[Closed] Is there a more pointless car than the BMW X6?

Passat CC is a great car.. the mistake they made was calling it Passat CC if they had re-badged it some other luxury VW name then it would have had a place in the line up. its basically aluxury pasat which they don't make.

they do make a luxury passat. its called the phaeton.

[i]Yes but no but you're missing the point : they would be wimps on a bike.
Totally not biking folk.[/i]

I'm sure there must be stuff you're not good at. Just because someone isn't into the same stuff as you doesn't make them a whimp or a cock. Being quick on a bike doesn't mean you're 'hard' it just means you're quick on a bike.

If you've got the money to spend on a lease or to buy the car then who cares (apart from uptight people on here).

I saw a couple of guys in one the other day in Manchester. They didn't look like wimps to me

I disagree with your statement : Most drug dealers are, in fact, wimps.

Now the statement 'Most members of the SAS are not wimps' is a fact. 🙂

Not these two. They'd have had your shaven legs for breakfast.

Not up Burrington Coombe tho 🙂

I think the X6 might just catch you at the top. Only just mind. 🙂

Now you are being ridiculous.
If I was allowed to burn hydro-carbons then I would use my Cr250R motocross bike, or my mates GSXR11....

I don't drive an X6?

Cayenne then.

The SMART coupé.

they do make a [s]luxury passat[/s]really cheap rebadged Bentley. It's called the Phaeton.

FTFY. 🙂

they do make a luxury passat. its called the phaeton.

I thought the phaeton was a whole lot bigger than the passat like a A4 vs A6.

Passat CC is definitely smaller than the phaeton.

I'd have to nominate a 'fully-loaded' sports ute, such as the Holden SS - 2 seats, in a pick-up that can't go offroad on account of massive alloys and no ground clearance. Plus, must have terrifying handling due to less weight over rear wheels, so not sporty either. That said, perfect for revving around town.

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The last X6 I saw would struggle worse that my Passat in rubbish/slightly dodgy conditions... Anything with tyres that ridiculously wide on would get bogged on damp grass, let alone snow. Mind you, the same could be said for just about any modern Range Rover.

And to think that they were invented to allow a farmer something smart to go into town with on the weekend after a hard week driving round his farm.

I thought the phaeton was a whole lot bigger than the passat like a A4 vs A6.

Passat CC is definitely smaller than the phaeton.

it is, but the CC passat isnt really any more expensive than the regular passat (comparing like-for-like spec). Given the phaeton looks a lot like a passat, you could claim its just a luxury one 🙂

under that criteria i kind of agree then... hmmmm.

Although you can get the 3.6 V6 in the CC, and if we're splitting hairs, Why a scirocco? same as 3 door golf? except 3 door golf is better and the R has 4x4... pointless.

glad to see others share my utter distaste for the Kia Soul, but whoever posted the picture up has done it wrong, because it needs to be shown from this angle too:

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I can see the OP's point to an extent - they aren't particularly roomy inside, not massively quick (unless its an 'M') and they're expensive to run, buy and maintain.

However, having recently gone from a small 2-seater (Cayman) to a Q7, for long commutes its a god send. Its a pleasure to drive on major roads, stick it on cruise, heated seats on and just waft along. My average speed is also much lower because the desire to go 100mph everywhere just doesn't exist. If that X6 is anything like mine, I totally get it.

I've also got a van, and for the 400 mile round trip to Wales and back for a bike trip, I'd take the Q7 every day even though it costs a bit more in fuel obviously

I'd be more than happy to have an X6, in fact I was going to buy an X5 and then the recession hit, so for now I'll have to be happy with my 3 series.

I think the Kia Soul looks very cool. I thought the thread was about pointless cars, how is the Kia Soul pointless?

yeah, but you're a **** KT 😉 Case proven.

the last soul picture is a concept car.

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If that point is to make people feel ill with the very sight of the ugly thing then yes, it has a point. Otherwise why???

Yeh I know what the real one looks like, but I still like it. But then again I like this.[img] http://t1.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT58QQwSGTkq3HLiZ6gmU-fFlw05br7x9Jt8VOsZlDfgK7U7UY [/img]

A Q7 looks like a jelly mould

aye, sorry, it's the windows that I remember - the angles are just wrong. And surely, as long as the car works it can't really be called pointless; at the very worst the x6 could be called impractical (and totally gopping)

an x6 is fairly practical though. not as much as an x5, but more so than any coupe, and a whole load of 4 door cars

I disagree with your statement : Most drug dealers are, in fact, wimps.

Now the statement 'Most members of the SAS are not wimps' is a fact.

You must be buying your drugs from the wrong people. The guys I deal with carry machine guns. Mind you, I only buy 100 kilos at a time. Different ball game altogether.

[i]at the very worst the x6 could be called impractical (and totally gopping[/i]

Yes ugly, in my opinion, but why is it impractical? Carries x number of people in comfort, I don't think it's purpose is do do more than that.

sorry, when I said 'impractical' I meant in the sense of 'impractical for daylight use because it's blindingly hideous and you'd be ashamed to take it out in public'

- being serious, I have nothing against the X6 apart from its looks, and though I've never driven one I'm sure it's lots of fun overtaking people in a storm-trooper helmet 😀

Yes! More Kia Soul hatred. Thank you.

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 🙂

@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!

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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.

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.

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..