► The apps are actually useful
► Pre-conditioning and winter mode works well
► Read month 1 here
The one I use most is the remote start. This will fire the car up to make sure it’s defrosted by the time you come to it. You can even park the wipers in winter mode so they sit halfway up the windscreen when you turn the car off. Looks daft, but it means that the next morning the pipes within the wipers defrost faster and so your washer jets work from the get-go.
But it does feel a bit 2015, having a diesel engine chugging in the driveway and going nowhere. Quite the contrast to an EV or PHEV that can be plugged in and uses some wind-generated electricity to heat the car, rather than a dirty fossil fuel.
Logbook: Range Rover Sport (month 2)
Price: £83,620 (£90,845 as tested)
Performance: 2997cc turbodiesel six-cylinder, 296bhp, 6.6sec 0-62mph, 135mph
Efficiency: 36.9mpg (official), 31.3mpg (tested), 200g/km CO2
Fuel cost: 26.0p per mile
Miles this month: 1546
Total miles: 16,848