There is a section of the website dedicated to reviews. For good / bad points on this car, see here :

www.honestjohn.co.uk/carbycar/chevrolet/captiva-20...d

There is further information on here too. But I'll leave it to you to root it out for yourself.

He was almost happy when the electric handbrake failed and the car was written off after rolling down his drive into his house. However a few seconds earlier and it would have killed him. Despite the car having the handbrake applied correctly (it had been parked on a steep drive for many minutes before moving) Vauxhall were in denial there was an inherent problem.

Don't driving instructors teach people to leave cars in gear on steep hills? The Highway Code still recommends this too, doesn't it?

He may have been glad to get rid of the car, but does say it could have killed him, in which case he'd have been up for a Darwin award.

Work colleague has just bought herself another, she does above average miles with 4 to 8 x 50 mile motorway runs a week for her commutes which keeps the exhaust happy enough.

She's no idiot and if it drank fuel would not have replaced with another identical car, however she is a mature lorry driver of competence so will be untilising overrun wherever possible and the brakes as little as possible.