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On a recent trip to Snowdonia, on surprisingly pleasantly quiet roads I was able to give the car a bit of exercising (within the bounds of wife tolerance) Whilst the steering feel isn't the best (no feedback) and handling is OK when pressing on, I did notice that the back end rolls a bit disconcertingly even with gentle acceleration on a fast sweeper - despite the hard rear- and the car doesn't feel sure-footed. The 1.4TSI 150 warrants a better chassis. (I do now have the tyres at 30-31psi to counter the terrible ride, but that didn't appear to be the issue). I suppose that a rear ARB would help, but wouldn't do anything for the jiggling and jarring over small bumps. It is on drives like that where my Mk3 and Mk4 Mondeos are missed....

Lots of Expensive Plug in Hybrid models from manufacturers and the Green kidology might last for a while longer, but they are not green unless being run on short journeys on electric.