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Honda Jazz Mk4 2020 - / Re: Best petrol car for seniors < £30,000
« Last post by stani on Today at 05:39:26 PM »I see that this is a "seniors' club", which (unfortunately) I also join. 
The Jazz is a good car, but it's not flawless.
With a "tear in my eye" I remember my 17.5 year old Toyota Avensis 1.8 petrol with AT Aisin, with the only(!) "major" defect (water pump), which I recently said goodbye to. The last honest car, this one will never come back...
The Jazz is a good car, but it's not flawless.
With a "tear in my eye" I remember my 17.5 year old Toyota Avensis 1.8 petrol with AT Aisin, with the only(!) "major" defect (water pump), which I recently said goodbye to. The last honest car, this one will never come back...
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Honda Jazz Mk4 2020 - / Re: Best petrol car for seniors < £30,000
« Last post by Kremmen on Today at 05:31:12 PM »The only thing for some older people to be wary of is, if appropriate, switching from manual to auto driving
For me, I started auto driving in 1972ish when my boss loaned me his Austin 2200 and I loved the stop or go option and no gearstick fiddling
From that year I've always had autos
For me, I started auto driving in 1972ish when my boss loaned me his Austin 2200 and I loved the stop or go option and no gearstick fiddling
From that year I've always had autos
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Honda Jazz Mk4 2020 - / Re: Best petrol car for seniors < £30,000
« Last post by ninanina on Today at 05:16:09 PM »Well, at 63 I still don't think of myself as senior..
The Jazz was bought as my last car though, after successive Renaults that I only kept for 3 or 4 years.
The Honda reputation for reliability long term appealed to me
It is my first hybrid, but more importantly my first auto.
It drives better than everything else I have driven, and it is more comfortable on long journeys too.
I have moaned about various things, things I shouldn't have had to worry about in a car only just coming up to 3 years old, but hey ho
I’m 62 so similar age
I also purchased the Jazz as a last car so I hope she will give me no trouble
The Jazz drives absolutely lovely and on a long motorway journey it’s perfect; it’s quiet, soft riding, has little road noise and is a pleasure on these type of trips
I still can’t get over how swift she is away from the lights
. I beat most cars easily 4
Honda Jazz Mk4 2020 - / Re: Door mirrors not opening or doors unlocking when I press the door handle
« Last post by Marco1979 on Today at 04:49:19 PM »I don't know if the jazz will do what my last car did [not tried it] but if their wasYes, the Jazz does that. You can also open all 4 windows by unlocking and pressing and holding the open button down.
a window or windows down or halfway down I could press lock button on remote
key car would lock keep button pressed down then whatever window/windows were
down it would close them, that was a vauxhall.
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Honda Jazz Mk4 2020 - / Re: Door mirrors not opening or doors unlocking when I press the door handle
« Last post by JB on Today at 04:05:36 PM »I have always had my auto fold mirrors set to off as I don't need it all the time
when I do need them folding I find it easy to press the button on door,
I also have auto wipers set to off , everything else is set to on or auto,
I don't know if the jazz will do what my last car did [not tried it] but if their was
a window or windows down or halfway down I could press lock button on remote
key car would lock keep button pressed down then whatever window/windows were
down it would close them, that was a vauxhall.
when I do need them folding I find it easy to press the button on door,
I also have auto wipers set to off , everything else is set to on or auto,
I don't know if the jazz will do what my last car did [not tried it] but if their was
a window or windows down or halfway down I could press lock button on remote
key car would lock keep button pressed down then whatever window/windows were
down it would close them, that was a vauxhall.
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Honda Jazz Mk4 2020 - / Re: Door mirrors not opening or doors unlocking when I press the door handle
« Last post by 5thcivic on Today at 02:09:40 PM »You can initialise the passenger window by sending it down and holding the down switch for 2 seconds and then up to the top and hold button for another 2 seconds. This works if the passenger window does not work on driver switch but does work on the passenger switch, it fixes it for the driver switch to work again.
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Off Topic (Non-Honda) / Re: The end is nigh
« Last post by Kremmen on Today at 01:49:23 PM »It's gone, sold to Honda Maidenhead for £1,500 more than WBAC quoted
I'll stick around, just to be nosey though
I'll stick around, just to be nosey though
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Honda Jazz Mk4 2020 - / Re: Best petrol car for seniors < £30,000
« Last post by Nicksey on Today at 12:59:24 PM »Well, at 63 I still don't think of myself as senior..
The Jazz was bought as my last car though, after successive Renaults that I only kept for 3 or 4 years.
The Honda reputation for reliability long term appealed to me.
It does what I did with the Renaults, I can get a pair of bikes on the roof rack or a kayak.
I can get a pair of folding bikes in the boot, and thanks to magic seats lots of camping gear too.
It is my first hybrid, but more importantly my first auto.
It drives better than everything else I have driven, and it is more comfortable on long journeys too.
I have moaned about various things, things I shouldn't have had to worry about in a car only just coming up to 3 years old, but hey ho..
As it approaches it's 3rd service in September, it will have completed 33,000 miles. I have the 5 year warranty/service package and fingers crossed it behaves, I will add another 2 years on at the end.
The Jazz was bought as my last car though, after successive Renaults that I only kept for 3 or 4 years.
The Honda reputation for reliability long term appealed to me.
It does what I did with the Renaults, I can get a pair of bikes on the roof rack or a kayak.
I can get a pair of folding bikes in the boot, and thanks to magic seats lots of camping gear too.
It is my first hybrid, but more importantly my first auto.
It drives better than everything else I have driven, and it is more comfortable on long journeys too.
I have moaned about various things, things I shouldn't have had to worry about in a car only just coming up to 3 years old, but hey ho..
As it approaches it's 3rd service in September, it will have completed 33,000 miles. I have the 5 year warranty/service package and fingers crossed it behaves, I will add another 2 years on at the end.
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Honda Jazz Mk4 2020 - / Re: Best petrol car for seniors < £30,000
« Last post by Sean Regan on Today at 10:41:13 AM »Up to this year, I'd had successively, three new Hondas.
a Civic LSI for three years when I was still working.
Then, when I took early retirement, one of the first CRVs for seven years when they were being imported from Japan.
Then my last CRV for 20 years.
None gave me any real trouble.
But I bought a 2023 Crosstar in March with 6000 miles on the clock from a Honda main dealer, as I reckon at 85, it may well be my last car. I just wanted a smaller car, with low mileage and still under warranty. The Jazz fitted the bill. I can get my tour golf bag and electric trolley in, if I fold the back seats down.
It wasn't cheap, but that wasn't a consideration. I find it easy to drive apart from, "its natural instinct to interfere with my driving," which you can suppress, a less than comprehensible hand book and too many bells and whistles.
Why any small car needs eight speakers, I've no idea. I rarely use my memory stick with 3000 mp3s and even less the radio.
The sat/nav is good, the woman who gives the instructions "seems to have a more refined voice than the one on my old TomTom."
Ok it's a hybrid, but it's the best of both worlds. I think having a big cable stuck on the side of our house to recharge an all electric car would be too messy. I like the fact that the Jazz has an indicator, to tell me how far I can go before I need to fill up again.
This is my first automatic car, I'd always had a "stick shift" car right back to my teens with a pre-war Austin 7, with a crash gearbox. I like the fact that it's remarkably quick away from the lights.
a Civic LSI for three years when I was still working.
Then, when I took early retirement, one of the first CRVs for seven years when they were being imported from Japan.
Then my last CRV for 20 years.
None gave me any real trouble.
But I bought a 2023 Crosstar in March with 6000 miles on the clock from a Honda main dealer, as I reckon at 85, it may well be my last car. I just wanted a smaller car, with low mileage and still under warranty. The Jazz fitted the bill. I can get my tour golf bag and electric trolley in, if I fold the back seats down.
It wasn't cheap, but that wasn't a consideration. I find it easy to drive apart from, "its natural instinct to interfere with my driving," which you can suppress, a less than comprehensible hand book and too many bells and whistles.
Why any small car needs eight speakers, I've no idea. I rarely use my memory stick with 3000 mp3s and even less the radio.
The sat/nav is good, the woman who gives the instructions "seems to have a more refined voice than the one on my old TomTom."
Ok it's a hybrid, but it's the best of both worlds. I think having a big cable stuck on the side of our house to recharge an all electric car would be too messy. I like the fact that the Jazz has an indicator, to tell me how far I can go before I need to fill up again.
This is my first automatic car, I'd always had a "stick shift" car right back to my teens with a pre-war Austin 7, with a crash gearbox. I like the fact that it's remarkably quick away from the lights.
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Honda Jazz Mk4 2020 - / Re: Door mirrors not opening or doors unlocking when I press the door handle
« Last post by kubilay on Today at 07:36:15 AM »Go into "Vehicle Settings,"Thanks, done that but there is nothing to suggest a "Reset"
Choose "Door/windows set up."
As far as I understand, turning the automatic folding OFF and then ON again is resetting it.
