The Citroen Cactus

[icyfroth]

Why would you even call a motor vehice "Cactus"?

It's not bad but I wouldn't choose it:

It's very clunky and the tranmission is slow. Not nice-looking, either, IMO

It was our Hertz hire-car while we travelled in Germany. Brickbats to Hertz. They didn't give us a GPS. They call it a "Navi" in Germany. We didn't get one. God it was hard having to travel by looking at the map after we'd been spoiled in England with a GPS.

In England we had a Vauxhall Insignia:

 

It was a joy to drive. Somehow I magically became the designated driver on all the bookings . Hubs was able to sit and enjoy the view. Oh well. He did pay for it after all, lol.

Anyways. The Vauxhall  had a huge boot to accommodate our cases, and the girl at the counter upsold us to the GPS . God how does anyone drive without a GPS!

Ok. So back to reality and Sydney traffic in my Ford Focus.

It's cool!

[lind9650]

Well, Icy, at least you can say you have driven a CACTUS. Not many people in Australia can match that. A lot of people drive Lemons.

Another memory of your holiday.

Erica

[lurker172602]

Re the GPS, when we picked up our hire car in Ireland they tried to upsell to include a portable GPS. We declined, but then found the car had an inbuilt one anyway. I would have been furious if we had paid the extra and wound up with two of the suckers.

[icyfroth]

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@lurker172602 wrote:
Re the GPS, when we picked up our hire car in Ireland they tried to upsell to include a portable GPS. We declined, but then found the car had an inbuilt one anyway. I would have been furious if we had paid the extra and wound up with two of the suckers.

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Hi Lurks,

Yeah the hire care co in London offered us a portable GPS but hubs said he'd rather an inbuilt one as the portable ones often get pinched. So they upgraded us to the car with the inbuilt one.

It had a lovely female voice, so patient. 

We called her Gloria.

She could be a bit narky sometimes.

[onlinehokum]

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@icyfroth wrote:

Why would you even call a motor vehice "Cactus"?

It's not bad but I wouldn't choose it:

It's very clunky and the tranmission is slow. Not nice-looking, either, IMO

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damn ugly IMO

[icyfroth]

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@rebelcr wrote:

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@icyfroth wrote:

Why would you even call a motor vehice "Cactus"?

It's not bad but I wouldn't choose it:

It's very clunky and the tranmission is slow. Not nice-looking, either, IMO

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damn ugly IMO

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Yeah I thought so too lol

[gleee58]

Is there are purpose for the panels on the sides?

It looks rather strange from the outside.  Was it comfy?

[icyfroth]

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@gleee58 wrote:

Is there are purpose for the panels on the sides?

It looks rather strange from the outside.  Was it comfy?

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The panelling on ours was black so it didn't stand out so much as the silver in the pic. Parking is at a premium in European cities so I suppose it's good against scratches from people opening doors on your panels.

The car was comfy enough I suppose, the heated seats are nice, but most new cars have that now, I think. The handbrake is a like a sledgehammer.

The gap between the two front seats is too small to pass anything (like a handbag) through to the back seat.

First world problems, lol.