General Stilo Road Taxing Costs 2008 - 2010 (All engine sizes)

[Argonought]

Yeah, wanting a big(ger) engined car next that can do 0-60 in less than 12 seconds.

A walk in the park for a JTD :devil:

 

[wotnowarninglight]

A walk in the park for a JTD :devil:

YUP! Just passed 52K and mine is freeing up nicely! Have to bear in mind though that you have to better 42 MPG to make diesel worthwhile over petrol with the difference in price...

So no more 'Driving Like You Stole It' more a case of 'Drive it like your grandparents would, if they borrowed it'

As for changing to Hybrid & LPG... all things considered think running round in the JTD sedately savouring its creature comforts until it falls apart is the cheaper hassle free alternative

 

[KurtB]

Soon it will be cheaper getting caught multiple times without tax than actually taxing it.

Though I cant complain with my JTD

 

[FiatStiloJTD]

The price of diesel is stupid every week it seems to slowly increase!!!

I have to agree with the MPG for the JTD though, i average only about 50MPG (that includes the occassional blast), but it seems to be very hard to get the kind of figures i was reaching with the HDi.

Anything over 60MPH i seem to loose MPG, reasonable i guess. On motorway doing about 45mpg at 80.

Still compared to the bravo its doing alot more to the tank and is nearly twice as cheap to tax. Plus 0 - 60 in ten seconds, you cant complain really. bring on the remap!

Matt

 

[Argonought]

Anything over 60MPH i seem to loose MPG, reasonable i guess. On motorway doing about 45mpg at 80.

I'd say something is up there :chin:

Worst I've seen at 80 is 45mpg - with a bike on the roof

 

[FiatStiloJTD]

I'd say something is up there :chin:

Worst I've seen at 80 is 45mpg - with a bike on the roof

What could it be?

Even the slightly pressure on the accelarator makes a big difference to the current consumption figure on the screen. should i look at this, or is the figure not accurate?

 

[Argonought]

Even the slightly pressure on the accelarator makes a big difference to the current consumption figure on the screen. should i look at this, or is the figure not accurate?

Instant consumption is pretty much a waste of time.

Use trip 'B' on average consumption. The figures I've quoted are based on driving something like 130 miles so are quite accurate.

You can even cheat by resetting trip 'B' whilst you're already traveling at 60, 70 or 80 mph (so you don't use any fuel getting up to speed).

Give it a try as it really gives you a good idea of the affect of speed on consumption - but be wary that even a slight gradient makes a big difference (if testing over just a few miles).

 

[Big Black Stilo]

im currently getting 41mpg out of a petrol thats due a service!

and had major tracking issues!

 

[Ralph2]

What I dont understand is that the registration dates dont seem to have any effect, i.e mine (Stilo abarth)was first registered in July 02 yet this is still affected by the higher tax bracket?
There was an article in this months Top Gear magazine reference a Jaguar XK coupe saying that because it was registered before April 2006 it still comes under the £210 tax bracket whilst XK coupes registered after April 2006 will come under the new tax bands of £400+, would this not apply to Stilo Abarths?.
Obviousley in XK has a much larger engine and churns out more CO2, so how come its cheaper to tax?
Im confused?????????

RANT: Because the Government and Alistair darling in particular have done a complete U turn from what they originally said and are now including vehicles back to 2001, not 2006 as they promised. Register your displeasure:
http://petitions.pm.gov.uk/UNFAIR-VED/
It is outrageous and IMO immoral to introduce changes retrospectively. Next they might decide to lower the speed limit on motorways to 60mph and backdate it a year so they can fine us all for speeding....RANT OVER

 

[coyotes_uk]

Ive signed up now!

 

[Big Black Stilo]

stilo serviced- currently getting 47mpg

 

[Pookster]

I know what you guys all mean about the price of petrol,

I have a 2.4 Abarth Manual and it's raping my wallet every time I go to the pump to fill up, my average trip to work is 23 miles each way along the M6 and I am going though about 50 quid a week, until I saw the light,

to quote "wotnowarninglight"

So no more 'Driving Like You Stole It' more a case of 'Drive it like your grandparents would, if they borrowed it'

I have managed to reduce it by slowing down my acceleration and keeping it within 1500rev's when accelerating and I don’t seem to annoy anyone and the car's uptake isn't so slow, and then sitting in rush hour with the lorries at 56mph and im getting a whopping 46mpg. I dont quite understand how the hell the car is doing it but it is, I am not only filling up 25 quid a week.

So all I can suggest to peeps with the 2.4 is as "wotnowwarninglight" suggests "Drive it like your grandparents would, if they borrowed it".

I am also very envious of my mum, she went out and got a Grande Punto the other week with lots of extra thrown in for 7500, including air con, alloys, mp3, blue me, and windows media centre, metallic paint, sports kit and stripe package and she get's an amazing 60mpg. I wish I could get that then again you can't really compare the 2 cars I suppose but still.

The only way to offset the cost of the road tax looks to be by getting more MPG’s

If anyone has any tips on getting more MPG out of the Stilo Abarth let me know, I’ve just taken on an 800 quid a month mortgage and the recession is killing me and I've still got 4k to pay off on my gorgeous car lol.

 

[Argonought]

I have managed to reduce it by slowing down my acceleration and keeping it within 1500rev's when accelerating and I don’t seem to annoy anyone and the car's uptake isn't so slow, and then sitting in rush hour with the lorries at 56mph and im getting a whopping 46mpg. I dont quite understand how the hell the car is doing it but it is, I am not only filling up 25 quid a week.

46mpg is excellent going for an Abarth

I've given a few more tips in Post #25 if you're interested.

You'll obviously get far better consumption at lower speeds but maintaining the discipline is the problem

 

[Pookster]

Cheers man,

Will check it out,

Warren