A nice new Jazz.

[Jocko]

Dropped my car off at Great Western Honda, in Dunfermline, for some recall work and they gave me a brand new Jazz SE 1.3iVTEC manual, with less than 200 miles on the clock, as my courtesy car. I hadn't seen a 67 plate so far, and now I am driving one.
I must say that the 10 mile drive home was flawless. I brought it back along the country roads and found it incredibly smooth and the 6 speed box very flexible.
I'll report more when I return it, and have had a better chance to drive it.

[guest1372]

So I assume you are driving round everybody you know, just to see how they are / pass on an old magazine / etc.
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TG

[Jocko]

I've left it parked outside my garage to let the neighbours see it!

[Skyrider]

I brought it back along the country roads and found it incredibly smooth and the 6 speed box very flexible.

Orrock quarry or Auchtertool road?

[Jocko]

Auchtertool. 

[Skyrider]

It's engine will still be a bit tight, they are even better with a few thousand miles on them.

[Jocko]

This was what they gave me. Could do with a wash.



I am treating it as if it was my own. No thrashing from me!

[Skyrider]

They will try to sell it to you when (if) you take it back! :-)

[peteo48]

I've posted on the Mk 2 mpg thread my experiences of driving 960 miles in a week. I think Honda have taken a wise decision to include a 1.5 engine in the new line up. The A30 going through Cornwall is quite hilly at times as are some other roads and the 1.4 had to be pushed a bit including dropping down to third on the dual carriageway at times.

The extra power would have been nice and I think this will widen the car's appeal. Having said I wouldn't have a Mk 3 I am now rethinking this.

I'm also rethinking my idea of getting an EV - this trip would have been an absolute mare in a Nissan Leaf. I would have had to do 15 charges and that's 7 hours on to your total travel time. If I did go the EV route, I'd hire an ICE for this type of trip.

[Jocko]

My wife says she doesn't like the colour!

[Skyrider]

Let her chose the colour, a happy Mrs is a good move!

[Skyrider]

I'm also rethinking my idea of getting an EV - this trip would have been an absolute mare in a Nissan Leaf. I would have had to do 15 charges and that's 7 hours on to your total travel time. If I did go the EV route, I'd hire an ICE for this type of trip.

A pal bought a Leaf, his lack of research cost him dear, he traded it in for a Jazz after eight weeks.

[Jocko]

Let her chose the colour, a happy Mrs is a good move!

I know exactly what colour she's getting. Vivid Blue Pearl, complete with stone chips and some scratches!

[andruec]

This was what they gave me. Could do with a wash.

Well we're not stopping you 

[culzean]

I'm also rethinking my idea of getting an EV - this trip would have been an absolute mare in a Nissan Leaf. I would have had to do 15 charges and that's 7 hours on to your total travel time. If I did go the EV route, I'd hire an ICE for this type of trip.

A pal bought a Leaf, his lack of research cost him dear, he traded it in for a Jazz after eight weeks.

Would be nice to know how much money he lost on the Leaf,  EV values drop faster than lead balloons (or Leafs in the Autumn).