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New car

Postby Manchesteral » Sat Aug 11, 2018 7:29 pm

Still not bought a new car for my other half yet, and it's been months !! now thinking about the Renault C 4 Cactus, any thoughts/opinions from the forum ?

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Re: New car

Postby Enrique » Sat Aug 11, 2018 7:46 pm

Hi,
Renault C 4 Cactus.................you may have your Make /models mixed up here

Citroen C4 Cactus .............. Renault Captur
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Re: New car

Postby costakid » Sat Aug 11, 2018 8:26 pm

A friend has a Cactus, good car but a bit too much plastic for my taste. Drives nice enough. Captur is also very popular.

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Re: New car

Postby TorreDelAguila » Sun Aug 12, 2018 7:38 am

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Re: New car

Postby fincalospinos » Sun Aug 12, 2018 7:40 am

Saw a new VW T-Roc yesterday, looks very ompressive.
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Re: New car

Postby Manchesteral » Sun Aug 12, 2018 9:45 am

Enrique wrote:Hi,
Renault C 4 Cactus.................you may have your Make /models mixed up here

Citroen C4 Cactus .............. Renault Captur

Yes, sorry, you're correct Enrique, it's the Citroen we're interested in !

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Re: New car

Postby Wicksey » Sun Aug 12, 2018 11:29 am

I've been in a friend's Cactus but hated the dashboard. I prefer old fashioned speedo dials and knobs to control the heating/fan etc. She seemed to be forever prodding and swiping at the screen to get the aircon/fans to work. It's just a personal preference.

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Re: New car

Postby El Cid » Sun Aug 12, 2018 12:07 pm

The C4 Cactus is designed to be very comfortable. The downside is it won't handle as well on twisty roads as a Captur would.

Both cars come with good small turbo petrol engines and they are both available with dual clutch auto gearboxes.

I have been in both and definitely prefer the Captur, but there really isn't much to choose between them. You either love the funky styling on the Cactus or you hate it!

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Re: New car

Postby Manchesteral » Sun Aug 12, 2018 5:51 pm

Well, thanks for the input but as usual with the female species it's "well I'm not sure" I guess I'll have to do what I did on the last two occasions and choose for her :-)

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Re: New car

Postby TorreDelAguila » Sun Aug 12, 2018 6:39 pm

If you're looking for lots of car and space for your money, don't overlook the Dacia Duster (available 4x4 too). Some friends of ours have one here, and its sure-footed, well screwed together (on rough tracks), quiet, comfortable and spacious. Renault engine. Worth a test drive.
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Re: New car

Postby Manchesteral » Sun Aug 12, 2018 7:17 pm

Thanks for that I'll give it a look :-)

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Re: New car

Postby El Cid » Sun Aug 12, 2018 8:00 pm

TorreDelAguila wrote:If you're looking for lots of car and space for your money, don't overlook the Dacia Duster (available 4x4 too). Some friends of ours have one here, and its sure-footed, well screwed together (on rough tracks), quiet, comfortable and spacious. Renault engine. Worth a test drive.
And they have just brought out a new model with significant improvements. A friend who has a holiday villa near us has the old one and loves it which is praise indeed as his other car in the UK is a DB9.

Another Citroen option is the new C3 Aircross. A C3 with an SUV body. That’s probably a better comparison with the Captur.

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