Mk3 Gal

[purplemadboy]

Anybody any thoughts on the new gal.Personally I dont like it,when the 3rd row of seats are flat...well its not so flat and the tailgate aperture is not very big to take large loads.As for the seating postion ..is it me..its too low I like to sit high and look over other traffic.Those cubby holes in the roof would drive me mad with the rattling of loose stuff in my ear.Apart from that it looks good from the outside.

[El Dingo]

I had a look at the new model the other day. There is no spare wheel and thy are not run-flat tyres - just a can of repair gunk. I wouldn't be happy either, as I am one of the few people I know who actually has had two punctures within a month (I know, I must be careless! ) and one of these damaged the sidewall, so this gunk wouldn't work anyway. Both punctures actaully required new tyres.

 

As a family, we did like the fold flat seats but didn't like the cabin quality, the narrowness of the seat base, flimsy seat materials, the flimsy mat that forms the 'flat load bay' with all the seats down and the fact that you have to lift the head restraint to make the seat work for an adult. (The old Galaxy seats may be heavy but they are tough.)

 

The new car seems a bit more 'built to a price' than the old Galaxy.

 

I suspect that the new Galaxy will be a better/quieter ride than the old, but I didn't drive the new one. What I did drive was the S-Max (as we couldn't see the point of the Galaxy over the S-Max apart from the extra interior height, which we are not sure we need) with the 2.5 litre 5 cylinder. Wheeeeeeee! Lovely engine (not available in the Galaxy either). The S-Max is a quieter drive than our Mk2 Galaxy, which felt a little harsh after the S-Max (but then ours is four years old...).

[NikpV]

The old Galaxy seats may be heavy but they are tough.

 

these make the older gal seem more solid - when we bought ours we looked at the fold flat zafira - we would have had to remove the toddler seat each time the kids got in the back as well as feeling flimsy if you need 5,6,7 seats the mk1 mk2 are still the best bet I reckon :) :o