To counter the negative ( 😉 ) thread up there....!!
I love the fact I can really trust my parking sensonrs..
We used to have a Skoda Yeti that would do the 'beeeeeeeeeep' when there was about 4 feet of space..
But my Octavia spits da truth....
2feet.. beep beep beep
1 foot... beep beep beep beep beep
6 inches...beeeeeeeeep!!!
Brill
DrP
DAB radio so I can listen to BBC 6Music.
It's low mileage....
It's comfortable, practical, reliable, will seat 7 people, will drive through muddy fields and snow covered hills and is bright red.
I really like it and it's much better then the appalling PHEV version in pretty much every regard.
I can fit my Ice Cream Truck in without taking any wheels out.
It has a small steering wheel so feels "racey".
(Civic Tourer, not racey)
Automatic lights, wipers and gearbox. Wish it drove itself too.
And heated seats.
Zafira B.
Heated seats
Ability to move the second row completely out of the way without having to remove them, leaving a huge box behind the driver for bikes/dogs/tip runs etc.
Adaptive Cruise Control is amazing for long drives. Parking sensors show up on the dash and has a square for "you've probably hit it already you can stop now" which is spot on.
Ford Focus 1.0 Ecoboom. Nothing, I hate it!
Err actually I guess it has been reliable, just concerned that it will blow up if I don't keep an eye on the coolant.
Yeah and the heated windscreen.
Got all the features I decided were 'must have' when buying
- air con
- 6 speed gearbox
- DAB radio
- cruise control
All of which marks it out as a 'posh' version, so it gets more nice features as standard.
1 tonne payload.
The ride comfort in my Focus is amazing compared to everything else I've owned. It makes a 9 hour drive pleasurable.
It's a tiny, silly thing and fun to drive. Not fast or with amazing handling, but it makes me grin nonetheless. And with some wheel wrangling, it'll even hold two gnarpoons and riding kit.
Winter rubber all corners. Yeah
Radio 4 on all presets
Brand new gas struts on boot
King of the road, me
heated and cooled comfortable leather seats.
Keyless entry and start
reliable and smooth
climate control just works
It's a van. The cd player still works.
On mine the heated steering wheel and on mrs S the auto dipping headlights which work faultlessly.
My Nan series is boring as hell.
But!
It’s reasonably quick
It’s dead comfy
It sips diseasal
The back seats go down at the touch of a button and it’ll swallow a road bike whole or a drum kit with no effort, not at the same time though.
Auto everything
Heated Memory seats
The media and satnav bit is crap though - why are Germans so rubbish at user interfaces!
The fact is a company car, is the new octavia estate so loads of room for bikes and kit, it’s 1.0 l turbo and goes like a 1.8 and it’s less that £90 per month bik (uk company benefit in kind car tax)
It works which is an improvement on my old car which I had to give up on. Plus it's comfortable and whilst it drives like a hatch it's an estate with a nice big boot for the dogs, general lugging stuff around etc. £20 pa tax is appealing against £28pm on the old one as well 🙂
The personalised reg plate 😉
The multibeam LED headlights - but they are so fascinating I find myself watching them adapt to conditions rather than concentrating on my driving though. I just stick them on auto and they can even switch parts of the light beam off when following a car so everything else around it is lit up but it doesn't dazzle the driver.
2010 Zafira. Its paid for, comfy, fits loads of stuff in it and gets us from A-B with no fuss.
C class estate, Comfy and enough room for my bikes without too much faff
Everything except glow-plugs and one sensor that means I'm going to have to scrap a perfectly good car that's just barely run in. 189k so I need to do 11k before Jan to finish running it in then it will be scrap.
It's got seats and a steering wheel.
I can put the seats down from the boot, never realised how useful that would be
Does a van count? VW T6 camper.
I love driving somewhere to work. Put the kettle on, do a couple of hours work. Then get the bike out of the rack and go for a ride. Kettle on, lunch out of fridge and back working - no one is any the wiser I’m not at home!
Unfortunately don’t get to do this as often as I would like.
It’s incredibly comfortable and easy to drive so that helps.
We can sleep innit, fit bikes in with wheels on, or seat 5 folks, it's small but has loads of space, does over 50mpg and I can listen to Spotify in there.
It's like a wee tardis, tis even the same colour. 🤫
It’s got Maxxis tyres and the must be Super Tackys, which is cool if you ignore that they suddenly look totally shagged
It’s a Defender so...
Everything, as it makes me smile 😃
It can be a 2 seater Van, or a 7 seat comfortable family mover.
Its a square box, so very practical use of physical dimensions.
Has a driving position higher than most.
zafira here !!
The boot has an endless combo of seats up down or slid back & forward
can swap it from carrying 1,2,3,4 or 5 kids to a mini van in about 30 seconds
I can get mine and the Mrs' bike in without taking the wheels off and I can sleep in it if needs be. Plus it counts as a car, not a van.
It's cheap to run.
Was cheap to buy new (list was £11,700, I paid £7.700).
That it has a little plastic tab on the windscreen for car park tickets.
Is comfortable for long journeys.
It has good aircon.
I could fit a towbar to it for the bike rack.
That even after 110k it looks like new after a proper valet. The MOT place I use always comment that it could pass for a 30k mile car or less.
But the killer is this:
That in 110,000 miles absolutely nothing has gone wrong with it. Not even a bulb has blown! Original battery, clutch and exhaust. It had new front brakes at 68k but everything else has been done as regular service items.
Compared to my previous car, a 2005 Fiesta, which at the same mileage had cost me:
2 new gearboxes at 23k and 68k.
3 clutches due to thrust bearing seizure.
A new driver's seat - the folding mechanism broke then collapsed.
Had a continuous vibration through the steering wheel.
2 alternators and 4 batteries.
Every MOT it needed new headlights (failed tilting mechanism) and at least 1 front spring, both common faults.
Trim would just fall off on it's own accord.
Decided at a petrol pump to just throw off it's timing belt. Drove in fine, went to start and it just turned then clunked. Looked under the bonnet and there was the timing belt beside the pulley!
I'm not parting with the current car until it dies. Never thought I'd say that about a Skoda.
My car (Ford C-Max Grand) seats 4, 5, or 7. Plus sliding doors in the rear means the kids don't open them into other cars in car parks, which is nice.
Wife's new Leaf: has one of those virtual overhead parking cameras that shows you all round the car. I quite like that. Plus it is stupid cheap to run.
The driving god behind the wheel.
Ancient Zafira here. It fits bikes or the kids in with ease. It was cheap to buy and is relatively cheap to run.
It's got so many dents + been extensively keyed (thanks ex :p ) that I don't care about it getting damaged anymore.
My Passat estate. Super spacious boot, great drive, excellent fuel consumption over 60 mph on A roads.
- Android Auto means I can use Google Maps (even though it has sat nav) and listen to Spotify without having to fiddle about with a cable.
- DAB radio
- It's an estate so carrying a bike is easier.
- Rear seats go down with the pull of a couple of levers, rather than having to climb around the back of my old car moving seatbelts out of the way & removing the seat bases.
- It's a nice metallic burgundy/red colour.
- Tons of sockets for charging stuff (2 in the front, plus a 12v socket, 2 in the back & a 12v socket in the boot)
It has a small steering wheel so feels “racey”.
My folks had the first version of the Nissan Almera. It was bland as anything and bog spec, however the gearstick was close to the steering wheel like a racing car and it had a short throw and positive action. So it felt really good ripping through the gears and redlining it as you approached 60mph relatively sedately.
As for my current car - what's good about it? Well it just failed it's MOT, but it failed on a rubber boot on the drop link (which is a £25 part) and that's the first time its failed in 14 years.
Oh and DSGs are ace.
Everything, I love it.
DSG and 4x4 means it does Comedy quick launches, it's not really fast per-se, but 0-20 it's really quick, perfect for the traffic light Grand Prix.
DAB and CarPlay.
Interior LED strips you can change the colour of, the kids LOVE it.
Heated seats, main beam lights that steer about.
Auto everything, lights, wipers, handbrake, it's got steering assist, but most importantly you can turn that off, you can't in my wife's car and it's frankly stupid and dangerous.
Huge amount of space.
Does 50mpg if you're careful.
It’s one of the few things my mum recognises and it makes her happy