Post by ChrisM on Jul 11, 2022 19:49:56 GMT
The Captur was at a local garage for cambelt and waterpump change plus service and MoT. Loan car lottery resulted in the use of a 2012 Seat Ibiza 5-door FR diesel. No idea what engine size it was, but it had been neglected in just about every way. The interior was filthy, the tailgate would not open, it felt every bit as leggy as its approx 150k miles showed, didn't want to accelerate much unless you really booted it, in which case it gathered a bit of speed... certainly no shove in the back like I'd come to expect from a "modern" turbodiesel, and it looked largely black although it was actually white.
I think I spent more time washing it than I did driving it ! This revealed a load of stone chips and scratches, many pof which were rusting, and the paint was flat with no shine or smoothness to it at all. The key was almost identical to that of the Polo and A1, some of the controls were similar, it had no parking sensors at all, but gosh what a disappointment it was. I was very pleased to hand the keys back and get into the Captur to drive home.
The speedo had markings on it up to 160mph, which meant that the "useable" part for the UK (0 to 70) covered only about 90 degrees of the display, utter madness and it make it very difficult to judge your speed to the nearest 5mph
I think I spent more time washing it than I did driving it ! This revealed a load of stone chips and scratches, many pof which were rusting, and the paint was flat with no shine or smoothness to it at all. The key was almost identical to that of the Polo and A1, some of the controls were similar, it had no parking sensors at all, but gosh what a disappointment it was. I was very pleased to hand the keys back and get into the Captur to drive home.
The speedo had markings on it up to 160mph, which meant that the "useable" part for the UK (0 to 70) covered only about 90 degrees of the display, utter madness and it make it very difficult to judge your speed to the nearest 5mph
