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Originally Posted by RunningStrong
A bargain for a road-worthy car.
I have my reservations about the 1.9D (I assume it's SDI?) engine in day to day use. It's a very thrifty engine and incredibly simple (as all non-Turbo diesels are) but I don't think it'll be particularly drivable on the motorway with such little power.
I'm currently getting ~67 MPG(UK) out of my Fabia 1.9 TDi, but I'll be interested to see what you get from this.
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The 1,9D in this is a N/A AEF engine, it’s a bit early for the Sdi. It made it up the road in fine style, cruising happily at 70ish.
Your 67 MPG will be tough to beat- these mechanical fuel pump cars are missing a trick or two- like DFCO etc. mind you, it gives me something to aim for if I stick to 60mph on the motorway
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Originally Posted by Rembrant
Pictures from Scotland with no sheep? What's the problem here?...lol.
I like these little cars...wish we had them over here on this side of the ocean  .
Nicely done. Can't wait to see the mods.
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Apologies for the lack of sheep-will attempt to remedy it later!
I’m sure I could stick this in a container should you want it
Yeah, tomorrow I’ll hopefully get a look at it and see if I can find any quick wins
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Originally Posted by freebeard
The price certainly is right. You use Fed Reserve fiat in Scotland, not Euros?
RunningStrong's point could be addressed with underbody mods and a boattail.
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We work in £ Sterling usually about 1.2 euro to the £
Boat tail will not be likely due to insurance restraints- I’ll be doing for the simple stuff first- and also looking at alternative fuel options- this car is kind of an experimental indulgence
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Originally Posted by jcp123
That is a bargain, BIG TIME!
We all want to know what kind of FE you got coming home  |
Aye , was not a bad buy!
To be honest- pretty much cheap enough to be disposable should anything major go wrong..
On the run up the road it used approx. ½ a tank of fuel. Based on the £25 put in at 1.259/Litre and 229.4 miles, that is
19.86L
4.37 (imp) Gal/ 5.25 (us) Gal
52.49 (imp) MPG/ 43.69 (us) MPG
This figure will likely drop off for the remainder of the tank as it’ll be doing mainly town work.
Once this tank is done I can start to drive it with economy in mind and see what I can achieve.
Just now it is 17 (imp) MPG up on my next most economical car
