17-02-2015, 10:49 AM
Meh everyone whinges on about the boot, but when you realise that it's massive with the back seats down, I don't think it especially matters... How often do you need to carry something that won't fit in the boot, but you wouldn't have to put the back seats down for...
Meh, I love my V50, the compromises are made in the right place IMHO, yes it's hardly "sporting" but it steers a damned sight better than any A4 or Passat, not to mention the engine isn't a brick in a washing machine like any VAG stuff of the era, not got BMW tax to buy and right around the BMW age cam chain problems, parts are easy to come by and have very few documented problems... There's not many other cars I'd choose to drive large distances in... It's one of those cars that you drive and seems a bit bland, but when you have to live with it, it all clicks into place.
Live with it a few weeks and you'll begin to love it... I don't know many people who've bought one and decided they disliked it - in terms of the C30/S40/V50...
Meh, I love my V50, the compromises are made in the right place IMHO, yes it's hardly "sporting" but it steers a damned sight better than any A4 or Passat, not to mention the engine isn't a brick in a washing machine like any VAG stuff of the era, not got BMW tax to buy and right around the BMW age cam chain problems, parts are easy to come by and have very few documented problems... There's not many other cars I'd choose to drive large distances in... It's one of those cars that you drive and seems a bit bland, but when you have to live with it, it all clicks into place.
Live with it a few weeks and you'll begin to love it... I don't know many people who've bought one and decided they disliked it - in terms of the C30/S40/V50...
