Hi Wonky.. thanks for your well wishes, time for an update!
I absolutely love the car. Plenty of room for my massive wheelchair and it’s now being hoisted thanks to Autochair’s kit, saving my other half’s back.. and there’s still room for passengers and luggage!
My partner is the driver and he is delighted with the Sharan, we have the DSG and he says it drives brilliantly and doesn’t feel underpowered at all. He test drove the diesel Sharan and Touran, and has no complaints on the 1.4 TSI Sharan.
Mpg.. as expected really. 28-35mpg. We do a lot of very short journeys. Any journey that’s 10 minutes or more reaches 32 mpg +. Perhaps not what you were hoping for Wonky, but I hope this helps.. it’s good enough for me as my needs were quite particular and this fits every need for me, my partner, my mobility aids and my comfort.. mpg isn’t great, but no worse than we expected. I will say it happily did 34mpg + on a long motorway filled journey recently. Very happy here 🙂
Good luck on your journey to find a new car!