Avant
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Post by Avant on Apr 27, 2018 16:21:37 GMT
Maybe Opel's badging is different from Vauxhall's. The Peugeot 3008 looks a better bet, although personally I wouldn't have a car where you have to prod a touchscreen several times just to alter the temperature in the car.
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Post by tyrednexited on Apr 27, 2018 16:25:41 GMT
...both the Crossland and the Grandland available in DK (as Opel). The former is 1.2 NA/5G, and the latter 1.2 Turbo/6G (in all guises).
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Post by dixinormus on Apr 28, 2018 6:17:51 GMT
Ooops. Yep! Guilty as charged, Tyred...!
I blame it on the jetlag..!
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Post by dixinormus on Apr 28, 2018 6:22:52 GMT
Damn silly names, in my defence. What next: a budget model called the Poundland?!
Although I am pretty impressed that a 1.2 n/a 3-cylinder petrol offering 81 bhp can pull the lump along as well as it does. Let's see how thirsty it is on the lengthy motorway jaunt to Oslo on Monday...
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Post by tyrednexited on Apr 28, 2018 7:55:22 GMT
Damn silly names, in my defence. What next: a budget model called the Poundland?! .....an electric version called Neverland.........?
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Post by dixinormus on Apr 29, 2018 18:29:29 GMT
Damn Makes-me-Crossland wouldn't start this afternoon. Bah. Push button starter, engine wouldn't fire. Nothing. Called the breakdown service. Tried it again 15 mins later and it started. Grrr. So is it a one-off or an intermittent fault that will return in the coming days...?
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Post by Humph on Apr 29, 2018 19:02:32 GMT
It's a Vauxhall, something will break or fall off.
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Post by tyrednexited on Apr 29, 2018 19:23:37 GMT
It's a Vauxhall, something will break or fall off. ....I think it's the Vauxhall Greenland that does that..........
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Post by Deleted on Apr 29, 2018 20:01:14 GMT
Do you need to press the clutch or brake pedal when turning the key pressing the button?
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Post by dixinormus on May 4, 2018 11:13:53 GMT
Yes - press both brake and clutch to start. But it didn't. Software hiccup of some kind I guess. It's behaved itself since then.
600km to Oslo in 6 hours, wonderful roads, apart from the surface water in the driving rain around Gothenburg. I was glad to have winter tyres on, although who's to say they make any difference at all in pouring rain..?!
Crossland X certainly doesn't like Crosswinds though... very twitchy.
Also starts to guzzle fuel at sustained motorway speeds.
Not a car for me!
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Post by dixinormus on May 28, 2018 8:42:16 GMT
Next up: 2 forthcoming days behind the wheel of another non-Corolla!
This time it's a Ford Ecosport. First impressions not fantastic. How do you open that huge side-hinged tailgate in the dark on a cold wet night? Had me stumped.
Steering wheel is hard cheap plastic, haven't handled anything so nasty in a car for years. Engine is petrol, gearbox automatic, but show it a hill and they don't seem to get on with each other... Lots of shouty revs but nothing happens. And they call this an upgrade Sir?!
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Post by Deleted on May 28, 2018 11:47:28 GMT
That's my experience of most rental cars. Not enough torque; or far less than we are used to with our turbocharged engines.
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Post by Deleted on May 28, 2018 18:59:49 GMT
I had an Ecosport rental in Cologne a few months ago. The tailgate had me stumped for a while too.
It was a diesel manual but still struggled on the autobahn. Nasty plastics in the interior, almost as nasty as my Camaro, bugger all luggage space and the leather seats must have come from a warthog.
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Post by Deleted on May 28, 2018 21:18:11 GMT
I had an Ecosport rental in Cologne a few months ago. The tailgate had me stumped for a while too. It was a diesel manual but still struggled on the autobahn. Nasty plastics in the interior, almost as nasty as my Camaro, bugger all luggage space and the leather seats must have come from a warthog. At least they would be hard wearing.....
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Post by dixinormus on May 28, 2018 21:21:29 GMT
No leather in this rental! Looking forward* to my 250 miles drive this afternoon. At least the heater works, it's only 5 degs C down here in the antipodean winter!
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