Modern hire car horrors - Page 2

missfire · 28-03-15, 07:09 PM

Says he who just bought a Kia kid wagon/box. I agree,

but I've still got both, the best/worst of both worlds.

Kia bus, very quite, refined, comfortable, easy to use, intuitive controls, soaks up bumps like no old car, fuel gauge doesn't actually even move unless you do over 200 miles in one trip. It's good, very good for what I want it for. Long trips are amazing, get out the other end feeling like you were driven there by the car.

But, in the allroad shitbus, you could feel where every wheel was, exactly what every wheel was doing, how much grip each wheel had etc. In the Kia you are a lot of the time questioning if it even has wheels, feels more like a hovercraft of some kind. You turn the wheel and it goes around the corner, you press the brakes and it stops in a quarter of the distance of any older audi I've had. (You realise how dangerous the older brakes are all of a sudden!)

It has a personality, but it has no soul, that's what's missing. But it's not it's fault!

it wants a soul, like the tin man (or was that a heart?) it just wasn't given one.

leggy · 28-03-15, 07:26 PM

Probably not room for a heart or soul with all of the s*** that the modern cars are being filled with nowadays. You could of course try ripping some of your gadgetry out to see if you can find the missing pieces, maybe knock a few panels about whilst you're at it, you never know, you might actually have yourself a decent looking car when you're finished.

theschmallfella · 28-03-15, 07:56 PM

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Originally Posted by leggy

Now, who was it that said something about going off on a tangent?

tut tut

Says the guy with an avatar of some bird with legs all the way up til Tuesday draped over an R8!!!!

Sandro · 28-03-15, 07:59 PM

Gentlmen.... read the name of our website... the only car we will ever really like is Audi! If You took as hire car new A4 You would enjoy it.
"Problem" nowdays is what every make has 100's of models.. A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, Q1, Q3, Q5, Q7 plus all sports modifications.. and every one of them million options of engines, gearboxes, doors, etc etc... Audi, BM, VW, Toyota, Merc, etc...
back in days we knew 80, 90, 100, 200 and that's it! every model had it's own aura, soul.. now they cars change same quickly as mobile phones and it's not interesting any more.

leggy · 28-03-15, 08:03 PM

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Originally Posted by theschmallfella

Says the guy with an avatar of some bird with legs all the way up til Tuesday draped over an R8!!!!

Says the girl with said avatar actually

theschmallfella · 28-03-15, 08:06 PM

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Originally Posted by leggy

Says the girl with said avatar actually

You have no idea how silly I feel right now!

leggy · 28-03-15, 08:38 PM

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Originally Posted by Sandro

Gentlmen.... read the name of our website... the only car we will ever really like is Audi! If You took as hire car new A4 You would enjoy it.
"Problem" nowdays is what every make has 100's of models.. A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, Q1, Q3, Q5, Q7 plus all sports modifications.. and every one of them million options of engines, gearboxes, doors, etc etc... Audi, BM, VW, Toyota, Merc, etc...
back in days we knew 80, 90, 100, 200 and that's it! every model had it's own aura, soul.. now they cars change same quickly as mobile phones and it's not interesting any more.

And lady if you please

I have driven the A4 Saloon and Avant, in fact I've driven most of the A series Audi's back in the day when the dealership let you drive their courtesy cars without it being the hassle that it is nowadays, so I already know that Audi's of any type are enjoyable to drive. Thing is, the days of having my Audi 80 fixed by the dealership are long gone due to their lack of interest in fixing the older cars now, genuine part replacement availability issues if they were to try and fix them, and the general consensus that they charge exorbitant prices.
Meaning that I either fix my car myself, or trust in a local garage that can fix it, and quite often the garages around here just don't know what they're doing and most don't offer courtesy cars, so it's a case of finding a hire car company and hoping that they can at least provide you with something that is as near to dam it to the Audi that I've been driving for near on 18 years, such as the Vauxhall Astra or Ford Focus (these being the two example cars listed in the class D category that I selected), as maybe then there would not have been any issues, but the Toyota, well it might be similar in size with most of the main controls in the same place, but with it being so advanced and uncomfortable, well I just don't enjoy driving it.

Will definitely phone them on Monday to see what else they've got

leggy · 28-03-15, 08:42 PM

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Originally Posted by theschmallfella

You have no idea how silly I feel right now!

Not as silly as I feel driving this stupid poxy Toyota I bet

sinbin5t · 28-03-15, 08:49 PM

Ford focus

Very good cars, my wife will not part with hers and i must admit i was surprised at just how good it is

Hanuman · 28-03-15, 08:51 PM

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Originally Posted by theschmallfella

You have no idea how silly I feel right now!

Can't be any worse than the wickerman- he's just bought a Kia!

28-03-15, 07:09 PM	#11
missfire making wooden things Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: cow land Posts: 8,156	Says he who just bought a Kia kid wagon/box. I agree, but I've still got both, the best/worst of both worlds. Kia bus, very quite, refined, comfortable, easy to use, intuitive controls, soaks up bumps like no old car, fuel gauge doesn't actually even move unless you do over 200 miles in one trip. It's good, very good for what I want it for. Long trips are amazing, get out the other end feeling like you were driven there by the car. But, in the allroad shitbus, you could feel where every wheel was, exactly what every wheel was doing, how much grip each wheel had etc. In the Kia you are a lot of the time questioning if it even has wheels, feels more like a hovercraft of some kind. You turn the wheel and it goes around the corner, you press the brakes and it stops in a quarter of the distance of any older audi I've had. (You realise how dangerous the older brakes are all of a sudden!) It has a personality, but it has no soul, that's what's missing. But it's not it's fault! it wants a soul, like the tin man (or was that a heart?) it just wasn't given one.

28-03-15, 07:26 PM	#12
leggy Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2014 Posts: 1,650	Probably not room for a heart or soul with all of the s*** that the modern cars are being filled with nowadays. You could of course try ripping some of your gadgetry out to see if you can find the missing pieces, maybe knock a few panels about whilst you're at it, you never know, you might actually have yourself a decent looking car when you're finished.

28-03-15, 07:59 PM	#14
Sandro Grown up member Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Chelmsford Posts: 651	Gentlmen.... read the name of our website... the only car we will ever really like is Audi! If You took as hire car new A4 You would enjoy it. "Problem" nowdays is what every make has 100's of models.. A1, A2, A3, A4, A5, A6, A7, Q1, Q3, Q5, Q7 plus all sports modifications.. and every one of them million options of engines, gearboxes, doors, etc etc... Audi, BM, VW, Toyota, Merc, etc... back in days we knew 80, 90, 100, 200 and that's it! every model had it's own aura, soul.. now they cars change same quickly as mobile phones and it's not interesting any more.

28-03-15, 08:49 PM	#19
sinbin5t 4 ring whore! Classic Audi Club Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Where a spike points skywards Posts: 12,960	Ford focus Very good cars, my wife will not part with hers and i must admit i was surprised at just how good it is