I took my scoob in for a service this morning and had a courtesy car all lined up. The guys at subaru managed to give my car to someone else, i think it was a fiesta or something along those lines so all they had left was a new scoob. There was me thinking that it might be a nice new wrx or even a 2.0 but oh no - i got a 1.5 wagon R. I didnt realise they did anything below 2.0. Its nice to drive but lacks well..... power!

Just wondering whats the best and worst courtesy cars you've ever had?

 

Worst - Justy Best - Forester with heated seats, ideal for that particular winter morning! Last year when on holiday in the States I booked an economy hire car when ordering I was told it would be a PT Cruiser, but when I picked it up it was a 2.7 V6 300C Economy car........

 

Best: Legacy Spec B Estate
Worst: 20 year old Legacy that was on its last legs.

 

Someone crashed into the back of my Volvo 850 T5-R and scratched the back bumper (you cant beat Volvo's ) while completely destroying the front of his car.

Anyway i left them my 2.3l Turbo machine and was given a Ford KAK 1.0l for 3 days. The worst thing i have ever driven !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

Best:1.2 new Polo, boring i know but it was a good drive
Worst:Toyata Yaris Verso, the one that looks like a disabled wagon with a door at the back that opens like a front door, if this wasnt bad enough, it had bright orange foot high sale and discount writing all over it!!! I had the thing for 2 days

 

Worst I got was putting my Honda S2000 in and coming out with a 1.0 corsa with a flappy gearbox thing!! It was so sh*t and so slow. What really impressed me was that if you took the Corsa from idle to the redline in neutral I'd say the S2000 could get from idle to its red-line (higher as well) quicker in 1st gear. Even with no load it took the engine an age to acknowledge that you'd opened the throttle and forever to climb through the rev range!

 

worst - a smart car
best - brand new legacy estate

 

Worst = Fiat Stilo in bright yellow (GMD Durham)
Best = Brand new Impreza sport (SG Petch Richmond)
Nik.

 

Worst:

Toyota Yaris 56 reg

Best:

Ford Focus 1.6 Ghia. 56 reg.

Both of them had HORRIBLE jerky brakes, though.

 

only ever had 2 courtesy cars

bad= f reg red xr2- vine place, clapped out **** box with too much oil in it!
badder= 02 silver suzuki jimny- GMD, big wheel conversion, with big power

the wife thought driving around in the jimny was hilarious, she couldn't stop laughing!

rob

 

I use to have a VR6 Golf, Took it in for a service once and got an automatic 1.0 Polo. By the time i got home they had finished the service on the golf. It was so slow

 

Best - New L200 Warrior with 100 miles on it
Worst - dropping off my Focus RS and getting a Zit Yellow Ka.....and I'm 6'4" and 15.5 stone............

 

Just handed one of these back myself on Monday (a 1.0),it had 62 miles on it when it was dropped off,it went back with 835 (gentle )miles on it..........but i have to say,i didn't notice much difference in performance between it and my STI PPP..............it's amazing how courtesy cars always go better than your own !!

 

two best fiesta zetec s and volvo v70 d5 worst fiat some think the really small one cant remmember

 

My best car i had was this week while car was in for mappin

Impreza 2.0 WRX Turbo wagon From Mocom racing Went rather well i might add

 

wasn't a white legacy from sg petch in richmond, north yorks was it . if it was i had the same heap of scrap as well. knackered cv joint wallowed like a fat bird on a lilo . and ran out of tax before i took it back

 

My worst are
Mitsubishi Carisma
Hyundai Lantra

Best Rover 600 turbo, it even had a dump valve!

 

worst= citroen AX
best = VW Golf VR6

 

took the scoob in for a service... got a skoda estate something or other

forgot to say the best..... had a vw bora... in for work had a TOURAG (spelling) the big 4x4 cool

 

Worst
Vauxhall Corsa 1.0
It was that gutless and noisy I thought the exhaust was knackered until the mechanic explained that they only have three cylinders.

Best
Brand new Peugot 307 1.4 (still gutless but a nice drive)