Dacia Duster.

[Retired]

Hi,

I've never owned or even driven a Honda car Gary but I know you like them and they have a good reputation. Once the electronics start to fail on modern cars that's the time you need deep pockets; years ago Crypton tuning was all the rage and considered very advanced which of course it was then..

http://www.honestjohn.co.uk/forum/post/index.htm?t=7777

I've been driving the Roomster again today; it's a "Scout" and I've got the drivers seat adjusted better to suit me and I'm warming to this car. The diesel gauge or mileage remaining instrument is a bit strange; it was running low on fuel and registered "45 miles" so I popped into Morrison's to put a gallon of diesel in so that it will have more fuel in than when I drove it from the dealers. As I left Morrison's the mileage remaining had only gone up to 50 miles? I've never liked using loan cars so I've only driven it about 15 miles so far and won't drive it again until the new Fabia is ready to collect then the Roomster will be driven about 4 miles returning it to the dealer.

The last diesel I drove was a Land Rover fitted with a BMC 2.2 engine which always sounded as though the big ends had gone. What a difference modern diesels are; very little noise and great performance. This Roomster rides nicely over our tank range and road and wind noise are well contained; all in all a very competent car and quite nippy given its size.

One job I need to sort out is new SatNav. Our previous Aygo had TomTom SatNav factory installed and it was the first SatNav we've owned and used. Three years ago this TomTom was considered excellent but now three years on and with more experience I could see its weaknesses like letting me get into many wrong lanes especially at busy roundabouts it was a huge improvement though over printed out Google maps.

I've been browsing the web and of course eBay for SatNav's and liked the style of Garmin with the split screen display expecting to pay around £100 but this is flexible. I mentioned this to David and David tells me his Garmin is now four years old but it was bought with lifetime upgrades costing extra making it good value and David also kindly sent me this link;

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Garmin-2597LMT-L...b_title_ce

We don't have the Fabia yet but I think I'll go with David's suggestion because this looks a top class SatNav and comes with free lifetime upgrades and unlike the Aygo this SatNav can be retained when we change the car.

Kind regards, Col.