TBH I prefer the control of the stick myself. The only thing I would say is I've found that going up an incline for example it's more keen to knock the gears down quick and stay down for longer than I would rather than shift up a little to ease off on the petrol but still, that's nothing in the gran...

That's not cricket... and hardly increase customer appeal...sorry to hear this.

So while my car is having the NaviLink replaced I got a courtesy car black Grandland, automatic. Not sure if I'm so keen on black mind you...

Its done just over 2k miles, 32.6mpg on the clock...are automatics more thirsty?

That's a relief you got to the bottom of it. Very odd, but welcome on board and let's hope you have more happy motoring.... what model did you get?

I was probably lucky, the Sport badging is very common and personally I was pleased it seemed to match well (lol, the dealer asked if I'd got it from Vauxhall as he'd never seen it) ... but something like the old elite badging, etc and all... not sure how it would look... The chrome strip was a no b...

So there you go, 2 months in and VX HQ have authorised to replace my entire head unit next week as they cannot resolve the issue. Another unit is being shipped from Germany for fitting. Great service, but not what I expected to be doing with a new car. I guess we are the guinea pigs as with any new ...

Spotted some items for sale on FleaBay... side steps and a bull guard... but I just don't see them on a Grandland.... do you?

The boot is crazy deep once you take out the regular shelf... and the shape of the boot was a plus for me, no wheel arches to take away capacity so fits multiple cases in easily without fuss.

So, on to the third day without the car... lots of readings being taken and sent to VX HQ... but still no resolution.

Leaving it with the techs then.

But as the plot thickens apparently the Crossland is suffering this fault too and in much higher numbers.