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I've never owned a Jazz, but I have had a number of Civic’s, and they share a lot of the features that your Jazz has.

I'm with you, I love the 'Brake Hold' - I always used to apply the hand brake when I came to a stop (rather than hold her on the clutch), so 'Brake Hold' is an answer to one of my prayers.

The one think I would disagree with you is LKAS - Lane Keep Assist System.

I love it - but there again, most of my driving is motorway / fast dual carriageway nowadays.

The only time it ever caught me out was travelling back from the airport in the early hours of the morning a few years ago.

To get home, I have to take a slip road off a dual carriageway. Since there wasn't another soul in sight, I exited without giving a signal.

I got the normal steering wheel shake and the lights on the dashboard but carried on regardless.

As I came off the main carriageway, the car started braking! Honestly, all by itself.

OK, I'll accept that it was totally unnecessary in this case, but it's comforting to know that had I had a heart attack, at least I wouldn't have hit the barrier at 70mph.

Overkill, or a safety feature? Think we all need to make our own minds up on that one.

Cruise Contol - love it.

Mine has ACC - 'Adaptive Cruise Contro'l which means you set it to (say) 70 mph. If the car in front is doing 60 mph, then my car slows to 60 mph, until I pull out to pass (where I try really hard not to drive it at 80 mph, until I release the accelerator and settle back down to 70 mph) - genius.

Each unto their own, I suppose, but I must disagree, I love the safety features.

I must admit, the one I haven't tried yet is 'Crash Detection System' (I think it's called), where I can just drive at whatever speed I want, and the car automatically brakes when I'm about to hit the car, or whatever, in front of me - don't think I'll be testing that one any time soon.

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