Greenman wrote: ↑Sat Mar 11, 2017 8:20 pm I agree

But the BBR upgrade is a lot cheaper than chopping in for a new GT.

Good point, maybe that is a better option.

If the engine is set up like the MX5 I will part exchange mine for a GT. I have been out in the MX5 today and can't believe the two cars have the same engine. The MX5 is sooooo much smoother and far more responsive. I understand why the CX-3 is derated because of emissions and tax, but there is plen...

Not for me, looks very Americanised, if that's a word, a bit like a show car you see at a Pageant. But as manofkent says, the beauty is in the eye of the beholder.

Why do you have to turn the i-Stop off when you start it?

It's all down to marketing. The product is good, it's better than the Honda and Jeep, so it must be down to pathetic marketing.

Maybe the answer would be that the brake lights switch off when the istop comes in. That would exclude half of the drivers that are determined to dazzle the cars behind them. Can honestly say I have never been dazzled by cars with their brake lights on ahead of me in standing traffic, just part of ...

Maybe the answer would be that the brake lights switch off when the istop comes in. That would exclude half of the drivers that are determined to dazzle the cars behind them. That sounds pretty dangerous. Parked at the back of a traffic jam with no opportunity to flash the brake lights? No thanks! ...

What decals are those?

Maybe the answer would be that the brake lights switch off when the istop comes in. That would exclude half of the drivers that are determined to dazzle the cars behind them.

I'm old school and always use the handbrake when I stop because that's what I was taught. The Highway code would appear to agree with it. In stationary queues of traffic, drivers should apply the parking brake and, once the following traffic has stopped, take their foot off the footbrake to deactiva...