What are you all up to

Probably!  We had recently come to the decision that as the caravan is fine, we would not go for a MH unless we found one that "ticked all the boxes".

However, the problems with the XC90 are becoming pressing, so ideally we want rid of it before an expensive repair becomes essential, and before our next trip away in April.

Our second car is only a 2 seater Smart, so not suitable (with grandchildren) as an only car along with MH. Also, the luggage capacity is very small, just about enough for a main shop.  But it is great for parking in town.

We had originally  thought, if we did go for a MH,  just to keep the Volvo as it is now worth very little, but it's erratic behaviour is worrying.

There are a few things to  check out on the VW, so no decision as yet.

Bright start to the day here at "Longleat",no frost.Viv' & Carolyn have gone for the 'tour' of the animal park They did an after xmas meal last night with beef & all th trimmings ,VERY tasty ,Chis' is playing with his 'toys'(Xbox stuff etc ) I'm playing my new guitar ,practicing some new numbers ,then off up the road to the Royal Oak for a bite & a pint at lunchtime.The C.C wardens are setting up a little midnight celebration for New Years ,we''ll probably have a look at that 

                     " " HAPPY NEW YEAR TO YOU ALL " " 

                                            regards 

                                     Pete    /  Triky 

And the same to you Triky and all those attending at Longleat.

At Dulverton, site busy. Happy New Year to you all!

Oops got hiccups! Edit....

 

Just getting ready to see in the New year at our local pub, taxi booked to bring us home. 

Hope everyone has a lovely time tonight, wherever you are,  and  whatever you are  doing.  Happy New Year. 

Malcolm......£240 seems a lot to service a Smart car.

I thought they just tightened up the rubber band a bit? 

KjeIINN.......the VW Toureg looks a very nice car. We looked at them before we bought our Volvo but too expensive then, so if you've seen one at a good price it could be a really good buy.

How many miles has your XC 90 done?

Coming up on 95k Ian, had it almost 10 years now, but it has had a lot of problems, more problems than all the other Volvos we have owned added together!  And we have had 15  Volvos since 1972, at one time we had 3 in the family.  We had a 245 for 15 years, a 940 for 14 years, and DD has a V40 (used to be ours) that is 14 years past September

The new XC90 is just a bit on the expensive side, and our experience with this one has rather put us off.

The Touareg is a 3.0 V6 TDI BlueMotion Tech 262 R Line Tiptronic Auto, almost £10k off list price, we could have dark grey metallic or reef blue metallic, the blue is nice, the grey OK but quite dark.

OH is very keen on it, this really would be our last big car this time!

Ours only has about 35k miles on it, so hopfully it will keep going a while yet.

Only problem has been a manifold gasket that blew (known fault, apparantly. Car got home in limp mode. Pity they didn't recall it if it was a known fault, but repaired under warranty).

Oh, and the lock for the detachable towbar stopped working......also done under warranty.

Other than that it's just been serviced and a replacement set of tyres (and I've been very pleased with the Nokians).

I do like the look of the Toureg though........and the new XC90. But as you say, the latter is very expensive.