Hi there
In a desperate attempt to discover what is wrong with my lovely pearl and after being told what can be described as "a load of crap" by a dealer I am looking to all you Fiat 500 experts for a little help.
I bought my little chic number on the 3rd November 2008. The dealer said "you'll love this car, they NEVER have any problems".
Tempted fate didn't he!!!
I was so looking forward to the mega high mpg figures and having had diesels in the past (VW & Land Rovers) I have made a game out of getting the most out of our vehicles (hence I should have been able to at least get mid to high 60's combined, or so I thought).
Now I know some cars need running in so for the first 1000 miles I cut it some slack. But now I have done 6000 and its no better. I dont go off the computer I work it out full to full. I am getting about 350 miles out of a tank and only averaging 53mpg which is stupidly low. The computer varies but usually says the combined figure to be around 57-60 but it is wrong.
It has had a couple of other problems which have now been sorted one was a bracket on the exhaust rattling at 2.5k revs and the drivers window squeaked going up and down.
I spoke with the dealer the other day and he reckons what I get is ok and reaslistic but my argument is that if it was going to get those figures i'd of gone for the petrol. I DO NOT drive this car harsh, in fact in an attempt to get the most out of her sometimes we've even tried granny style or tailgaiting lorries to slipstream resistance but even that only brings it up to 55-56mpg (shows 62-63 on computer)
Just to give you an idea of my driving day to day I do about 17 miles one way over country roads avg speed is about 45-55 mph and then back again twice a day. The occasional motorway journey where I stick at 65-70 to maximise mpg.
I am trying to get this eco drive thing set up to see how the computer thinks I drive.
I need help as I paid more for this engine and if it doesn't get any better I will be going to trading standards with this. Any suggestions would be welcome.
In a desperate attempt to discover what is wrong with my lovely pearl and after being told what can be described as "a load of crap" by a dealer I am looking to all you Fiat 500 experts for a little help.
I bought my little chic number on the 3rd November 2008. The dealer said "you'll love this car, they NEVER have any problems".
Tempted fate didn't he!!!
I was so looking forward to the mega high mpg figures and having had diesels in the past (VW & Land Rovers) I have made a game out of getting the most out of our vehicles (hence I should have been able to at least get mid to high 60's combined, or so I thought).
Now I know some cars need running in so for the first 1000 miles I cut it some slack. But now I have done 6000 and its no better. I dont go off the computer I work it out full to full. I am getting about 350 miles out of a tank and only averaging 53mpg which is stupidly low. The computer varies but usually says the combined figure to be around 57-60 but it is wrong.
It has had a couple of other problems which have now been sorted one was a bracket on the exhaust rattling at 2.5k revs and the drivers window squeaked going up and down.
I spoke with the dealer the other day and he reckons what I get is ok and reaslistic but my argument is that if it was going to get those figures i'd of gone for the petrol. I DO NOT drive this car harsh, in fact in an attempt to get the most out of her sometimes we've even tried granny style or tailgaiting lorries to slipstream resistance but even that only brings it up to 55-56mpg (shows 62-63 on computer)
Just to give you an idea of my driving day to day I do about 17 miles one way over country roads avg speed is about 45-55 mph and then back again twice a day. The occasional motorway journey where I stick at 65-70 to maximise mpg.
I am trying to get this eco drive thing set up to see how the computer thinks I drive.
I need help as I paid more for this engine and if it doesn't get any better I will be going to trading standards with this. Any suggestions would be welcome.