Due to my mk5 crapping it's diff out (only done 202000 miles)
I had to hire a flat back Mk8.
The verdict after 200 miles or so today.
On picking the 67 plate with less than 1100 miles on the clock up this morning.
The add blu door was flapping about like a fish out of water.
depress clutch before starting or some such nonsense popped up.
The clutch is very high (my knee gets wedged between the steering wheel and gear stick thing)
Steering wheel is made for "ladies hands"
Gear stick is designed for "limp wristed French people"
Seats are uncomfortable.
Driving position in general is not a good experience.(ankle/wrist/back ache set in quickly)
An arrow on the dash keeps telling me i'm going forward with a number next it.
I refuse to accept it wants to be in fifth @ 35mph.
6 gear WTF.
ok for dropping the revs while on a motorway but not for overtaking.
Press the GO pedal in this gear and wait,then wait a bit more,then realise it won't gather momentum and change down.
The "snail" seems to cut in about 1500 revs and loose steam about 2500 revs.(it has many revs past this that are wasted)
It's quiet in the cab,BUT I'm used to a nanna Di so a jet taking off seems quiet to me
Went to load up and reeled off the combination of products required for the first load.(going off what my mk 5 can carry legally)
AND was told which 18 bags do you want the most
Payload is 920kg I make it up to an even tonne (mk5 carries in excess of 1/2 tonne more legally)
is the van made from osmium ?
The body is made of some SUPER SLIPPERY substance more non stick than teflon.
load from the back and brake..........
everything comes forward up to the head board.
load from the front and due to acceleration/braking the load could be anywhere when you reach your destination.
I might "pop" the bonnet in the morning and bask in the glow of the resplendent power plant living under there (once I work out how to)
Is there a neon indicator to run you through the bonnet opening procedure?
On a plus it has a round mobile phone holder on the right hand side of the dash/glowing disco distraction.
There's more buttons on the stearing wheel than a "playstation controler" But I daren't press them incase one is LHM
and I noticed "overhead storage" (I need to investigate this tomorrow) Is it for smuggling stuff
My un biased opinion of the van you lot love.
It's a bit sh*t isn't it.