Audi recall

150 miles as quick as possible police wise, usual plus 10% and 48 mpg. Another 50 after lunch on mixed roads with 10 miles of country lane like driving 46mpg. Coming back 200 miles and 46 mpg same roads but a nasty for me diversion around Carmarthen which wouldn't have helped. It was dark most of the way so I would have been travelling at a higher speed in places.

I did look at the larger Peugeot estate as I need the space but didn't like several things about it. The turning circle was unbelievable for one and I wasn't at all keen on the interior. That's what caused me to think what an earth am I going to get and suddenly remembered being given a test drive in a Forester a long time ago now while my roller skate suburu was in for a service. Fortunately they are a bit more sedate now. Room wise there is stacks of it inside. A lot smaller over all than say a Shogun but nearly the same cabin space. My son is 6ft 6 tall and he can even sit behind me with ease. I'm 6 3 so that is pretty unusual. The dog looses a couple of inches in the boot that it doesn't need and there is still plenty of room for several large Liddl bags stuffed full. A bit more width is available so that will probably go to the dog so that the bags don't move around. The dog is used to leaning into the bends. Dispite the boot lacking a couple of inches of depth over the X type it was easier to get the week away stuff in due to the extra height along with a quick mod of the old dog cage. No top on it though and she might try to climb out so need to make a new one.

It came with a few extras that I didn't expect. Sunshine roof, headlamp washer and self levelling led head lamps. Interestingly those look to give better lighting than xenon. They steer too but that is a bit of gimmick really and no way could they cope with it's turning circle. That's pretty impressive as well. Steering is nice and neutral and it doesn't have the kamikaze I want go in a straight line feel that some cars such as ford based one tend to have. I suspect it's a real working 4x4 too which I must admit I don't really need but if it drives nicely so what. Japan has been very good at that in the past but the more famous names now are much more Chelsea tractor like.

Best of all new and the same price as a pre registered but I was lucky to get that. It just happened to suit the dealer and they gave me a decent price for the x-type as they thought it would sell quickly.

Oh. The cruise control switching is a bit weird but one push is plus or minus 1mph and it always resets to the same speed and maintains it well. Very useful as speed cameras are always around bend on motor ways where there are trees or something that prevents them from being seen. Also good for average speed checks,

John

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Edited By Ajohnw on 25/09/2016 00:53:14

At the start, I thought that John's calendar had gone wrong, and it should have been 1st April!

Agree about the connection between parking sensors and cruise control, but you can't see what make it is.

Or are retro rockets standard fitting these days? (far better than Anti Lock Brakes)

Sometimes you wonder why manufacturers bother to fit those shiny things on each side and inside; very few seem to use them for their apparent purpose.

Rant over!

Howard