sitting with a forrster here (2.5T) that the missus got when she moved to Oz before me, crap MPG tiny tank 🙁 in UK money probably 20p/mile which is piss poor. Less useable space than the old octavia.
Still not sold on 4wd for anything other than proper off road. Good driving and good tyres makes 2wd fine for most of the UK. Again when you really need it some dick in an X5 with rubber band tyres will be stuck in front of you.
From the OP
The wife has other ideas though. Subarus are “drug dealer’s cars”, the Audi A6 has “a big bum”, and the Golf’s fuel economy is too poor. She’s looking at Renault Scenics and Honda HRVs.
Considering you can get a TDI golf that will probably do double the MPG and drives really well it’s a bit silly.
Feels like one of those what I really do posters, everyone thinks they drive like they are on top gear on open roads smashing it feeling every corner and enjoying the experience when in fact most of our time is spent looking at the bumper in front of us.