Hi, new to the forum and have had my 1.2TSi 105 I-Tech (in Cappuccino Beige) since the end of September, doing over 13,500 miles so far.
I was originally looking at the Leon but the boot on the hatch wasn't quite big enough and the load lip was too high and the estate pushed the price up further. I wasn't that keen on the Toledo before I got mine - not the prettiest car and lots of talk about it being built down to a price.
However, the last 8 months have shown that its bloody brilliant for what I need.
Space inside is great, build quality is excellent (just an occasional creak from the top of the door pull when hitting bumps on a roundabout). The hard plastic on the dashboard manages to look high quality (and how often do you drive round caressing your dashboard anyway?). It drives well, handles fine, rides pretty well (maybe could be a bit better without the lower profile tyres), it's fairly quiet, well equipped and the economy is very good.
I considered the diesel but the difference in price (per month on finance) was about the same as the cost of the fuel so didn't see the point. The 1.2 has plenty of torque and I'm getting between 47 and 52mpg with the occasional 54-57 on longer runs.
Last week spent on holiday in a Focus 1.0 T 125 Titanium X hire car just showed how good the Toledo is. Yes, it had a button which would park itself (cool for the one time you show it off then never used) but that engine just seemed so devoid of torque below about 1800rpm, it was boomy at less than 2500 rpm (this I've found the same in a Fiesta 1.0T 100 that I've also tried) and the economy seemed pretty poor (I was in Jersey so hard to tell).
There was also a distinct lack of space inside, particularly rear legroom and even fitting two adults and a 10 year old was more of a struggle than in the Toledo. The boot was just big enough to get our 3 cases in (standing up to the roof with the parcel shelf out - easily fitted in under the shelf in the Toledo with room to spare).
Really hit home when we got back and piled into the Toledo at the airport - never has a car suddenly seemed so responsive and spritely!
Any downsides - I wish it had 'one-shot' up and down windows all round rather than just down on the driver's door. The one bit of the interior that actually looks a bit cheap is the plastic on the doors above the armrest. The windscreen washers take a while to get going and err, I think that's about it.
I was originally looking at the Leon but the boot on the hatch wasn't quite big enough and the load lip was too high and the estate pushed the price up further. I wasn't that keen on the Toledo before I got mine - not the prettiest car and lots of talk about it being built down to a price.
However, the last 8 months have shown that its bloody brilliant for what I need.
Space inside is great, build quality is excellent (just an occasional creak from the top of the door pull when hitting bumps on a roundabout). The hard plastic on the dashboard manages to look high quality (and how often do you drive round caressing your dashboard anyway?). It drives well, handles fine, rides pretty well (maybe could be a bit better without the lower profile tyres), it's fairly quiet, well equipped and the economy is very good.
I considered the diesel but the difference in price (per month on finance) was about the same as the cost of the fuel so didn't see the point. The 1.2 has plenty of torque and I'm getting between 47 and 52mpg with the occasional 54-57 on longer runs.
Last week spent on holiday in a Focus 1.0 T 125 Titanium X hire car just showed how good the Toledo is. Yes, it had a button which would park itself (cool for the one time you show it off then never used) but that engine just seemed so devoid of torque below about 1800rpm, it was boomy at less than 2500 rpm (this I've found the same in a Fiesta 1.0T 100 that I've also tried) and the economy seemed pretty poor (I was in Jersey so hard to tell).
There was also a distinct lack of space inside, particularly rear legroom and even fitting two adults and a 10 year old was more of a struggle than in the Toledo. The boot was just big enough to get our 3 cases in (standing up to the roof with the parcel shelf out - easily fitted in under the shelf in the Toledo with room to spare).
Really hit home when we got back and piled into the Toledo at the airport - never has a car suddenly seemed so responsive and spritely!
Any downsides - I wish it had 'one-shot' up and down windows all round rather than just down on the driver's door. The one bit of the interior that actually looks a bit cheap is the plastic on the doors above the armrest. The windscreen washers take a while to get going and err, I think that's about it.
