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Hello,

I'm new to this forum

I am thinking of getting a fiat bravo 1.9 mjet sport as my next car. I currently have the 1.4 fiat stilo active (AC).

I am just wondering what sort of mile to a tank and mpg people are getting out of their bravo 1.9 sports?

I currently get around 410-420 miles out of my stilo before i refill just after the light comes on. So I am wanting at least that or better as it would then cost me more in fuel.

Also has anyone had the sat nav option put in? How much was it roughly and is it any good?

Thanks in advance.
 
iya mate i have a 1.9 mjet 120 sport and i love it :) i am getiing bout 46mpg on the motorway and thats doing 90mph all the way and about 42mpg round town,went round the lakes last week and if i remember correctly i got 460miles before the light came on,
 
I have a remaped 150 @ approx 190-200 bhp and i get around 450-500 to a tank depending on how old i am feeling......
 
As per buck. Best is 580 to tank leaving at 4am to oban from Plymouth on sunday morning steady 70-80 all the way up no traffic jams at all - usual 440-500 which is mainly 20 mile commute to Bristol and return motorway/bristol traffic averaging 44mpg at present but 48-50 in warmer climates.
 
Due to the price difference between petrol and diesel and the ways diesel is made it's only better to get the diesel if you are doing over 18,000 miles a year. Otherwise the 1.4 150Tjet will be a cheaper option.
 
That totally depends how you drive it. If you drive like Miss Daisey and get 35+ mpg from the 150 T-jet then yeah, you're better off with the petrol if you don't do huge mileage.

If though, you want to use them 150 ponies you'll find yourself filling up a lot sooner than the diesel, more than the difference between the price.

Owners are seeing about 30mpg for petrol and 40mpg for diesel (rough in favor of petrol). That's 3/4 the mpg of a diesel. Get back to me when petrol is under 75ppl. :)
 
Hellcat said:
That totally depends how you drive it. If you drive like Miss Daisey and get 35+ mpg from the 150 T-jet then yeah, you're better off with the petrol if you don't do huge mileage.

If though, you want to use them 150 ponies you'll find yourself filling up a lot sooner than the diesel, more than the difference between the price.

Owners are seeing about 30mpg for petrol and 40mpg for diesel (rough in favor of petrol). That's 3/4 the mpg of a diesel. Get back to me when petrol is under 75ppl. :)
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True, but when I was looking the Mjet was on average £1k more expensive than a Tjet. Lets see 75ppl would make it all equal, what are we now 85ppl max, 10ppl, 50 litre tank (aprox cause it's bloody late) so thats £5 per fill up. So you need 200 fill ups for that to become profitable.

Each fill up doing in an Mjet on average 500 miles, so 200 times 500 = 100,000 miles before you make back that £1k extra paid then the savings can start!

All the above figures are very aprox and it's half 2 so something might be wrong but you get the idea.
 
Hellcat said:
You'll just about always get back that £1000 as diesels sell for more than petrols.

60,000mile petrol I almost wouldn't touch, 60,000 diesel is just worn in.
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There are thousands of petrol cars still running after 200K+miles on the clock. A Mk3 Mondeo is a common example of a petrol car that can cost penuts to run right up and beyond 150k.

People run and hide when they see 60k on a car but it's stupid. Say two cars start in Guildford, one heads down the A3 to Portsmouth and drives for an hour and one drives straight towards the centre of London for an hour. Bet you the car driving to Pompy will do double if not triple the mileage (no gear changing, no breaking, cruise control on doing 70mph) and the one heading straight towards the London CBD will have much more wear on breaks, gears, turbo etc.

I'd never not buy a car because of the mileage, it's the way it's been driven and the condition of the parts.
 
Hellcat said:
We're not talking Mondeos... if we were we'd be asleep. YAWN

A high mileage diesel is a safer bet than a high mileage petrol. Diesels just last longer.
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Take my example then with a Bravo. Over 3 years one Bravo will clock up 90k motorway mileage doing hardly any breaking, gear changing or anything else. The other Bravo over 3 years will do 25k and that will be driving through London's back streets in rush hour. Both have been serviced as they be.

The 90k Bravo will be a hell of a lot cheaper and the car I'd go for.

High mileage diesels use to be much better than petrols but theres little difference these days.
 
I agree. Diesels are so complicated these days, that it seems very unlikely to last longer than petrols, which, on the other hand, are much simpler and proven. If a diesel brakes, it will usually cost you twice the amount of money than a petrol would need. OK, this is a bit speculative, as it depends on many factors, but I think this is statistically right, so even if diesels last a bit longer, they are not cheaper in any way.
 
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lyubohar said:
I agree. Diesels are so complicated these days, that it seems very unlikely to last longer than petrols, which, on the other hand, are much simpler and proven. If a diesel brakes, it will usually cost you twice the amount of money than a petrol would need. OK, this is a bit speculative, as it depends on many factors, but I think this is statistically right, so even if diesels last a bit longer, they are not cheaper in any way.
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The multijets are proven technology built on the bulletproof JTD. Diesels are getting more complicated but that doesn't mean they break more. You still have the benefit that the fuel is a lubricant, and the engine block is much heavier built.

I've owned several 100k+ diesels and they've all been sweet on the engine.
 
Peerzy said:
There are thousands of petrol cars still running after 200K+miles on the clock. A Mk3 Mondeo is a common example of a petrol car that can cost penuts to run right up and beyond 150k.

People run and hide when they see 60k on a car but it's stupid. Say two cars start in Guildford, one heads down the A3 to Portsmouth and drives for an hour and one drives straight towards the centre of London for an hour. Bet you the car driving to Pompy will do double if not triple the mileage (no gear changing, no breaking, cruise control on doing 70mph) and the one heading straight towards the London CBD will have much more wear on breaks, gears, turbo etc.

I'd never not buy a car because of the mileage, it's the way it's been driven and the condition of the parts.
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Hey Peerzy, have you got a grey Bravo?
 
Peerzy said:
Yeah why?
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I travel between bournemouth and liphook daily on the early morning and I saw a grey bravo couple times on the way to work. When you mentioned the route between guildford and portsmouth, sounds like you know the area well, so I just ask whatever that grey bravo were you. (y)
I got a tango red sport mjet btw :D noramlly very dirty :yuck: the car only been washed couple times since I got it backin March last year!!! :bang:
 
I was thinking of buying a Bravo as well, and after test driving am now almost certainly buying one, will be placing the order in about 10-days when I'm in the area of the dealer again.

1.6 multijet dynamic eco 105 in cool jazz blue with esp (which includes traction control and hill holder), parking sensors. Maybe rain and dusk sensors as well but that's probably a bit excessive.
 
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