C30 2.0 R-Design
Discussion
Mrs Cmvtec took delivery of this back in February, but she's not bothered cleaning it since so I didn't post about it. She's been in Corfu for a week so I've been smoking around in it, and she knows I won't drive a filthy car so it's now very clean.
2010 2.0 manual R-Design wearing 74k miles. Overall it's a nice little car. Not as well specified as I would have expected it to be, however. The boot is particularly ridiculous to use when the hard load cover is fitted and it really could use a sixth gear. Plenty of torque steer as required
Couple of issues need resolving; these cars seem incredibly susceptible to stone chips, all the ones we looked at had quite a few. The boot has a very high load lip, so the top of the rear bumper is a bit scuffed. I think a gloss black wrap for the area below the tailgate would be a nice touch, as a paint repair would have the same end result.
Overall average MPG since last weekend has been 33.5, which is about the same as my 2.2 diesel auto X-Type, with the same type of usage. It has too many pedals for me, but I've very much enjoyed my week with it.
2010 2.0 manual R-Design wearing 74k miles. Overall it's a nice little car. Not as well specified as I would have expected it to be, however. The boot is particularly ridiculous to use when the hard load cover is fitted and it really could use a sixth gear. Plenty of torque steer as required
Couple of issues need resolving; these cars seem incredibly susceptible to stone chips, all the ones we looked at had quite a few. The boot has a very high load lip, so the top of the rear bumper is a bit scuffed. I think a gloss black wrap for the area below the tailgate would be a nice touch, as a paint repair would have the same end result.
Overall average MPG since last weekend has been 33.5, which is about the same as my 2.2 diesel auto X-Type, with the same type of usage. It has too many pedals for me, but I've very much enjoyed my week with it.
bazza white said:
nice i have a D5 C30. I would have had full black leather if i could but few options for d5 and manual.
Did your mrs find insurance surprisingly expensive. I dont know why but it was a fair bit more over my mini cooper s.
She didn't want the two tone black/cream leather which most of the R-Design models have, so we were chuffed when we found this one. She also didnt want white but that soon changed. I would have gone for Hello Yellow!Did your mrs find insurance surprisingly expensive. I dont know why but it was a fair bit more over my mini cooper s.
Insurance I can't advise much - she's paying over 4 figures for it, at 27 years old with 6 points for telephone use and a large claim for a stolen car a couple of years ago. Oh, and her postcode is SR8 which seems to be the a
hole of County Durham. Car has remained surprisingly clean for the last few weeks, however. Perhaps I've lead her by example.
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