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Post by rodge on Mar 5, 2022 13:00:58 GMT
Simple thing really.
After driving a load of rentals last year, the thing I love about the Mondeo is that it has buttons. No touch screen in it and I love that I can press buttons that will do what I need and not have to look while I’m driving.
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Post by Ben on Mar 5, 2022 15:19:19 GMT
I like the Yaris Cross's refreshing honesty. It is just A Car and doesn't pretend to be anything else. It doesn't have a load of features (it does have touchscreen though), and whatever few bits it has are actually convenient.
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Post by Deleted on Mar 5, 2022 15:32:37 GMT
Bess was hardly a sprightly performer when new and now the years have taken a toll. Considered to be a bit of a slug while on sale new and only a few years before the first Golf hit the showrooms means that like James Hunts Austin A-35 van I can have fun at modest speeds with very analogue responses. I drive the car rather than sit in an armchair basically.
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Post by Big Blue on Mar 5, 2022 20:04:31 GMT
The seats. Air cooled, heated, massage function and immensely comfortable.
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Post by ChrisM on Mar 5, 2022 20:12:18 GMT
Captur: the EDC auto box, still the smoothest gear changes I've experienced at almost 8 years old
Fiesta: the handling
Kuga: the ride, or maybe the way you can get it to read out text messages
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Post by LandieMark on Mar 5, 2022 20:28:52 GMT
The Land Rover - its off road ability and surprising levels of comfort.
The pickup - towing ability and capacity for carrying crap. I should have got one years ago.
The Mazda - driving experience.
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Post by Andy C on Mar 5, 2022 20:53:06 GMT
The engine.
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Post by Alex on Mar 6, 2022 14:26:08 GMT
Heated steering wheel. Not had one in a car before. Game changer!
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Post by Stuntman on Mar 6, 2022 14:44:28 GMT
For the BMW, it's the engine (and then a whole long list of other things)
For the Porsche, it's the engine (and then a whole long list of other things)
For the Yaris, it's the sense of naughtiness (and a shorter list of other things)
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Post by Tim on Mar 7, 2022 9:00:23 GMT
For the 430d it has to be the easy performance - compared with a manual 2 litre diesel a 3 litre attached to an auto makes overtaking such a breeze.
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Post by garry on Mar 7, 2022 9:31:04 GMT
etron - the comfort
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Post by PetrolEd on Mar 7, 2022 9:47:21 GMT
997 - Does a nice Hybrid of feeling a little old school 911 without the compromise
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Post by Blarno on Mar 7, 2022 10:34:20 GMT
Same as Tim. Power/torque to economy ratio is off the scale.
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Post by Roadrunner on Mar 7, 2022 10:49:14 GMT
The two cars in one I have in the Benz. A comfortable, effortless, wafty family wagon when it needs to be and, with Airmatic and other settings in Sport, a very capable means of demolishing a previous PB in a point-to-point cross country run.
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Post by Blarno on Mar 7, 2022 11:57:06 GMT
The other benefit of mine is that with the twat plate on, to the uninitiated, it looks like I have a posher car than I actually do. Until the oik with the shaved head and big beard/tattoos gets out of it.
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Post by ChrisM on Mar 8, 2022 17:49:32 GMT
The Kuga has another nice feature that I'd almost forgotten about, but a good clean at the weekend reminded me..... when the ignition is off, the front wipers are disconnected from the mechanism, so if you want to clean the base of the screen or change the wiper blades or just feel "random", you can grab the wiper arms and move the wipers across the screen to whatever position you want. Not sure what happens if you forget to return them to their parked position before you get in and turn the ignition on, and I've no intention of finding out !
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Post by Roadsterstu on Mar 10, 2022 7:24:38 GMT
The Kuga has another nice feature that I'd almost forgotten about, but a good clean at the weekend reminded me..... when the ignition is off, the front wipers are disconnected from the mechanism, so if you want to clean the base of the screen or change the wiper blades or just feel "random", you can grab the wiper arms and move the wipers across the screen to whatever position you want. Not sure what happens if you forget to return them to their parked position before you get in and turn the ignition on, and I've no intention of finding out ! They will automatically park in the correct position. |
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Post by Roadsterstu on Mar 10, 2022 7:27:58 GMT
ZT260 - the sheer lunacy of MGR deciding to build them and being glad that they did.
Mondeo - the size of it, the fact that I actually don't need to be too fussy about it and because it is ideal as a family workhorse.
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Post by Roadrunner on Mar 10, 2022 8:03:48 GMT
ZT260 - the sheer lunacy of MGR deciding to build them and being glad that they did. Mondeo - the size of it, the fact that I actually don't need to be too fussy about it and because it is ideal as a family workhorse. In terms of fitness for purpose, Ford absolutely nailed it with the Mondeo. A spacious, comfortable, economical mile-eater which is also really good to drive. It is a pity we are not getting the new model in the UK. |
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Post by scouse on Mar 10, 2022 10:23:52 GMT
The little arm that passes you the seatbelt when you sit down, absolute godsend to those of us who struggle to twist in the seat.
The airscarf for when the roof is down.
The feeling of solidity for a convertable
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Post by rodge on Mar 10, 2022 17:06:36 GMT
ZT260 - the sheer lunacy of MGR deciding to build them and being glad that they did. Mondeo - the size of it, the fact that I actually don't need to be too fussy about it and because it is ideal as a family workhorse. In terms of fitness for purpose, Ford absolutely nailed it with the Mondeo. A spacious, comfortable, economical mile-eater which is also really good to drive. It is a pity we are not getting the new model in the UK. As someone who just brought 3 bags of coal home in the boot of the Mondeo today, I can vouch for this. And the TDCi engine has no problem lugging it around either. |
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Post by Roadsterstu on Mar 10, 2022 18:42:27 GMT
The little arm that passes you the seatbelt when you sit down, absolute godsend to those of us who struggle to twist in the seat. The airscarf for when the roof is down. The feeling of solidity for a convertable I recall being utterly amazed by those seat belt passers in what I think was (if my memory serves me right) a 500 SEC quite a few years ago. That felt fast and as though it was carved from granite, it was so solid. Sounds like Mercedes still use the same recipe. |
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Post by Roadsterstu on Mar 10, 2022 18:51:10 GMT
ZT260 - the sheer lunacy of MGR deciding to build them and being glad that they did. Mondeo - the size of it, the fact that I actually don't need to be too fussy about it and because it is ideal as a family workhorse. In terms of fitness for purpose, Ford absolutely nailed it with the Mondeo. A spacious, comfortable, economical mile-eater which is also really good to drive. It is a pity we are not getting the new model in the UK. They absolutely did. Its taken me as long as this to realise. I hadn't driven a Mk4 prior to owning this one. Its the size of the thing that strikes me the most though. It has masses of room. Not towed with it yet, that comes mid-April, but even with the 140PS unit it feels torquey low down, if lacking a bit further up the rev range. I've waxed it today and the paintwork still feels crap but it should be easier to clean now! |
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Post by Tim on Mar 11, 2022 8:38:04 GMT
I forgot to mention the Micra - it's best feature is fuel economy! Currently the shared best feature of both the M5 and Fiat Coupe is that they're costing me £0  |
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Post by Big Blue on Mar 11, 2022 12:05:31 GMT
The little arm that passes you the seatbelt when you sit down, absolute godsend to those of us who struggle to twist in the seat. The airscarf for when the roof is down. The feeling of solidity for a convertable I recall being utterly amazed by those seat belt passers in what I think was (if my memory serves me right) a 500 SEC quite a few years ago. That felt fast and as though it was carved from granite, it was so solid. Sounds like Mercedes still use the same recipe. Yep. Boris had those arms passing the seatbelt. It was a long way back to the b pillar as the doors were huge so rear passengers didn’t need to struggle for access and egress. |
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Post by racingteatray on Mar 11, 2022 12:35:21 GMT
Same as Tim. Power/torque to economy ratio is off the scale. And same here. Mine's a petrol rather than a diesel, but the engine is just remarkable. It truly has a dual nature, in that you can opt to either purr along effortlessly and smoothly or you can decide that fireworks are required, in which stirring acceleration and a stirring soundtrack are on tap. There are four drive modes, and it is remarkably noisy and edgy in Sport+ for a car which is not sold as a performance car, although of course mine has had the MPerformance kit, which includes a naughty exhaust. But actually it finds its finest voice (and it is a unexpectedly marvellous one) if you gun it above about 4000rpm in Comfort. That's when the car suddenly emits a wonderful and very penetrating yowl that is pure BMW straight six, and one you want to hear over and over again. It's a noise that makes people turn around. You don't get the same in Sport or Sport+ which adds more bass, grumble and guncracks and is certainly even louder, but it isn't as musical and addictive. And of course, it does so whilst delivering 40-odd mpg on a long trip. Witchcraft. |
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