Post by rodge on Jul 3, 2022 9:30:03 GMT
Due to the mess that is international travel these days, my latest foray into France involved a change of flight and then a change of pick up location for a car.
Zurich airport, while full of bags everywhere (including mine still 3 days later) did have cars available and I ended up with a Seat Arona.
My drive was about 4 1/2 hours to the hotel so I’m very familiar with it now.
While it’s not a car I’ve ever paid attention to, as a small SUV it meets all my requirements for the 10 days I’ll have it.
I’m guessing it’s Fiesta sized but I can fit my 6’1” frame in it easily enough.
Cloth seats, flappy paddle autobox with 7 speeds and an engine that sounds like a rally car when it gets into the higher revs, and has a bit of go to it also.
Auto lights and wipers were useful when I drove through a storm and they responded well to the changes in rain, although stayed on longer than I thought necessary when going through tunnels.
The eco mode might need to be turned off as the engine cuts out too often- like when waiting at roundabouts when you are about to gun it.
The tank is giving about 600km of range so I’ll interested to see what that actually is when I refill it.
Zurich airport, while full of bags everywhere (including mine still 3 days later) did have cars available and I ended up with a Seat Arona.
My drive was about 4 1/2 hours to the hotel so I’m very familiar with it now.
While it’s not a car I’ve ever paid attention to, as a small SUV it meets all my requirements for the 10 days I’ll have it.
I’m guessing it’s Fiesta sized but I can fit my 6’1” frame in it easily enough.
Cloth seats, flappy paddle autobox with 7 speeds and an engine that sounds like a rally car when it gets into the higher revs, and has a bit of go to it also.
Auto lights and wipers were useful when I drove through a storm and they responded well to the changes in rain, although stayed on longer than I thought necessary when going through tunnels.
The eco mode might need to be turned off as the engine cuts out too often- like when waiting at roundabouts when you are about to gun it.
The tank is giving about 600km of range so I’ll interested to see what that actually is when I refill it.
