Post by ChrisM on Jul 4, 2023 20:04:47 GMT
A year on from the dirty and tired Ibiza loan car whilst the Captur was being serviced, this year it was a 64-plate Fiesta 1.25 3-door in white.
Quite a contrast to my 1.0 ecoboost Fiesta, despite being only 1 year older, the loan car hasd no Bluetooth, so no way of pairing a phone or anything else to the car. I was really surprised in a bad way that such an essential feature was missing. This was a low-spec model with steel wheels, and with the basic Nokia-inspired audio set-up. It had aircon and central locking but no power-folding mirrors, remote central locking but not keyless so you had to use the key in the ignition to start and stop the engine.
Handling, as expected, was the same as mine but the engine was lacking in response (c. 55k miles) and never felt any urgency about its work. Interestingly I really noticed the less plush steering wheel and hard plastic handbrake lever instead of the leather (or is it fake leather?) in mine. it also came with squeaky windscreen wipers......
Quite a contrast to my 1.0 ecoboost Fiesta, despite being only 1 year older, the loan car hasd no Bluetooth, so no way of pairing a phone or anything else to the car. I was really surprised in a bad way that such an essential feature was missing. This was a low-spec model with steel wheels, and with the basic Nokia-inspired audio set-up. It had aircon and central locking but no power-folding mirrors, remote central locking but not keyless so you had to use the key in the ignition to start and stop the engine.
Handling, as expected, was the same as mine but the engine was lacking in response (c. 55k miles) and never felt any urgency about its work. Interestingly I really noticed the less plush steering wheel and hard plastic handbrake lever instead of the leather (or is it fake leather?) in mine. it also came with squeaky windscreen wipers......
