Potential Dooper owner
Potential Dooper owner
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ScoobyChris

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2,294 posts

228 months

Thursday 30th September 2010
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My company has given me the opportunity to have a "green" company car on a fairly generous budget so I was pretty shocked to find some fun cars on the list that were eligible. Currently the Dooper is running favourite as it looks like it will provide the same driving thrills as my current Panda 100hp but using half the fuel and I can add lots of options and still stay within the budget. Unfortunately, because every demo car seems to be configured differently, I've not been able to try out all the options I'd like so I was looking for opinions from the collective about must haves! biggrin

The current spec I'm looking at is:

Dooper (Chilli):

* 322 Comfort Access System
* 522 Bi-Xenon Headlights
* 359 Heated Windscreen
* 428 Warning Triangle + First Aid Kit
* 313 Folding Exterior Mirrors
* 430 Auto Dim Exterior/Interior Mirrors
* 494 Heated Front Seats
* 6NE Bluetooth Telephone Prep With USB Ad
* 320 Model Badge Deletion
* 300 Emergency Space Saver Spare Wheel
* 258 Run Flat Tyres
* 521 Rain Sensors + Auto Headlights-On

Unfortunately, the lease company won't let me select tinted rear glass and rain sensor so rain sensing wipers has won out. Reading around this forum I see that runflat tyres aren't well received so I'm thinking about dropping these. The remaining options I'm in two minds over are the sports suspension (my current car is a Panda 100hp so I'm no stranger to a firm ride but ultimately what I'd like is a comfortable car that handles well ... moon on a stick? biggrin), adaptive headlights (gimmick or genuinely useful?), sports button (another gimmick?), Vision pack (not been able to find out what this includes but it looks like adaptive headlights and xenons?), and smoker's pack (again not sure what this includes - I believe the 12v socket is standard so I'll only be gaining a cigarette lighter I'll never use). I'm also confused that I can't order the car jack and space saver wheel - presumably this is a space/storage problem rather than them just trying to make changing a wheel difficult?

Thanks for all opinions biggrin

Chris

ScoobyChris

Original Poster:

2,294 posts

228 months

Saturday 2nd October 2010
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Thanks for the reply. Managed to secure an extended test drive this morning in a demo car with every option under the sun on it so that should give me a good opportunity to give everything a workout. biggrin

Chris