Dapster

Ok, I was driving a car yesterday which had…..a shift change up light. What car was I in?

A few clues:
1) It was a new, UK spec
2) It was a standard showroom road spec, not a track nutter

Maybe a few more clues to follow.

Answers on a postcard.

tiggers

Daihatsu YRV ???

Dapster

Worse.

Clue - it was a Hertz rental and no owner on the planet will find out it has one.

RS2 JIM

iTrader: (5)

New Smart?

Dapster

Nothing so trendy. It was the automotive equivalent of Delia Smith.

Dream Weaver

Corsa?

Dracoro

Hyundai

davegtt

vectra?

Dapster

OK - are you ready for this? A Ford C-Max. The best bit? It was a TDCi. So you can understand the touring cars having a change up light, certainly a Caterham and even a Clio 182 as a marketing gimmick, but a diesel C-Max? Considering its electronically governed anyway!

Oh, and it didn't have a lockable glovebox so that was a good use of the budget then.

Brendan Hughes

My mate has one. Now I'm going to tell him, just to prove you wrong

Dark Blue Mark

Its used for judging max economy rather than speed I would have thought

MB

Dapster

I thought that but it only comes on when the needle is in the red zone! Not one of those "change up early and save the trees" warning lights.

Dark Blue Mark

MB