Post by rodge on Jan 7, 2021 4:30:48 GMT
Traveled to the east coast with work this week so it’s been an interesting experience.
Got up at 4am on Monday to drive 2 1/2 hours to the airport as the local airport is currently a place for renting cars right now, which is why I had a Nissan Altima.
It was a Ford Fusion (Mondeo) or similar- which nowadays means the equivalent Nissan.
It was one of the nicer Nissans I’ve driven and one of the few I haven’t driven in the past year (still holding out for a gtr). The leather type dash looked ok, and was better than any hard plastic substitute. It was economical and the drive used up under 4 gallons on highway driving- decent enough by US standards, for a 160 mile drive.
Dropped the car off, jumped onto the plane- social distancing is a joke in airports- and had my second car about 12 hours later.
I didn’t know what it was going to be, but based on the few cars at Manchester Airport (New Hampshire), I rather hoped I’d get an upgrade to one of the 2 BMW 740i’s that were there.
Not this time...
got given a Kia Sorrento.
Kia is a brand I’ve not had a lot of rentals from, so I was interested to try it.
There’s snow everywhere right now, left over from previous falls and piled up beside all the roads, with some falling and the weather below freezing constantly and to hit -10c on Friday.
The Sorrento has cloth seats, manual adjustments and very little FG. It’s currently giving about 11 mpg, from the V6. It’s not fast but has enough power to keep you moving.
Handles well enough and hasn’t put a wheel wrong, even on ice.
It even has a normal key that has a metal shaft on it.
There’s no rattles on this 2020 model, which has over 36000 miles on it, the only thing not working well is the Bluetooth. My iPhone 11 connected with no issues, but the car said it needed a software upgrade to play anything, which is weird considering how new the car is.
Anyway, it’s now a bad car and I’ve dubbed it the Snowkia.
It’s currently covered in salt- I’d love to know how long cars last here with so much salt on the roads.
Car number 3 hasn’t been booked yet and will be used on the return journey.
Incidentally I’ve just realised that I’ve seen no Tesla’s in Massachusetts or New Hampshire. Considering how many there are in California, I don’t think I’ve even seen any electric cars here.
Would it be the cold weather?
Got up at 4am on Monday to drive 2 1/2 hours to the airport as the local airport is currently a place for renting cars right now, which is why I had a Nissan Altima.
It was a Ford Fusion (Mondeo) or similar- which nowadays means the equivalent Nissan.
It was one of the nicer Nissans I’ve driven and one of the few I haven’t driven in the past year (still holding out for a gtr). The leather type dash looked ok, and was better than any hard plastic substitute. It was economical and the drive used up under 4 gallons on highway driving- decent enough by US standards, for a 160 mile drive.
Dropped the car off, jumped onto the plane- social distancing is a joke in airports- and had my second car about 12 hours later.
I didn’t know what it was going to be, but based on the few cars at Manchester Airport (New Hampshire), I rather hoped I’d get an upgrade to one of the 2 BMW 740i’s that were there.
Not this time...
got given a Kia Sorrento.
Kia is a brand I’ve not had a lot of rentals from, so I was interested to try it.
There’s snow everywhere right now, left over from previous falls and piled up beside all the roads, with some falling and the weather below freezing constantly and to hit -10c on Friday.
The Sorrento has cloth seats, manual adjustments and very little FG. It’s currently giving about 11 mpg, from the V6. It’s not fast but has enough power to keep you moving.
Handles well enough and hasn’t put a wheel wrong, even on ice.
It even has a normal key that has a metal shaft on it.
There’s no rattles on this 2020 model, which has over 36000 miles on it, the only thing not working well is the Bluetooth. My iPhone 11 connected with no issues, but the car said it needed a software upgrade to play anything, which is weird considering how new the car is.
Anyway, it’s now a bad car and I’ve dubbed it the Snowkia.
It’s currently covered in salt- I’d love to know how long cars last here with so much salt on the roads.
Car number 3 hasn’t been booked yet and will be used on the return journey.
Incidentally I’ve just realised that I’ve seen no Tesla’s in Massachusetts or New Hampshire. Considering how many there are in California, I don’t think I’ve even seen any electric cars here.
Would it be the cold weather?
