It was our mode of transport, only trouble is around the mid 50's with all the family aboard the bike split from the chair and my Father died in the resulting accident.
This however didn't stop my Mother having a comb unit and riding from Taunton to London to see my brother and I when we were in boarding school, or my brother having a comb in the mid 60's with me borrowing it occasionally and I got a solo, my youngest daughter is also a biker so it runs in the family.
As for combs, there used to be a guy rode one here with his son in the open chair but haven't seen them for a while.
Sorry we've taken this off thread.data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7
Turbo, so plenty of torque when it kicks in.
The misses has it in her juke, and it is not too bad, feels similar to my old 1.8 TDCI focus in terms of how 'nippy' it feels
The missus has the 1.2 Qashqui and it is nippy enough round town in 1st and 2nd gears. You notice the lack of grunt when cruising in a higher gear where you have to drop down a cog or two to increase pace.
And that ladies and gentlemen is a great example of why context and a few facts are so important. It really made me smile.
I had the 1.2 in a Juke on Holiday last summer. All I can say is that it did its job, but when you go up any hill and have two adults and two children in the car, my got that car needs to rev and the engine screams. But it got us up the hill. Around town and on flat roads it felt fine, just about ok as a runabout to me, I'd never could call it accelerating very rapidly though...
Back on the original topic, without more details it is hard to say. I like both, I've had 2 Nissans and also 3 BMWs. But I think at those ages it depends on the car itself. I've never found Nissan parts particularly cheap though...
we changed our Rav 4 for a Honda CRV last year - about the same kind of money you are looking at spending.
Tried the Nissan - good car to drive, decent size and cheap to run but it didn't feel as well built as the others
Tried an older X3 - nice car, bit basic at the price point (features wise), drove really well but was put off by the potential running/maintenance costs
New Rav4 - this would have been my choice - we like the car, good size, well built.Not the most exciting car to drive but does everything well but my wife didn't want another of the same
Honda CRV - we liked the size, well built and lots of toys and a decent albeit boring car to drive.We ended up buying it and no regrets so far - wife hardly does any mileage (6k a year) and its been cheapish to run so far.I have an bmw m140 so not too fussed about the drive of the honda - its actually a nice car to drive on long distance family outing!
Hope this helps a little!
I’ve had a Qashqui and CRV but easily better than both with what you get for your money has to by the Hyundai Tucson although I have to say the Honda is very well built. All were brand new on lease contracts. We test drove a BMW, on the inside it could have been any other car, it was bland and basic you have to spend far too much to get anything of decent spec.
We went back to purchasing our own car this year, for the kind of money you’re looking to spend you’d get a very nice Freelander 2 (2013 model), that’s what we went for and we’re loving it although we spent less and got a 2010 plate. You need to go for the HSE model, it has every gadget you could dream of.