tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post6503587301971643073..comments2024-03-28T13:06:29.793+00:00Comments on conradwalks: Lancaster Canal and Kia SoulSir Hughhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17908756392825206914noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-14162634589681404342016-12-05T09:07:46.721+00:002016-12-05T09:07:46.721+00:00BC - As I said elsewhere I think, these impulsive ...BC - As I said elsewhere I think, these impulsive decisions of mine used to bemuse Tony.<br /><br />-------------------------------<br /><br />RR - My "trip" computer is not the same as the Yeti and I reckon your Octavia - it is not as user friendly, and more difficult to read with small letters, numbers and pictographs displayed in bright red against a black background. I am aware of all the different functions, but it is not easy to tell which one you are looking at.<br /><br />My owners manual is 3cm. thick. It has no reference in the index to "radio", "audio", "hands free", "wireless", "voce command" all of which are features of the audio system. After leafing through hundreds of pages I did find that all the instructions are there albeit not that easy to follow. The hands free phone system with voice command is great once you get it sorted.Sir Hughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17908756392825206914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-11608631784475214492016-12-05T08:36:37.354+00:002016-12-05T08:36:37.354+00:00The MPG computer, assuming it's similar to the...The MPG computer, assuming it's similar to the one in my new Octavia, is much more sophisticated than you could ever imagine. I used to have Outside Temperature selected in the previous car but this is now permanently displayed elsewhere and so I chose Range <i>faute de mieux</i>. I too reacted with mild horror at the crazy way the predicted figure (in miles) varied as I drove at moderate speeds over urban roads near the dealers. Then I got on to more open roads, the speed increased and the number of miles displayed ROSE! Clearly the computer is making mileage assumptions based on current car speed relative to the gear selected. My new car has the DSG box with seven speeds (vs. six speeds for the older Octavia) and top gear must be mainly for cruising motorways.<br /><br />This is all very fascinating but more or less irrelevant; far better to keep an eye on the old-fashioned fuel gauge. The display that matters is the MPG figure "From start"; in my case this is a healthy 47 MPG. Which is very similar to the older Octavia which had a much larger engine and was a diesel.<br /><br />The new owner's manual is well over 200 pages with a smallish typeface. Yet it doesn't tell me what happens when I rotate a control called Synch. Something to do with temperature I believe. But I'm reluctant to phone the dealer and appear such a fool. Roderick Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16828395545197001637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1365582190126322848.post-74957117598580883962016-12-04T16:39:35.030+00:002016-12-04T16:39:35.030+00:00I admire your discipline of taking delivery of a n...I admire your discipline of taking delivery of a new car and then a post on your Thursday walk. I would get bogged down by the minutiae. <br />Like that photo through the bridge to some snowy hill. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com