What Hot Hatch New Polo GTI V Fiesta ST3???
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Fellow Pistonheads Fans
I'm looking for some advice on the above cars and any other suggestions.
Its time for me to swap out my trusty old B5.5 passat 1.9 tdi passat for a new company car.
The above two hot hatches have caught my interest and I have had a test drive in the new polo GTI. A cracking little car but I'm not quite sure about the image.
I commute roughly 15000 mpa and have enjoyed 50 mpg for the past 3 years out of the passat. I'm now looking for a little bit of excitement and something different from the normal rep fodder.
As long as they get close to 40 mpg and put a grin on my face I'm not really bothered what I drive.
I'm booked in to drive the fiesta ST next Tuesday but the info on the net is a little sparse on the new Polo GTI.
Thoughts please?
I'm looking for some advice on the above cars and any other suggestions.
Its time for me to swap out my trusty old B5.5 passat 1.9 tdi passat for a new company car.
The above two hot hatches have caught my interest and I have had a test drive in the new polo GTI. A cracking little car but I'm not quite sure about the image.
I commute roughly 15000 mpa and have enjoyed 50 mpg for the past 3 years out of the passat. I'm now looking for a little bit of excitement and something different from the normal rep fodder.
As long as they get close to 40 mpg and put a grin on my face I'm not really bothered what I drive.
I'm booked in to drive the fiesta ST next Tuesday but the info on the net is a little sparse on the new Polo GTI.
Thoughts please?
I recently test drove a Fiesta ST3 and it had everything you could've wanted - Seat heaters, Sat nav,cruise, bluetooth usb for the phone the lot. It was lovely.
It had done 20k, and trip had not been reset in 500 miles. It was showing 35mpg, and I imagine, that where it was (dealer is in some lovely switchback B roads, hooning is hard to resist) not many of them were taken wafting.
40 on a run should be easy.
2 downsides to it(for me)
1, because I'm er... portly (actually, just fat) I found the seats a little hard to get comfy in, it wasn't native. the buckets felt a little too narrow, but once I got comfy, they were great.
2. The ride is very busy at slow speeds. Once it's up above 50 and on a relatively smooth road, it's alright, but under 30 you get flung about a bit.
You can lease an ST3 for about 200 a month with a £1500 deposit at the moment, which is great!
It had done 20k, and trip had not been reset in 500 miles. It was showing 35mpg, and I imagine, that where it was (dealer is in some lovely switchback B roads, hooning is hard to resist) not many of them were taken wafting.
40 on a run should be easy.
2 downsides to it(for me)
1, because I'm er... portly (actually, just fat) I found the seats a little hard to get comfy in, it wasn't native. the buckets felt a little too narrow, but once I got comfy, they were great.
2. The ride is very busy at slow speeds. Once it's up above 50 and on a relatively smooth road, it's alright, but under 30 you get flung about a bit.
You can lease an ST3 for about 200 a month with a £1500 deposit at the moment, which is great!
Edited by R2T2 on Tuesday 10th March 16:07
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