What do you dislike most about your F Type.

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Jaguandy
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Not much I dislike - the radio shutoff when the engine is off is slightly annoying. The sun visors could be a bit larger and swing to the side.
The main thing is really loud tyre noise on rough tarmac even with newish Michelins. I'm still considering whether to pay someone to add noise reduction sheets and foam, £1,000 plus which seems steep to me. I love the engine noise, and it's one of the stupid loud ones :) but with the other half in the car we mainly cruise, and the road noise is loud whenever we are on that type of surface. (For those not in the UK - UK has some pretty awful road surfaces, not just the holes, but some very coarse stuff). So - insufficient road noise-proofing gets my vote.
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I thought of another thing - when you have the cruise control on there's nowhere to the right to rest your foot.
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em2evol wrote: Thu Oct 17, 2019 11:59 am I thought of another thing - when you have the cruise control on there's nowhere to the right to rest your foot.
I don't think we have that on any of our cars? (two others have cruise)
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M@r]{ wrote: Thu Oct 17, 2019 12:25 pm
em2evol wrote: Thu Oct 17, 2019 11:59 am I thought of another thing - when you have the cruise control on there's nowhere to the right to rest your foot.
I don't think we have that on any of our cars? (two others have cruise)
Oh. My Golf GTI had a footrest area on the right! :lol:
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I have cruise but very rarely use it in modern day traffic it is a nightmare. On off on etc. I always use the speed limiter & say on the motorway set it at 74mph. The car will not go over that unless you floor it & override it. But when coming up to traffic just take your foot off as normal & then back on when ready. No cancelling & resetting with resume.
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I specced cruise control for no other reason than the road works on the M3 a while back with average speed cameras. (Now finished but a next phase due 2019/20 - 2021/22, FFS) Currently use it on the M27 road works section for the same reason (end date 2020/21!). The way most of the traffic moves I think they do the same.
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I have a music vibration rattle from the wing mirror adjust stalk, been in twice for deadening , still there!

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Talking of cruise control, I wish the cancel button was nearer my thumb. I'd prefer to swap it for the resume button.
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The seat belts get stuck behind the seats with the standard seats.
Colour peeling off driver’s seat.
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My 60bhp, 1 litre VW Up's Temperature reading will show 16c 16.5c 17c 17.5c etc whereas my F-Type R AWD doesn't have .5c readings.
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