Deleted member 11291
- Joined
- Dec 24, 2022
- Messages
- 842
- Reaction score
- 1,625
- Points
- 429
So you took your love to town then……hint Kenny Rogers…..
Some things are funnier without context ;DI think the argument was ignited because of a different tax rate on cakes and biscuits. Otherwise probably nobody would care.
I suppose you could use it to get from your front door to the XPower, assuming you have a large property and your garage is some distance away?The numbtys at What Car reckon that if you are looking at XPower then you can Also Consider this.........???
View attachment 20721
I wonder what they've been smoking eh?
You could put one on each foot and skate…..I suppose you could use it to get from your front door to the XPower, assuming you have a large property and your garage is some distance away?
Absolutely agree.Another mistake the motoring press make is to assume that once you buy an Xpower (or any other car) you will forever be comparing with what might have been. That isn't real life. Like any other purchasing decision, you have a think, make your choice, buy one of the available products over the alternatives, and move on. If the thing you buy is good you'll be happy. Same applies to coffee machines, running shoes, sofas - you name it. But to take seriously the What Car review on YouTube, for instance, you'd have to believe that having bought the Xpower you'd spend the rest of your life pondering how it stacks up against the Golf R. I've never met anyone like that.
Another mistake the motoring press make is to assume that once you buy an Xpower (or any other car) you will forever be comparing with what might have been. That isn't real life. Like any other purchasing decision, you have a think, make your choice, buy one of the available products over the alternatives, and move on. If the thing you buy is good you'll be happy. Same applies to coffee machines, running shoes, sofas - you name it. But to take seriously the What Car review on YouTube, for instance, you'd have to believe that having bought the Xpower you'd spend the rest of your life pondering how it stacks up against the Golf R. I've never met anyone like that.
Well for me (I tend to research everything!) I put down an xpower deposit/order based on a Trophy test drive and then while I was waiting I did tend to compare with every other car, just in case there was something better out there. I even made a table (I like data!) on performance/price comparisons. Some may like it, some not so here it is:Another mistake the motoring press make is to assume that once you buy an Xpower (or any other car) you will forever be comparing with what might have been. That isn't real life. Like any other purchasing decision, you have a think, make your choice, buy one of the available products over the alternatives, and move on. If the thing you buy is good you'll be happy. Same applies to coffee machines, running shoes, sofas - you name it. But to take seriously the What Car review on YouTube, for instance, you'd have to believe that having bought the Xpower you'd spend the rest of your life pondering how it stacks up against the Golf R. I've never met anyone like that.
That may change once the press and public actually get to drive it. However there was never any mention of different suspension or brakes on the twin motor, only comfort suspension, make of that what you will.Yes the EX30 is interesting for the praise it isn't getting.
I get where you’re coming from, having recently owned an R55, mini cooper S. It certainly had a rock hard suspension that people associate with hot hatches, which the Xpower doesn’t but I prefer it that way. You shouldn’t compare the two on handling as the XPower is a different balance between weight, comfort, handling & power. Just the balance I want. Still handles very well and the fact that the cinch review track time beat a JCW Mini Cooper shows that. It uses power to compensate for weight on the track times. On straights of course it annihilates most cars on the track time list. The only other EV in the top 25 that comes close is the BMW i4 M50 costing twice as much. Which in my book makes the XPower a game changer for EVs.Having test driven, and then ordered an XPower this weekend (to replace a 18 month old F55 Cooper S) I don't consider it a hot hatch, more a muscle car in a hatch body. I've had a lot of hot hatches over the years (including RenaultSports, BMW M140i, Alfas, Peugeot GTIs, etc) and the XPower really doesn't replicate the feel. The issue is weight, steering feel, and turn-in.
I still ordered one though, because the value for money is very impressive.