Radio activity

Renault Scenic £25,445/£28,080

The Renault has been annoying me this month. Unfortunately, the DAB is worse than useless, seemingly incapable of holding a signal. BBC 6Music breakfast host Shaun Keaveny sounded like R2-D2 falling down a lift shaft the other morning, forcing me back on to FM. Which in itself is a bit of a faf on Renault’s overly complicated yet glacially slow R-Link system.

Digital irritation was later trumped by an analogue problem in the form of the Renault’s screenwash receptacle. These are usually mounted high at the base of the windscreen, but not here. Cue grazed knuckles and sloshage.

Then there’s the Scenic’s unpredictable keyless entry. It locks the car nanoseconds after you’ve exited, presumably for security reasons, but is randomly tardy about unlocking when you approach it. An inconvenient convenience feature.