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Thread Author: Runfer D'Hills Replies: 40

 Fiat-egade - Runfer D'Hills
Well, a Jeep Renegade actually, but I thought I'd just boot that particular elephant out of the room! Yes, I know it's a Fiat, and so does "She", but I don't care, and neither does she.

My wife's Qashqai had reached its 13th birthday and 84,000 miles this month, and we had owned it since 2010. In fairness to it, it has been a great car which has served its purpose flawlessly apart from needing a new battery a few years ago, and three new door mirrors which were not its fault...

There was no real need to change, it passed its MOT a couple of weeks ago, and it would almost certainly have continued to be a useful thing to have.

I've never really bonded with it, but, a bit like the fridge, the cooker and the washing machine, it was just good at being what it was.

But, she could hardly be blamed for fancying a change.

Many different options were considered, but ultimately some criteria were set, which included being an SUV, petrol, manual, three years old or younger, 20,000 miles or fewer, and a nominal but entire flexible budget of £12,000.

Dusters, Vitaras, Qashqais and so on were all considered, but the one she really wanted was a Renegade.

Managed to get a test drive in one and she just fell for it. That one was just a bit too tired to buy, but a few days later we spotted the one we ended up with.

It's a 1.4 petrol manual in Longitude spec. Black paint with a charcoal interior. 2018 with 14,000 miles and we got change from £10,000 after trading in the Qashqai.

Lovely to drive, much "smoother" than the Qashqai and noticeably quicker. 6 speed box that copes far better on the motorway than the 5 speed unit on the old Nissan.

Sat nav, DAB etc.

Have to say I really like it too ( apart from the EPB ) and I've never seen her so excited about a new to her car.

I admit, it's a bit daft, and I know it's a bit of a gamble, but it just makes us both smile. A bit like a big Panda in truth, which shouldn't really be too surprising I suppose.

It will be a ideal as a platform for our mountain bikes, and having a bit of ground clearance for accessing remote locations can't hurt.

In these miserable times, it has cheered us both up a bit, and don't we all need a chunk of that right now?

;-)
 Messages Author Date
 Fiat-egade  new Runfer D'Hills 21 Mar 21 11:54
 Fiat-egade  new legacylad 21 Mar 21 13:11
 Fiat-egade  new Robin O'Reliant 21 Mar 21 13:28
 Fiat-egade  new Runfer D'Hills 21 Mar 21 13:33
 Fiat-egade  new Runfer D'Hills 21 Mar 21 13:32
 Fiat-egade  new No FM2R 21 Mar 21 14:56
 Fiat-egade  new Runfer D'Hills 21 Mar 21 15:02
 Fiat-egade  new No FM2R 21 Mar 21 16:50
 Fiat-egade  new Runfer D'Hills 21 Mar 21 17:43
 Fiat-egade  new Manatee 21 Mar 21 18:32
 Fiat-egade  new Manatee 21 Mar 21 18:57
 Fiat-egade  new Runfer D'Hills 21 Mar 21 21:04
 Fiat-egade  new PR 22 Mar 21 12:26
 Fiat-egade  new Runfer D'Hills 22 Mar 21 13:37
 Fiat-egade  new Stuartli 23 Mar 21 18:50
 Fiat-egade  new No FM2R 23 Mar 21 19:17
 Fiat-egade  new Runfer D'Hills 23 Mar 21 20:48
 Fiat-egade  new tyrednemotional 23 Mar 21 20:51
 Fiat-egade  new No FM2R 23 Mar 21 21:08
 Fiat-egade  new Runfer D'Hills 23 Mar 21 21:12
 Fiat-egade  new tyrednemotional 23 Mar 21 21:23
 Fiat-egade  new legacylad 23 Mar 21 21:52
 Fiat-egade  new Runfer D'Hills 24 Mar 21 08:40
 Fiat-egade  new legacylad 24 Mar 21 11:11
 Fiat-egade  new Runfer D'Hills 24 Mar 21 11:28
 Fiat-egade  new legacylad 24 Mar 21 12:33
 Fiat-egade  new Runfer D'Hills 24 Mar 21 12:35
  
 Fiat-egade  new legacylad 24 Mar 21 17:46
 Fiat-egade  new Runfer D'Hills 24 Mar 21 18:46
 Fiat-egade  new legacylad 24 Mar 21 19:17
 Fiat-egade  new Runfer D'Hills 24 Mar 21 19:20
 Fiat-egade  new legacylad 24 Mar 21 19:28
 Fiat-egade  new Runfer D'Hills 24 Mar 21 19:32
  
 Fiat-egade  new R.P. 24 Mar 21 14:09
 Fiat-egade  new Runfer D'Hills 24 Mar 21 14:11
 Fiat-egade  new No FM2R 24 Mar 21 19:04
 Fiat-egade  new Runfer D'Hills 24 Mar 21 19:15
 Fiat-egade  new Runfer D'Hills 20 Apr 21 13:27
 Fiat-egade  new No FM2R 20 Apr 21 14:01
 Fiat-egade  new PR 20 Apr 21 14:12
 Fiat-egade  new Runfer D'Hills 20 Apr 21 14:43
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