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KungFooBob wrote: Sat Mar 23, 2024 9:49 pm VAG interiors are flippin' dull tho'... and that's the bit you actually see/interact with when driving.

BMW/MB do interiors so much better. I quite like my Ovlov too.

I wouldn't be seen dead in a car without leather tailored dash and door tops.

I like BMW interiors, though they're definitely quite austere. MBs are horrible. Chintzy and tacky, really quite nasty. Audi are the best middle ground I think, though not sure VW get the memo.

If you've got to sit in it for an extended period of time, you might as well enjoy it.

Slenver wrote: Sat Mar 23, 2024 9:59 pm

KungFooBob wrote: Sat Mar 23, 2024 9:49 pm VAG interiors are flippin' dull tho'... and that's the bit you actually see/interact with when driving.

BMW/MB do interiors so much better. I quite like my Ovlov too.

I wouldn't be seen dead in a car without leather tailored dash and door tops.

I like BMW interiors, though they're definitely quite austere. MBs are horrible. Chintzy and tacky, really quite nasty. Audi are the best middle ground I think, though not sure VW get the memo.

Yeah, the newer MB's with the fake dark wood effect trim and and all the colour changing light up bits are a bit naff, but my older R231 SL has a lovely interior.

KungFooBob wrote: Sat Mar 23, 2024 9:59 pm If you've got to sit in it for an extended period of time, you might as well enjoy it.

The only extended drive I regularly do is to the south of France and back in the van. I normally have for company a cat who really doesn't want to be there and is hell-bent on escape. So classy furnishings are fairly low down on my list of priorities. I've focussed recently on reducing cabin noise by sound insulating all the metal work. That has improved my quality of life to a surprising degree.

Yorick wrote: Sat Mar 23, 2024 9:20 pm

KungFooBob wrote: Sat Mar 23, 2024 9:16 pm

mangocrazy wrote: Sat Mar 23, 2024 9:13 pm A nice Skoda Superb estate. Would swallow everything we need for 5-6 weeks away in France (including cat and shitbox) and would eat up the Autoroute miles while sipping parsimoniously on diesel.

My wife wouldn't let me buy a Skoda. Because we're children of the 80's when Skoda jokes were common.

What do you call a Skoda with a sun roof?

A skip.

Etc...

Why do Skodas have heated rear screens?

To keep your hands warm when you’re pushing.

Yorick wrote: Sat Mar 23, 2024 9:19 pm

weeksy wrote: Sat Mar 23, 2024 9:08 pm None. I'm not convinced I want to drive a car again.

I wouldn't want a road car again. I love the 4WD here. Can do and see so much more.

I thought you had a Duster. Isn't that a 'road car'?

Slenver wrote: Sat Mar 23, 2024 10:45 pm

Yorick wrote: Sat Mar 23, 2024 9:19 pm

weeksy wrote: Sat Mar 23, 2024 9:08 pm None. I'm not convinced I want to drive a car again.

I wouldn't want a road car again. I love the 4WD here. Can do and see so much more.

I thought you had a Duster. Isn't that a 'road car'?

I meant a proper 4WD car to explore in.

A £100k Range Rover is technically a road car

weeksy wrote: Sat Mar 23, 2024 9:08 pm None. I'm not convinced I want to drive a car again.

You took a bit of convincing but once you get into vans there's no going back.

Is that because they don't have rear windows?

Pirahna wrote: Sun Mar 24, 2024 12:35 am

weeksy wrote: Sat Mar 23, 2024 9:08 pm None. I'm not convinced I want to drive a car again.

You took a bit of convincing but once you get into vans there's no going back.

I hear you. And like Potter says, it's also what I need as well as what I want.

My next one will be a lwb auto Transit.

I've had luxury cars, fast cars, old cars, French cars and the only thing I think I'd want again is my Transit. Possibly an old 2+2 convertible as a second car, something that can wake me up at legal speeds.

I've just bought a van!

I'm a vanny now! How ghastly!

We’ve (my son)just bought a pick up…..old skool



It’s been standing a while

Pop that straight in the bin.

RS6 Avant
Quickest bloke at the tip!

Gregor wrote: Sun Mar 24, 2024 11:18 am
It’s been standing a while

You can leave em standing on the bottom of the sea and they'll still be fine, ISTR.

Potter wrote: Sun Mar 24, 2024 6:12 am

Pirahna wrote: Sun Mar 24, 2024 12:35 am
You took a bit of convincing but once you get into vans there's no going back.

If you have a van then you’re the sort of person that (obviously) needs one at least some of the time and then everything else afterwards gets compared to the van and rarely makes better sense.
So yeah, once you’ve had a van then you’re hooked.

I think that’s why I like my big 4x4s, they’ve got all the practical advantages of a van but staggering luxury and comfort as well.

Can you get a motorbike (or two) in the back of your 4x4? If not, they don't have all the practical advantages of a van

Potter wrote: Sun Mar 24, 2024 7:31 pm

mangocrazy wrote: Sun Mar 24, 2024 6:36 pm
Can you get a motorbike (or two) in the back of your 4x4? If not, they don't have all the practical advantages of a van

I have a Moto-lug trailer that fits in my 4x4 and then assembles as and when I need it.

It’s not perfect if you only use it for moving motorcycles but it’s close enough and the advantages/disadvantages work nicely.

Yes, it's a trade off. With a van you cut out all the faff of assembling a trailer and bikes are inside and protected from rain and prying eyes, but you don't get the creature comforts and oasis of calm you get in a 4x4.

Gregor wrote: Sun Mar 24, 2024 11:18 am We’ve (my son)just bought a pick up…..old skool

That looks really clean!

ChrisW wrote: Sun Mar 24, 2024 7:50 pm

That looks really clean!

Apart from the faded paint it’s actually in decent nick, Toyota know how to build em, the bodywork has very little corrosion.

The only issue is possibly a leaky rad.

My lads just set off for Bonn where he lives and on to France/ Swiss border for a job, hopefully picking up some rad weld on the way