Glos, yea relieved but annoyed at the time period it took, only other car that we would’ve gone for would’ve been the xc40 t5 but the boot didn’t fit everything we needed compared to the Audi, weird how some car boots even tho small can fit more things, eg our last two cars were the mk2 Tiguan and the Peugeot 3008, the Peugeot even tho a smaller boot slightly could fit so much more solento funny you say that, it’s what I’ve been thinking and I actually had my second child recently looool wigwam atm life is pretty hectic so the days are flying by which is a good thing I guess as it’s making the date closer on a side note, I filled up £60 worth of fuel the day before the dealer told me it’s ready in a week so I’m driving the Peugeot until it’s almost on low ?? oh and speaking of fuel, this will be the first time driving a petrol after 8 years of diesel, I’m actually putting a sticker in the fuel cap that says PETROL NOT DIESEL ?
I know what you mean about boots. On paper the load area in our new BMW X1 is slightly smaller than the Tiguan, but that’s misleading as the BMW is 2” lower so the extra space in the Tiguan is height and the floor area (which is the usable space) in the X1 is actually bigger. Makes a big difference for us as in the Tiguan I had to roll the rear seats forward slightly to fit my wife’s wheelchair in, whereas it goes in with ease in the X1, even with the rear seats in the most reclined position!
Like you, we have just moved back to petrol after countless diesel cars. We are fortunate that running costs don’t need to be a deciding factor in choice of cars for us, but it has come as a great surprise that our petrol X1 is returning 5 mpg better fuel economy than the similarly powered diesel Tiguan that it replaced! The other advantage is that the X1 has a much bigger fuel tank than the Tiguan so, coupled with the better mpg, the range is significantly better. We have done well over 1,000 miles in the X1 now and only filled up twice, including the fill up when we took delivery!