Just got my dacia stepway yesterday , drove to work as my back/ hip flexor has been really painful and i agree , compared to my old meriva which had a 1.4 engine and struggled on hills this 0.9 engine had more oomph and didnt need to rev as much for the same speed .
Avensis has a bigger front floor pan .When we moved to France in 2010, we brought with us a LHD Ford Focus Estate, 2006 version. It's been a good car for us and suits me well, even though I have to put the seat right back to drive (I'm 6'2" or 189cm)
Now we have made the decision to return to the UK, I thought we should perhaps get the updated version of the same car. (The Pino will actually fit inside the car without splitting). However, after a trip to the local dealer, I find I can't drive the new version as I don't fit. Despite putting the seat down and back, the steering wheel is about 1cm away from my legs, whereas in the old car it's about 5cm. I know there is a version where you can adjust the steering wheel as well, but I suspect this is not available or all models (unless someone knows different)
The roof line is also lower as we found out when parked next to a new one in the supermarket car park yesterday.
After the Ford experience we decided to try Toyota (I have had Avensiss / Avensi? in the past). The Avensis seems to be the same size, and the estate version is huge, but I can't get in an Auris. The Verso is fine, but it's a van with windows.
Anyone had similar experiences?
........................and a failure of CYCLING journalists and their like to deplore the excesses of the BIKE industry.
How dare you make such accusations about such a calm, level headed unbaised person ?
2006 Focus Estate = 4.470m x 1.839m x 1.495m
2017 Focus Estate = 4.556m x 1.823m x 1.505m
So no, the new one isn't noticeably smaller - 8.6cm longer, 1cm higher and less than 2cm narrower.
But you can get away with all sorts of wasteful design inside the cabin panels now because most people assume it's extra safety equipment!
The only fringe benefit is the extra unused space does make it slightly easier to work in there than when every cubic inch was being made to work - if you can get the flipping panel off without cracking any of the nasty pushfit tabs that are now common and hard to get spares for.
Whaddya mean "these days"?
Congratulations on finding a keyboard in there!
(I did say "slightly"...)
could be , i am not a petrol head at all all i know is it goes a lot better and is more comfy , after that i am not really interested in cars hence my choice , workmate who drive a merc says he wouldnt be seen dead in it .
cheap interior but with kids ............
Who's he?
Absolutely. Mine are big now, but I still use it for transporting bikes, garden waste, furniture etc, I don't need to be too precious about it.
Pink spectacles, Fabbers. Early Minis were cripplingly uncomfortable for any journey longer than a few miles. Instruments of torture really.
