You noticed the turbo lag then? That is the 3 second delay before the car takes off! Maximum torque (pulling power) is at 1750rpm so for a quick getaway you should change up to keep the engine revs around 1750 - 2500 while accelerating. The car does just under 70mph at 2000 rpm in 6th so there is never any need to rev it to excess.

You will almost certainly never achieve 70mpg. Mine indicated 64mpg for a while on a long journey but it typically returned 58. The computer can display average and instantaneous mpg. If the car has been sitting around with the engine running then the average figure will probably be low. If you want economy then it is necessary to stick to the high gears, keeping the engine speed between 1200 and 2000rpm (not when accelerating or else it will go nowhere!).

I think the 90BHP 6 speed is the only Dynamic to be fitted with the Multifunction LCD display - but I might be wrong!

Mad Mike said:

You noticed the turbo lag then? That is the 3 second delay before the car takes off! Maximum torque (pulling power) is at 1750rpm so for a quick getaway you should change up to keep the engine revs around 1750 - 2500 while accelerating. The car does just under 70mph at 2000 rpm in 6th so there is never any need to rev it to excess.

You will almost certainly never achieve 70mpg. Mine indicated 64mpg for a while on a long journey but it typically returned 58. The computer can display average and instantaneous mpg. If the car has been sitting around with the engine running then the average figure will probably be low. If you want economy then it is necessary to stick to the high gears, keeping the engine speed between 1200 and 2000rpm (not when accelerating or else it will go nowhere!).

I think the 90BHP 6 speed is the only Dynamic to be fitted with the Multifunction LCD display - but I might be wrong!

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yea it has a screen on it with loads of buttons etc..... duno what that is about.o ok ,i have experienced the turbolag then , is the turbolag bad fo rthe engine or anything?

Getting the car THURSDAY! cant w8 , my 1st fiat!

Turbo lag isn't bad for the engine it can just be bad for you if your in the wrong gear at the wrong time for example coasting up to a roundabout in second or 3rd, you see a gap put you foot down and the car just crawls out into traffic.

My wife :worship: uses the GP for a daily commute into the center of Leeds a 30 mile mix of town and motorway. In 23K miles the car has averaged 44mpg, on a run It sees low 50's no where near Fiats claim. As i have said countless times if you drive around the turbo lag the economy suffers

finally got the car now , its been 2 weeks and i love it so much!!! cost me around £38 for a full tank and can get 450miles from city driving, and on motorway i can get 770miles!!! i cant take it past 65mph cause its a brand new car and only had 24miles on clock? i can feel the car not liking it yet. need to break its speed virginity after couple thousand

Interior is wicked , the racey blue seats with leather steering wheel and leather gear nob.

6th gear isnt a gear as i assumed , its just to lower the revs like the economy gear im really loving this car done 700miles already on it , one thing i dont like is the steering wheel its toooo "chunky" lol

other then that loving it soo much when the temp. got to 3 degrees C , it said on my dash "possible ice on the road" i was liek wtf!!!!! lol wow! wkd! lol

soo this is my first Fiat and im loving it sooo much

h2hax said:

6th gear isnt a gear as i assumed , its just to lower the revs like the economy gear im really loving this car done 700miles already on it , one thing i dont like is the steering wheel its toooo "chunky" lol

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Sounds good

What sort of speed do you change into 6th at? And what to do mean to chunky?

erm i change , erm depends rly normally after 55mph?whack it in 6th gear, i was shocked at the mpg tho , i put full tank in , trecked down to london after 100 miles(20miles left to destination)the range was 640!!! 640+100 = 740 i was like omg lol, but thing is if i wuda carried on on motorway i could easily got 600miles, soon as i hit city driving bout 12miles? went all the way down to 390 miles ,then on way back from london , when im back home its at 230???miles dam city driving messin up my mpg

right are there any other ways to get way more miles out of a full tank?like special diesel i can get like erm.... i duno:s iv heard of city diesel?or high octane diesel maybe?

by chunky i mean the thumb bits :s i duno i normally chill driving like sort of cruse with finger on steering wheel , but its chunky :O , other then that loving the car

really surprise it said "possible ice on road" at 3 degrees C any other messages i can get or is that about it?

h2hax said:

erm i change , erm depends rly normally after 55mph?whack it in 6th gear, i was shocked at the mpg tho , i put full tank in , trecked down to london after 100 miles(20miles left to destination)the range was 640!!! 640+100 = 740 i was like omg lol, but thing is if i wuda carried on on motorway i could easily got 600miles, soon as i hit city driving bout 12miles? went all the way down to 390 miles ,then on way back from london , when im back home its at 230???miles dam city driving messin up my mpg

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Yeah I have had that in mine before, started journey (20 miles) with 70 miles left in tank, drove normally and got back saying 130 miles left lol. Its good on mpg though even the petrols.

h2hax said:

by chunky i mean the thumb bits :s i duno i normally chill driving like sort of cruse with finger on steering wheel , but its chunky :O , other then that loving the car

really surprise it said "possible ice on road" at 3 degrees C any other messages i can get or is that about it?

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Yeah I sometimes drive with just the one hand at 3 o'clock position. I have heard of that ice message before, had it on a rented 1.6 Megane once

h2hax said:

by chunky i mean the thumb bits :s i duno i normally chill driving like sort of cruse with finger on steering wheel , but its chunky :O , other then that loving the car

really surprise it said "possible ice on road" at 3 degrees C any other messages i can get or is that about it?

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Yeah there are loads of messages you can get depending what is wrong with your car that day, popular one for me at the minute is 'Excessive radiator temperature, stop and switch off engine'. I'm sure i've seen another but can't remember what it is atm. For all its little quirks though i wouldn't swap it Congrats on your car!

I like the steering wheel, those groves are in the "correct" driving position, but i know what you mean.

I got my 1.3 90bhp re-mapped by angel tuning... it reduced the turbo lag. It's a lot faster too (25+ or 30bhp i think). The mpg is better if you drive carefully, but the extra power is there if you want it

ooo how much did it cost to get it remapped by them?so itl reduce the turbo lag and u gain more bhp and gain more mpg?hmmmmm mike think bout doing that if its an alrite price , iv done 1500 miles so far (thats whts on the clock ) n its stil driving wkd! love it , i put mt foot at 70mph, keeping it steady 5secs l8r i look n its at 80:O oops!!!! love it especially wen i go up steep hills , u see all the petrol cars struggling then cz this car has loads of torque just put my foot down n it drives normally . 1 hing i really hate is the cd player doesnt play MP3!!!! :'( iv gt literally 500 cds full of mp3's in a case n it wont play ny of them NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!!!!!! iv gt a sound system from my old car but dnt wna put it in , cba too much hassle n head ache n i wna keep this car pristine

An MP3 Radio/CD player is a Fiat option in probably the entire range. I'm sure your dealer could get one for you and install it. That you would keep the original look and feel of the interior.

many people have told me not to get a fiat its rubbish and always breaks down etc.... but i checked every manufacturer and for what i need it for it went to fait! so it fits all my criterias!

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I think the misconception here is infact that fiats hardly ever break down, they just were know for issues in terms of niggling faults and electrics.

Modern Fiats are probably just as up to scratch as any other car in terms of reliability.

Even if it's only on 2 cylinders, those fire engines WILL get you to your destination (probably)