29 Mar 07
The dry roads also mean I've been able to enjoy driving it without the near-constant flashing of the stability control light, a symptom not of any impending loss of control but the inability of the car to deploy its torque on a wet surface without the aid of a limited slip differential.
By contrast, in the dry its traction is impressive, its grip all you could expect and its poise quite other-worldly for what I have constantly to remind myself is a diesel-powered estate.
It's also a car with many hidden features that help your life on the road. There's the iPod-compatible jack socket between the seats and the optional DAB digital radio referred to in earlier reports.
But I've also recently discovered its iDrive operating system responds much better to being talked to than manhandled. If, say, your radio settings are on the screen and you want to return to the navigation map, instead of quitting the radio, calling up the main menu, selecting navigation and hitting 'map', you simply press a button and say 'map' in an authoritative voice, up it will pop on the screen.
