Guess the Hire Car.... Mac's 2019 game

[@Lee]

Qashkai?

[skomaz]

Sooo. You ordered a karoq or simar...   So did you actually get a karoq? 

[mac11irl]

8 hours ago, @Lee said:

Qashkai?

nope

 

7 hours ago, skomaz said:

Sooo. You ordered a karoq or simar...   So did you actually get a karoq? 

 

oddly, no i didnt.

 

 

i have ended up with..

 

 

 

a bright metallic blue, petrol engined,

 

 

 

MG ZS built by SAIC..

[skomaz]

I'm intrigued to hear what you think of it as I've seen mixed reviews.

 

My neice loved her MG3 until the cam chain stretched...

[mac11irl]

6 hours ago, skomaz said:

I'm intrigued to hear what you think of it as I've seen mixed reviews.

 

My neice loved her MG3 until the cam chain stretched...

 

my brother in law has an all electric, this petrol one alright. lotta toys, drives okay

[mac11irl]

 

photo update. its a chunk, plenty cabin space, but the boot isnt any roomier than an octavia, different shape, so volume pretty close i think, but i reckon octy still has it (mk2 at least..)

 

headlights are good and bright, but do have that fuzzy blue light edge of the beam pattern on dims that i see on and annoys me with other cars.

full leather seats are comfortable, and the back up camera assistant is pretty good -

 

 

not sure where the cameras are for the above right screen trickery, presumably somewhere along roof rails?

 

dash display is alright

 

and its an auto.. that keeps changing its mind about what gear to be in at most of the local speed limits

 

only 5000 odd km on it, so hard to tell how well stuck together it all is, but feels solid, other than some previous renter managed to break a clip off one of the parcel shelf string mounts, so that side keeps falling out and hanging weird.and said parcel shelf looks abit warped.

 

i must ask the BIL how the bev ine is going, just havnt been able to talk to him much lately 

[KenONeill]

41 minutes ago, mac11irl said:

its an auto.. that keeps changing its mind about what gear to be in at most of the local speed limits

Hunting between gears at or about speed limits is the single thing I've normally hated most about slush boxes.

[Ootohere]

@mac11irlIs it a 1l or 1.5 petrol auto?

 

It will not be a 'slushbox' if a dual clutch box just like a DSG, which can behave badly between 1st and 2nd which has people selecting 'S' to mean it holds the rpm higher and maybe stay in 1st when crawling or in 2nd without going up to 3rd.

I have never ever had a Torque Converter Automatic that hunted between gears. What is usually referred to as a slushbox.

 

 

Edited 17 December, 2022 by toot

[mac11irl]

no not a slushbox, i dont think. feels very similar to whats in missus macs arona. and i just checked the reg docs and its a 1l, which just isnt enough for a vehicle that size, imo...

[skomaz]

11 hours ago, mac11irl said:

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photo update. its a chunk, plenty cabin space, but the boot isnt any roomier than an octavia, different shape, so volume pretty close i think, but i reckon octy still has it (mk2 at least..)

 

headlights are good and bright, but do have that fuzzy blue light edge of the beam pattern on dims that i see on and annoys me with other cars.

full leather seats are comfortable, and the back up camera assistant is pretty good -

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not sure where the cameras are for the above right screen trickery, presumably somewhere along roof rails?

 

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dash display is alright

 

and its an auto.. that keeps changing its mind about what gear to be in at most of the local speed limits

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only 5000 odd km on it, so hard to tell how well stuck together it all is, but feels solid, other than some previous renter managed to break a clip off one of the parcel shelf string mounts, so that side keeps falling out and hanging weird.and said parcel shelf looks abit warped.

 

i must ask the BIL how the bev ine is going, just havnt been able to talk to him much lately 

 

Wasn't expecting a mini review...   Thanks.   Sounds like a pretty decent bit of kit for the money. 

 

Autos annoy me for that reason too but the 1.5 might be better? 

[mac11irl]

no problem, i figured id give my take on it.

 

tried out the built in satnav today, now im getting to know my way around a little. its pretty good, though it was all in spanish as i never changed tge system language

 

[skomaz]

He he...   Changing the language is the first thing I do in any hire car...   Can be a bit of a challenge at times

[mac11irl]

its that time again... dear people...

Edinburgh Airport, Budget/Avis 

SUV listed as MG ZS or similar. 

 

what have i got this time??

[Gaz]

Hyundai ix35/Tucson? 

 

Gaz

[mac11irl]

ill give until 8am tomorrow for guesses

[SteveTheElder]

Kamiq?

[skomaz]

Qashqai

[Liger1956]

Mazda CX- 5

[mac11irl]

noone is correct yet...

[@Lee]

My last rental was supposed to be a VW Polo or similar and I ended up with a ****röen something or other so I'm going to say a Polo 🤣

[Gaz]

Micra?

[mac11irl]

still nothing correct

[skomaz]

Niro, grandland or 3008

Edited 22 July, 2023 by skomaz

[Gaz]

i30, or another MG - maybe a 5 this time?

Edited 23 July, 2023 by Gaz

[mac11irl]

well, @@Lee skirted the closest with his comment...

 

i am currently driving ....

a 20 plate ****roën C3 Aircross.

6speed manual - just as terrible a gearbox as every other french car/van ive ever driven.

and ill be telling them the wheels need balancing when i drop it back, theres a definite steering vibration at motorway speed, not terrible, but present.

lane departure beeps near constantly on narrow scottish b roads, so thats getting turned off today, didnt get to look around for the setting last night.

overall, i dint like it so far!