Steve’s Nissan Note thread

This thread is a sort of car diary for our new Nissan Note Tekna 1.6 Auto.
We picked it up from the dealers on Friday 14th of August. We spent the next day loading it up for a long trip and set off on Saturday  as the sun started to drop below the rooftops. It takes less than 5 minutes to get to the motorway system and then it's motorway and dual carriageway all the way to the door at the other end.
The auto box makes driving a lot easier but we haven't really seen the benefit of that yet. That's because even with a manual box, the trip down would very rarely need a gear change. I remember once covering 196 miles without changing out of 5th gear in our last car, a Citroen Picasso. I have to admit that there were a couple of complaints from the car at the M3 roundabout.
The Sat/Nav comes under the gun next. I'm a bit disappointed, to be honest. I've got a Navman sat/nav system and it is sooooo much easier to set up and use. I guess that somewhere in the package of info that we got with the car there will be some way to change the voice from dealing in Kilometres into talking of miles but I haven't found it yet. I also miss the warnings about speed cameras.
Speaking of those, does anyone know if there is a way to add that feature?

So how did the car do on the trip down here?
Well, according to the trip computer, we averaged 72.0 MPH from our entry on to the motorway at home to our exit from it about 200 yards from where I now sit. We did that at an average fuel consumption of 41.8 MPG.

Have I found and bad points?
Just the two.
1 ... The colour name. The colour itself is fine but "Cafe Latte"?? ... Gimme a break.
2 ... The only real complaint I have is that the car is just a shade to slim at the tailgate. What I mean by that is that although the car is wide enough, the length of an item that you can get in the back is resticted by interior bumps. I'm disabled and my walking frame won't fit without a little bit of dismantling work. But that's fine. It's only 2 thumb wheels so no biggie.
OK, so that's the trip down. I'll do more later as we use it round town.

So far so good then

Good to hear your liking the Note.

Steve, another Steve here - are you obsessed with the on-board computer - or is it just me? - I've never had one before and I am fascinated with the cruise control lol.  Actually drove to Scotland using cruise more than I should have 

Still learning and finding things on it. haha

Lol - my missus and especially my mate thinks I'm obsessed with MPG - never considered that with the cruise.  I'd assumed (possibly incorrectly) that on runs, by setting it at a fixed 65mph (for example) it would be more effective than "pedal power" as you called it.  I'll now need to test out both theories. - on a serious note (no pun intended) can anyone confirm or speculate if and why cruise control would be less economical / efficient than just pedal power alone at the same/similar speed.

I'm hoping to get a real good run soon - just depends on work patterns and other commitments, but a trip up to the Highlands or Wales or possibly Devon/Cornwall should be a fair stretch. 

The diesel seems to show some outrageous quoted MPG - surely this cannot be accurate? Not that I'm complaining, but some amazing figures can be popping up on the screen over certain bursts - 80mpg plus - of course the average will be much less than this, but it is inspiring to read it.

£41 for the first fill (and it brimmed it) produced 514 miles and the fuel light had been on for a while - yet still only 39.85 litres to fill it - meaning despite the fuel light been on for a good while, there was still a load left in the tank.....sorry i told you I was obsessed 12.5 mile to the £ at a time I was learning to use the vehicle suits me. 

Imagine what is possible when I learn to find the right gear and stop thinking I still have a 1.0l Micra!


Edited by Little Stevie