I once had a C5 hire car - hated it.
Great ride, but at the price of no feedback from the road. Also, when I tried going 'round a roundabout at an "enthusiastic" speed, I found myself sitting in the passenger seat holding onto the steering wheel for dear life.
To be fair, it's big and can be had at a reasonable price. However if I wanted a big, cheap barge I'd get a Skoda Superb or a 2nd hand Camry/Maxima/Omega.
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This is why I can never understand why people think the Japs build good cars, this is exactly the sort of problems I have seen when colleagues give me a lift. Minibus fixtures and fittings. Cassette box plastics etc...
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>>>>>>> This is why I can never understand why people think the Japs build good cars,
I don't know if this has relevance here, but where I live it definitely does. An "real" (sic in the local vernacular) Honda or Toyota from Japan will command a better price than a locally assembled one, even though the local factories are Japanese-managed. Call it snobbery if you will, but the widespread perception is that genuine Jap is best.
I can't vouch for that, having had excellent service from a Honda Civic and Mits L200 locally made. But I can certainly quote a parallel from Nokia. My first 4 Nokias fell to bits or gave up the ghost (especially the batteries and keyboards) in mere months. Then I bought a Siemens which was even worse, then an Ericsson, well enough said about that piece of junk. Finally I was enlighted by a friend: "before you buy any Nokia open it up and see if it was made in China. If it was don't touch it, ask for one made in Finland. It will cost you more but it's worth it". My Finnish Nokia is still going strong despite being dropped, soaked, abused, left behind in bars, and otherwise maltreated.
I'm always suspicious of any company which boasts a "Quality Control" dept. If it made the durn thing right from Day One it wouldn't need one.
Company culture is everything. Maybe Nissan, given the faults mentioned, has now got Renault Disease.
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Great ride, but at the price of no feedback from the road. Also, when I tried going 'round a roundabout at an "enthusiastic" speed, I found myself sitting in the passenger seat holding onto the steering wheel for dear life.
Oh yes, the suspension does grip the road well, roundabouts feel unreal and its easy to go too fast.
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