£645 ain't that bad for a modern
For comparison a late 3.7 Roadster is £520 and you CX lads are getting far better mpg
Oh, and it's only for the first 5 years and then drops to a tiny £180
Whatever you drive...enjoy !
Isn't the VED £645 (from 2016) made up of 2 elements the £180 pa for the life of the car and the balance £465 pa for the first 5 years because the car is over £40k to purchase new,.
I've only had the pleasure of a long test drive in a CX and I was very impressed having jumped straight out of my Roadster 4 seater into the demonstrator. It felt well put together, handled well and smoothed out the undulations and was pretty quick to boot, no axle tramp and a pleasure to drive. It was so modern it feel like driving my wife's Mercedes cabriolet, in a classic body shape.
The wider body /cabin space felt a little bit more exposed with the side screens removed, I didn't feel as hugged in the car and it felt at first more akin to sitting on the car rather than low within the car ,the brakes didn't give you much confidence, but that's been addressed now. They are a very good car, that I could easily travel vast distances in, that hopefully prove to be more reliable than the trads, all I seem to read about outside the hopefully now past rad/brake issue, is mainly issues with water leaks. A very promising sign for the future.
I've had to give up the Roadster due to injuring my back at Xmas, just too uncomfortable to depress the clutch, but I'm seriously looking at an automatic CX, as it will allow both myself and the wife to drive which is something Sue couldn't do with the Roadster, the controls ie steering, clutch, brakes were just too heavy for her to handle. So its clearly a case of horses for courses.
