Well, we got home safe and sound, picked the car up and drove it 400 miles today...
Initial impressions... a bit mixed, but overall positive.
Ride quality, way way better, as well as the steering.
Mirrors offer fantastic visibility (despite vibrating a tiny bit),
More torque, it was nice not having to drop 1-2 gears at a thought of an incline,
I like the bluetooth already
Car is susceptible to crosswinds*
Driving position was a bit awkward at first, but pretty good when readjustes and used to.
Engine... it's not as rev happy as the 1.2 (might miss that a little), and the gear ratios are different, probably need to get used to.
Gearbox is better, to shift into first you just go: "left and up" instead of "east and north"
Fuel consumption... computer showed 42mpg at the end of the ride, and the petrol light came on after 400 miles, to be honest I expected slightly better mpg's, but it has to be said that the conditions were awful (heavy rain and winds).
There might be an issue with the start/stop system, it does not kill the engine, but weirdly, when I've accidentally stalled the car, it did restart.
I have found a
thread on here and will go through the manual later, if not I'll dig out the warranty :yum:
getting used to it though.
We've had a 53 reg 1.2 8v Punto Active since new that no.2 son is now driving, it felt more responsive than the Multiair has at first but I think that's just a case of getting used to the 8v/16v difference plus the gearing is different.
Much better equipped than the Active though.
My sentiments exactly...
