Bit masculine for you innit?
We rented one in Crete. It was... adequate. Nothing special, just a textbook version of "an car". The lane keep assist was irritating as **** though.
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Bit masculine for you innit?
We rented one in Crete. It was... adequate. Nothing special, just a textbook version of "an car". The lane keep assist was irritating as **** though.
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This one has the 2.0 L fiat turbo diesel so is actually quite pokey.
As someone who has spent a lot of time driving pickups that depends a lot on the pickup - there is a big split between the workhorses and lifestyle pickups, even with that being a bit more blurred with recent models. There are some I absolutely wouldn't want to spend any more time in than I had to outside of actually using them for work and others which are really not bad to live with.
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I bought a brand new VW Amarok 180 Highline back in 2014 and that was very cilvilised.
About the only thing I'd fault the Amarok for is the relatively heavy steering - though sometimes I'd take the more direct feel over the lighter but sometimes a bit vague steering on my Navara - but overall the steering on my D40 is surprisingly agile and always surprises people who've driven it expecting it to be much worse coming from a car. I'm on and off between replacing my D40 with a Amarok or trying to find a relatively low miles 2021 Navara at the moment as I have a bunch of Navara accessories and spare wheels for the D23
but I'd much rather have another V6.
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Serious off road stuff?
It's a Fiat 500x in a frock. It'll struggle with a decent pothole, never mind "serious off road".
What is a Fiat 500 in frock? A Jimny?
If you think a Jimny is a Fiat 500 in a frock, you wouldn’t know a serious off roader if it run you over
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I suppose it depends what you’re comparing it against. Civilised compared to a Lada Niva, or Caterham 7 sure. Compared to a Ford Mondeo, well not so much.
What is a Fiat 500 in frock? A Jimny?
If you think a Jimny is a Fiat 500 in a frock, you wouldn’t know a serious off roader if it run you over
Maybe go back and reread... Op bough a Jeep Renegade, which is a Stellantis (Fiat)
What is a Fiat 500 in frock? A Jimny?
If you think a Jimny is a Fiat 500 in a frock, you wouldn’t know a serious off roader if it run you over
Well this is awkward...
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Indeed. Personally, the comparison was against various hatches, saloons and SUV's I've owned throughout.
Edit: @jigger - What do you drive?
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I have a few cars.
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Great. Like what?
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Ok, no need to boast
Doesn’t get much use to be fair. Maybe it’s a bit too imposing.
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A serious off-roader sure but any of the lifestyle spec pickups like the Amarok are reasonably civilised relative to a regular car - a little less practical but not hideously so - while not my main car I daily drove my D40 Navara Outlaw for around 6 years and even with the rear leaf springs and on Falken Wildpeak all-terrain tyres it was mild mannered on the road, sat planted and comfortable on any decent road. Combined with a torquey and relatively refined V6, a decent auto transmission, great seats and an upgraded sound system it was a nice place to be while never outclassed off-road either (unless it came to doing some serious wading - but that is another story).
I wouldn't want to drive one without the parking cameras and with manual transmission though as otherwise they can be a bit of effort.
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