@clappedout I’m glad that you found the review interesting. Hopefully the Tucson test drive won’t be too long away, as I’d like to compare the two cars relatively close to each other.
I’ve also noticed that VW and Hyundai are starting to revert to dials and buttons following customer feedback (and the slating that motoring journalists rightly give touch-screen only infotainment and haptic controls). Let’s hope that others follow, but changes can only be made for new model cycles. I don’t mind digital dashboards, but they bring their own issues. I had a Mercedes GLB for a week a few years back and the entire dashboard failed to illuminate on 3 occasions. As a result, I had absolutely no idea how fast I was going. It was downright dangerous.
The new Tiguan could be an option for us (if it comes to the scheme) but VW are persisting with one major problem that could rule it out for us – the lack of leather (or even faux leather) as standard on even the top end cars. It’s always an optional extra, bundled with electric drivers seat and memory (which I don’t need as nobody else drives the car but me) and costs over £2k. Outrageous. Alcantara / velour seat centres, whilst all the rage, are a ‘no’ for us as my wife needs a slippery surface due to how she gets in and out of the car. The iX1 yesterday had the alcantara seat centres and it made it very difficult for her
I lifted out the charging cable yesterday and they are indeed quite heavy and unwieldy. I’m able bodied so could cope easily with it, but it crossed my mind that people with certain disabilities might struggle. As for tyres, our current X1 has done 26,000 miles and 3 of the tyres are originals and still have plenty of tread left. I had to have one changed due to a puncture and really wished that I’d had run flats, as I was in the middle of nowhere and it caused me major issues. I’ve had quite a few BMWs with run flats over the years and loved them. I never noticed any issue with ride quality or road noise, and you could carry on as normal when you had a puncture and get it fixed at your leisure. They would be a godsend for disabled drivers, but sadly seem to be disappearing, primarily because motoring journalists had a thing about them and always criticised them. Another example of things going the wrong way IMHO.