I used to own a 197cup, Renault offer them for a great price, huge downfall of the car is that you are lucky to return 27mpg, drive it with authority you will see 16-17mpg. Really not good.
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Dont fret Beany... reality is however you drive your economy wont be worse than pre-map but your performance is better, thats what pisses the petrolheads off IMO
Yeah pre map i was getting 49mpg now im getting 54mpg (real actual figuers!!)
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Yes Chris but the boundary lines are wider for Diesel as its a more economical burn anyhow. My average has improved by 6 mpg town driving and 10 mpg on M/way @ steady 70 (Bradford to Telford) light traffic.
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I wonder what the price difference in petrol and diesel makes to the difference in mpg between petrol and diesel? You guys hear we are in for another price hike!!
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I hear the opposite... Price for Crude has dropped <$150 a barrel now so its going down. £1.04 for unleaded in my local shell down from 108.9 yesterday. Only reason for increase would be the £-$ exchange rate devalueing.
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Your kiding right??? did you not see the news this morning! crude has hit an all time record high!
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Then why's prices falling? must have been an overnight occurance!.
Edit: Nothing on BBC news got a link?.
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Yeah it was, prices have been going down but overnight oil has hit a record high, watch the news or just wait a few days and see at the pump.
i thihnk i heard $175+ a barrel somewhere
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It is overnight, 16$ a barrel increase, the biggest ever single price rise...
Speculation again, speculation that the USA injecting billions of dollars into their economy will increase demand on crude reserves.... FFS....
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S**t just what we need :bang:
, Typical American small minded ignorence. Screw the rest of the world as long as the price of the $ dollar increases and they can run their massive V6-V8's they are happy.
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It is overnight, 16$ a barrel increase, the biggest ever single price rise...
Bring on he electric GP
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Bring on he electric GP
OMG Electrics.... what the Italians simply excell at.... NOT!
Glad you went to red-dot and loving the remap but i doubt they had there foot down in the range
Well i dont have my GP anymore.
I'm more than confident it would mince an abarth on the straights, but on a B road (where it matters) I think the abarth would be showing its true colours.
I'd be very tempted besides the price...ott when you can get a Clio 197 cup for £12.5k new.
Think it's the French racer for me next....
I like the 197, but in true renault style I've heard they don't make the quoted power as standard. I think i'd take a 197 cup over the abarth tbh.
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OMG Electrics.... what the Italians simply excell at.... NOT!
Trust me nowadays they are even if not excell from their german counterparts. Getting my alarm fitted i've spoken to a number of independant electricians and he said Bosch are by far the worst for automotive electrics now. And Magnetti Marelli are amongst the best.
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Normally I'd agree with you but after having driven one when you enable 'sports boost' the power delievery is very diesel like except it carrys on until 5000rpm (peak torque 230nm goes from 2800rpm all the way too 5200rpm) so pulls like a train very satisfying lol. It depends very much on gearing I think but it would be quite hard to pull away in the GPS i'd imagine.
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I think this will have to be put to the test somehow, im dying to know. Ive never driven a abarth but i know that my GP is way way way faster than my mates clio 182. but i dont know how that compares to the abarth. (i might even say that so much faster that on B roads the time he would make up on the corners wouldnt be enought to catch up)
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Thats a hell of a lot in a petrol car!!
Dude trust me this engine 'on sports boost mode' could pull teeth! :devil: :slayer:. It pull very hard from 2500rpmish all the way to redline (thus giving it an advantage over diesel) even if it is down on torque.
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