I despair of the human race

Mid-life crisis.

One of these?

i like the outlander, pretty good spec and the diesel is nicked off VW if i'm right. hey it could be worse the guy could have bought a scenic!

Why the f*ck shouldn't he. First they came for the 4x4s.....

Drive what you want and don't let the environ-mentalists stop you. If they can afford it why not. Even with depreciation it will still be worth more than their house soon.

What would you have said if they had bought a Pious and been brainwashed about saving the planet, and then gone on to try to convert you by telling you are damaging the world with your "old car".

I quite like the Outlander, nearly bought one instead of the Xtrail.

However, that now has to go, as i have bought a pre 01 (£185/yr) proper 4x4, to be replaced with a boring 5 door hatch of some sort that is in band C or D !

Tim..

(a) What the f*ck is it to do with you? (b) It gets decent MPG even the greens can't whine about it. (c) It's tiny.

Good move, as is buying an import.

At the moment a Mercedes S600 is winking at me, and it's pocket money money.

See, that's what I like about this group.

We all have different points of view ;-)

Bugger all

Fair enough

Yeah, compared to an exploder or some sort of Jag or, like whatever.

Jeez, what is it with you people. I was only having a little rant.

I really don't mind, honestly. I love the fact that we all like different things - honestly, I do. It's just that I need to rant accordingly when it's something I don't want myself.

We should all buy Priuss Prie Pr,,, What the multiple of a Prius? Then fit V8s with twin turbos to them. That way we can do the "look aren't we good" thing whilst going sideways past a school.

Compared to almost anything. An Exploder, despite all the propaganda is smaller than a Mondeo estate. I would guess that had chummy next door got a Mondeo estate your only rant would be about him having a boring car.

Just remind me what you drive so I can have a rant. TBH I don't mind ranting I just like to see the rant have substance rather than being a load of hypocritical knee-jerk Daily Mail whining.

Yep. If it's not what I would have picked, then it's the wrong car. Can't get fairer than that.

I drive a model of car which was world finalist in the gayest and girliest car in the world competitions every year since it was first introduced in

Yes, it's a Golf Cabrio.

If this isn't enough ranting material, my Sylva is in the top ten ugliest cars of all time, just behind the Stimson Scorcher.

Nearly forgot, as the Golf is on LPG, remember to have a go at me for being a half baked psuedo environ-mentalist and a tight wad into the bargain.

(To be fair, don't know if I've left you much here at all, I think that pretty much sums it up.)

If it helps at all, I used to have a Fiat Strada, there's plenty mileage in that.

All the best

John F -reserving the right to be fickle about all matters automotive since the mid 1960s.

Consider yourself ranted at. If someone were to compile a list of cars I wouldn't own even if there was no choice, you've just provided the first three entries.

Why, thank you.

My work here is done.

V8 - not yet. Turbo has been done

The Prius is quite capable of killing the planet without your help; look at the whole-life environmental impact of the vehicle.

People can choose whatever they like, it's true, but I think that people are getting a bit stupid on the whole "excessively large" car thing; that includes vehicles like the Modus.

One thing that surprised me about the Ignis was that it's actually quite usefully big inside and has relatively slim pillars for a modern car. I expect that's why it's so cheap and not that popular.

Richard

Friend of mine happily tows a box trailer with a Radical Clubsport in it with an Ignis. Quite a handy little thing really.

I missed a cheap towbar on eBay (£20!), and apparently my car could have had it. Would have been useful for taking stuff to the dump, too :( I wasn't sure if a little 1.5 Ignis Sport could handle towing much; the

I'm resigned to running just the Ignis until the house sells (the MR2 is for sale now, need to do a proper advert for it) and I get my C6, so it's getting my plate on it. If I find another cheap towbar, I'm snapping it up!

Richard

That makes sense, the car in question is a 4wd version.