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Post by Rob on Apr 4, 2018 23:56:13 GMT
Security for the luggage compartment in my old Passat in 2000 was good. Seat backs could be locked with the key. Since then all saloons (and hatchbacks) I've had you could access the boot via the rear seats.
On paper the boot of the Passat CC was fairly good and I could fit a lot in it. The boot on the Superb is a lot bigger and more useable. The estate would take more but the hatchback is very good. Some tip runs coming up this weekend.
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Post by WDB on Apr 5, 2018 6:41:53 GMT
A saloon with a rear bulkhead is always going to offer better isolation from the boot area and outside. Probably a bit more structural rigidity in theory. But modern saloons have folding rear seats, so they’re structurally the same as hatches anyway. My two saloons both had the seat releases in the boot, so there was a benefit in physical, as well as visual, security. Incidentally, I love the folding mechanism in the CLS: pull the release lever inside the tailgate - where you’ll be when you realize you need the space - and the seat back flops onto the base. Simple.
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Post by Rob on Apr 5, 2018 17:31:51 GMT
>> But modern saloons have folding rear seats, so they’re structurally the same as hatches anyway.
But the fixed parcel shelf will make a small difference on some cars. It's also useful for locating some of the rear speakers.
I quite like the huge boot on the Superb hatchback (some refer to it as a saloon though.... probably due to the look). It is a better looking car than a Passat saloon and I don't particularly like estates.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 10, 2018 9:06:00 GMT
Handed the Sentra back last night. Almost 1,000km in two weeks and got about 34mpg, generally with four people in the car, lots of motorway but also nose to tail traffic in towns. Imagine driving though central London at rush hour and then immediately joiing a dual carriageway with speeds of 60mph.
Really good sized boot (I really like cars which seem to have been designed as both hatchback and saloon as the saloon boot is always very big and well shaped), comfortable seats, decent performance and reasonable economy. Pity about the things I thought were poor.
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Post by dixinormus on Apr 18, 2018 0:15:04 GMT
So yesterday's rental car here in NZ was... a Toyota Corolla. What a surprise.
Had a bigger surprise after driving it in to town and parking it... one of the door locks didn't work! Tried with the plipper and by putting the key in the lock, but nonetheless one of the back doors was clearly not locking... So that's my luggage well and truly secured for the day then NOT!
Corolla was exchanged a few hours later for a Holden Cruze liftback. Sheesh. Vaguely based on a 15-year old Daewoo platform I think. Would rather have kept the Corolla and taken a chance with my luggage going walkies I think. Hey, at least they couldn't steal my laptop 😩😜
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Post by dixinormus on Apr 26, 2018 22:50:16 GMT
2 weeks in Denmark, and the rental wheels from Avis is an... Opel Grandland X. Not a Mokka, similar but bigger. No idea if the X suffix is important... Petrol, manual, 5-speed but could do with a sixth.
Anyway, a lot more spacious than the Polo I'd booked.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 27, 2018 5:04:00 GMT
New model. Probably based upon the Peugeot 3007 and think it was rushed out to gain market share when PSA purchased GM Europe. Rather a dull exterior design...
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Post by WDB on Apr 27, 2018 8:35:46 GMT
Does anyone see the posters (not sure I've ever seen the car itself) and not think 'Vauxhall Grandad'?
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Post by Humph on Apr 27, 2018 8:40:06 GMT
I just thought “ho hum, yet another mummy truck”
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Post by dixinormus on Apr 27, 2018 8:57:22 GMT
Apparently it's a Qashqai rival... allegedly has a 1.2 petrol turbocharged engine and a 6-speed box. Must go outside and check mine again, was sure it was only a 5-speed yesterday 😝😜. Oh well only 40 motorway miles driven so far..!
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Post by tyrednexited on Apr 27, 2018 9:05:11 GMT
...the "X" is significant...... ......it denotes the deletion of 6th gear....
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Post by Alanović on Apr 27, 2018 9:34:24 GMT
I just thought “ho hum, yet another mummy truck” There were adverts on billboards when it was launched saying the car was for "Pyjama Mammas", i.e. women who drive their children to school in their pyjamas (the women, not the children). Yes, that's a thing, and apparently, according to Vauxhall marketing, it's a thing to be celebrated and honoured.
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Post by WDB on Apr 27, 2018 10:00:55 GMT
...the "X" is significant...... ......it denotes the deletion of 6th gear.... In that case, wouldn't a V be more appropriate?
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Post by dixinormus on Apr 27, 2018 15:51:14 GMT
Well mine definitely has a 5-speed manual gearbox. Which is odd because every website I look at states that there's either a 1.2 petrol 6-speed manual version or a diesel 6-speed manual version.
So have I got the only petrol 5-speed model in the world..?!
Feel pretty sure that mine's not turbocharged either. Odd.
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Post by tyrednexited on Apr 27, 2018 16:15:42 GMT
....well, the Crossland X is 1.2 normally aspirated, 5 gear manual....... Are you sure it hasn't got the wrong badge (or perhaps you should have gone to Specsavers....... )
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