So, finally got my new Jazz earlier this week, generally very pleased and impressed with it. Minor niggles for me personally, nowhere to put sunglasses, my previous few cars have had a place above the rear view mirror to store them, missing that. Also, RDMS, which I find really irritating. The fact that, even if you turn it off, it comes back on next time you start the car, just compounds the problem. However, I do accept, that these fall firmly into the category of "First World Problems", so I'm not going to bang on about them too much!
Anyway, back on topic, my questions are these:-
1/ With previous automatic cars I've owned, the manual always says to put it into neutral, rather than leave it in drive, when stopped for more than 30 seconds say. I believe this is to prevent wear on the gearbox. There is no mention of this in the Jazz manual. Is it necessary/good habit to do this, or with this type of transmission does it not matter?
2/ With regards to the Automatic Brake Hold function, I was under the impression that it was good form to not leave the brakes applied when you come to a stop. Two reasons for this, firstly it keeps your brake lights on, possibly dazzling the person behind. Secondly, the part of the disc where the brakes are still applied cannot lose heat at the same rate as the rest of the disc, this is then a major cause of prematurely warped discs. I was taught to apply the handbrake when you come to a halt and release the footbrake.
Any observations on these matters from anyone with more technical knowledge than me, (not difficult!) gratefully received.
