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The message on the board is viz a viz to what it was 6 months ago, no need for me to be here to contradict the "expert views".
Bonnet de douche, Rodney, bonnet de douche.
The message on the board is viz a viz to what it was 6 months ago, no need for me to be here to contradict the "expert views".
Overall I don't think the 500 is really a long distance everyday car anyway, something larger is better on the motorway.
I went to lanzarote earlier in the year and hired one of these for a week, good to drive and felt more composed and quiter than the 500 on motorways. Would be cheaper than either option from the OP too.
http://www.motorpoint.co.uk/VehicleAdvert/Fiat/Punto Evo/360236
Then on the flipside there's 61 Megane's/ Focus/ Octavia's diesels available at less than £11k.
Ok then. You use the fuelly figures and refresh the above please.
i'd be interested to see what your answer is.
I disagree, thats what people in put from their trips. Fuelly is a far better reference point imo, where you can view the data yourself.
I would agree Fuelly figures are far more representative and are from a variety of 500 owners
Fuelly is great, but there are users who have not input their motor type correctly, as in driving a twin air, but listing it as as 4 cyl motor.
It distorts the figures
Just to muddy the waters further you are assuming the amount of petrol you are putting in is accurate. It has been shown that petrol pumps can be up to 8% out of calibration in favour of the driver I.e. 1.08 gallons for the cost of 1.
Sorry but your wrong it was a recent report mentioned in auto car about three weeks ago.
Edit, sorry it is 4.4 % not 8% from an AA report
http://www.theaa.com/newsroom/news-2012/petrol-pump-accuracy.html
...Conclusion: If you have a person driving 23k+ miles per year and their asking if petrol or diesel is best there is only one answer, for the 500 range and almost every other range of cars on the planet. I rest my case.
The 500 is different to other models.
If you look at the poll conducted on the breakdown on the models bought
https://www.fiatforum.com/500/282104-big-poll-every-500-owner-please-vote.html
8.5% on the FF were driving Multi-jets. I reckon that a good portion - possibly half have switched to petrol (guessing TAs).
AFAIK no diesels were sold from dealerships in Ireland and those that are here were imported from the UK. Reason - they wasn't enough demand for them.
Checking autotrader on the 500s for sale 7.6% are diesels and those that are less than 1 year old only 1.2% are diesels. So 'people' are voting with their wallets.
Sorry for my late entry into this thread, but the 500 is my wife's so I don't look in this section too often (mine is a Stilo). She has the 1.3 diesel and I think it's a great little car and it does 63mpg according to the on-board computer. She does similar driving to you with about 75% on motorway, the rest through town traffic or short trips.
Performace is not bad and cruises very easily at 80mph, so what more would anyone want from such a small car? I wouldn't buy one for myself as I find it's just too small for me, but I can see why she loves it so much. If you like small cars then I recommend the 1.3 diesel.