Golf Plus or C-Max

Originally Posted by SoulKiss

I'm sure that when you go there, the nice people at Carcraft will guide you well.

:P

50k for either car, bar-gin

[Ch00]

I had a 2nd hand 04 Cmax with the 2.0 TDCI engine. As its based on the focus estate it went like crap off a spade and handled, however it broke a lot and cost a stupid amount to get fixed. After about 9 months I couldnt afford to keep fixing it.

Apart from that its a very nice drive and can still be fun.

On the other side a mate of mine also had a 04 1.8 petrol one and he had no probs at all. I must of had a devil car.

Ch00

[embee]

J.D.Power survey 2008, Golf+ is no.13 , C-Max is no.59 , I rest my case..............

13 - unlucky for some

If it's new, then according to Parkers from April 2009 the Golf Plus is only available with 1.4 and 2.0 petrol engines, the 1.6 has been removed from the range.

http://www.parkers.co.uk/cars/review...05.aspx?page=2

[G]

Originally Posted by embee

J.D.Power survey 2008, Golf+ is no.13 , C-Max is no.59 , I rest my case..............

But Yaris, Jazz and Prius occupy the top 5 so really it means nothing.

Originally Posted by G

C-Max = Awful

what do you base this on?

[embee]

Originally Posted by G

But Yaris, Jazz and Prius occupy the top 5 so really it means nothing.

...and your point is?

It's a customer satisfaction survey, as in real owners and how happy they are with living with the cars, not some journo on a jolly comparing everything to a Lambo or Ferrari.

It says that people who have bought and run a Prius have been almost totally happy with the experience, if you don't like the Prius you won't buy one so it isn't relevant to you. People who bought a Freelander have had miserable experiences with them, for all sorts of reasons, similar vehicles might be a Honda CRV or a Toyota RAV4 for comparison. If you choose a Freelander, don't be surprised if you get grief.
If you want to compare a Golf and a C-max then it's a good guide as to what they're probably going to be like to live with, relatively speaking.

Golf Plus.

Quite a few different VAG group cars in the family, several VW, 2 Audi, 1 Seat and 1 Skoda and no reliability issues. My wife's Seat Ibiza hasn't missed a beat in six years of ownership.

I clocked up 135,000 trouble-free and very abused miles in my old Golf diesel company car in just under 3 years. I'm currently in an '08 Focus Style tdci and I'd take the Golf Plus every day