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Thanks for taking the time to check, Peter. Maybe Chingford is just an anomaly, and there are no other similar examples but it is quite strange that it clearly recognises that the place exists, albeit you can't search for it.

Yes, the postcode search seems to work fine, but quite often I want to just put in a town because I am visiting the town rather than a specific street, and just want to be guided to the town centre, or at least get close to town and can then follow road signs etc. The system does not seem to allow you to do this.

Thanks for your response Luigi. I did try inputting the town first, but the satnav system did not recognise the name of the town. It let me input C-H-I-N but then the letter G was not available for selection. It seems to think that Chingford does not exist, but given my parents have lived there for 40 years I can assure you it does. As I say, when I searched by street it found the street and then I had to select which town the street was in from the list of available options, but it seems strange that it could not find the town when searching for town name alone.

Hi all, I took the GS out for a 24 hour test drive at the weekend, and I was pretty impressed with it. It's comfortable, quite nice to drive and pretty quick when in Sport mode, although I don't find the steering or brakes to be particularly sharp. However, there was one major issue I had, and that was with the satnav. My parents live in Chingford, so I tried to search for the town just to see what route it would suggest, and it seems Chingford as a town does not exist in the satnav. I could search for the street, and then scroll down the list to find the right place, but it seems strange that one cannot search by town first and then by street. I am used to doing it this way because otherwise if you search for the street first, and it is a common name like Station Road, then it brings up thousands of results, so it's always better to narrow down the search by inputting the town first and then the street. I'm sure if this was the case with Chingford then there must be dozens of other places which cannot be found when searching by town name. Has anyone else experienced this problem? Also, the voice activated satnav commands are completely useless, the system did not recognise any of the town names I said, and gave me normally two or three other places that either sounded similar or nothing like the name I'd said. Frustratingly, it doesn't even include the name I said within a list of possible names for me to select it, so I constantly had to say go back and try again, only to be presented with a list of wrong names once more. What is the point of putting voice activation in if it patently doesn't work? Does the system eventually 'learn' the voice and start producing better results or is it always this bad? Thanks

Oh yes, one more thing, does anyone know why split folding rear sits isn't an option on the GS? The IS has them and so I don't understand why the GS doesn't. This could be an issue for me as I regularly transport large loads, and don't really like having to put stuff on the back seats for fear of damaging the leather. Given it has a small boot (at least small for its class) it does surprise me that it doesn't come equipped with folding seats.

Thanks Rayaans, you're right if you look purely at spec then the GS makes more economic sense given that it is better equipped. That said a lot of the things which it comes with are not important to me, so shouldn't really sway my thinking. The satnav seemed easy to use, but I wonder how easy it is to use on the go. I found the little mouse pointer thing a little difficult to control so spent more time looking at the screen to make sure I had selected the right letter, than I did looking at the road. This concerns me. Is this something that you get used to? The new Jag has a much more responsive screen than the old one, and I personally find it easy to use on the go, but maybe it's just because I'm more familiar with it. I also test drove the IS and found the voice control for the satnav utterly redundant, you can't search by postcode and every time I said a town name, it brought back something completely different. It was useless. Is the GS one any better?

Hi everyone, I currently drive a Jaguar XF and am considering either trading it in for the new XF model, or a GS300h Luxury edition. I have had a short test drive of it and I found it easy to handle and manoeuvre, and also found it to be quite quiet and refined. I think it also has a nice interior and comfy seats with a good range of options/gadgets included. What I would like to know is what is the real world mpg like, because on paper it compares favourably with the Jag, and I would imagine due to the hybrid engine it is probably slightly more efficient around town. However most of my driving is on motorways and I would imagine that's where the GS may fall down because it will be using mainly petrol power and will have to lug around the heavy batteries. Can any current owners give me an indication of their real world figures? Any comments on the car in general, such as what it's like to live with, how good the controls for the satnav etc are, any little annoyances about the design/layout etc? Any comments and feedback would be most welcome. Thanks very much