Day 5 - The new Transit :-( Discussion ThreadDay 5 - The new Transit :-( Electrical Advice
Well, I've had my new Transit for a few weeks now. It's only done aound 3000 miles so far but what do I think of it? Let's put it this way, if I could have my old Transit back I would. So, what's wrong with the new one? Well, I still hate the 'square' steering wheel. The fuel tank is a lot smaller so have to fill up more often. Everything is done via the touch screen. By the time you find what you want to do you've forgotten what it is you wanted to do. Even simple things like altering the blower from the screen to your feet takes 5 presses of the screen. The sat nav keeps loosing it's signal. I was driving in the middle of the north sea a couple of weeks ago. Twice when I've got to within a couple of miles of my destination it's crashed on me. The lane control system gives me no confidence in narrow lanes. It detects the left side of the road and tries to turn me into the right side of the road. If I'm on twist roads it has to be turned off. Turning off auto stop start has to be done every time you turn the ignition on. The electric handbrake doesn't auto release as you pull off. The DAB reception is terrible. They have dropped the right hand wiper stalk. It's all now on one stalk on the left so a quick flick on the wiper isn't anymore and I usually end up indicating instead. Drivers seat belt isn't height adjustable and is too high for me. The door release for the passenger back door in now a push button which sometimes works on the first push, sometimes the second etc. They've taken away the USB socket on the top of the dash. It's now only by the gear stick so extra trailing USB lead to get tangled in things. And REALLY annoying is the bloody alarm randomly goes off in the night. Only the night though. On the plus side there's, um, well, I'll have to get back to you on that coz I can't think of anything.
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Well, I've had my new Transit for a few weeks now. It's only done aound 3000 miles so far but what do I think of it? Let's put it this way, if I could have my old Transit back I would. So, what's wrong with the new one? Well, I still hate the 'square' steering wheel. The fuel tank is a lot smaller so have to fill up more often. Everything is done via the touch screen. By the time you find what you want to do you've forgotten what it is you wanted to do. Even simple things like altering the blower from the screen to your feet takes 5 presses of the screen. The sat nav keeps loosing it's signal. I was driving in the middle of the north sea a couple of weeks ago. Twice when I've got to within a couple of miles of my destination it's crashed on me. The lane control system gives me no confidence in narrow lanes. It detects the left side of the road and tries to turn me into the right side of the road. If I'm on twist roads it has to be turned off. Turning off auto stop start has to be done every time you turn the ignition on. The electric handbrake doesn't auto release as you pull off. The DAB reception is terrible. They have dropped the right hand wiper stalk. It's all now on one stalk on the left so a quick flick on the wiper isn't anymore and I usually end up indicating instead. Drivers seat belt isn't height adjustable and is too high for me. The door release for the passenger back door in now a push button which sometimes works on the first push, sometimes the second etc. They've taken away the USB socket on the top of the dash. It's now only by the gear stick so extra trailing USB lead to get tangled in things. And REALLY annoying is the bloody alarm randomly goes off in the night. Only the night though. On the plus side there's, um, well, I'll have to get back to you on that coz I can't think of anything.
Day 5 - The new Transit :-( for the original thread on Electricians Forums
