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Captur
Jul 30, 2019 13:40:16 GMT
Post by racingteatray on Jul 30, 2019 13:40:16 GMT
So Hertz’s “500x or similar” at Catania airport turned out to be neither a 500x nor a Troc, but rather a Captur. We had it for 10 days and 1,000kms.
On the plus side, it was brand new (30 kms on the clock) and quite a ritzy version with super bright LED headlights, full touchscreen nav, a reversing camera and a goodly dose of other FG. The light cream-coloured contrast roof was also an excellent idea in the scorching heat of a Sicilian summer. And being SUV-ish and thus in possession of reasonably good ground clearance plus some sort of twisty knob with an "off-road" setting, it was unperturbed by the many rutted dusty tracks we encountered when accessing various hotels and wild beaches.
On the considerable downside it had a very small and gutless 0.9 petrol turbo engine with a paltry 89bhp. It was odd because it initially felt quite perky when you pulled away (the turbo kicking in I guess, as it could otherwise bog down horribly at low revs in 1st or 2nd), but had very little oomph above about 50mph. Genuinely it was a struggle to cajole it up to the Italian motorway speed limit of 130kph (about 80mph). It’s been a long time since I’ve had to drive a car whose natural motorway cruising speed was about 60-65mph. This also translates to pretty poor fuel economy and range. Ok, it was new which doesn't help, and the fuel tank is only 45l, but when full, it showed a maximum range of 450kms, which was pretty accurate because over 1,000kms it duly chewed through two full tanks of fuel (two refills at a quarter remaining, plus a last top-up before the airport from half-full). That's an average of 31mpg. I'd have had better fuel economy from my 440i!
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Captur
Jul 30, 2019 13:55:54 GMT
Post by PG on Jul 30, 2019 13:55:54 GMT
Genuinely it was a struggle to cajole it up to the Italian motorway speed limit of 130kph (about 80mph).
Even in a hire car? They can usually be thrashed up to any speed required. It must have been truly awful in that case.
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Captur
Jul 30, 2019 14:34:58 GMT
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Post by bryan on Jul 30, 2019 14:34:58 GMT
Did you have the Eco button on? That would kill performance, it made the 1.5dci awful to drive
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Captur
Jul 30, 2019 14:38:42 GMT
Post by racingteatray on Jul 30, 2019 14:38:42 GMT
Did you have the Eco button on? That would kill performance, it made the 1.5dci awful to drive No, that was on when I first turned it on (it shows up as a little green "Eco" light in the instrument binnacle), so got rapidly noticed and turned off. Both my wife's car and mine have one, so am well aware of their strangulating effect.
It was fully hopeless with Eco on. I looked the figures up - 0-60 in 13.3 seconds and allegedly a top speed of 106mph. That's presumably one-up and downhill with the wind behind you.
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Captur
Jul 30, 2019 15:42:06 GMT
Post by Bob Sacamano v2.0 on Jul 30, 2019 15:42:06 GMT
Clearly it's the car for Nicole's younger, considerably less racy, sister..
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Captur
Jul 30, 2019 16:22:53 GMT
Post by Deleted on Jul 30, 2019 16:22:53 GMT
Or the step mum. The evil step mum....
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Captur
Jul 30, 2019 16:42:21 GMT
Post by Roadsterstu on Jul 30, 2019 16:42:21 GMT
Thankfully ours isn't as bad as that! Hopefully the new model is better.
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Captur
Jul 31, 2019 22:51:00 GMT
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Post by racingteatray on Jul 31, 2019 22:51:00 GMT
Thankfully ours isn't as bad as that! Hopefully the new model is better. I was trying to remember who had a Captur and had complained that it was underpowered! |
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Captur
Aug 1, 2019 7:08:05 GMT
Post by ChrisM on Aug 1, 2019 7:08:05 GMT
I was trying to remember who had a Captur and had complained that it was underpowered! Not me ! Having test driven the 0.9, it was quite obvious that this was not the engine to get. What would interest me is how they get driven by the French in France. It's a long, long while since I have driven any distance in France (just the one business trip from CDG across northern Paris a few years back, prior to that I can't recall) but my memory is that they thrash their cars everywhere. With the 0.9 Captur being so comparatively underpowered for a family car, I bet many of the 0.9 engines have taken a real caning; wonder how they stand up to that treatment? |
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Aug 1, 2019 10:04:14 GMT
Post by bryan on Aug 1, 2019 10:04:14 GMT
Could have been me complaining about Mrs M's Captur in Eco mode! The 1.2tsi DSG in the Yeti is positively spritely in comparison!
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Captur
Aug 1, 2019 14:55:39 GMT
Post by racingteatray on Aug 1, 2019 14:55:39 GMT
I was startled by quite how lethargic it was on the motorway, because as mentioned the initial acceleration from standstill can be misleadingly brisk if you give it a prod. It could however bog down even in first at low revs in a way I've never encountered in a petrol engine before. More than once I literally had to depress the clutch, rev the engine and then release the clutch again in order to get the car going again.
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Aug 1, 2019 20:30:32 GMT
Post by Roadsterstu on Aug 1, 2019 20:30:32 GMT
Thankfully ours isn't as bad as that! Hopefully the new model is better. I was trying to remember who had a Captur and had complained that it was underpowered! It was definitely me! |
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