Thanks mate, it’s not about snobbery, although I appreciate your comment, it’s kind of a magpie type of thing with lots of shiny toys to play with (all of which could go wrong). The base Skoda is sufficient for our needs, although heated seating and steering wheel is useful for a passenger with spine issues and a driver with arthritis in hands as well as knees. Everything else is partially very useful and justifiable as necessary or else just shiny toys I could probably survive quite happily without (being honest). I keep swinging from expensive right through to base Skoda and all the way back again. The next car needs to be bigger, to solve the problems we’ve encountered with the ZS. Range is one and boot size is the other (amongst a few quality issues that you’d expect from a Chinese budget product) but the main thing is that as my legs degrade my ability to get in and out when the door just opens far enough now would be a real problem. Having something like the Skoda or the Nissan would enable easy access even at the point where I can barely bend the legs.
I’d never think for one minute its snobbery as you don’t come across that way.
If you haven’t already done so try sitting down and write a list of whats are must haves (useful for medical reasons), what would be helpful in daily life, ignore the rest and go from there, you may find you need a higher spec car with bling you will never use, just to to get whats necessary on your list!
For example. I need leather seats for my daughter heated seats and electric tailgate….. Leatherseats alone often mean going for a top spec car often with equipment I will never use but necessary to get whats on ur must have list!