Based on what you are replacing yours with from the other thread sounds like you are going out of the frying pan and into the fire!!
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I had some issues and spoke to the press and PR team for Seat / Cupra
https://seatmedia.co.uk/en-gb/contact
[email protected]
Funnily enough, that got things moving - sorry Juliet who was lovely BTW for the calls you are going to get
but the number is on an official website
https://seatmedia.co.uk/en-gb/contact
JULIET CARRINGTON
Head of Press and Public Relations
07795 166422[email protected]
Funnily enough, that got things moving - sorry Juliet who was lovely BTW for the calls you are going to get
but the number is on an official website
Not sure what you mean lol.
Going from a C63 to this?
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lol ok. Fwiw, my Merc was fine over the year I had it apart from an annoying dash rattle and the old fashioned ergonomics which was as irritating for being old as the Formentor’s is for being new, the rest of the car was flipping darn good, especially the engine. Always an event just starting it up. Hey ho.
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I just wonder how replacing Formentor with a Renault Twizzy and Captur will help. Sure Twizzy is strange and electric but I doubt it is exciting, perhaps only scary as I wouldn't want to drive in one surrounded with SUVs.
MX-5 or Abarth (event the small one) as you have on the other hand, that makes sense. Or maybe Giulia Veloce.
Not sure there’s too many “suv” type vehicles that are exciting the right side of £40k, not new anyhow.
I nearly nabbed a Polestar 2 just after Xmas when they had a few decent lease deals on but Mrs wasn’t keen, now the price has shot up. Searched for ages for a decent 335d touring without any joy hence ending up with the Cupra, out of desperation more than anything lol. Stuck with it now for a few years so will just have to get on with it. I’m sure it’ll be a perfectly decent car and shouldn’t moan really, I guess we should be grateful we don’t have to drive an old banger or god forbid, get the train
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I nearly nabbed a Polestar 2 just after Xmas when they had a few decent lease deals on but Mrs wasn’t keen, now the price has shot up. Searched for ages for a decent 335d touring without any joy hence ending up with the Cupra, out of desperation more than anything lol. Stuck with it now for a few years so will just have to get on with it. I’m sure it’ll be a perfectly decent car and shouldn’t moan really, I guess we should be grateful we don’t have to drive an old banger or god forbid, get the train
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Not sure there’s too many “suv” type vehicles that are exciting the right side of £40k, not new anyhow.
I nearly nabbed a Polestar 2 just after Xmas when they had a few decent lease deals on but Mrs wasn’t keen, now the price has shot up. Searched for ages for a decent 335d touring without any joy hence ending up with the Cupra, out of desperation more than anything lol. Stuck with it now for a few years so will just have to get on with it. I’m sure it’ll be a perfectly decent car and shouldn’t moan really, I guess we should be grateful we don’t have to drive an old banger or god forbid, get the train
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Stelvio Quadrifoglio is probably pick of the bunch.
Yes apparently the new carwow review says you can get upto 12k off but when I did the carwow quote max available was 5k.
I’m just agreeing with another poster, no need to get so sensitive folks - other opinions are available too.
If you want to know why I agree, and I’m not sure you really do, but since I’ve been called out, in my opinion the Formentor is a car that couldn’t be more devoid of character. When it works it’s clinical, but it is a soulless box of tricks.
It’s fast, granted, looks good, cockpit is great but is sorely lacking in the excitement department. Due to the unnecessary driving aids, haldex and lack of anything from the 4 pot I agree with the previous posters sentiment that it is dull to drive.
Had the car ticked these boxes for me it would have perhaps made up for the fact that I’ve bought a car that wasnt ready to be released and that Seat don’t know how to sort some of the issues, which led to me really disliking the car from day one.
Alas it doesn’t, so I’m getting out. This was to be my last fast ICE car, whilst I awaited the price / size of faster electric cars to come down. That’s now been accelerated though so I’m changing path and dipping my toe in tentatively now.
The Twizy gives me the character that the Formentor can’t get close to and the Captur will give me the practicality.
I like my Renaults (they have historically built some of the best driving cars, some of which are things that other manufacturers wouldn’t go anywhere near, and many IMO come full of character), so will stick with this combo until such time as Alpine release something electric and then look into that.
Driving dynamism isn’t a box that these are going to tick either (although the Twizy is great fun to drive), but over the last few years / cars I’ve been coming to the conclusion that speed is overrated anyway - sure it’s great to tell your pals that you’ve got 300 / 400 horsepower, but how often do we actually get / want to use it - and everything around us is just serving to slow us all down and that’s only going to get worse in the future.
FWIW, I think that once the Formentor has all of its niggles sorted there is a place for it. For me it’s just not the fast versions, perhaps the hybrid will be the perfect one to have and I’m sure a fully electric one will follow.
I won’t be having another though, my experienced has been soured too far.
Enjoy your cars folks, I hope they do what they need to for you all, and they work as they should.
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Something that seems a bit odd, well to me anyway...
Had the check coolant level warming come up, which having checked, it is well below the minimum line. Seems excessive use of coolanr after some 550 miles and 3 weeks. Never had that on a new car before.
Just ordering some coolant from seat motor parts now, so will see how I get on.
Had the check coolant level warming come up, which having checked, it is well below the minimum line. Seems excessive use of coolanr after some 550 miles and 3 weeks. Never had that on a new car before.
Just ordering some coolant from seat motor parts now, so will see how I get on.
I’d keep an eye on the coolant level. This is a known issue with the Golf R/S3 engine (if your car is the 310ps). It’s typically a leak in the waterpump or the thermostat but could also be due to air in the system. I had my waterpump replaced as goodwill (Golf R 2017). I thought they had that sorted by now but who knows.
Same on my 290, in fairness it was the only thing that went wrong in 3 years (2 days before it went back to seat) and was sorted under warranty.
I’d be extremely concerned if it happened on a nearly new car. I’m going to watch mine like a hawk!
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I’d be extremely concerned if it happened on a nearly new car. I’m going to watch mine like a hawk!
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Mine is a v2 1.5 DSG, but it's certainly odd. I'll top up the coolant and keep an eye out. I've not noticed anything on the driveway.
It could be due to the car being parked on a slope at home. I used the get this with my old car, where the oil light would come on, but levels were actually fine once on the flat.
I've come into the office today which is flat, popped out at lunch and no warning light, but this is where I checked the level and it's certainly low.
Great service from the Seat motorparts website, as ordered today and due to be delivered tomorrow morning.
It could be due to the car being parked on a slope at home. I used the get this with my old car, where the oil light would come on, but levels were actually fine once on the flat.
I've come into the office today which is flat, popped out at lunch and no warning light, but this is where I checked the level and it's certainly low.
Great service from the Seat motorparts website, as ordered today and due to be delivered tomorrow morning.
Not sure mate I've generally launched after about 2 seconds of launch control becoming active. Probably not good to hold it out for ages but that's just a guess.. anyone willing to try and hold launch control for as long as possible?
Mine’s off to the dealers next week now, time to get the tyre pressure thing looked at as it’s irritating me now, boinging every time I drive somewhere.
Don’t suppose it’s anything too serious but it would be nice to be able to trust the thing if and when it does register a puncture.
They’re going to investigate non booting screen and the indicator warning message also. I feel some kind of software update will be forthcoming. Not bad after a massive 427 miles.
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Don’t suppose it’s anything too serious but it would be nice to be able to trust the thing if and when it does register a puncture.
They’re going to investigate non booting screen and the indicator warning message also. I feel some kind of software update will be forthcoming. Not bad after a massive 427 miles.
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