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Blimey, not many supporters of the Ford!! We hired a Focus Estate in Spain last year, and I thought the steering was a bit vague on it, even though all the reports you read say how good the handling is.

I also had a Zafira for a couple of days which was hired by work. When I got out on the road, I was very impressed with it, great to drive, good all round visibility. If I was looking for something in that size market, it would be on my shortlist aswell.

2.0 diesel Zaf here.  Bought it especially for camping with own gear in this country and trips to France.   I have found the seat arrangement very useful - ideal for camping, going to the tip, collecting large items, extra kids on the Cubs pickup run.  Good fuel economy too.   Another good point is that a lot of the internal features are fairly basic but well made so less to go wrong or break.

Had mine 2.5 years and, touching formica covered computer desk, have not had a single problem with it.

We have a Zafira too, 2001 1.6 club. Great family car, ours has had a few irritating faults recently though, horn stopped working, rear door lock jammed, clutch fluid leaked out. It is on a yellow card, but if we sell it I'd still get another one.There is nothing that does what it can do for the money.

Sliding bench is great too, we have little kids (don't need much leg room) so we slide the bench forward which makes the big boot absolutely huge.

re Dog Guards, those of you that use them, do you use the Vauxhall one £90!!! or does the £30 Halfords alternative work just aswell? 

Thanks

RCRichard

We also had the Zafira / Touran conundrum.  Settled for the Touran in the end (2.0 litre diesel (140bhp)) had a Zafira about 5 years ago and it broke down once to often for us.  We can get about 45 mpg fully loaded + roofbox.

However, Vauxhall have just launched the "new" Zafira and I see that you can pick up a basic "old" version for about half what we paid for the Touran.  I would chose the Touran everytime, but thats just a personal opinion