Comfiest snotter
Discussion
So I have done a lot of searching with regards to the comfiest snotter. I am looking for a car with a max 2.5k budget to use as a daily run around/snotter. It has to be reasonable to run which kind of rules out the massive petrol V8 stuff (iv heard the Lexus LS is unbelievably comfortable and quiet).
So far top of my list is as follow:
Rover 75 connoisseur (2.0 D)
Volvo S60 (D5)
Jeep Grand Cherokee (V8 with LPG conversion)
Just wondering peoples thoughts and if they have any other suggestions or experience it would be much appreciated!
Cheers
So far top of my list is as follow:
Rover 75 connoisseur (2.0 D)
Volvo S60 (D5)
Jeep Grand Cherokee (V8 with LPG conversion)
Just wondering peoples thoughts and if they have any other suggestions or experience it would be much appreciated!
Cheers
Out of that list the Volvo is a clear winner in a different league. The Rover was crap the day it was released. The interior was trying too hard to hark back to 1950's. The Grad Cherokee isn't a comfortable snotter. We had a 5.7l HEMI engined one in the family for 5 years. It works in the US but not in the IK. The Volvo has the comfiest seats of almost any car and, if bought with the right options, the best radio.
h0b0 said:
The Rover was crap the day it was released. The interior was trying too hard to hark back to 1950's.
I've driven a 75 for a year now, and yes the interior is a bit retro, but it's well screwed together and it's ride quality is excellent very wafty a bit like your favourite armchair.If you want a more modern interior look at a ZT which is a little more modern inside....
And they weren't crap the day they were released, they were very well reviewed...
They have their quirks and some signs of cost cutting, but the owners website is probably the best i've seen and they have a very loyal following, over the last year it's averaged 51mpg over 16,000 miles, i've had to replace a clutch master cylinder and an alternator in that time, but they were the originals from new!
h0b0 said:
Out of that list the Volvo is a clear winner in a different league. The Rover was crap the day it was released. The interior was trying too hard to hark back to 1950's. The Grad Cherokee isn't a comfortable snotter. We had a 5.7l HEMI engined one in the family for 5 years. It works in the US but not in the IK. The Volvo has the comfiest seats of almost any car and, if bought with the right options, the best radio.
Having owned both the Rover and the Volvo I can tell you you're wrong. 
The Rover is certainly not crap, in fact I would say it feels better put together than the Volvo (although the styling is obviously a matter of taste). The Rover rides the bumps and crap country roads better than the Volvo but I will concede that the Volvo seats are super comfy. That being said, the Volvo gave me terrible back ache whereas the Rover doesn't. The D5 is a really nice engine though and that would swing it for me (but only with a manual box).
tdm34 said:
h0b0 said:
The Rover was crap the day it was released. The interior was trying too hard to hark back to 1950's.
I've driven a 75 for a year now, and yes the interior is a bit retro, but it's well screwed together and it's ride quality is excellent very wafty a bit like your favourite armchair.If you want a more modern interior look at a ZT which is a little more modern inside....
And they weren't crap the day they were released, they were very well reviewed...
They have their quirks and some signs of cost cutting, but the owners website is probably the best i've seen and they have a very loyal following, over the last year it's averaged 51mpg over 16,000 miles, i've had to replace a clutch master cylinder and an alternator in that time, but they were the originals from new!
James May drives the Rover 75
And on top of that it was painfully slow. It was like driving a turbo car with a knackered turbo
Thanks for all the input guys. I think I might drop the Cherokee from the list but I have read that its like driving around in your favourite sofa..
Iv heard mostly good things about the 75 and even looked at the release reviews which remark on how comfortable it was.
Things like performance and styling don't bother me when buying this kind of car. I just want something that will be cheap to run and last. The Volvo might pip the rover in terms of equipment though.
As for the Saab I read that getting parts for them was difficult but sounds like this might not be the case?
Keep the suggestions coming!
Iv heard mostly good things about the 75 and even looked at the release reviews which remark on how comfortable it was.
Things like performance and styling don't bother me when buying this kind of car. I just want something that will be cheap to run and last. The Volvo might pip the rover in terms of equipment though.
As for the Saab I read that getting parts for them was difficult but sounds like this might not be the case?
Keep the suggestions coming!
vallance5 said:
The Volvo might pip the rover in terms of equipment though.
Get one with the winter pack and leather (most have this anyway). The seats are about as good as it gets and the pro logic stereo is very surprising. They also have a far nicer engine than the Rover and IMO don't look 'cheap'. The other half uses my old one now an it is just turned 200K, it'll be sold soon but it owes us absolutely nothing. Great cars.
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