Re: stilo consumption
Deckchair5 said:
What, you mean you haven't got one?
It was part of a Stilo update, giving heads up display. Contact your dealer and ask for the speedometer red line update first thing Monday morning
Yes I noticed all those extra red lines - you appear to have 'upper and lower' rev limits as well
all in the interests of maximum economy I'm sure.
Here's mine: at night (white dials in the day)
https://www.fiatforum.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=18388&d=1158322858
I find the speedo incredibly difficult because the markings (30, 60, 90, 120km/h) are all wrong for our speed limits (50, 70, 80, 100...)! Of course, it looks easy when you see the picture, but having '30' between the markings seems harder than the 20mph increments that you guys get. Maybe I'm a bit thick, but it really is difficult at a glance to see what speed I'm doing... I try to scan the gauges rather than staring at them! Mind you, with only four gauges to read... (rather than the seven of my Uno Turbo).
So perhaps if I copy your idea and put some red lines at 50, 70, 80, and 100... that will make it easy
Compare with my favourite-ever instruments in my good old 1987 Lancia Thema I used to cruise around in two years ago... (attached pic) - they just had a certain kind of chronometer-accuracy you don't get in the Stilo! AND - the rev counter was on the correct side! All the gauges were calibrated. Things really haven't been as good ever since, have they?
When I first saw your red lines, I thought that the needles must have been moving very quickly during the photo's exposure - but ruled that out since that meant you accelerated from 30mph to 65mph in about 1/50th of a second
I find that my fuel consumption looks better if I shift up to 5th (Selespeed) rather than letting 'Auto' mode hang on to 4th. I've managed an average of 10.6L/100km over the whole tank of fuel. (Being in km, that's what it reads fuel consumption in...) which is about 27mpg. Half town and half country driving. I think that's a good average for an Abarth? I must drive like an angel as well
I'm impressed by your Stilo Hybrid - solar synergy-drive... If I'm stuck in traffic and the sun comes out, my solar sensor cranks the air conditioning up to full blast and I get infinite L/100km... !
-Alex