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Wow what a lovely little mover (no FeeFee - not you this time) (Or you Deks for that matter)
Picked up the car as planned 8:45 Friday in the rain, which was a shame as I wanted to check the bodywork (again) (Checked it Thursday before the PDI.
There are very few smells that can beat a new car with leather interior, nearly forgot to breath out................
The dealer had put Juke mats in for me as “the car arrived without them” Thanks Pete.
A quick look in the boot confirmed his generosity had not extended to a spare wheel. But he is trying to locate a second hand spare from a QQ. Also got half a tank of petrol so not bad.
After the explanation of the controls - which I promptly forgot - I drove it out of the car park and truly felt like royalty. Got 200 yards up the road and was stopped by a gang of school kids at a crossing. They were just gawking at the car (feels good, love that) took ages for them to cross.
It was about this time that I got a boost of the leather smell as the heated seats had reached Bun Toasting Temperature.
The car handles like a dream and I soon discovered that I like “Sport Mode” best. It does what it says on the tin, accelerator response is far better. It might just be my imagination but the gear ratios and steering seemed different also. Although reading some of the posts on here it would seem I could be wrong on that score. But maybe the CVT reacts differently to a manual? Will check it out soon.
Had to visit a customer and drove 16 mile round trip and enjoyed every one of them. After that it stayed secure in the car park till home-time.
Well almost....................
I had been getting out of the car and pressing the little button on the door handle to lock the car, smiling inwardly at the little beeping noise it made when the alarm set. And again when I unlocked it to go home, nice not needing to take the key out of my pocket.
I met the dealer at my house as I am designing a kitchen for him (got to get some cash back somehow) and noticed that my mirrors did not fold as I locked it. “Let me try” he said.
Mirrors would not fold. “Where is your spare key” he said. “In the car said I” suddenly feeling silly.
Yes, I had been thinking the car had been locked, but because the spare key was in the cup holder and you cant lock the key in the car, the beeping was the Juke’s superior intelligence warning me!!
So not only had I not locked the car but the spare key was in it. Oh how we laughed.
Nipped in for a swift dinner and have been out driving it ever since. Just great.
Had to come home to let my Buns cool down. So now its off to bed with the manual, got to find out how to work all the toys.
Sorry to bore you but more will follow, together with cries for help no doubt.
Hang in there it is sooooooooo worth it. 12inch

Picked up the car as planned 8:45 Friday in the rain, which was a shame as I wanted to check the bodywork (again) (Checked it Thursday before the PDI.
There are very few smells that can beat a new car with leather interior, nearly forgot to breath out................
The dealer had put Juke mats in for me as “the car arrived without them” Thanks Pete.
A quick look in the boot confirmed his generosity had not extended to a spare wheel. But he is trying to locate a second hand spare from a QQ. Also got half a tank of petrol so not bad.
After the explanation of the controls - which I promptly forgot - I drove it out of the car park and truly felt like royalty. Got 200 yards up the road and was stopped by a gang of school kids at a crossing. They were just gawking at the car (feels good, love that) took ages for them to cross.
It was about this time that I got a boost of the leather smell as the heated seats had reached Bun Toasting Temperature.
The car handles like a dream and I soon discovered that I like “Sport Mode” best. It does what it says on the tin, accelerator response is far better. It might just be my imagination but the gear ratios and steering seemed different also. Although reading some of the posts on here it would seem I could be wrong on that score. But maybe the CVT reacts differently to a manual? Will check it out soon.
Had to visit a customer and drove 16 mile round trip and enjoyed every one of them. After that it stayed secure in the car park till home-time.
Well almost....................
I had been getting out of the car and pressing the little button on the door handle to lock the car, smiling inwardly at the little beeping noise it made when the alarm set. And again when I unlocked it to go home, nice not needing to take the key out of my pocket.
I met the dealer at my house as I am designing a kitchen for him (got to get some cash back somehow) and noticed that my mirrors did not fold as I locked it. “Let me try” he said.
Mirrors would not fold. “Where is your spare key” he said. “In the car said I” suddenly feeling silly.
Yes, I had been thinking the car had been locked, but because the spare key was in the cup holder and you cant lock the key in the car, the beeping was the Juke’s superior intelligence warning me!!
So not only had I not locked the car but the spare key was in it. Oh how we laughed.

Nipped in for a swift dinner and have been out driving it ever since. Just great.
Had to come home to let my Buns cool down. So now its off to bed with the manual, got to find out how to work all the toys.
Sorry to bore you but more will follow, together with cries for help no doubt.
Hang in there it is sooooooooo worth it. 12inch