Let’s go, my first impressions …
First: my car is a Trialmaster, Petrol, winch, Sela Green, sun roofs, tinted windows,
Second: I drove home without taking the motorway, 1 hour ride instead of 30 minutes. I drove 40 km.
Third: my gasoline tank was “empty”, 0 km left. I told the adjunct of the dealer that I would drive home without refueling. He told me not to do it, “worried”. I didn’t. Tomorrow gasoline prices go down by 5 ct/l. My wife told me (when I told her at home): “are you crazy, you buy a super expensive car and you take a risk for some peanut euro’s?”. I wasn’t worried.
Fourth, how was I treated?
- The adjunct of the boss, @Rob Ceulemans , also a forum member (although not active), took his time for me. Very nice guy by the way.
- He also asked me if I had my LED “chinese beamer” in Deutsch connectors with me, and I had, to test my car and perhaps another car. Funny, don’t they have the possibility to test these connectors?
- I got a coffee
- And a present … see the gift section
- Two years free “Touring Assistance” (assistance in case of breakdown), but the conditions were not provided, only the telephone numbers!
- My “legal” numberplate was mounted and also my front numberplate. I didn’t know they were providing it themselves, I had already bought one (30 €)! - anyway, they should have told me!
Fifth, findings:
- Last visit about two weeks ago: 38 km on the odometer, today 41!
- The outside roof connector at the front right, the one rated 25 amp, that should get power with the EXT2 button, gets power with the INT1 button: WRONG WIRING?
- @Rob Ceulemans tested this on another car with higher VIN number: this car was OK!
- The dummy plugs of the Deutsch connectors are really dummies! No metal pins inside!
- @Rob Ceulemans saw that the left windscreen washer was completely loose. He pushed it inside it’s hole, but it’s clear that I will have to watch that!
- My left mirror cannot (at first sight) be positioned well enough in the blind spot (I like to do that in our right-handed driving country” (I have still to check that on motorways)
- The altimeter at home was indicating “-7 m” while we live at about +7m above sea level. Due to weather conditions? To check! I don’t know the principle of the altimeter.
- I only noticed it at home, but there is indeed quite some rust on the wheel axles!
- The “bigger back door” compartment was indeed bended outward because of too much stuff inside. I removed the packaging of the emergency kit, and did put it back in the compartment and it was much better.
- I have two emergency triangles, one under the passenger seat, and another one in the back door compartment! Is this a legal requirement?
- Also two life vests (yellow jackets)
- The clock of the computer was set at GMT+0 while we live in GMT+2.
- The maintenance interval is set at 15000 km in my car!
- I had an average consumption of 14.1 l/100 km Petrol while driving home in a mixture of countryside roads (70 km/h) and city (50 km/h and 30 km/h), for a 40 km drive.
- Copy-paste from @Arkaig: “12v & usb outlets IN CENTRAL BOX (my addition) – locations designed by an idiot, certainly lacking everyday practicality – in need of additional outlets either above or below front dash”
- The USB connectors are slightly “horizontally” tilted, once you know it, it makes connection easier, but still difficult, as you cannot see them very well in the storage box.
- Also “copy-paste”: Android auto IS NOT wireless and ONLY works through the USB-C port!
- Connection with my Android phone was quite straightforward, but at first didn’t work; Rob restarted the car, and then the phone was recognized.
- Waze and Google maps worked, although the layout is quite different, and the speed driven and maximum speed (in Waze) are on the far edge of the screen, annoying.
- There is a difference of about +3 or +4 km/h between the odometer and the GPS signal (Waze).
- “Here WeGo” (other navigation program) didn’t appear on my car console!
- Driving: I am not used to automatic gear, therefore I once tried to disengage and did put my left foot on the break. Luckily at a cross point and nobody behind me! Somebody besides me , my partner, during a small drive in the streets around our house.
- Driving is nice, smooth, …
- Each serious bump on the road and the car makes its typical INEOS noise, quite annoying, I would like to switch that off. Didn’t search yet.
- I ordered cross bars and off road recovery kit: no idea when they will deliver!
That’s it for today I think! Perhaps I post some more pictures.