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I'd have a BMW over one any day of the week.
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I'd have a BMW over one any day of the week.
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I'd have a Ferrari over one of those any day of the week.
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Thats your opinion I guess, but apart from the badge, there's not much to recommend.
What are these retailing for new? 30k for the Tekna models?
If I had the money to walk into a showroom and buy one, I probably wouldn't. I'd be more inclined to go with the Ford Kuga Titanium X sport with the manual box, 2 litre diesel and AWD.
If I had the money to walk into a showroom and buy one, I probably wouldn't. I'd be more inclined to go with the Ford Kuga Titanium X sport with the manual box, 2 litre diesel and AWD.
Thats almost as daft as the suggestion of a more expensive car as an alternative in the first place
A good autobox is the only thing that can make the tedium of a 2 litre diesel tolerable. I cannot imagine why you'd want to change gear yourself in what has to be the most appliance-like engine choice you can make. Nobody picks a 2.0 TDI because they love driving so why would you want a manual one so you can constantly stir the box to make the most of the tiny powerband?
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[TW]Fox;26502292 said:Thats almost as daft as the suggestion of a more expensive car as an alternative in the first place
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[TW]Fox;26502393 said:
Give us some reasons then
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That's because loads of people don't like driving and a car is just a tool to get form a to b.
I don't really want to derail the thread as a BMW is a pointless alternative to a Nissan X-Trail but it's fairly obvious that there are many things to recommend about one - performance, handling, interiors, engine range, refinement, etc.
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Not quite sure what you're getting at with that post, given Freefaller was clearly responding to the claim that the Qashqai is a much better car than a BMW and that's why everyone at his work is dumping their BMWs for Qashqais
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[TW]Fox;26502492 said:
Oh, you're talking about X-Trail's, fair enough...
I believe the reason why people were giving up their BMW's is because they were getting tired of been reamed by the tax man.
So they opted out of the company car Scheme and got themselves Qashqai as they are cheap to run and seemed nice (to them) and now they pockect some money from the car allowance instead of hemorrhaging a load of cash to the tax man.
In other words they now have cash in their pockets instead of been out of pocket.
So they opted out of the company car Scheme and got themselves Qashqai as they are cheap to run and seemed nice (to them) and now they pockect some money from the car allowance instead of hemorrhaging a load of cash to the tax man.
In other words they now have cash in their pockets instead of been out of pocket.
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[TW]Fox;26502214 said:
I'd have a Mondeo
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Tax and fuel economy is a fair reason to change car... But as far as an enjoyable drive and having a level of refinement I'd choose the BMW.
I have never been fond of the Qashqai, I don't find them comfortable and relatively pointless. I you want a big 4*4 get one!
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Indeed a nice v6 diesel or pokey petrol would make it more appealing.
Easy in this day and age. Just look at Ford's 1.0 EcoBoost and 1.6 TDCI, or VAG's TFSI system which can get something like 150HP out of a 1.2.