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Sun 23 May 2004 16:59
What car? - inthewildteam
Forum virgin, so please be gentle.

Trading in my 3 yr old Citroen Berlingo diesel forte, short listed Tacuma, Tino and Rio as replacements.

Anyone got any adverse reports on the above short list?

Ex Alfa mechanic, now disabled (not Alfa's fault!!!) looking at driveability and nil maintenance, haven't ever had to open the bonnet on the Citroen since I've had it.

Perhaps any other ideas of mpv's that I haven't thought of?

Cheers and beers guys
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Sun 23 May 2004 17:16
What car? - Altea Ego
A year ago I was looking at changing the scenic, so looked at the tacuma and the tino. In MY opinion, the tacuma was horrid, with very nasty inerior plastics and foul dynamic driving experience. The tino waqs on par with the scenic, very nice but a little plasticky inside for my taste. Rio? no idea.

Not sure of the nature of your disability, but cars like *Scenics, *Picasso's, Tino, ie any car that has a high seating postion, are much easier for less able bodied people to climb in and out of, I am sure the yaris verso, the ford cmax, the volkswagen thingy (toerag?) are all the same

* Q for all the anti french car comments of which I am sure there will be many - mostly unfounded.

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Sun 23 May 2004 17:49
What car? - inthewildteam
Thanks for the quick reply.

Not that I'm anti French (or Renault) but am enticed by the deals the "eastern" cars have.

Have had the misfortune of being tied to Ford for 3 yrs with one of their cars (motability) and would never go down that road again. One of the "smiley grill" Escorts, so the CMax is out of the equation.

Nissan Tino would be my first choice, just a little concerned about the Spanish build quality.

Kia Rio is more of a combination hatchback/estate rather than a mpv.

I'm ex trade btw and woudn't have a VW as a gift (their trade on build and longevity is a real urban myth)

Toyota is worth a look, so thanks for the pointer.
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