Hi there, new on this forum. Want to ask about consumption of 1.3 fiat 500 diesel. I believe it is 75hp version, but not sure. We had car for about 4 months and done about 3000 miles averaging around 49mpg which is great, this was mixed town/A road/motorway. I am happy with this but i think thee is some problem with car when on motorway. I cannot get any good figures when on motorway and car kinda feels like being slowed down somehow. I done 200 miles on motorway and could not get over 60 mpg driving really carefully - not over 75mph with some 50 mph road works and no traffic jams. Even doing 50 mph constant for 15-20 miles the best is in high 60mpg. I have achieved this figures in much bigger cars (407/passat) and with 2 litre diesels.
I originally thought that it is something to do with brakes, thought they keep seizin/sticking etc. Took the car to setvice, brakes were checked, could not find anything. At lower speeds it seems that everything is ok as town driving with 50mpg is amazing but as soon as it goes over 40mph it all goes bad. I also think that car is rather slow down hill with no gear in etc. - feels like car is breaking but that could be me imqgining stuff now.
Any idea what it could be or is it normal behaviour?
Thanks
I originally thought that it is something to do with brakes, thought they keep seizin/sticking etc. Took the car to setvice, brakes were checked, could not find anything. At lower speeds it seems that everything is ok as town driving with 50mpg is amazing but as soon as it goes over 40mph it all goes bad. I also think that car is rather slow down hill with no gear in etc. - feels like car is breaking but that could be me imqgining stuff now.
Any idea what it could be or is it normal behaviour?
Thanks