Leon Cupra SC rear accessibility

ima

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Hi all

I’m sure this has been asked before but I couldn’t see anything in the search. I’m really keen on the Cupra SC 300 but have 6 and 9 year kids. Car will be my daily driver but main holiday trips will be in the wife’s family car. As a daily driver the kids will need to be in for school run and some weekend trips. How do people find it for practicality and ease of access. Does the drivers seat have a memory function. My last 3 door was a pain for that as it didn’t so I had to reset ever time kids got out.

Also 98 Ron petrol hard to source where I live so accepting some slight performance reduction I assume 95 Ron okay as if not that’s a deal breaker.

Thanks all
 

Mr Pig

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If you need to get people in and out of the back of the car regularly, don't buy a three-door car. Just don't. It's a pain. They get sick of it, you get sick of it. Even simply chucking a jacket onto the back seat is not easy.

The bigger doors are more awkward in tight spaces and three door cars are harder to sell. A lot of people just won't touch one. If a particular car was a really good buy I'd take a three-door but I wouldn't actively go looking for one. And no way I'd buy one if I needed to have people in the back regularly.
 
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SRGTD

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I think the key factor for me would be whether or not the rear seats would be used frequently or infrequently, and if the answer was frequently, I’d definitely go for a five door. I’ve owned quite a few three door cars in the past, but not for some years now. I’m probably at an age now where I value the practicality and convenience of a five door over the styling of a three door - so do my elderly relatives who I sometimes need to transport in the rear of my car, and they’d really struggle to get into the back of a three door car.

Subjective I know, but I think the Leon in five door guise actually looks better than the three door SC. As @Mr Pig has said, it’s much easier and more convenient to put things like a coat or jacket on the rear seat in a five door (something I do fairly regularly) than it is in a three door, and I agree, the longer doors can be a real pain in tight parking spaces. Also, if you regularly need to flip the rear seats down to carry larger loads, having rear doors makes it easier to load the car and make full use of the load space, rather than having to put everything in though the tailgate.

Given the choice of three or five doors, my preference would always be to go for a five door.
 

ima

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Fair enough. That’s put me off so looking at 5 doors instead. It just means a slightly older car as the 5 drs more expensive.

I’ve seen a few around 3 years old in my price range with decent low mileage. Are they likely to be reliable?

I will keep for at least 4 years by who time it will be 7 years old and on about 70000 miles. Is it robust enough over that time period not to need major problems as in the past I’d always bought from new?
 

Mr Pig

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Are they likely to be reliable?

Of course you are never guaranteed anything but these cars seem to hold up very well. We are just looking to change out Leon just now. We've had it almost its entire life, it's on 75k just now and it has never had a mechanical fault in it's life. It is easily the best car we've had. We are just buying a newer one.
 

ima

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Thanks that sounds promising. Just waiting on dealer to confirm a test drive once they open again from 1st June.
 
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