u/RobintehBobin

Hi all! After deciding that a ZC32s Swift Sport will be my next car, following an extremely positive test drive experience (didn't buy that particular car due to a combination of the financials, condition, and colour), I'm now on day 8 of my search for the right one.

Ignoring those who bought their Sports new (sorry guys), I'd like to know how long your search took after deciding you wanted to join this awesome club.

After making the decision to get a certain "warm hatch", I'm now officially on day 8 of waiting for the right one to pop up. I test drove an example and it was awesome, so I'm definitely going to get one. Unfortunately a combination of price, condition, and wanting to see a few others in the flesh in different colours before making my decision meant that I chose not to buy this particular example.

I'm on Autotrader several times a day now waiting for the right car to pop up on my saved search, so far to no avail.

To give me something to distract me from the search, I'd be curious to know how long it took you to find your particular enthusiast car, after having already decided on the make and model (and perhaps spec).

P.s - "enthusiast car" in this context is just really talking about any used car that you bought as a car enthusiast looking explicitly for a particular car with the purpose of driving pleasure, as opposed to something you bought more as an "appliance"/commuter. Any car can be an enthusiast car if it's bought with that purpose :)

Hi all. First of all, I want to be clear that this is meant as a positive, curious post - not a Swiss-bashing post.

Background - I'm a British guy who has a partner who lives in Switzerland, and I stayed with her in Lausanne for 20 days this month. Safe to say, I loved the place in every way!

My question comes from the fact that, whenever I read about what living in Switzerland is like online, the idea of "Swiss people are closed off and maybe not too friendly; they don't like accepting people into their groups" seems to be almost inseperable from the topic. And yet, I had the complete opposite experience.

I wouldn't call myself an extravert, as I tend to dislike being with large groups and making small talk, but I'm a lover of everything outdoorsy and I also love having in-depth conversations with strangers. I also get real value out of spending my holidays connecting with local people, and partaking in their activities when possible, wherever I am in the world.

Several times, I struck up conversation with strangers on the street, in parks, by the lake etc, and every single one of them was extremely warm and lovely to talk to. I speak French decently well (about C1), so that likely helps. But to be honest, everyone I met was incredibly kind and friendly, including even offering to go out and do things together and make friends. Without meaning to get too cheesy, I actually found it heart-warming quite how nice people were.

So this brings me to my question - is this a French-speaking side of Switzerland thing? Are the people in the other parts of the country less hospitable? Is the whole "Swiss people are closed off" thing a myth? Am I just the perfect type of person for this country?

I am genuinely curious, so I'd love to hear anybody's experiences.

Hi all.

I'm completely alone today in Lausanne on the last full day of my visit here (long story), and want to do something so I'm not just sat around feeling sad and lonely, especially on a public holiday where everyone is outside enjoying themselves with friends.

Any recommendations?

I desperately want to get out on the lake somehow as for me being on the water anywhere in the world is my peace and happiness. Any suggestions for water related activities or otherwise are welcome.

Hi all.

I'm staying in Lausanne for a couple of weeks and I'm trying to plan a hiking day trip. I'd love to do a hike that features nice alpine/mountain views (lake views welcome too), but without being above the snowline as obviously there's a fair bit of snow around the higher peaks still.

I'm a fairly experienced hiker, having done dozens of day hikes up mountains in the UK, wildcamped, done a 7 day trek etc - so I'm competent enough to know my limits, navigate, understand what to pack, plan for weather, and know how to generally stay safe. I just don't really know where to start when it comes to looking for where to hike here. An idealistic situation would be to be able to get a mountain train up to c.1000m (or whatever's a good few hundred metres below the snow line), then be able to wander around for 4-5h on signed routes.

I'm not looking for technical ridgelines or snow stuff as I don't have the correct equipment etc, but I'd also like something a little more "lofty" than somewhere like the Valaux vineyards.

Is there anywhere where I could access something like this within an easy day trip distance from Lausanne (using public transport)? Anyone have any suggestions for similar ideas that might be fun?