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******Motors Chat - Round 6******
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toastedpickles wrote: »Mines been doing a rather respectable 32mpg as of late, at one stage it was around 26
Is this an alfa?0 -
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toastedpickles wrote: »:eek: No! :P
My 9-5 :pac: the lowest it's been is 23.3mpg and the highest so far was 39.5
Lol
My alfa is up to about 35 mpg after its service
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Kopparberg Strawberry and Lime wrote: »James may from Top gear sold his fiat panda into a garage in the UK and is for sale now !
you can have James Mays panda for about 2K !
:eek:
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Pssh, lowest I got was around 17, and the highest 47. :pac: The former was due to a problem, and the latter from changing my driving style. Until I got the Scangauge I was averaging around 30. It's helped me get to the nearest garage a few times. Great knowing how many litres you have left. :eek:
(sounding like a total douche here, more so than usual :P )
I have an option in the computer in mine that give a rough calculation of how many miles you have left from the tank depending on your driving style, it does me fine 0 -
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toastedpickles wrote: »Grrr :P
Yeah same with mine, tragic in the cities
Ah jesus yeah mine is wicked in the cities.toastedpickles wrote: »(sounding like a total douche here, more so than usual :P )
I have an option in the computer in mine that give a rough calculation of how many miles you have left from the tank depending on your driving style, it does me fine
OHs merc has this, it's seriously cool0 -
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toastedpickles wrote: »
I have an option in the computer in mine that give a rough calculation of how many miles you have left from the tank depending on your driving style, it does me fine
Have that on the golf too. It is constantly changing passed on how your driving and all that handy to have I suppose. Specially if your found of driving around on the fuel light which for some reason a lot of irish people are. I don't get that at all I just fill up when I get to 1/4 or so.0 -
toastedpickles wrote: »(sounding like a total douche here, more so than usual :P )
I have an option in the computer in mine that give a rough calculation of how many miles you have left from the tank depending on your driving style, it does me fine
Well la de da!
Scangauge has that also. Actually this Merc has feck all in the way of gauges, and from the looks of it, the prospective new car is the same. Some of those Pandas don't even have rev counters. :eek: 0 -
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toastedpickles wrote: »It's amazing, I've something like 8 options on it, half of which are totally pointless, but none the less coolHave that on the golf too. It is constantly changing passed on how your driving and all that handy to have I suppose. Specially if your found of driving around on the fuel light which for some reason a lot of irish people are. I don't get that at all I just fill up when I get to 1/4 or so.Well la de da! Scangauge has that also. Actually this Merc has feck all in the way of gauges, and from the looks of it, the prospective new car is the same. Some of those Pandas don't even have rev counters. :eek:
Eh what?
OHs 2000 merc has mpg on current journey, range of tank, it updates constantly, and it's about six other options, it's quite cool.
It's very useful on long trips0 -
Eh what?
OHs 2000 merc has mpg on current journey, range of tank, it updates constantly, and it's about six other options, it's quite cool.
It's very useful on long trips
I've got
Average mpg
Average speed per journey
An alarm
Cabin temp
Exterior temp
Clock
Distance till empty
Average distance
Actual distance0 -
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toastedpickles wrote: »I've got
Average mpg
Average speed per journey
An alarm
Cabin temp
Exterior temp
Clock
Distance till empty
Average distance
Actual distance
The merc has all of those.
The alarm is usually about defective bits
It also has a service countdown thing
I tend only to look at the range, the rest of it would make your eyes bleed0 -
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toastedpickles wrote: »I hate the alarm on mine, I relate it to everything critical on the car, which can go bad haha
On the merc, it regularly bleats about the esp one day, then shuts up for about a month.
THis is due to me hitting the esp button instead of the open the passenger window button.
Used give the OH a heart attack 0 -
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On the merc, it regularly bleats about the esp one day, then shuts up for about a month.
THis is due to me hitting the esp button instead of the open the passenger window button.
Used give the OH a heart attack
The worst one in mine is, the low oil pressure warning sound is the same as the low washer fluid, scares the life out of me every single time, flying along the road and next thing it goes off, my first thought, ah crap!!...oh wait, damn :pac:0 -
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toastedpickles wrote: »The worst one in mine is, the low oil pressure warning sound is the same as the low washer fluid, scares the life out of me every single time, flying along the road and next thing it goes off, my first thought, ah crap!!...oh wait, damn :pac:
Thankfully there are no sounds on the merc, just flashing warnings.
Sounds would give him a heart attack
In other news, I'm loving my car after it's mega service, still a couple of niggles to sort out, but no plans to change anytime soon.
And mega thanks to the other alfisti on here who have helped out 0 -
Thankfully there are no sounds on the merc, just flashing warnings.
Sounds would give him a heart attack
In other news, I'm loving my car after it's mega service, still a couple of niggles to sort out, but no plans to change anytime soon.
And mega thanks to the other alfisti on here who have helped out
It's always nice to have others with the same car to help you out 0 -
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toastedpickles wrote: »It's always nice to have others with the same car to help you out
Tis
Especially when there is a donor car about
And @ the poster who travels the Swords/Ashbourne road and has never seen my car, it's there about 5:30 every day!0 -
Tis
Especially when there is a donor car about
And @ the poster who travels the Swords/Ashbourne road and has never seen my car, it's there about 5:30 every day!
I think I'm the only one here who drives a 9-5, don't hold me to that, but while everyone else helps each other, I'm all aloooone
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toastedpickles wrote: »I think I'm the only one here who drives a 9-5, don't hold me to that, but while everyone else helps each other, I'm all aloooone :pac:
It's on my list of cars to own
You are not alone 0
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