| i must admit i was always abit of a fan of the espace, admittedly the later ones, they were good machines, - the first european people carrier manufactured i suppose, - and for several years out and out class leaders, we nearly bought the latest Grand Espace earlier this year- they are still good machines and the latest TD engines are stormers, getting a big 7 seater around quickly and the DCI lump still returns 40 + mpg- can't complain at that, problem is for me the pedals are just too close together for my size 13 feet ! - nasty on long journeys, i can cope on short trips but on long runs it gets uncomfortable, and renault auto boxes are not the best.... so we opted for the other award winning 7 seater..... the 'yank' one - the chrysler, very very comfortable big leather armchair style seats and no worries with the pedals..... ( designed for fat yanks or those with my build !!!!) sadly the mpg figures of this beast is also suited to the US market too....
thirsty, heavy, but powerful,expensive to service at £96 per hour labour and an 80 litre petrol tank that seems to have a hole in it !- in hindsight maybe should have considered the diesel version.....
but hey ho..... cest la vie- its gets me the wife, the kids and my models about, and often the grandparents as well !
plus the wife likes it so its worth the hassle and the bills !
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