The Leaf with a 40kwh battery only giving 110 real miles . Seems a bit poor. My Mokka e with 42kwh usable battery (total 50) gave more than that this winter. Driven carefully up to 160m. Now it's warmed up happy days.180 plus.

I seriously thought about a CRV either the 1.6 diesel - no auto so that ws out, or the newer hybrid. The latter was at the extreme end of my budget, including man-maths adjustments, but at three years old and no manufacturers warranty and with two previous owners my gut feel was not comfortable.

I had a Toyota Avensis petrol auto estate that had been exemplary in every way. 4 years and 55k miles with no problems at all. bought secondhand for less than half list price, remember those days? However increasing sciatic nerve issues and general thoughts of updating led to a swap.

The car was sold for 3k less than I paid for it and I finally settled on a Lexus NX. I looked in my local dealer who said they had the perfect car for me. Overpriced and complete with a small dent in the roof (that will be fixed of course Sir). I found a 4.5yr old model with 26k and a full dealer service history and went for it. Not my first choice of colour but then not the big(-ger) money either.

After about six weeks I am getting 41-ish mpg and with super wafitness. The only bugbear is the ridiculous knob/twsit/push thingy between the seats controlling satnav, radio etc. The satnav itself is terrible and I will be wiring in a Garmin to put in the corner of the screen.

The deciding factor was my penchant for Lexota vehicles, this is yet another to enter the stable, and the4 ten year/100k warranty on a car that tops the reliability stakes.

No regrets on swapping, but sad to see the Avensis go, it had served us well and there was plenty left under the bonnet. Like SLO dealer history and condition was priority.

With a turbo diesel it’s the torque that’s important and despite the modest horsepower it’s endowed with a fair slug of low speed torque

it was designed for high revs as well, so it should take a thrashing without even thinking about it if its serviced regular

imo it wasn`t that great at low rev pulling as the engine was designed for revving, I know 2 taxi drivers who still own the Tourers with over 200k on each one, and they said the same thing so don`t be too surprised if the low rev pulling power is not that great, the 2.2 was a lot better but then it was 140 hp not 119 as that is, CRV is 180

Still a great engine and good luck luck with it...

imo it wasn`t that great at low rev pulling as the engine was designed for revving, I know 2 taxi drivers who still own the Tourers with over 200k on each one, and they said the same thing so don`t be too surprised if the low rev pulling power is not that great, the 2.2 was a lot better but then it was 140 hp not 119

And yet, on paper, not that much difference in torque between the 1.6 and 2.2 diesels. The 2.2 makes only 13% more and they both achieve peak torque at 2000rpm.

Yes I know and was surprised when I bought it that it wasn`t as good as the 2.2 -and I traded in a 2.2 Civic 2006 for the Tourer, great car imo just a bit overrated as far as low rpm torque was concerned, it might be different for SLO ie different part of the country, but for me its acceleration was almost as good and was smoother, and the economy (I think due to the area of hills I`m in) mpg ranged from 48mpg in town to up to 75 mpg on motorways, far better than any car I had before

in fact if it hadn`t been for the dirty diesel I picked up I might have still had it but the repairs were over 6k, though I was thinking of going back to petrol as I didn`t do the mileage and the DD was the final nail for me, I was going to buy the 1.8 petrol but by then the prices jumped and they were hard to find below 100k miles so bought 2008 civic

recently checked mpg of 1.6 compared to the older mk8 1342cc which I have now, and isn`t much in it town driving wise, not a touch on a run though for mpg so the 1.6 turbo is far better on a run than anything else I`ve had