Sounds like you're having fun!

Found this one for £10k

 

http://www.autotrader.co.uk/classified/advert/201311280192193/sort/default/usedcars/onesearchad/used%2Cnearlynew%2Cnew/radius/1500/make/skoda/postcode/gl34fn/page/1/model/rapid/colour/blue?logcode=p

You can have mine if you want

 

Will be a bit more than £10k though...

You can have mine if you want

 

Will be a bit more than £10k though...

 

You looking at ways to fund a switch to the spaceback ?

Never say never...

That and my wife and I are looking to buy a bigger house so may need a citigo for her and something else...

I carnt wait to get my tdi on friday. Had 2 of these as loan cars from skoda both had the 17" rims on. Mines having the 15's. Anyone know if there a differance?

I carnt wait to get my tdi on friday. Had 2 of these as loan cars from skoda both had the 17" rims on. Mines having the 15's. Anyone know if there a differance?

 

Yes.  The wheels are smaller and the tyres are bigger.

 

 

 

 

 

Basically it'll be softer due to more tyre sidewall and roll a bit more in the corners.

And feel less "sporty" as there will be a slight loss of steering feel during cornering.

The diesel is not so darty as the petrol anyway as the lighter petrol engine does give a more sprightly front end when cornering.

 

Slight trade offs for the MPG.

Yes. The wheels are smaller and the tyres are bigger.

Basically it'll be softer due to more tyre sidewall and roll a bit more in the corners.

And feel less "sporty" as there will be a slight loss of steering feel during cornering.

The diesel is not so darty as the petrol anyway as the lighter petrol engine does give a more sprightly front end when cornering.

Slight trade offs for the MPG.

cheers boss might end up getting the 17's for summer and have the 15s for winters

cheers boss might end up getting the 17's for summer and have the 15s for winters

 

The 17s do look better.. Ad Lav had some for sale I think?

aaaaand almost as soon as it began my Rapid "ownership" is over.

 

So given my short time behind the wheel of an end of life silver '13 plate which had done 10,000, and an equally short time steering a petrol blue '63 plate which was returned due to the dash telling me it required a service, Avis have clearlt decided that I deserve to be punished

 

To replace the excellent Rapid(s) they have decided I deserve to be Frenched.

As if being in a recent car accident wasn't bad enough I now have to commute in a.....

 

3008!!

 

WTF? I can't think of a car much further away from a Rapid!

It's a 1.6 HDi 115bhp and freaking huge so should prove an interesting counter point to the fizzy darty Rapid.

 

As if to enforce French car stereotypes the guy who dropped it off went "i've just filled it up with fuel but the fuel guage doesn't seem to be working. It's "a thing" (he even did air quotes) on new Peugeots that if it isn't totally empty when you fill it up sometimes it gives a false reading."

Amazing work!!

 

Enough punishment?

Avis clearly think not as not only is it a slightly dodgy brand new 3008 diesel but it is..............BROWN

 

 

Shoot me now!

 

As if to enforce French car stereotypes the guy who dropped it off went "i've just filled it up with fuel but the fuel guage doesn't seem to be working.

 

 

I wish I'd waited until I got home from work to read this ... I just got some very funny looks in the office for bursting out laughing with no warning!

Even my French relatives don't like these! 

My next door neighbour works for our local Peugeot dealer and when he comes home in one of these rather than the normal RCZ i've never seen somone one look so depressed

I'll withold judgement until I finish my commute home.....assuming I make it!!

My next door neighbour works for our local Peugeot dealer and when he comes home in one of these rather than the normal RCZ i've never seen somone one look so depressed

I'll withold judgement until I finish my commute home.....assuming I make it!!

 

You could always give Mrs Pasty the french turd and you take her Fabia vRS

My next door neighbour works for our local Peugeot dealer and when he comes home in one of these rather than the normal RCZ i've never seen somone one look so depressed

I'll withold judgement until I finish my commute home.....assuming I make it!!

 

How's the 3008 treating you? A guy I work with has one and he seems reasonably happy with it.

It's not actually as horrific as the paint job makes you think it will be.

Have done a couple of hundred miles in it cover the weekend including traffic filled town centres, dual carriageway cruises, B roads, and motorways and it's not bad.

It kind of does everything a new car is supposed to. It's comfy, quiet to cruise in, the ride is comfy, engine if punchy if struggling to lug around a fair amount of metal, economy seems good with just under 50mpg for the mixed driving (70mph cruising balancing out the early hooning).

I also dunno if it's the fact that I have one that has upped my awareness but I have been seeing them everywhere.

I've probably seen 10 over the weekend so I assume they must have something that appeals (mostly to old people or families from what I've noticed)

Electric handbrake takes some time to get used to.

It's is freaking massive though.

There's a storage bin under an arm rest in the centre console which has the aux in/USB port in it.

I plugged my ipod in and dropped it in the bin, I had to put 80% of the length of my arm in there to retrieve it from the bottom!

Tonight I had to endure a 15 minute journey with the seat belt warning bonging away merrily following the placement of a heavy bag of shopping on the passenger seat.

 

I did speak to Avis and apparently there hasn't been a mistake a 3008 is in the same "class" the Rapid.

weird.

2 totally different vehicles but they do both offer vaguely the same amount of space and economy for a hirer.

 

I'll close this thread now as mt time with a Rapid (or Rapids) has ended.

 

A very good car it was indeed