Whats the best courtesy car you've had?

[essexplumber]

I am currently lumber'd with a 59 1.2 corsa and it is definatley the slowest car I've driven. Is this what everyone gets as a courtesy car? In 2004 we got a brand new megane cc (which was nice). So whats the best courtesy car you've had?

[Jonboy_t]

Got a 2.4d Alfa 159 about 2 years ago. Tosser pulled in front of me and wrote off my car but as it was a 2.2 (Vectra!) and not my fault, the insurance company had to give me same engine size or bigger! Fekkin beautiful car it was!

[ILOVELAMP]

An old 150k mile VW caddy van. Both the best and worst as its the only courtesy car I've ever had.

[essexplumber]

ILOVELAMP said:

An old 150k mile VW caddy van. Both the best and worst as its the only courtesy car I've ever had.

Feck!

[russy01]

Had a chevy aveo earlier this week!! Was dire, not a single bit you could like!?

Apart from the whine the poor 1.2 made at 6500rpm!!

[essexplumber]

russy01 said:

Had a chevy aveo earlier this week!! Was dire, not a single bit you could like!?

Apart from the whine the poor 1.2 made at 6500rpm!!

Prob the same engine as the corsa.

[S3_Graham]

guy at work had his poverty spec c class in for some warranty work.

Was given a brand new cls 320!!

[essexplumber]

S3_Graham said:

guy at work had his poverty spec c class in for some warranty work.

Was given a brand new cls 320!!

Mines in for warranty work too. They had to hire it from enterprise, doubt I'd have got a cls from pug though.

[Benjybh]

Brand new Toyota Auris 1.6 - was the first car I drove after I passed, and continued to do so for 10 days until Direct Line sorted out writing off our Fiat Punto. Was good fun.

[Jonny671]

We give our customers '10 plate Mazda2 TS2's.. Still only a 1.3 though unfortunately.

One customer tried to insure it herself for the day and the insurance company said it was too expensive for them to cover!

[essexplumber]

Jonny671 said:

We give our customers '10 plate Mazda2 TS2's.. Still only a 1.3 though unfortunately.

One customer tried to insure it herself for the day and the insurance company said it was too expensive for them to cover!

Why did she want to do that?

[paul0843]

brand new maserati quotroporte..for a week..

[essexplumber]

paul0843 said:

brand new maserati quotroporte..for a week..

How you bd?

[S3_Graham]

essexplumber said:

S3_Graham said:

guy at work had his poverty spec c class in for some warranty work.

Was given a brand new cls 320!!

Mines in for warranty work too. They had to hire it from enterprise, doubt I'd have got a cls from pug though.

you jest... but the cls from merc dealer came with a little green E on the back!!

[davidjpowell]

S3_Graham said:

essexplumber said:

S3_Graham said:

guy at work had his poverty spec c class in for some warranty work.

Was given a brand new cls 320!!

Mines in for warranty work too. They had to hire it from enterprise, doubt I'd have got a cls from pug though.

you jest... but the cls from merc dealer came with a little green E on the back!!

Enterprise manage Mercedes breakdown fleet, MB still own most of the cars. It's meant to go something like Mercedes same model, Mercedes any model, Enterprise hire car similar, Enterprise whatever they can find.

[davey1343]

russy01 said:

Had a chevy aveo earlier this week!! Was dire, not a single bit you could like!?

I also had the displeasure of driving one of these as a courtesy car a month ago. Quite possibly the worst car i've ever had the displeasure of driving.
The amount of body roll in corners was laughable, the entire interior was hard brittle plastic and the clutch moved upwards?
Although as you say the noise the engine made when it was being bounced off the limiter more than made up for it.
One highlight I had was on the A20 trying to keep an Audi R8 behind me... and then trying to catch it back up again. (The ex didnt approve)

[Glyn84]

essexplumber said:

I am currently lumber'd with a 59 1.2 corsa and it is definatley the slowest car I've driven.

I hired one of these from Enterprise... OK I hired a small car, that's what I got. At times I had to drop gears on the motorway to get up gradual inclines without being overtaken by wildlife. Truly hateful thing. And the steering was devoid of all feel, and the driving position for me (I'm only 5ft 10) meant you had to be proportioned like an orangutan to operate the controls without leaning forward. Shame, because the chassis underneath actually felt quite decent.

Best courtesy car though... a Focus. OK it was a an estate with a 1.8 litre diesel engine I didn't really enjoy, but my god that car handled well! So much fun on the B roads

Edited by Glyn84 on Friday 30th April 21:26

[simonreed]

Caterham supersports R

[Benzman]

A brand new Mini Cooper S, wife's Mini Cooper went in to have some accident damage repaired and they gave her the Cooper S.

[anonymous-user]

Brother had a phaeton whilst his was being repaired.