Four Fifty, Four Paw

The Captur is keyless but you have to press a black blob on a front door handle to open it; it self-locks when you walk away.  But same issue: unlock car, open bonnet to check oil etc, close door , walk to front of car, car self-locks, alarm sounds when you open the bonnet. Drives me mad, have to remember NOT to properly close a front door to stop this from happening, yet you can open the boot following same system without the car self-locking or alarm sounding.  The proximity sensors must have a far worse performance level for the front of the car compared to the rear.

I use it nearly all the time, including the hands free boot opening / closing which is extra useful with a toddler.  First had keyless on the ex Mrs Martins 2003 Megane, so old habits do die hard and using a key feels like a backward step. 

Another keyless fan here as well. The Mini has the little button on the door handle, while I only have to touch the handle on the Benz. I do have to hide the key away when cleaning the car, or I get constant locking and unlocking and random boot openings.

You can deflect the auto mirror fold/unfold if you want, but it's an easy way of checking that the car is locked so I've got it enabled on both cars.

I admire your love for the car, but I don't allow muddy passengers to get in!   That's not quite right, if boots are going to get muddy then I make sure there's a change of footwear in the boot rather than make them walk home....     I bought new carpet mats for the Golf and the plan was to use the original ones in winter, I haven't swapped them yet but might do when the weather gets worse.  I've never had rubber mats.

As long as they aren't the M Performance ones. 

^^^ That's pretty much what I do with the pickup. All the muddy and poo covered shit goes in the bed and I really couldn't care less how dirty that gets. Not too bothered about the trays or the seat covers. They get removed if they get too dirty.

I didn't used to remove my leggings or wellies in the Land Rover. It reeked of cows after the winter. 🤣

Believe me, everything below the waist is covered before I hose myself off.

Looks fantastic. I had the pleasure of an hour in a P450 2WD back in the early autumn after a visit from a friend who is a JLR employee. It was an absolute pleasure to drive. I was using the paddle shifts fir most of that time, too, for that extra bit of interaction. It seems to do the split personality thing very well - refined cruiser when you want it and fire breathing, snorting, snarling animal on demand. Lovely handling and yet incredible ride quality. And proper quick.

I’ve not driven a 2wd P450 – in the dry it’s a teeny bit quicker than the 4wd variant, but I bet it keeps you on your toes when it’s damp and greasy.

I did a 500 mile round trip to the North East over the weekend which gave an interesting perspective as I’d come back from the Lakes 3 days earlier in the sports tank. On reflection, it’s the F-Type that I would always want to take on a long trip (passengers and luggage permitting) as the motorway ride, the steering feeling and general responsiveness is much more to my liking. Road roar from the tyres is only annoying on rougher, older sections – but on new tarmac (big sections of the M1 and new A1M) it’s perfectly acceptable.