But no car is pointless if the owner enjoys it, for whatever reason. And that, my friends, is why none of your opinions matter in the end. It’s personal choice, and personal choice seems to be driving manufacturers all down the trends of cars that I’d not touch with a bargepole, but it seems lots of people like them.

@aracer no my main transport is an S65, but I also have a RRS for knocking about in, that should raise your hackles a bit 🙂

Seems to me the only pointless thing to have is an opinion. So I’m getting rid of mine.

Our chairman has an s65, very much an old chaps car I would have thought. V12 does sound fantastic but you would expect that for £150k+ of car. Is it silver?

Although he would never go near something as common as a range rover sport, he leaves that for the management trying to outdo each other in the car park.

I drive this, just to really piss everybody off 🙂

http://www.carsquick.info/wp-content/uploads/2011/09/2010_Ford_F-150_SVT_Raptor.jpg

@amedias but that’s not right – an x6m is quicker round a track than most 911s or Astons

A Cayenne Turbo is quicker round a track than a Lotus Exige but you could still get 5 adults and a couple of dogs in the boot.

If you go by those 4 cars Nurburgring lap times (as thats a pretty good benchmark) then you’re wrong on both counts there!

clubber – Member

yeah, but you’re a **** KT Case proven.

Can’t argue with that.

Does anyone on here actually drive an X6?

I’d never buy one, not necessarily cos I think it’s ugly (I could live with the way it looks), but because I don’t see the point in owning a car that big which can still only seat 5 people.

There is a lowered x6 which I often see being driven around Bradford. I often wonder about the point of that.

There is a lowered x6 which I often see being driven around Bradford. I often wonder about the point of that.

So it is that little bit more hidden from general view?

I’m sorry, but i actually do like the look of most of the aforementioned vehicles (with the exception of the mini and the kia). Great big “soft roaders” like the X6, Q7, Cayenne etc are superb for long journeys with lots of stuff and if you decide to give it the beans every now and then, you can. My wife has a new Jeep Grand Cherokee with a 5.7 hemi and my mother-in-law has a Volvo XC60 and they are both reasonable to drive but very comfortable and over-take like rocket-ships. We travel dirt roads, mud, snow, 1000mi road trips and i very much doubt any of us will own a regular car again…

Great big “soft roaders” like the X6, Q7, Cayenne etc are superb for long journeys with lots of stuff and if you decide to give it the beans every now and then, you can. My wife has a new Jeep Grand Cherokee with a 5.7 hemi and my mother-in-law has a Volvo XC60 and they are both reasonable to drive but very comfortable and over-take like rocket-ships. We travel dirt roads, mud, snow, 1000mi road trips and i very much doubt any of us will own a regular car again…

But cars like A6 Quattros are able to match all the above for the vast majority of the time but with the added benefit of looking like a normal car.

Tell you what then m_f, you drive your A6 and let them drive whatever they want.

It’s the pink tigra you nearly bought that I couldn’t see the point of. 😛

But cars like A6 Quattros are able to match all the above for the vast majority of the time but with the added benefit of looking like a normal car.

It’s not about the looks, it’s the comfort of these cars, of which more upright seat position is one thing. I like driving wife’s “olympic -edition” sporty VAG but actually prefer my Scenic for most of time due comfort (don’t like sitting the road). I’d love to get something else which include all the good things about the Scenic along with quality, power and proper chassis & steering but something like that would cost 2-3 times as much.

Hmmm, as a follow up to this “debate” can I pose another related question to the STW automotive exeperts…

If cost and practicality were of no concern what car would you have then?

My own choice would have to be a caterham seven of some sort..

To my eyes, as a designer in a past life, I find all BMW’s truly ugly. Audi’s I love, because I like the clean, understated lines, especially the A5, which to me is flawless. A great fast tourer, and the car I would be handing over cash for if the lottery coughed up. I actually like the Kia Soul, as a small, spacy town runabout it works very well. Reminds me very much of the Citrôen Ami 8.
Saw one of those new Mini Coupé’s the other day; deary, deary me. What an ugly car.
And I find all new Minis pointless anyway; bigger than the original, but less internal space. Hello? The point of that is?
I do tend to like coupé’s though, I loved my Puma, less room for a bike than the Fiesta, but so much damned fun to drive.

wife’s “olympic -edition” sporty VAG

😆

I love the Kia Souls would have one in a heartbeat if the missus would let me.

Think BMW have really lost there way design wise,X1,X3,X6 new 5 Series all either dull or plug ugly.
New 3 Series looks alright ,New 1 series pretty dull too.
Dont get me started on the Mini family.

wife has had her new Kia Soul for 2 weeks now and lovin it 😀

Think you’re hard?
Get up Burrington Coombe in under 7:20 on a bike then.

And, I bet you’re better than them at World of Warcraft. Bloody losers….

my main transport is an S65, but I also have a RRS for knocking about in, that should raise your hackles a bit

I couldn’t care less, but it explains why you think being able to afford such cars is such a big deal.

Money no object and no guilt about fuel economy, either this

or this

Both reasonably practical, both awesome.

That looks like a 911 cut n shunted with a Capri..!

Each to their own and all that.

Interesting:

Those who don’t actually like driving buy Audis.

Those who need reassurance buy BMWs.

Those who can’t drive at all buy Range Rovers.

Those who are into mythology buy Porsches.

Those who wish to despoil the past buy Mercedes.

Me? I’ve got a Fiat, because I’m an optimist 😀

Panamera’s in the flesh look really good IMO, a lot better than most people’s cars.

The X6 is essentially a rich boys ‘Barry boy’ car. Its utterly pointless to the majority of people but for some people it just pushes the right buttons , practicalities disregarded. Like those people that spend £20k upgrading their Corsa’s, totally pointless in many ways and they know it, but they don’t care, its what they want to do.

corroded – Member
I’d have to nominate a ‘fully-loaded’ sports ute

Ah, you’re down my way at the moment aren’t you, Corroded? In which case, I give you the king of the utes…

pmsl barryboys

I’d drive one….

And flick the V’s at you lot driving your Kias

2wd Suzuki X90 is the most pointless car ever, this is a fact.

X6’s remind me of these

king of the utes…

I had always laughed at them. Derided them, even. But on a recent trip to Australia, I found myself really, really wanting a Maloo R8SV Black Edition.

You could get a bike rack to fit in that boot, I reckon.

I find many modern cars pointless. Those ones that look as if they have had a skip dropped on them. With low, sharpely downawrd sloping roofs, slitty little windows, tiny rear hatches, and such a discrepancy betwwen the bloated exterior and the lack of, and waste of interior space, together with the rearward visibilty problems so caused by those sort of designs. I wonder about the people who design, and drive those wheeled eyepokes.

and such a discrepancy betwwen the bloated exterior and the lack of, and waste of interior space

Much of that is due to current legislation on crumple zones and stuff like that though…

Though the majority of it is due to bad design.

Though the majority of it is due to bad design.

Personally I don’t believe that to be the case.

Or you can take the experience of my brother, an insurance claims adjuster, who needs to carry a great amoutn of equipment around with him. He test drove a Ford and an AUDI equivalent, his gear fitted in the AUDI but not the Ford.

If you go by those 4 cars Nurburgring lap times

I don’t judge cars by their performance on a track in a country I don’t live in, under manufactured circumstances that I will never encounter.

Just to kick the hornet nest…
Lovely! 😉

I like the fact that the above monstrosity is clearly photoshopped into that Alpine scene as there’s no way it would have got there in real life 🙂