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Honda Jazz Mk4 2020 - / Re: Crosstar compared to the Honda HE-V
« Last post by John Ratsey on March 14, 2026, 08:38:33 PM »I don't think there is a "Honda HE-V", do you mean HR-V (or to give it it's full set of alphabet soup, "Honda HR-V e:HEV")? If so, there's at least one contributor to this forum who traded in a HR-V for a Jazz:HR-V features that I miss:
https://clubjazz.org/forum/index.php?topic=17465.msg149123#msg149123
1. The bigger boot
2. The bigger battery which can hold more regenerated electricity on long descents.
3. It's more comfortable on rough roads (but the smaller Jazz is easier to drive around potholes).
The Jazz manages about 15% more miles per gallon and feels more nimble, partly due to the smaller size and partly because the HR-V is a bigger vehicle propelled by what is a slightly tweaked version of the Jazz's powertrain. We have these cushions https://www.amazon.co.uk/dp/B0C784NYKX to get our seats to a more comfortable height. If I raise the Jazz's driver's seat rather than have the cushion then my legs hang over the front of the seat.
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Honda Jazz Mk4 2020 - / Re: Road departure mitigation - is it rubbish?
« Last post by Sean Regan on March 14, 2026, 08:32:59 PM »At the age of seventeen in 1958 I bought a 1937 Austin Seven Ruby convertible. I drove it around insured, but without L plates, for several weeks. I never had a problem.
Before my test a couple of months later, I changed the semaphore arm turn signals, for those, "new fangled flashing indicators."
The examiner didn't like them and told me to use hand signals throughout the test.
Changing down required a slow gear change and "double de-clutching."
There was only about two inches of travel on the clutch pedal. It wasn't quite in or out," but close!
With the hill start, I was very careful. So I was a bit slow. The examiner made me do it twice. I guess he expected me to make a hash of it the second time, but I didn't. I don't think though, I did it much quicker.
As for the theory part at the end of the test. He only asked me two questions.
"What follows the amber?"
"What governs your speed at night?"
I got those right and he told me I'd passed.
I think they make up their minds sometimes, quite early in a test. The main thing they are looking for is the ability to drive with confidence.
From then on, sometimes my car had L plates on as I was acting as the "experienced driver" when my best friend drove the car. We were out in it most evenings.
One Saturday morning, I was about to leave our house, when there was a knock at the door and there stood a policeman.
"Is that your car outside?"
He didn't ask if it were my father's (he didn't drive at the time).
Obviously the police had been told by a nosey neighbour that they'd seen me driving it, sometimes with L plates on and sometimes not.
He asked to see my driving licence. Those back then were the little red card ones.
He looked at it said, rather triumphantly, "This is a provisional!"
"Yeah...but look in the back."
Where he found a tatty bit of pink paper. This was my pass slip.
He looked a bit crestfallen then.
You didn't need to pay for a full licence until the provisional had expired.
His attitude immediately changed as he'd come on a wasted journey.
He'd probably had to walk to our house.
I was a bit annoyed that someone had grassed me up. Maybe they were a bit jealous, as there were few car owners in our road.
So I said, "Is that it now, as I'm going out?"
Hie smiled and said, "If you're going out, could you possibly give me a lift back to the station?"
So I did.
Before my test a couple of months later, I changed the semaphore arm turn signals, for those, "new fangled flashing indicators."
The examiner didn't like them and told me to use hand signals throughout the test.
Changing down required a slow gear change and "double de-clutching."
There was only about two inches of travel on the clutch pedal. It wasn't quite in or out," but close!
With the hill start, I was very careful. So I was a bit slow. The examiner made me do it twice. I guess he expected me to make a hash of it the second time, but I didn't. I don't think though, I did it much quicker.
As for the theory part at the end of the test. He only asked me two questions.
"What follows the amber?"
"What governs your speed at night?"
I got those right and he told me I'd passed.
I think they make up their minds sometimes, quite early in a test. The main thing they are looking for is the ability to drive with confidence.
From then on, sometimes my car had L plates on as I was acting as the "experienced driver" when my best friend drove the car. We were out in it most evenings.
One Saturday morning, I was about to leave our house, when there was a knock at the door and there stood a policeman.
"Is that your car outside?"
He didn't ask if it were my father's (he didn't drive at the time).
Obviously the police had been told by a nosey neighbour that they'd seen me driving it, sometimes with L plates on and sometimes not.
He asked to see my driving licence. Those back then were the little red card ones.
He looked at it said, rather triumphantly, "This is a provisional!"
"Yeah...but look in the back."
Where he found a tatty bit of pink paper. This was my pass slip.
He looked a bit crestfallen then.
You didn't need to pay for a full licence until the provisional had expired.
His attitude immediately changed as he'd come on a wasted journey.
He'd probably had to walk to our house.
I was a bit annoyed that someone had grassed me up. Maybe they were a bit jealous, as there were few car owners in our road.
So I said, "Is that it now, as I'm going out?"
Hie smiled and said, "If you're going out, could you possibly give me a lift back to the station?"
So I did.
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Honda Jazz Mk4 2020 - / Re: Road departure mitigation - is it rubbish?
« Last post by Downsizer on March 14, 2026, 06:43:36 PM »RDMS would be rather disturbing if it activated during a driving test - would it be a “fail”? However, the 3-point turn and reversing round a corner would be a doddle with the reversing camera. I’m not sure if candidates still have to do those.
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Honda Jazz Mk4 2020 - / Re: Road departure mitigation - is it rubbish?
« Last post by 5thcivic on March 14, 2026, 05:24:26 PM »My cat story was a dog. On my second test (failed the first with going too fast) I remember we turned down a very long straight road, it seemed to go to the horizon, and way way up in front a tiny little dog started to cross the road, a long long way ahead. I came off the gas and touched the brake gently after looking in the mirror, and saw the examiner writing away in his pad. The dog was gone way way before we got to the spot, and I did not have to do an emergency stop and passed. Obviously he was impressed!
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Honda Jazz Mk4 2020 - / Re: Road departure mitigation - is it rubbish?
« Last post by Kremmen on March 14, 2026, 04:17:58 PM »On my only test, which I passed, I noted the examiner had got me to pull up while he asked me a few highway code questions.
I realised straight away that we were on a very slight incline and he was waiting for me to slightly roll backwards. No chance, I know your ploy.
He also made it obvious when he was looking at me to make sure I was checking the rearview mirror. Again, when I saw his head turn I checked the mirror
I realised straight away that we were on a very slight incline and he was waiting for me to slightly roll backwards. No chance, I know your ploy.
He also made it obvious when he was looking at me to make sure I was checking the rearview mirror. Again, when I saw his head turn I checked the mirror
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Honda Jazz Mk4 2020 - / Re: Road departure mitigation - is it rubbish?
« Last post by Jazzik on March 14, 2026, 04:06:08 PM »During my first driving test in 1967, a cat (no, not a black one 
) suddenly ran across the road. I really had to slam on the brakes to avoid running it over.
The examiner next to me shouted: kitty, kitty, kitty, better watch out! And then to me: If I had braked first or you had hit it, you would have failed!
Fifteen minutes later I heard: You passed, congratulations!
It is really funny: apart from that, I remember absolutely nothing of the driving test, but I will never forget this incident.
) suddenly ran across the road. I really had to slam on the brakes to avoid running it over.The examiner next to me shouted: kitty, kitty, kitty, better watch out! And then to me: If I had braked first or you had hit it, you would have failed!
Fifteen minutes later I heard: You passed, congratulations!
It is really funny: apart from that, I remember absolutely nothing of the driving test, but I will never forget this incident.
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Honda Jazz Mk4 2020 - / Re: Road departure mitigation - is it rubbish?
« Last post by Kremmen on March 14, 2026, 03:39:46 PM »That sounds like what RDMS does
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Honda Jazz Mk4 2020 - / Re: Road departure mitigation - is it rubbish?
« Last post by Lord Voltermore on March 14, 2026, 03:27:27 PM »My learner driver instructor in 1970 grabbed the steering wheel and swerved the car to the other side of the road trying to kill a rat ! (he missed ) I like to think he regarded me as competent enough to cope with the unexpected. But I hadnt spotted the rat 
He shouldnt have done it but it has improved my reaction to unexpected steering twitches, and I normally spot small creatures in time to safely avoid them.
But I hadnt spotted the rat He shouldnt have done it but it has improved my reaction to unexpected steering twitches, and I normally spot small creatures in time to safely avoid them.9
Honda Jazz Mk4 2020 - / Re: Road departure mitigation - is it rubbish?
« Last post by CB72 on March 14, 2026, 02:19:31 PM »My driving instructor (in 1959!) said “Always be prepared for what the other fool might do.My driving instructor said "You idiot, what the f*** are you doing "
You have to say that to yourself sometimes.
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Honda Jazz Mk4 2020 - / Re: Road departure mitigation - is it rubbish?
« Last post by Jazzik on March 14, 2026, 02:11:45 PM »
My driving instructor (in 1959!) said “Always be prepared for what the other fool might do.
So with that, he already confirmed my thesis back then.
