35MPG!!!???? do you have your foot on the mat permanently? that is shocking, I get 47 out of my gutless 1.1 C2.
Nope! just driven in exactly the same way as the previous 500.
35MPG!!!???? do you have your foot on the mat permanently? that is shocking, I get 47 out of my gutless 1.1 C2.
This is not aimed at you Grimwau, but I do think perhaps as this is a 'new' type of engine you wouldn't be able to directly transfer your previous driving habits as the engine is so different. When we hopefully receive ours (test drive today!) I'm all up for learning the ways of the engine to really get the most from it, I think it's part of the fun.![]()
It will be very interesting to see what can be achieved from a run in TwinAir with normal driving - i.e. not desperately trying to achieve the very best figures.
I did read somewhere that the twin air can for want of a better word fool you into thinking the engine is labouring and encouraging you into a lower gear when its quite happy in a higher gear. As you have said though Grimwau, your no newbie to ecconomy driving. I just hope things improve for you soon!
p.s going on the test drive myself in a few hours.. weirdly excited and nervous at the same time.....hope we leave with a deal on a twinair!![]()
The trouble is that when you think the engine is labouring it is hard to ignore changing down. I have also found under these conditions that if you have the instant MPG displayed if you do "labour" for want of a better description, it shows quite a hefty increase in the consumption figures.
Enjoy your drive and I'll be interested to hear your impressions.
Just filled up the car this morning so I am able to share the following observations with all the interested parties regarding the topic of fuel consumption.
With my Trip A mileage of 230.2 miles that gives me an average of 35.39mpg which is very close to the ACA reading in the car of 35mpg.
After filling I checked the "Range" reading and it indicated 326 miles (my diesel always showed 500 miles) which with the official 35L tank capacity (7.7gals) means that the ECU is estimating your combined consumption to be 42mpg as opposed to the official combined figure of 69mpg.
Do you mean an increase in consumption as in a decrease in the mpg reading, or vice versa?
With my Trip A mileage of 230.2 miles that gives me an average of 35.39mpg which is very close to the ACA reading in the car of 35mpg.
Last week in October.![]()
Do you mean an increase in consumption as in a decrease in the mpg reading, or vice versa?
I've got a few questions to get a better understanding of why this was so low. What kind of driving did you do? What kind of speeds did you do and did you do mostly long or short trips? I'm assuming that you brimed it on the previous fillup as well as this one?
Ouch, I do 42mpg in my abarth 500..
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[Edit - this is in response to Mikey's post at #166]
Congratulations!
I don't want to put any dampener on things at all but the Supaguard is a pile of crap. I know you didn't pay for it, so no problem, but don't expect it to protect you car's paintwork for anything like that long. In fact, I'd ignore it. It is useless.
We're complete mugs because he also managed to sell us guard x bodywork/interior protection, some insurance write-off protection and we got some alloy wheel protection for free! quite well protected overall if a little gullable but the idea of not waxing a car for 6 years is quite appealing!.
I did read somewhere that the twin air can for want of a better word fool you into thinking the engine is labouring and encouraging you into a lower gear when its quite happy in a higher gear.
I found 4th gear at 30mph to be undriveable.