[320touring]

Originally Posted by Arragonis

I wondered if this was you the other day after you mentioned your unit, but I can't remember why when I found it. Don't worry I'm having a somewhat confused day

Its almost as untidy as my unit

To be fair, Mine has recently been tidied and will hold upt o 13 cars if you're good at parking...

the only problem is that its 130miles round trip to get there.

You seem to have done well with technique. One thing I would try is a more aggresive pulse - I can get George to under 20 MPG sometimes on a pulse although the whole P&G thing is still experimental for me. A harder "pulse" may work better for you though in the heavier 318 which will keep some momentum - I think the Aygo loses too much in the glide to make it worthwhile but I'm trying to see if I can get it to work for longer journeys.

Yeah this is an area I'd like to experiment with, however, the lil 4 banger doesnt seem to get much more "GO" for dropping it to 15mpg- more noise and thats about it..

at 20mpg, the engine "feels" like its pulling well, if you know what I mean..plus the 20 is in the middle of the dial so easy to aim for when you're tired

Maybe with some free time and a spare day I'll try a 15mpg pulse and do some a-b-a testing on the m74..

For mods I found had the most effect, I would go with :

1. Take your tyres to 45. And then check the ride and ease back if it's too crashy - mine was. Get the alignment done as well just in case.

2. An outside block, clear plastic perhaps, for the Kidney part of the front grill (the upper part). I can send you the bolts from my bought in block if you want to PM me an address. That way you can just fix the plastic to them. There are only two though, you may need more depending on the material used. The lower one maybe after you've monitored temps.

3. Flat-mate tyre inflator and an AA card to save weight. This made quite a difference to the weight.

4. Leave off the rear wing, its for show

And these ones I never did but seem to work for others

1. Belly pan seems like an idea as it is very open down there where the extra 2 cylinders should be .The rear end parachute is worth a look too whilst its up on the lift.

2. Something to hide the wipers from the airflow.

3. You could try the "Pizzapan" covers for the wheels, I'm not sure what benefit there is to be had there but some here use them.

4. Skinnier or taller wheels and tyres - maybe some steelies from a 5, or maybe borrow the wheels from your 535 to raise the gearing a little ?

5. MFree mirrors (or their cheaper Corsavan equivalents).

I'm sure there is plenty more to be had from this car though. Are there many options for chip-tuning a NA petrol ? The one guy I have checked with for Aygos says the whole idea is carp.

EDIT - PS I am joking about the engine, you can get George's into a shoe box

1. 45 PSI on the Scaaaab was horrific, the car has just had new front balljoints and track control bushes-and I dont want to kill them too soon..I may try it later though, or maybe on the suave european roads

Its not particularly comfortable at 40psi on the m8 (esp on the glasgow centre bits)

2. I'll take the kidney grill block under advisement-trying to think if there is a way I can just block between the vertical slots with clear plastic like you say-cheers for the offer of attachments. I'll pull a spare grill off at the scrappy to investigate.

3. I have an RAC card-the youngest car in the fleet is the 1994 iS, the burds golf is of 1982 vintage..

that said-full size spare tyre is a must for me-too much time on single track roads up north with no signal on the mobile for me to be confident..

Additional options

1. Believe me, the proliferation of valves and dearth of cylinders is a cause of annoyance to me, but it was 3 owner and 9 months MOT for a weeks wage..I'll try to source a BMW undertray from a scrappies, failing that some plexiglass from B&Q should suffice.

2. The wipers do annoy me-as they're a visible disturbance to the lines of the car-hell,the ariel is built into an A pillar-so why not hide the wipers?

problem is that it doesnt have a "proper" BMW bonnet, so the bonnet oppens towards the screen, not away from it. HTere are however, tray sections in the scuttle that something could be mounted to- I feel a ponder coming on.

3. I'm very keen on this idea- could possibly combine fitting narrower tyres on steels with fitting flush hubcaps- mounting to the bottle top alloys looks "challenging", but again, a time to look at the wheels and do some trial fits is not a bad plan..

The 535 wheels wont fit as the 225/65/15s are bulbous!

4. EMMMMFREEZ to quote barryboys, may be a plan-certainly lose the "prince charles" look from the front end.

Chip tuning I'm sceptivcal about(see my post above) but I believe more torque can be wrestled from the m42 lump.

As for the engine quips-worry not, I slag it constantly Your wee citroen (it really just is!) has a nice engine note-kind of like half a vauxhall v6 (like when the headgasket goes on mv6 omegas!