How would you rate your parking skills?

Looks comfortable. Not many cars can seat 3 in the front

Only 2k at 70mph? That's great, my Honda Accord is doing 2.1k at 70 mph and is 138 bhp

As a diesel you shouldn't need to go much over 4k anyway... Ever given any boy racers a shock from the lights?

I know, that's why I also mentioned how the shape of the Saxo might give it the edge.


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Well it's a diesel with a six speed gearbox, the governor makes it rubbish on motorway hills though. I drove a Mercedes Sprinter LWB a month or so back and that had no problem with the M4 hills in sixth and it was pretty much fully loaded too. My normal car is much quicker! It's a 90bhp diesel from the mid 90's with some bigger injectors and it's fairly quick, much quicker than the van.

And it is comfortable. I absolutely love the driving position, but whenever I get back into my car I'm reminded that lumbar support is nice, and the van has none. The upright seating makes it bearable though.

Always nice to drive something where someone else picks up the bill

What kind of mpg is it getting ?

Can you take bends as fast as your car? Presumably it's got big wide tyres with lots of grip

I'm on my third van since I've been working there as I haven't settled on one yet and I keep on borrowing other people's, they're all the same van though. I've not filled up twice on the same van yet, but it's got a 100 litre tank so fill ups are £130+, so glad it's not coming out of my pocket! I'd guess in the high 20's-low 30's though, maybe lower than that.

I think you're underestimating what a large van is like to drive. It looks like a brick and drives like one Lots of body roll in corners and it'll quite happily understeer into oblivion if you're not careful as it's FWD.