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SUV v Saloon

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    #62
    kgroarke
    Registered Users Posts: 26 ✭kgroarke


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121791512#Comment_121791512

    Having considered it...this is also my thinking, especially if I were to put up higher miles on the peugot 5008. I think the skoda and vw in general hold their value better. There isn't actually much different in boot space between the estate superb and the hatchback...only 35 litres. Would nearly sway me more toward the hatch for the better looks



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    #63
    alias no.9
    Registered Users Posts: 6,266 ✭✭✭alias no.9


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121791214#Comment_121791214

    No doubt if a Cadillac Escalade pulls up beside you, you would have a point but your arrow is pretty meaningless, if you can over the steering wheel of an Octavia, you can see over the bonnet of the Peugeot 5008 beside you, the top of the door mirror of the Octavia comes up to the top of the bonnet of the 5008.



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    #64
    Spook_ie
    Registered Users Posts: 10,896 ✭✭✭✭Spook_ie


    It was more pointing at the general heights of an SUV not just the bonnet. The entire car will block your view when it pulls up beside you. And then you have to contend with trying to look through two layers of privacy glass in the rear windows. Whole things should be charged double for everything.



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    #65
    Larbre34
    Registered Users Posts: 23,841 ✭✭✭✭Larbre34


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121780454#Comment_121780454

    100%. None better.



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    #66
    alias no.9
    Registered Users Posts: 6,266 ✭✭✭alias no.9


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121793714#Comment_121793714

    Right, because saloons and hatchbacks never come with a tint in the rear, your argument just doesn't stand up to much scrutiny.



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    #67
    djan
    Registered Users Posts: 1,753 ✭✭✭djan


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121793714#Comment_121793714

    Why do you need to see through a car and what do you do with MPVs, buses, vans etc.? Take USA for example, I drove over 5,000km in a Mustang convertible and had no issues not seeing through or over their proper massive SUVs. It's really a non issue, especially as Ireland has very few actual SUVs on the road with most being crossovers.

    Regarding the OPs decision it really should boil down to whether ease of getting into the car and slightly better visibility is more important than lower fuel consumption, better handling and usually cheaper brakes/tyres as wheels and weight tend to be lower.



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    #68
    galwaytt
    Registered Users Posts: 12,761 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/121780886#Comment_121780886

    technically an MPV is better than both.

    Ode To The Motorist

    “And my existence, while grotesque and incomprehensible to you, generates funds to the exchequer. You don't want to acknowledge that as truth because, deep down in places you don't talk about at the Green Party, you want me on that road, you need me on that road. We use words like freedom, enjoyment, sport and community. We use these words as the backbone of a life spent instilling those values in our families and loved ones. You use them as a punch line. I have neither the time nor the inclination to explain myself to a man who rises and sleeps under the tax revenue and the very freedom to spend it that I provide, and then questions the manner in which I provide it. I would rather you just said "thank you" and went on your way. Otherwise I suggest you pick up a bus pass and get the ********* ********* off the road” 



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