Interesting how different elements of a car
appeal to different drivers, and how some elements put people off. We’ve now
had the Ford B-MAX for a couple of months and both my wife and I are enjoying
its many virtues. Chief amongst them for her is the fuel economy. The trip
computer says we’re averaging 40mpg, with my wife saying that it feels like
there’s a proper period of time between fill-ups. But she’s not taken to the
sliding doors, one of the car’s key selling points, as I thought she might. Her
fear, and she admits it’s a pretty irrational one, is that our seven-year-old
daughter will somehow trap her leg as front and rear doors come together at
roughly the same time when everyone is getting in. And yet in a packed car park
on Saturday, I backed into a narrow space that a couple of other drivers had
turned down simply because I was confident the kids could get out via the
sliding doors (I nearly put my back out but, hey, the kids were okay!). Last
Friday night I also appreciated the moulded plastic hook built into the back of
the front seats. It was the obvious place to hang the takeaway bag on the way
back from the curry house. Why doesn’t every car come with one of those?
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