- Bogblaster
- Member Since: 12 Dec 2017
- Location: Gloucestershire
- Posts: 32
2019 MY D5 HSE Lux 2500 mile report
After seeing all the concerns on here about Oil Dilution, service intervals etc I took delivery of mine on the 27th November with a fair amount of trepidation.
Well the problems I have had have been minimal. I had the heated seats and steering wheel fail to turn on once, took a 10 minute restart to fix and the ambient lighting keeps defaulting to white. Other than that the car has been faultless,
I’m currently writing this from the Czech Republic having driven here before Christmas, the MPG across England, France and Belgium was a very pleasing 33.3 mpg, however on leaving Aachen the following morning the consumption dropped to 30 mpg, but I was high tailing it across Germany at some sort of speed. Word of advice to the parents amongst us - don’t let the child behind you read the Speedo - “Mummy, how fast is 212 kph in mph” wasn’t the highlight of the trip!
Adaptive Dynamics is an absolute tick box if you’re ordering one, the ride and handling is superb. I’m running winter tyres with heavy load pressures as the car was fully laden, it’s is slightly bumpier than normal pressures, but worth it for the peace of mind. It glides along with a planted but smooth feel.
Service reminder is showing 13500 so no concerns there, the oil is slightly off the max, but I was expecting that as it’s new.
Getting pi##ed off with the map updates being so frequent, but equally it’s good that they’re being updated frequently, if only they could download direct to the car via home WiFi and install overnight that would be even better.
So overall I’m really happy, I expect the lighting and heated seat / steering wheel glitch to be sorted in the next software update, or the one after that .......
HNY BB
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- Dodlestonian
- Member Since: 13 Aug 2018
- Location: Cheshire
- Posts: 134
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Excellent info thanks.
I get mine on 9th Jan so you've put my mind at rest.
Cheers
AJ
2019 D5 Lux. HUD, adaptive dynamics, dynamic pack 2, cooler box, privacy glass, advanced tow assist, black roof rails, massage seats, tech plus pack, detachable towbar, driver assist pack, capability plus pack.
- Chalkys HSE
- Member Since: 04 Jun 2017
- Location: Yorkshire
- Posts: 339
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The 2019 MY with the 306BHP engine seems to behaving as it should,
2017 MY D5 HSE 3.0 Td6 Corris Grey, Side steps, roof rails,
- mse
- Member Since: 19 Feb 2017
- Location: The uk
- Posts: 26
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Mines at 5450 miles, had it in November it’s had a sensor blocked a few times impacting adaptive cruise but and the main issue is that I’ve been waiting for a genuine screen for probably a month, two have been delivered scratched.
Sits around 32mpg
- harrythespider
- Member Since: 19 Jul 2018
- Location: cumbria
- Posts: 404
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Bogblaster 212 Kph is somewhere near 130 mph!!!!!, I guess autobahn????. Obviously Disco was behaving itself. Any comments regarding at handling etc that speed?
- Bogblaster
- Member Since: 12 Dec 2017
- Location: Gloucestershire
- Posts: 32
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Yes, Autobahn, I didn’t do it for long as the road got busier, it was very stable and as mentioned above felt planted. The Autobahn isn’t as fast as people think and to be honest I won’t fly along unless it’s absolutely safe to do so. I do like the ACC but found that if you had it set to biggest gap I was forever being cut up by impatient people who’d then proceed to tailgate the car in front! You can override the ACC by accelerating but be warned as soon as you back off the car brakes quite sharply to regain the gap.
There was a time when I first started driving across Europe that the Bahn scared me, now I just take it in my stride and ignore the few and far between tailgaters and out and out speedsters. I now enjoy it and it definitely works, the lack of middle lane drivers is the best bit as the roads just flow.
- EMcC
- Member Since: 14 Apr 2018
- Location: Durrington
- Posts: 185
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I have used, and still do occasionally, the Autobahn and find there is no such thing as a Tailgater, or not for long anyway !
As soon as they approach you and realise that you are going slower than them they flash you to give you time to move over and it works the other way too.
Also I have noticed that when they flash and you move over they will acknowledge you with a smile and thanks/thumbs up, similarly they expect you to acknowledge them when they move over after having been flashed by you.
I find it all very civilised over there, nothing like the gestures you can get over here in UK when carrying out road manoeuvres.
Incidentally, my last trip from Soltau, just south of Hamburg, to Calais in my D4 I got 34 mpg and that was travelling at 'Quite fast' for most of the way but from Dover to Salisbury all I managed to get was 27mpg.
I found that over there, once I reached a certain speed it more or less maintained it on CC and the revs dropped whereas over here I could hardly use CC for long without having to brake and then accelerate to get back to the speed I was originally travelling at.
- Bogblaster
- Member Since: 12 Dec 2017
- Location: Gloucestershire
- Posts: 32
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Whilst I partially agree, I'd also say that the standard of driving is definitely on the decline, 4 or 5 times I witnessed a car in the outside lane sat there with both the inside lanes clear, they were flashed at and finally moved over. Probably Brits on holiday...…
Personally I love the idea of flashing and it considered not a problem, if only that worked in the UK instead of being greeted by gestures and mothed obscenities,
I would love to see Middle lane and outside lane hoggers penalised, or shot!
- Chalkys HSE
- Member Since: 04 Jun 2017
- Location: Yorkshire
- Posts: 339
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I've driven extensively in Germany and can say that what you are saying is absolutely spot on...
Over here if you are fast approaching a car sat in the fast lane and flash they BRAKE !!!! In an attempt to show you the error of your ways.
2017 MY D5 HSE 3.0 Td6 Corris Grey, Side steps, roof rails,
