As of September 2018 (I think) most direct injection petrol cars are now fitted with a particualte filter (called PPF, GPF or OPF) to achieve Euro 6d-temp

Myself I'll avoid for a while until the new technology has "settled!"

Two things stand out that disappoint though: the radio only operates for 2 minutes after the engine is switched off which is very inconvenient when I'm waiting for my daughter to finish her piano lesson!

That is weird, the radio works indefinitely on my (more than 5 year old) i30 with the ignition key in the first position. Don't understand why they changed this, the radio isn't going to flatten the battery even if on for hours.

The electric parking brake is why I'm keeping mine with an old fashioned manual one as long as I can, they are another complication nobody asked for.

Regarding the electric handbrake on some cars you have to manually disengage it before moving and on some cars it disengages automatically when you press the accelerator and the car senses movement . The latter happens in my kadjar but I always tell me daughter to disengage it manually so she can get into the habit. Her next car might not have that feature.

...And the 'Auto Hold' brake function has to be enabled manually for every journey which is a pain as the parking brake is electronic and my wife forgets to set it at start up...

Autohold is brilliant, especially with an automatic. You just come to a stop and take your feet off the pedals, and press the accelerator when you're ready to go.

Like you, I have a start up routine of enabling autohold. I also switch off the stop/start unless I'm driving into the town centre.

The other problem with autohold is that it leaves the brake lights on when you're stopped.

Edited by NARU on 15/06/2019 at 21:07