Most relaxing car you've owned?

[whoami]

Welshbeef said:

whoami said:

Range Rover or XKR

Westminster or Vogue?

Both really, although the Westminster was a newer car so had a few more toys (ventilated seats etc) and had better ride comfort.

[eldar]

BMW E34 530. Supremely comfortable, quiet with decent performance and economy. And fault free - in 160,000 miles only routine servicing and a few suspension bushes.

I still miss it, 14 years after it went.

[NJH]

Major Fallout said:

P38 Range Rover

Super high profile tyres, very soft suspension, and seats like old wingbacks with 2 armrests.

Probably too relaxing as you can forget to point it in the right direction.

Snap, lol. Had mine for 5 years now on 150k and will just run the thing into the ground eventually. You are right about the corners but I find it so relaxing I have a habit of cruising around at 50 to 55 on A roads so have plenty of time to react to corners.

[smithyithy]

Kia Venga.

Let me explain

My car history to that date was 2 old VW Polos, 2 Jap import Glanzas a few years apart (took a car break for uni), then another old Polo that was a real heap of crap, that I was running around and motorway commuting in to my current job a few years ago, which was my first 'real' career as such.

Anyway a perk of this job is a company car, so after 6 months of being on contract I was taken on fully. So as a 23 year old that's only ever owned old, basic cars - a brand new car was pretty damn special.

I've had 5 cars since then, including my new Mini, but making that initial step into a new car was pretty special, It was delivered to my door on an icey Friday evening with about 15 miles on the clock. Black, full heated leather, panoramic roof, full satnav and all that jazz. I was over the moon Used it over winter for my new job, I was just so appreciative of all the creature comforts, even for a Kia!

[vexed]

Volvo S80 with 2.4 petrol turbo. Silky smooth, effortless, very comfortable.
Loved it for motorway trips with the family, but it only lasted 4 months before I was bored.

[talksthetorque]

'06 company hand down 1.9 TDI Passat. in solid blue.
Too slow to bother pressing on, cruise on at 71.
Capable of being comfortable longer than your bladder.
Scratches/peeling paint on each panel before I got it, so no worries about parking.
>700 miles between fillups so no nervous "can I get there on fumes" moments.
Several times the car made it easy to travel from Livingston to Bournemouth on a Friday Afternoon/evening without stopping.

[Robert Elise]

1.4 Seat Ibiza, so sad it's not even in my garage.
incapable of going fast which was strangely relaxing.

[BIRMA]

My 5 litre twin turbo V10 Phaeton diesel is superb. The cooling massage seats all round along with double glazing and air suspension and at 70 MPH it's just over tick-over and makes my University Taxi run of 200 miles each way like a trip to the shops.

Edited by BIRMA on Thursday 23 July 21:58

[Rowley Birkin]

Opel-GT said:

Major Fallout said:

P38 Range Rover

Super high profile tyres, very soft suspension, and seats like old wingbacks with 2 armrests.

Probably too relaxing as you can forget to point it in the right direction.

^^^ This

Yes, that. Probably best to forget to point it in any direction other than straight ahead, however, because cornering was never their forte.

I miss my P38. My later Range Rovers haven't been as charismatic.

[Pintofbest]

I would have said my 2011 5 series auto - Msport meant it was a bit bumpy but so easy to go around in. Now got a new RRS Autobiography and it is amazing, I drive a bit slower for some reason but the comfort is unreal. Also, over 2 tons and 300bhp and the best journey is 47mpg with average at 35! It only on 2k mile so I am seriously impressed.

[PowerslideSWE]

My old (1995) BMW 750, comfort seats, soft suspension, whisper quiet V12 and at the end of ownership 16" ballons. Very soothing indeed.

[DJP]

Volvo V70.

Biggish engine, auto box, leather and some of the best seats ever fitted to a motor vehicle.

Good for 1,000 mile days.

[jamesh764]

Thankyou4calling said:

It was a Citroen C5.

I would agree.

Many years ago I was the proud 14th owner of a Citroen XM 24 Valve. It could have been the most relaxing car ever, except I was always worried about what would break next.

My current Citroen C6 should be the most relaxing car ever, but the gearbox is knackered. A car with transmission that goes into neutral when you are trying to accelerate quickly is not relaxing.

So the most relaxing car I've ever owned was the C5. Wafty suspension, leather seats, and while it had a few issues when I first got it, it covered 50000 trouble free miles in the two years I owned it for.

[siovey]

My current car, a mk iv golf gt tdi. It doesn't reward you in any way by driving sportily. So I don't. It just gets me from a to b as required and I'm not constantly "looking for the overtake". Yes, it's a crap car but it's quite refreshing for me just to drive to my destination without ragging the sh*t out of my car
I'm constantly on autotrader looking for the next car though....

[saaby93]

Anyone posted up one of these



They dont make 'em like they used to

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Citroen-XM-2-0si-with-on...

[Huff]

eldar said:

BMW E34 530. Supremely comfortable, quiet with decent performance and economy. And fault free - in 160,000 miles only routine servicing and a few suspension bushes.

I still miss it, 14 years after it went.

Hah! My vote would be my E34 540, run for seven years, 70K miles and never a problem.
(Finally replaced it with an Alpina B10 3.3 manual, which is bloody superb, even has a more compliant ride, but the far sharper/tighter chassis lends different emphases.)

[eldar]

Huff said:

Hah! My vote would be my E34 540, run for seven years, 70K miles and never a problem.
(Finally replaced it with an Alpina B10 3.3 manual, which is bloody superb, even has a more compliant ride, but the far sharper/tighter chassis lends different emphases.)

I'd been looking for a 540, but couldn't find a decent manual, so ended up with the 530. Didn't really miss the extra performance, oddly.

The car always felt tight, solid and rattle free, even at 150k miles +

[jogger1976]

Would definitely agree with Jag XJ's.Just effortless and silky smooth, particularly with a lovely V12

However, if your fist name isn't Sheikh and you don't own shares in BP, Texaco or Shell, then it's Swedish all the way in various flavours of big wafty Volvo/Saab for me

I like to think of my 9-5 as a big, fast(ish) and extremely comfortable Swedish armchair

Edited by jogger1976 on Thursday 23 July 22:50

[Tonto]

Xkr convertible with seat chillers. Waft tactic, but with 500hp to surge past dawdlers.

[PomBstard]

DJP said:

Volvo V70.

Biggish engine, auto box, leather and some of the best seats ever fitted to a motor vehicle.

Good for 1,000 mile days.

Now, see, I've got one of these, but I don't get the bit about Volvo seats. They're OK, but after an hour or so I find myself adjusting to a different position. And whilst it might waft itself up a motorway, once off anything straight'ish its anything but relaxing such is the wallowing of the ride and slipperyness of the wide-arsed seat. It is also incredibly dull.

Most relaxing for me was the Liberty GT - great seats, perfect driving position, decent enough power and torque with easy gearbox and clutch and great handling. Cross-country or motorway were equally relaxing or fun, depending on the mood, topped off by top-notch stereo and huuuuuuuuge sunroof. Plenty of 1000km days covered in that one when packed with kids and chattels. Wouldn't have hesitated to drive round Aus in it.