have you driven one or the other yet?
The red one.
Does the C-Max have a spare tyre? If it does, score one for the Ford. The Civic comes with that stupid expanding foam shit, now there's a valid criticism.
Yes, I think so. I've never even heard of expanding foam shit - does it float?
Skoda Fabia? Loads about and therefore cheap, and supposed to be pretty good.
It's bollocks. You're supposed to be able to re-inflate even a completely flat tyre to the point where you can travel a reasonable distance at reasonable speed to the nearest Kwik-Fit (other shit tyre places are available) to get a replacement. Except that it's shit, and fuck all use if you happen to be travelling several hundred miles through France, with a ferry to catch, at the weekend, on 130kph roads, where it's reeeeeeeeeeeally effing difficult to find a garage open let alone one with an English speaker. For some reason my French GCSE some 16 years previous didn't really cover this scenario.
Before that he had a brown car. Corvette? Yes, that sounds right. Used to call it the Chuffette. You'd stick to the seats something rotten if you were wearing shorts in the summer..
we tested a cmax back to back with a honda- the honda won hands down- and we is big fans of the focus/ focus variants
the cmax was a bit bigger / boomier at speed inside and the quality of build seeemed much sturdier in the Honda. cmax better on diesel as well, but not by much
the depreciation is slower with the Honda, but thats sorta irrelevant as we keep them til they die. either one is a decent choice, but the cmax would allow you to load up with more camping gear/ shite
my mum loves her skodas. so much cheaper than the equivalent model of anything else, and ideal for transporting a family and a load of dogs and show equipment. cheap to maintain too. i'd happily drive one.
They're pretty good these days which makes my brain fart a bit when I remember how Skodas and Ladas were the butt of so many jokes at school.my mum loves her skodas. so much cheaper than the equivalent model of anything else, and ideal for transporting a family and a load of dogs and show equipment. cheap to maintain too. i'd happily drive one.
when I remember how Skodas and Ladas were the butt of so many jokes at school.
You might get a bit of respect on the road driving thatNever mind that the Lada has been reborn - as a new class of Russian submarine!:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lada-class_submarine
Similar handling to a 911, but slower and therefore safer when it let go at the back.So would I, although preferably an old-skool Communist one with the engine in the back:
Similar handling to a 911, but slower and therefore safer when it let go at the back.
Never mind that the Lada has been reborn - as a new class of Russian submarine!:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lada-class_submarine
I think I'm going for a Ford CMax. There's a 2005 Honda Civic I really like the look of but I think in terms of camping and moving shit, the CMax is better, and is still supposed to be a good drive.
If a car is on for £3,000 at a dealers, what would you offer? Not sure I feel very confident haggling for a car.