Car appreciation... the aesthetics, the engineering, etc

Barchetta is LHD mainly...MK3 MR2 for the win

Hmm, turned out to be a diesel XC60.

I don’t feel that this is equivalent to an E Class, am I mad?

Obviously in company car land an Ovlov is not a Mercedes. Chief designer v Commercial director.
Is the XC60 as dreary as it looks?

Was at a wedding 2 weekends ago and I was glued to the Wedding car (stretched W124)

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Too much?

No Volvo has ever been or will ever be even in the same arena as a Mercedes E Class.

I'm looking at a2 again...

They are very nice, but overall I found the car quite scary (with the roof up) that I could go in to silly speeds without getting noticing.

Tru fax....

Thinking of getting an id3, are they any good or not?

If it was primarily to drive passengers around I'd look at the objective factors... was there enough leg room? Enough luggage space etc.

But no, if I'd ordered an e class and paid for that I wouldn't consider a XC60 equivalent.

Minicab?

Yes, you are right also. Better match of group B cars of the same time as the rs200. Or is the set ment to be age related so 6r4, then rs200 but the Delta in that looks like a group A.

Am I fixating?

Not to sound rude, but are you going to be a minicab/uber etc driver? Volvo looks like a posh mini cab.

It's the Group A Delta in that set, there is a 037 from another set though but no sign of an S4 from HW yet.

I have the other HW group 4/B/A cars on my desk. I'll probably get that set to get the "Rothmans" 6R4 and the Delta to go with the Cossie

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Such is the backward nature of the world that it appears an XC60 is more expensive to rent than an E Class (with Enterprise).

This guy knows how to Hotwheel!

Not to sound rude, but are you going to be a minicab/uber etc driver? Volvo looks like a posh mini cab. When has anyone ever had a volvo minicab?

This totally baffles me. If ever there was a car that screams posh minicab, it's an e class.

It is literally the default posh minicab.

In terms of the overall point, yes an XC60 is the same as an e class from a rental group perspective. It's like getting upset about getting a cactus when you wanted a panda. They're in the same price bracket and similar size. You may have a preference, but thats not how it works.

What would be really annoying is if you specifically rented a car with 5 doors so you could get a baby in and out easily, only to find that you've been assigned a 3 door in your class and then have no option but to pay for an upgrade to the next class, all late at night with a crying baby.

OK. Maybe not posh. But definitely minicab

Spam: My Honda Civic Tourer is for sale. VGC, super efficient, low co2/tax, ULEZ etc

https://www.autotrader.co.uk/car-details/202309232295774

Looks good, but my limit was £5k so I can make a bit from my Abarth 595 sale. Hopefully I have found one though, was just about to give up on the iQ dream, but viewed one on Saturday which seemed OK, depends on whether the dealer can sort a few stonechips. Bit higher mileage than I would like but it seems like this budget does not easily get a good iQ.

Do you play with them ;)

Just chatting - Europe and some bits of Africa the default minicab is an old Merc. But thought the change to electric has changed this. Maybe the Merc isn't as reliable and a workhorse that goes on for ever.

Recently most minicabs I have had in London have been Prius or Kias.

In terms of the overall point, yes an XC60 is the same as an e class from a rental group perspective. It's like getting upset about getting a cactus when you wanted a panda. They're in the same price bracket and similar size. You may have a preference, but thats not how it works.

I'd group XC60 (if, for a second, we allow Volvo into the Audi/BMW/Mercedes group at all) as being a 3 series/C class/A4 equivalent, being the 4x4 version of the S60.

If you'd said (and they'd given me) an XC90 then fair enough.

Holiday rental, asked for a VW T-Cross, got a Peugeot 2008. Really annoying instrument layout/controls/everything. Drives okay but, yeah, just fucking annoying.

I also paid for a zero excess collision damage waiver through the rental website I booked on, Hertz wouldn't recognise it. They made me pay a €700 deposit before they'd hand over the keys. Utter. Cunts. At least it's black. 🦇☠️🖤

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