My biggest grouch is the fact that a spare wheel is not provided.I think we're entitled to after spending over £20,000 on a car
This doesn't mean that we have to be happy about it.No temp gauge andspeedo only having half the numbers seems to be the norm these days.
Never been that low yet ........ something to look forward towhen you get really low it's like Armageddon. REFUEL OR DIE REFUEL OR DIE and a picture of a big orange fuel pump.
in the last few years I have had a fiat Punto no temp gauge.Drivingmad said:The vast majority of cars have temp. gauges - for obvious reasons. Including the Mokka. At the Antara's price points an oil temp gauge and level gauge would be useful. Especially as VX tells you to check the oil and see if it is ABOVE the mark (DPF issue).
This thread is getting boring now Just skip the next few hundred posts and say you don't like the car ffs.vexorg said:Light steering, I find the steering very light, and it's too easy to wander if you are trying to guess the heater settings.
I wonder if one reason that the Antara does not have a temperature gauge is that you would probably crap yourself if you saw the engine temperature during a DPF regen.< id="_npwlo" ="applicationpwlo" height="0">Grumps said:in the last few years I have had a fiat Punto no temp gauge.Drivingmad said:The vast majority of cars have temp. gauges - for obvious reasons. Including the Mokka. At the Antara's price points an oil temp gauge and level gauge would be useful. Especially as VX tells you to check the oil and see if it is ABOVE the mark (DPF issue).
A Zafira top of the range design with no temp gauge.
And at present I have a SE Corsa with all the extras heated seats and steering wheel but still no temperature gauge.
I suppose Vx think its saves them money and the more gauges a car has the more people spend too much time worrying about something that might never happen. The case in point everyone spends more time watching their fuel computer worrying about regens than they do enjoying their Antara.
A few years ago most cars had oil pressure lights and temp gauges and even volt meters etc but nobody bothers about not having them these days so I guess its just a sign of the times and some of us are not keen on change.
There is the money saving side to it but there is changing technology. Years ago we would have all these guages and dials etc to give the driver as much information possible so they could see how the car was performing and everything working within its tolerances, basically driver monitoring. But with changing technology, new ecu's, software etc the driver doesnt need the burden of looking after that much, all done by the cars ecu and other computers. Too much info going on for the driver to understand ( just look at all the lights when you turn the ignition)...What the driver has no control over he doesnt need to see !!Grumps said:in the last few years I have had a fiat Punto no temp gauge.Drivingmad said:The vast majority of cars have temp. gauges - for obvious reasons. Including the Mokka. At the Antara's price points an oil temp gauge and level gauge would be useful. Especially as VX tells you to check the oil and see if it is ABOVE the mark (DPF issue).
A Zafira top of the range design with no temp gauge.
And at present I have a SE Corsa with all the extras heated seats and steering wheel but still no temperature gauge.
I suppose Vx think its saves them money and the more gauges a car has the more people spend too much time worrying about something that might never happen. The case in point everyone spends more time watching their fuel computer worrying about regens than they do enjoying their Antara.
A few years ago most cars had oil pressure lights and temp gauges and even volt meters etc but nobody bothers about not having them these days so I guess its just a sign of the times and some of us are not keen on change.