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phil keegan
Pretty pleased with our MY22 6.1 Coast for winter driving but have a few questions:
1) Using the remote heater from indoors gets the van nice and toasty for the morning commute but the van is a bit colder when driving immediately home after being sat in freezing temperatures all day. Is there any reason not to use the heat immediately function on the diesel heater when setting off driving? (I guess it’s designed for stationary use).
2) I’ve noticed snow but not freezing fog deactivates the adaptive cruise control. Just wondering if the radar on the van can ‘see’ further through freezing fog than I can? (I don’t plan to test this!)
3) It was a bit frustrating to get frozen nipples that prevented the screen wash from spraying. Is it possible to fit nipple heaters or do I just need more expensive screen wash?
4) Salty side windows: after a long journey both passenger and drivers side windows were pretty grubby with salt spray from the treated road surfaces which made seeing the mirrors difficult. I’m just wondering if wind deflectors would reduce this issue (even though designed for something else)? My temporary solution was to use our portable shower to give them a quick clean each time I stopped.
5) In any event how great is it in difficult winter driving conditions to be in a Cali where you can always stop, turn on the heating, have a brew and 40 winks?
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1) Using the remote heater from indoors gets the van nice and toasty for the morning commute but the van is a bit colder when driving immediately home after being sat in freezing temperatures all day. Is there any reason not to use the heat immediately function on the diesel heater when setting off driving? (I guess it’s designed for stationary use).
2) I’ve noticed snow but not freezing fog deactivates the adaptive cruise control. Just wondering if the radar on the van can ‘see’ further through freezing fog than I can? (I don’t plan to test this!)
3) It was a bit frustrating to get frozen nipples that prevented the screen wash from spraying. Is it possible to fit nipple heaters or do I just need more expensive screen wash?
4) Salty side windows: after a long journey both passenger and drivers side windows were pretty grubby with salt spray from the treated road surfaces which made seeing the mirrors difficult. I’m just wondering if wind deflectors would reduce this issue (even though designed for something else)? My temporary solution was to use our portable shower to give them a quick clean each time I stopped.
5) In any event how great is it in difficult winter driving conditions to be in a Cali where you can always stop, turn on the heating, have a brew and 40 winks?
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