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Post by WDB on Jan 17, 2017 7:50:48 GMT
The i3 is great for two. Back seat is a token offering, though, which may not matter for your uses. It isn't a true hybrid, even with the 'range extender' engine, which serves only as a generator. That presumably won't concern you, but the poor space efficiency may be, for a car that's not as small as its proportions suggest.
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Post by Alanović on Jan 17, 2017 10:43:25 GMT
Why not just hire a car when you dad needs it? And keep the E350CDI for yourself? Otherwise I like the idea of the Mercedes QX30. Well it's an A-Class underneath isn't it. Is it? I had no idea. I had assumed it was a Nissan Pulsar underneath. Is the Pulsar related?
I'm a bit mystified at Espada's approach to prestige and image - a Renault is fine but an Infiniti is not? Huh? It's obviously an important factor in your thinking Espada, how come Renault scores so highly for you? It's just a mass market brand, surely?
A Merc B Class is 'meh' but a Renault Captur isn't? Not quite getting that. I was in a B Class taxi in Croatia recently, I was quietly impressed.
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Post by Alanović on Jan 17, 2017 10:46:17 GMT
The 0.9L Captur with 85bhp manual was adequate so 120bhp auto should be fine in the Captur. Hybrid? Hmmmm that might work. Must do some research. BMW i3? Hybrid, eh?
Lexus hatchback thing, the one Kylie Minogue drives. CT, is it?
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Post by Humph on Jan 17, 2017 11:43:28 GMT
You can't define meh or indeed cool. Just just have to know, instinctively. 😎
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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2017 16:27:11 GMT
I bought the Renault as a temporary car for me so my son had a car he could practice to drive on. When son passed driving test the car was passed on to a staff member for whom image is less important - in fact a less 'fancy' car the better. Good car though and in a higher spec and with a trick paint job might suit me as long as the car was frequently replaced. A five year old E350 is fine, but five year old Renault is not.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2017 17:46:29 GMT
If you wish to drive older/cheaper cars, and I usually do, and you will drive them places for business meetings, and I usually do, the trick is to make sure its a car that it is apparent you chose rather than that you got stuck with.
So a 10 year old Astra can be a mistake, whereas a 30 year old Astra would not be.
This is also why washing a car is usually mistake. It makes people think you're proud of it and showing off. Nothing cooler than a long term muddy Bentley.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 17, 2017 20:14:57 GMT
That's very true. Some of my fellow surveyors drive old Shoguns or equivalent. They have no real need of the 4x4 capability but welcome the space and reliability and the lack of need to upgrade frequently. I could easily go back to my 2005 Outback - they still look good, in fact I would jump at the chance to go back to my 2003 Forester XT. That was such a comfortable car. Armchair like front seats and a great driving position. hmmm..........autotrader.....
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Post by Rob on Jan 17, 2017 20:33:09 GMT
The Infinity Q30 and QX30 are Mercedes A-Class based car. The interior is largely lifted as is.
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Post by WDB on Jan 17, 2017 20:43:55 GMT
The phrase I use for what I like in a car is 'sense of occasion'. That comes in multiple forms, of course, but it generally means there's something in the way the car operates (or possibly looks or feels) that makes me glad to be travelling in it. Esp's description of his Subaru's seats fits that model, because they made driving home from work more enjoyable than it would have been in, say, a ten-year-old Astra.
It's important here that the satisfaction is entirely private. I don't have a Mercedes to impress the neighbours (just as well as it's eight years old and unlikely to impress anyone) but because it's a capable, satisfying machine to travel in - and this one has taken us on some of our best adventures as a family. It doesn't get washed and waxed every Sunday because it's a tool, not an ornament, but it does get everything on schedule in terms of maintenance because we need it to go on working well.
I did worry when I first had it that it might be too ostentatious for my car-indifferent workplace. I needn't have worried: the few colleagues who've even noticed it recognize it as a valid choice for a long-legged family. The rest of what I like about it is nobody's business but mine.
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