Stefanesai
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Hi,
Picked up our brand new 4x4 ta about a month ago. First trip home was about 1400 km and now we have done about 3200 km total in the first month.
The little panda has done great so far, average consumption is about 6,2l/100 km doing local driving. On our drive home from the dealer we averaged 5,9 on the first tank, 5,3 on the second and 4,9 l/100 km on the final 200 kms. That was nice driving though.
Only foult was the docking for the tomtom blue&me. Somehow fiat had turned the docking 180 degrees around, so we had no power to the gps. But that's sorted.
However there is one thing... Have only slightly tried it off road, but I think the eld is VERY slow to respond if two wheels loose grip. From what I have read, and my understanding, this has the potential to work very fast. Just imagine how quickly the stability program steps in on normal driving. On our panda, if we set it up so that two wheels diagonally loose traction, it takes several seconds for the eld light to come on and braking of the spinning wheels starts. So long that all forward momentum is lost, and the spinning wheels start to smoke. So it works... But just so damn slow. Anyone else experiencing this? Our other car is a fully air locked land cruiser so I am not a newbie to off-roading. Also, this is not the pandas intended use, but the potential is so great if the system worked a little (or a lot) faster.
Technically, any difference in wheel speed should be detected in milliseconds and brakes applied fast.
Other than that, super happy. It's pretty loaded, good stereo, blue&me, auto climate control, ok seats, satnav and pretty much what you need. Got the rear windows tinted and it is that strange red metallic paint. We both like it
Cheers
Stefan from Norway
Picked up our brand new 4x4 ta about a month ago. First trip home was about 1400 km and now we have done about 3200 km total in the first month.
The little panda has done great so far, average consumption is about 6,2l/100 km doing local driving. On our drive home from the dealer we averaged 5,9 on the first tank, 5,3 on the second and 4,9 l/100 km on the final 200 kms. That was nice driving though.
Only foult was the docking for the tomtom blue&me. Somehow fiat had turned the docking 180 degrees around, so we had no power to the gps. But that's sorted.
However there is one thing... Have only slightly tried it off road, but I think the eld is VERY slow to respond if two wheels loose grip. From what I have read, and my understanding, this has the potential to work very fast. Just imagine how quickly the stability program steps in on normal driving. On our panda, if we set it up so that two wheels diagonally loose traction, it takes several seconds for the eld light to come on and braking of the spinning wheels starts. So long that all forward momentum is lost, and the spinning wheels start to smoke. So it works... But just so damn slow. Anyone else experiencing this? Our other car is a fully air locked land cruiser so I am not a newbie to off-roading. Also, this is not the pandas intended use, but the potential is so great if the system worked a little (or a lot) faster.
Technically, any difference in wheel speed should be detected in milliseconds and brakes applied fast.
Other than that, super happy. It's pretty loaded, good stereo, blue&me, auto climate control, ok seats, satnav and pretty much what you need. Got the rear windows tinted and it is that strange red metallic paint. We both like it
Cheers
Stefan from Norway