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Not to steal Dogconker's tread but a quick pic of mine :-)

tom_gr7 I had same sort of thoughts when I started looking for my new car I first saw the new quashqai and thought it looked good, so went for a test drive. nice inside with lots of toys but not permanent 4 wheel drive and waiting time was months and months away. also it will be every other car on the road. I also looked and tried kia sportage, skoda yeti, vw tiguan all had good and bad points. I would say the best of them for me was the Kia but when you got the awd version the fuel and road tax were not good. I then saw and read about the XV and thought as the dealer was only a few mile away I should go and have a proper look I am so glad I did, I loved it soon as I saw it so had to drive it. I first drove the 2.0D SE. it felt so solid on the road with a great all round driving view. very comfy and well put together. anyway to cut a story short I ended up getting the 2.0D se lux premium ex demo car, its a 2013 model but has a few more toys and had very low miles on the clock and I loved the colour. I have had the car 1 month now and still love going out in it. I can't get the fuel figures that Dogconker gets, I must drive it different :-) but it's averaged 48 mpg since I have had it most town driving for the first few weeks but I have had a couple of longer trips over the last week and saw mpg on a 400 mile trip of 54 so well happy with that. the stability on country roads is amazing, I am so glad I choice the XV I know we all have different wants and tastes from our cars but I think I am going to enjoy owning this car. one last point I would say if you do look at the XV is look at different coloured versions, I saw several different colours at the showroom and it looks great in some colours and a very different car in others ( just my view )

Great write up Dogconker like you say these are rare on the road, I saw one last year in white and wondered what it was. the only time I have seen one round here on the road is when I visited the local Subaru garage to go for a test drive. loved it so much, I bought one looks like this is going to be a very quiet forum though :-(