Had ours coming up 2 months and it has covered almost 500 miles....at this rate it will be a few years before it is run in!!
Looks like I will have to use it on more work journeys.
Looks like I will have to use it on more work journeys.
Had ours coming up 2 months and it has covered almost 500 miles....at this rate it will be a few years before it is run in!!
Looks like I will have to use it on more work journeys.
Had ours coming up 2 months and it has covered almost 500 miles....at this rate it will be a few years before it is run in!!
Looks like I will have to use it on more work journeys.
Well the missus uses it when she does night shift at the hospital...about half a mile away! Or if she pops to her mothers which is about 3 miles away!!! I try to use it for popping ito town, as its easier to fit into small parking places and also for the economy. I am using it now on my work commute at least once or twice a week (20 min drive away).
To be honest...I really prefer the power and comfort of my own car and had been finding the 500 a bit strange...but I am getting a bit more used to it.
I dont feel particularly cool in it either....but it is def the coolest car for a woman (my wife loves it to bits).
The Stop/start winds me up a bit....only kicks in on the very odd occasion...Perhaps it is down to the level of battery charge? But after a 10 mile return journey from work in reasonably warm temps (12 degs) and the engine at full temp before I get off site...it rarely works?!?!? Not sure if I should be getting it looked at?
As of this morning, the Wife has covered 3302 miles since 22 August last year, total mileage so far, 4123, averaging 47mpg, something our old MX5 could never ever achieve!
@JTD_Liam from what I can gather the tomtom port is a free option on all lounge models. It just needs your dealer the tick the box.
My dealer ticks the box in all his cars as why not? It's free.
The same happens with the VW transporter.
A full size spare wheel is actually a no cost option. If you don't tick the box you will get a can of tyre repair. I'd personally prefer a spare wheel and my dealer orders all their stock vans with them. Some dozy dealers just don't tick the box.
Getting your dealer to admit this sounds like an uphill battle.
To be honest though, I've used the fiat blue&me tomtom 2 over a period of days and I would not buy one. I found it moved and wobbled whilst underway.
It adds trip computer functions in one screen, but nothing you can't see by scrolling through the dash display.
The Eco screen is a waste of time, it's like a vacuum gauge of old. The more you put your foot down, the more it goes from green to red.
The music player could be handy, but for me I use my iPhone and control tracks from there.
The main problem for me would be the constant installing and removal of the thing for daily use. Some scrote is going to smash your window if you don't take it away. You may as well just buy a cheap navi and use it on the rare days you need to because I don't know about others but on 99.8765 of my journeys I know where I'm going.
You can buy the port on eBay. I'm sure I've seen it for something like £25 ?
Fitting it and wiring it in may be another matter though.
Yeah the dealer just didn't tick the box it seems, annoyingly. I was gonna double check-it with them but forgot & then the car arrived sooner than we thought so that was that.
Spoke to Fiat UK again on Friday & they admit it should be on the configurator as a no-cost option for Lounge's like it is for Twinair/Twinair+ trims. He's gonna alert the website people & agreed to £50 vouchers to make amends, which is fair enough.
Ive only taken it up with Fiat UK rather than dealers as i feel that if the configurator had been correct we'd have known/been reminded to specify with our paid-for options. Bit annoying the dealer didn't tick the box but if they didn't know & we didn't ask i guess i can't blame them. Not life or death given the rest of the experience has been good but just means the Parents will be getting a regular TomTom or Garmin rather than the fancy Fiat one
You can buy the port on eBay. I'm sure I've seen it for something like £25 ?
Fitting it and wiring it in may be another matter though.
To be honest though, I've used the fiat blue&me tomtom 2 over a period of days and I would not buy one. I found it moved and wobbled whilst underway.
It adds trip computer functions in one screen, but nothing you can't see by scrolling through the dash display.
The Eco screen is a waste of time, it's like a vacuum gauge of old. The more you put your foot down, the more it goes from green to red.
The music player could be handy, but for me I use my iPhone and control tracks from there.
The 68R option port is purely a charging port. All the 'fancy bits' the B&Me Tom Tom is doing is done through Bluetooth.
If you are buying a Blue & Me Tom tom it clearly states it will ONLY work with vehicles fitted with the 68R option port.
I've read that cars fitted with the AUX beside the USB has the 'newer' B&Me ECU and it should work without the port. You will just have to test it before you buy since you will have no comeback.
So if the above works I can't see any reason why retrofitting the £25 port may not work.
This 68R option port is a £75 cost option on the MiTo but free on the 500. It is only of use if you plan to buy a B&Me Tom Tom.
If you did buy the B&Me Tom Tom without fitting the 68R option port it can be charged with the laptop cable using a 12V USB adapter. All that you would need then is the holder for the windscreen.
I reckon if you could turn the clock back you wouldn't have given your dealer a 'free plug'.