Heavy Steering

manicm · 02-15-2011, 09:17 AM

Don't make us blush

mario486 · 02-15-2011, 10:27 AM

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Originally Posted by Pepe79

Hehe

I'm not your wife

so don't worry

Be interesting to hear your views on the X1. My wife thinks its OK, likes the power, but prefers the mini around town. She is quite short so struggles to reach the rear tailgate to close it. They should have a powered option on this.

Pepe79 · 02-15-2011, 10:58 AM

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Originally Posted by mario486

Be interesting to hear your views on the X1. My wife thinks its OK, likes the power, but prefers the mini around town. She is quite short so struggles to reach the rear tailgate to close it. They should have a powered option on this.

OK, I will. Right now I can (will) only compare it with Skoda Fabia 1.2 (2003). I remember when I first went to a test drive with the X1 it was so impressive, comparing to my oldie it was a huge step forward. I was shocked in a positive way and decided to buy it

. I went to testdrive with the Toyota Auris HSD (Hybrid) too, but it was not a big difference comparing to the Skoda. It was OK but I missed the "love for the first sight".

I'm tall, so no problem with that one I hope

manicm · 02-15-2011, 11:29 AM

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Originally Posted by mario486

Be interesting to hear your views on the X1. My wife thinks its OK, likes the power, but prefers the mini around town. She is quite short so struggles to reach the rear tailgate to close it. They should have a powered option on this.

The X1 is not really much taller than my Mk1 Ford Focus!

mario486 · 02-15-2011, 05:06 PM

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Originally Posted by manicm

The X1 is not really much taller than my Mk1 Ford Focus!

There is a wee bit of a difference. Focus is 1497mm and the X1 is 1545mm. Does not sound like much but is a fair bit. Problem is that my wife is quite petite (she is going to like that

) at only 1.53m so you can see the problem

The tailgate goes up quite high.

Gatekeeper · 02-17-2011, 01:28 PM

Speaking of....

Off topic for a few seconds, on the coolest car commercial ever...

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