Dilligaf said:
Hi Rag2008 and welcome from me.My advice would be to go for the 163 saving £1,000 and spend half of that on a Thorney remap.
But if you want more tourque the 184ps is better I have the SENAV auto 184 it has the Eco button but I do not notice much difference with it on or off, although there is a slight difference, I have had no problems with my car as yet I have only noticed one DPF in the five months of owning the car, it is a great car to drive very responsive, but diesel consumption is high at its best I get about 36/37 miles to gallon at its worst I get about 19 to 22 miles to gallon due to short runs school run etc remember this is an automatic , on the motorway it is as good as any othier car I think it is more of a motorway muncher handles great at speed, the room inside is good as I have two sons one is six foot the othier six foot three and they site in the back with comfort as there wee sister has shot gun at the front and she is five foot one
my husband is five foot eleven and finds the room good in the back as well as the front, the seats are very comfortable for long journeys, the boot is big and roomy for our Rottweiler, but as Grumps says try the competition out,
before you decide.
Forums are great they are for people that are looking for advice and also people that are having problems and some people that are just not happy no matter what and want to dissuade others through there own bias opinion.
My husband has the sister car which is the Captiva it has seven seats if you are looking for something bigger seat wise that car is also a great car to drive but if you look at that forum to people have their issues.
Good luck in deciding but remember get a good test drive not just once as it is hard to gage on one drive