Which mobility car?

GwylimT

We had the 1.6l qashqai, my wife hated it as it was quite sluggish, which is a problem when you are regularly driving on motorways and pulling out of a driveway onto a 60mph A road. When it came to the three year period we changed to a honda crv, we were interested in an smax but my wife's equipment was a very tight squeeze.

I tested the 1.6 diesel and the 2 L petrol, we went for the petrol as it was nippier, something that is more important using the hand controls my wife requires.

Richie-from-the-Boro

cyclonebri1 wrote: »

I understand what you are saying but the premium is around £7k over the base model;);)

Load space and economy contradictions?

I have to disagree. This car has reasonable load space, just not quite enough, but the load area is not flat, there is a 3" step that stops you sliding heavy items in, and the seats do not remove. It's economy is very good if not excellent but I can accept it.
I can get over 70mph on a careful A road run, about 40 around town and overall around 55.
My only comparison to that in recent years is the Renault Megane est I had previously. Much more flat usable load space, and fitted with the 1500 diesel it always gave around 50 urban and when trying would return over 80.
The Renault in it present guise was the car I measured the Nissan against, but with Renault reducing it's dealerships by 50% in the UK to concentrate on electric cars I shied away.

I agree it has a lot of knobs on, but they are poor, they only just work, for instance you can only tell the electric seat heating is working after around 6 miles, and then it is only a slight effect even on high.
The air con is inadequate and the worst I come across.
Pressing any of the knobs on the steering wheel too hard results in the horn sounding, they are effectively mounted on the horn push.
And the other main reason I chose the Tekna was for it's all round 4 camera system, but it's near useless, you have to clean all 4 cameras before you get in as they all collect grime like 3 year olds. And in the wet you can forget it, it's like looking through a wobbly goldfish bowl.
The list goes on and it's all about the add ons, the basic car is great even if very dated and totally lacking in storage space.
Yes it's been back to the dealer, "they're all like that sir".
Grow to love it?, I've had it nearly 1 year and have been counting down the weeks ever since the 1st few weeks.

But thanks for your input, but as you can see I'm not impressed

- agree with everything you say, but I did not say 'I' liked it or would ever remotely consider it
- its a fate accompli, the AP is spent, and the three coming years should not be spent hating it
- the lesson is in the name .. .. 90% of the Tekna is tek-nology bubble & froth compared to real needs
- real needs are accessibility for mobility purposes not unusable knobs and flashy bits
- the flat floored GV I compared it to is even drive on drive off wheelchair or scooter without adaptations - that's real needs well satisfied

cyclonebri1, you give a fair and balanced write up of the Tekna, something others considering purchasing one will bnefit from !

kittykat17

Hi, I haven't decided yet whether I'm going to get a Motability car or not - although as my car is on it's last legs and I can't really afford to replace it with anything decent I may well have to take one. To this end I've been looking at 4-wheel or all-wheel drives. I live in a quite rural area that is badly affected when it snows, I work over 15 miles away so to make sure I don't get stuck at home anymore in bad weather it would have to be a 4-wheel drive.


I've had a look at all that's available and think I'd go for the Ford Kuga Titanium. Unfortunately, the 4-wheel drive is only available in 2 litre but the car seems to be pretty economical. The boot's not that big but would fit an electric scooter in - travel type. I don't need a wheelchair but for shopping or days out I need to use a scooter. I am looking to buy myself a good 2nd hand one from my backdated PIP award.


The car's a little bit bigger than I would want but if you want or need 4-wheel there's not a lot of choice.

cyclonebri1

Richie-from-the-Boro wrote: »

- agree with everything you say, but I did not say 'I' liked it or would ever remotely consider it
- its a fate accompli, the AP is spent, and the three coming years should not be spent hating it
- the lesson is in the name .. .. 90% of the Tekna is tek-nology bubble & froth compared to real needs
- real needs are accessibility for mobility purposes not unusable knobs and flashy bits
- the flat floored GV I compared it to is even drive on drive off wheelchair or scooter without adaptations - that's real needs well satisfied

cyclonebri1, you give a fair and balanced write up of the Tekna, something others considering purchasing one will bnefit from !

Thanks Richard, I really do think I'm being fair.
The problem was I could not get to drive the exact spec car I finally ended up with.

Add to that that after much delay and fobbing off, (2.5months delay for a qashkai?) I was just a few days away from rejecting the car under the small print.

And you are right, it will fit the needs of many, it hasn't been voted the What Car of the year for 2014 for nothing, BUTn if you want an up to date modern car with all the bells and gongs, then look else where, Renault/Vauxhall and Ford all do the expensive bits better, without even considering the upper brands.

Jueeesss, I've condemned this car to death rather than concentrating on my next, but as the original post said, I have made a mistake, I'll live with that, just don't want to make another , so keep the option coming:T

ingey.uk

I looked at the Quasqai we were going to get it till they took the P155 and upped the payment from £500 to £2100 in the end we got the Mitsubishi ASX £299 downpayment

cyclonebri1

ingey.uk wrote: »

I looked at the Quasqai we were going to get it till they took the P155 and upped the payment from £500 to £2100 in the end we got the Mitsubishi ASX £299 downpayment

I think we paid something like £1750 to get the tekna version, they were listed at £24700 at the time.
The new model is bigger, lighter and cheaper, but doesn't differ radically apart from a little more Renault inspired it stuff.
I condidered a Saburu estate too, and many others, dependant on my health in 2 years time it could well be an estate again.

ingey.uk

cyclonebri1 wrote: »

I think we paid something like £1750 to get the tekna version, they were listed at £24700 at the time.
The new model is bigger, lighter and cheaper, but doesn't differ radically apart from a little more Renault inspired it stuff.
I condidered a Saburu estate too, and many others, dependant on my health in 2 years time it could well be an estate again.

I didn't know Subaru were on the scheme? Is that the Forester? That is one awesome car

cyclonebri1

Got me there, I didn't check as I ruled it out for other reasons

Vickimichelle

clark24 wrote: »

I'm currently trying to chose my first one, and my top 2 practical choices are the Astra Elite estate and the Zafira Tourer, based on what we need. But I just can't get excited about them, admittedly cupholders will be nice as my current car lacks them, but ugh they are just soooooo practical and I will miss my beautiful old Rover

I have a Zafira Tourer 2.0 CDTI SRI & I love it. It's comfy, roomy & very nippy (165 bhp).

clark24

Vickimichelle wrote: »

I have a Zafira Tourer 2.0 CDTI SRI & I love it. It's comfy, roomy & very nippy (165 bhp).

We are picking ours up next week, that exact model in Black. The test drive went well and it also was the only one that fitted our extensive fussy list lol