she stayed until now and recently returned. I unfortunately haven't met someone that I liked in these 11 years and think about her a couple of times a month. When I saw her LinkedIn I saw that she found a job in my city.

This makes me feel sad firstly as she returned after having her fun 20s in Germany while I lived modestly so I can afford an apartment. She is a 7/10 (despite in my eyes being 10/10) so she will just get a man with an apartment as she is social and outgoing.

Part of me wants to go on a date with her but part of me knows the truth - I am attracted to her only because she is beautiful for me I really don't think our personalities will match the slightest yet her looks and the fact that I didn't confess my feelings and kept them hidden in the years we went to school together are enough for me to think about her even after 11 years. I know this is sad but I think if I see her with someone else I will feel like a failure because she could in a span of an year let's say achieve (relationship plus apartment what took me 6 years)

I know men and women play a different game yet why didnt she stay in Germany (maybe she wanted and is miserable idk) so I don't get to see her ever. Part of me doesn't want a relationship because it won't be fair for the other women to still be in love with my crush. Will I ever forget her?

As a 30 year old man I don't do bad in life.

I recently fully repaid a one bedroom apartment (with help of parents)

I have a emergency fund equal to an average yearly salary in addition to a small buy diversified portfolio which I will grow on the coming years now that I don't need to make down payments

Have a sense of style and always dress smart - not over the top but in a shirt and nice fitting pants not like some coworkers of mine who go to our white collar workplace with a graphic T-shirt and baggy jeans

Work out - lift weight, mountain and road bike (semi competitively unfortunately male dominated) and thus am fit

Yet I find it hard to be funny around women and might come off as boring or awkward when I first meet them like when I am introduced by someone

Also, depite knowing that it won't lead to anything if I smile I find it hard to smile when I meet eyes on the subway or the street. Sometimes I look at a woman walking across me and she smiles nicely but I feel like my face turn to stone and I can't move my lips to smile and then ather that brief moment is gone and she is behind me I hate myself for not smiling back.

Maybe I don't smile because truly I am a low confidence miserable person who hates himself. But objectively I am doing way better than many men - how to be confident and happy for what I have even if it's not everything I want (a girlfriend).

As a 30 year old man I don't do bad in life.

I recently fully repaid a one bedroom apartment (with help of parents)

I have a emergency fund equal to an average yearly salary in addition to a small buy diversified portfolio which I will grow on the coming years now that I don't need to make down payments

Have a sense of style and always dress smart - not over the top but in a shirt and nice fitting pants not like some coworkers of mine who go to our white collar workplace with a graphic T-shirt and baggy jeans

Work out - lift weight, mountain and road bike (semi competitively unfortunately male dominated) and thus am fit

Yet I find it hard to be funny around women and might come off as boring or awkward when I first meet them like when I am introduced by someone

Also, depite knowing that it won't lead to anything if I smile I find it hard to smile when I meet eyes on the subway or the street. Sometimes I look at a woman walking across me and she smiles nicely but I feel like my face turn to stone and I can't move my lips to smile and then ather that brief moment is gone and she is behind me I hate myself for not smiling back.

Maybe I don't smile because truly I am a low confidence miserable person who hates himself. But objectively I am doing way better than many men - how to be confident and happy for what I have even if it's not everything I want (a girlfriend) and make talking to women and dating easier than it is now when I have little confidence and a awkward.

As a 30 year old man I don't do bad in life.

I recently fully repaid a one bedroom apartment (with help of parents)

I have a emergency fund equal to an average yearly salary in addition to a small buy diversified portfolio which I will grow on the coming years now that I don't need to make down payments

Have a sense of style and always dress smart - not over the top but in a shirt and nice fitting pants not like some coworkers of mine who go to our white collar workplace with a graphic T-shirt and baggy jeans

Work out - lift weight, mountain and road bike (semi competitively unfortunately male dominated) and thus am fit

Yet I find it hard to be funny around women and might come off as boring or awkward when I first meet them like when I am introduced by someone

Also, depite knowing that it won't lead to anything if I smile I find it hard to smile when I meet eyes on the subway or the street. Sometimes I look at a woman walking across me and she smiles nicely but I feel like my face turn to stone and I can't move my lips to smile and then ather that brief moment is gone and she is behind me I hate myself for not smiling back.

Maybe I don't smile because truly I am a low confidence miserable person who hates himself. But objectively I am doing way better than many men - how to be confident and happy for what I have even if it's not everything I want (a girlfriend).

Either with a different combination of the existing tools of with new tool/tools.

The last introduced was the Jetsetter if I am not mistaken (the S Alox just has the same tools) and that was a while ago. Didn't Victorinox introduce new 58mm more often in the past.

Most of the competition - 3 series, Fabia, Golf offer turbocharged engines. Would you say hopefully Mazda will keep its course and not put turbos on everything?

Also, would you say I am correct at thinking that a NA engine is better at constant highway cruising at 75-80mph?

Need a car for mostly highway cruising as my home town is 400km/250 miles away at the speed limit is 130kmph/80mph. Will drive 6000 miles/10,000 km per year 80% highway.

The car will have 80,000-100,000 miles on the odometer when bought and will be driven for 60,000 more miles mostly highway as I will drive the family electric car in the city.

It will be E200 petrol as there are restrictions for diesels in the center of my city.

I live in Europe and want to buy a small sedan for myself second hand ideally at around 5-7 years and 60,000 miles/100,000km which I will plan to keep at least as long and drive the same distance. Octavias are super popular but buying a second hand DSG is a little tricky. The thing is the car will be driven 80% of the time on the highway and less in the city and I think the Octavia will be more comfortable when it comes to less vibration and wind noise at 75mph/120kmph.

Then there is the Lexus which is super expensive second hand (for 20,000 euros all I can get is a 2017NX) and there are very few Acuras.

So what about other manufacturers like Mazda, Subaru, Kia/Huyindai, Renault, Peugeot?