Thanks for the offer, Mike.
Have you found the downloadable ‘Owners manual’ as helpful as I have?
ROFLMAO!
By the way, does your car have ‘Sports mode’ option? All the reviewers I read/watched loved driving the Puma in Sports mode, which supposedly tightens up the steering and makes the accelerator more responsive. Mines doesn’t have it. I’m betting it was removed from the ‘lesser models’ when the Puma ST came out, but nobody mentioned it. I’m a bit peeved about that.
Not just to Mike, but for anyone who might be interested/really bored/easily entertained . . .
There are many new things to get used to, of course:
Having only driven ‘sporty’ (albeit psudo-sporty) cars so far (2 x Astra GTC and 1 x Golf TSi GT) the higher ‘sitting upright’ driving position means the muscles in my back and legs are being worked in new ways and the steering wheel feels oddly high. I’m going to try lowering it by half and inch, as long as it doesn’t block the instrument panel or make it harder to get in and out of the car. Won’t know until I try.
Key-less entry is making me paranoid and I’m still not 100% sure about it. I don’t have trouser pockets so the key lives in my handbag, which I usually leave in the car while I’m refuelling, with the doors shut. Now I worry the car will lock itself with the key inside. But if I take my bag with me when I get out then I have to leave it on the ground on on the pump while I fuel up (not safe), or I have to take the key out of my bag and hold onto it in my hand while I refuel, which is a lot of faffing about.
DH’s brilliant suggestion – wear trousers with pockets. Women, pfuh!
And Oh, Lordy Lordy! The ‘helpful’ messages are annoying. I mean, ‘Seatbelt reminder’ – I don’t need a little picture on the screen to let me know I’ve successfully put on my seatbelt – one that stays on the screen for a whole minute after I pull away unless I click the OK button to cancel it. Tried to turn it off but can’t. According to the Owners manual “We recommend that you contact an authorised dealer.” Or a screen that alerts me to a possible back seat intruder just because I just chucked my cardie on the back seat. Did manage to turn that off. In fact DH and I spent many frustrating sessions turning off all the unnecessary crap, otherwise I’ll get so ‘click to cancel’ happy that I’ll miss a message that might actually be important, such as ‘Flat battery’ or ‘The engine is on fire’.
But that’s enough of my waffle for now.
I’ve complained in the past that my Golf was efficient and mechanically great, but lacked soul. Well this car has it in spades. 😀