fossyant
Ride It Like You Stole It!
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- South Manchester
Mid to large estates have more useable boot space than most SUV's. That said MrsF is currently driving to Wales with two bikes in the back with wheels on in her Qashqai.
SUVs are useless for carrying stuff
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But being shallow I bought the BMW ‘cause it looks nice
oldwheels
Legendary Member
- Location
- Isle of Mull
I like my Peugeot Partner which is really a van with windows and easily removed rear seats.
My Brompton fitted nicely behind the passenger seat but now I have all the rear seats out to carry my Kettwiesel trike unfolded.
Around where I live there are about a dozen of them or the Citroen equivalent as they are very practical.
My Brompton fitted nicely behind the passenger seat but now I have all the rear seats out to carry my Kettwiesel trike unfolded.
Around where I live there are about a dozen of them or the Citroen equivalent as they are very practical.
Cycleops
Legendary Member
- Location
- Accra, Ghana
Of course, everyone has known this for years but how else are you going to get Street cred and that drug dealer look ( top marks here going to Range Rover and Escalade).
Whilst I don't disagree with you that the label SUV now seems to mean "big family car" more or less, it does pose the interesting question of what exactly *is* an SUV.
The guide I found suggests than an SUV has higher ground clearance than a hatchback. I found another reference that suggested that for a proper off roader 8 to 10 inches of clearance was required, but for well maintained tracks 6 inches was sufficient. So the ID4 passes in that regard with 6 to 6.7 inches of clearance depending on spec. It has a more upright, box like body - check. It has 4 wheel drive and a low centre of gravity - check. There are a fair few videos of people being surprised that it can do offroad tests reasonably well.
So - I'm not sure that the advertising blurb is *entirely* incorrect.
Richard A Thackeray
Legendary Member
My previous car, an Octavia estate (2011 'facelift 2') was rather capacious
I would, however, have liked a hybrid with rear of the initial model, as that had a almost vertical tailgate
Its successor (from May 2021), a Kodiaq, has a boot that's almost as big, or seems it (I've not measured the two)
That does have an interesting trick though!
As it's available in a 7-seater, & the 5-seater (mine)
l presume it’s a feature of the 7-seaters that stayed in the 5-seaters
The rear seats slide forward, by about 9 inches!!!
This will be to allow access to the 3rd row?
Oh!, & they have 2 back-rest positions
I would, however, have liked a hybrid with rear of the initial model, as that had a almost vertical tailgate
Its successor (from May 2021), a Kodiaq, has a boot that's almost as big, or seems it (I've not measured the two)
That does have an interesting trick though!
As it's available in a 7-seater, & the 5-seater (mine)
l presume it’s a feature of the 7-seaters that stayed in the 5-seaters
The rear seats slide forward, by about 9 inches!!!
This will be to allow access to the 3rd row?
Oh!, & they have 2 back-rest positions
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I've got a Ford C-Max. Not sure if it counts as an SUV. I once fitted in three people, a bike, a tent, camping, holiday and bike ride stuff for one person for a week, a wheelchair, two Zimmer frames and luggage for the other two people for a week. Happy with that!
Cycleops
Legendary Member
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- Accra, Ghana
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- Somewhere wet & hilly in NW England.
In defence of the small SUV
We have a small SUV - VW T.Cross.
That's the category of car that it falls into and their are lots of others in it too.
It is a tiny fraction longer than a VW Polo, whose platform it shares, but the packaging is amazing - four 6 footers can be seated comfortably.
It is not 4 wheel drive and we appreciate that its off-road abilities are limited.
But, it can swallow an awful lot of luggage - more so than our friend's 330d x-drive for example.
It is lovely to drive, easy to get into and has great visibility - all important qualities to us.
Possibly the nicest car we have ever had, and we have had some very expensive cars over the years.
We have a small SUV - VW T.Cross.
That's the category of car that it falls into and their are lots of others in it too.
It is a tiny fraction longer than a VW Polo, whose platform it shares, but the packaging is amazing - four 6 footers can be seated comfortably.
It is not 4 wheel drive and we appreciate that its off-road abilities are limited.
But, it can swallow an awful lot of luggage - more so than our friend's 330d x-drive for example.
It is lovely to drive, easy to get into and has great visibility - all important qualities to us.
Possibly the nicest car we have ever had, and we have had some very expensive cars over the years.
Grant Fondo
Guru
- Location
- Cheshire
Nooooo ... done it meself on one of those stoopid car park height barriers ... there's sinking feelings then that
BoldonLad
Not part of the Elite
- Location
- South Tyneside
Not sure which classification the Nissan Note and Qashqai come into, but, daughter no 1 had the Note, and, it could swallow more luggage than Son No 1’s Qashqai.
Jenkins
Legendary Member
- Location
- Felixstowe
From a personal point of view the thread could be simply re-titled "SUVs are useless".
But then my preference is for a decent estate having previously owned an Alfa 156 Sportwagon and now running a Mazda 6 Estate.
But then my preference is for a decent estate having previously owned an Alfa 156 Sportwagon and now running a Mazda 6 Estate.
Profpointy
Legendary Member
Even my ex Mrs 110 Landy, superb though it was a tow vehicle, and very much a work vehicle had less space inside than you'd think. A useful amount of space maybe but I reckon you'd get more stuff into a Mondeo, albeit I'd not want to tow 3.5 ton with the latter, nor drive off road. She regularly towed 2.5 tons (trailer 1 ton empty, plus horse x2 @ 600kg+ each, plus water, hay etc, including across very muddy fields, which is why she bought it
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