[elhigh]

Hi and welcome. One of the mods will be along shortly to give you a more official welcome than mine.

Forgive me if I'm misrecalling, but isn't the Netherlands really bicycle friendly? I'm not trying to pee on your plans, just saying that if that is the case, it would have to be one long commute before I looked at getting a car.

I used to commute about five miles each way and by bike it was nothing, maybe a half-hour ride. Much longer than that, or hot or very cold weather and the car wins, but otherwise...

I'm not familiar at all with any Euro-specific specifications on the Corolla. In fact some models branded Corolla in Europe aren't even what we get in the States as Corollas - different cars.