Holiday hire car

[bransoj]

Currently in Gran Canaria with the in laws and we fancied a day out so hired a car. Seeing as it was only a day and we needed room for 4 adults and the little one in her car seat we went for a Jeep Compass which they didn’t have but upgraded us to a Jeep Cherokee...what a steaming pile of American crap it was to drive!! Made me appreciate how good our GS Tourer is.

It was fine on the two/three lane roads but up in the mountains it was like a tank not just handling etc but to see out of as well plus it bonged at you for everything!! Interior was awful with a stereo screen that was nearly smaller than my phone and the dash told you nowt. By far one of the worst hire cars I’ve had.

[Minuteman]

They haven't made a good motor since the old Willys Jeep!
American cars are for straight roads and making the tyres squeal when going round corners (especially driving on grass in films)

[bransoj]

Currently in France and due to going to the states next month we’ve flown down for a week and sharing a hire car with the in laws instead of driving down as normal.

They booked the car and we’ve ended up with a renault kadjar with a 140 bhp petrol engine. Dull to drive, found it was in eco mode so took it out and it’s slightly less dull. It’s quite a posh version though and has led matrix lights which are good.

Looking forward to the states though as there are 6 of us so hired a Chevy suburban or similar...if we get the Chevy it’s a 5.7 v8 and is two feet longer than a GS tourer!! The other option we may get is the extra long version of a Ford Explorer which has the same 3.5 v6 ecoboost from the Ford GT.