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Few gremlins are cropping up now but I'll get to them in a min, first of all I'm a bit concerned about the economy, or lack of, on my 110. It's never been what I'd call amazing, averaging 34 during the first 2000 miles. I must stress at this stage that the majority of my driving is in town, although the car does warm up fully. I expected it to be a bit lower than average with the tight engine and town driving, but not that low. A trip from Somerset to Shropshire saw the average increase into the 60's which put a smile on my face, but since then it's going downhill. Last tank only lasted 367 miles, this was with mixed driving including a few long runs. I think the most I've ever had out of a tank full is around 440 miles. It now has over 3,500 miles on it so would consider it more than run in by now. I haven't got a lead foot, don't thrash it but I don't drive like a Micra driver either. I tend to change gear just after the gear indicator comes up as I found this has helped a bit.
As someone who has had 42 mpg out of a 2.8 5 series BMW and was getting an average 46 mpg out of a brick shaped Peugeot 806 HDi with a buggered injector, I can't convinced myself that it's my driving style.
Now, I'm not sure on this so maybe some of you can help, how noisy are these e-HDi engines? Mine sounds a tad harsh at times but the one thing I've noticed is a metallic rattle under acceleration. Seems to be worse under gentle acceleration but is present whenever the car is pulling. Some of the older viewers would liken the noise to "pinking", the pre detonation noise you used to get with petrol engines ran on low grade fuel or with the timing out.
Any views on this?
Other gremlins popping up are my auto wipers are deciding to wipe on really hot days at random times. First time it happened was on a dual carriageway, so I thought it may have been all the bugs committing suicide that was confusing the sensor. It's happened at a standstill since though, so I've ruled that one out.
Other one is the bluetooth, it's gone mental. Was working fine, in fact it was amazing. Would connect to my phone automatically as soon as I got in the car and connected calls no problem. All of a sudden, it's started locking up if I accept a call or make one. It shuts the radio down, puts up an error warning but when I check the log it's empty, and just sits there emitting loud beeps. You can try to end the call, you can try to switch everything off, you can take the keys out, lock the car and run a mile away, it still sits there with a locked up display and emitting more beeps than an episode of Jeremy Kyle. Only way I've found to stop it is to turn off the bluetooth on my phone which is a new Samsung Galaxy Ace if it makes a difference. Do you think it's the car, the phone or is Gordon Ramsey trapped in the electrics somewhere?
Other than that, I love it...
As someone who has had 42 mpg out of a 2.8 5 series BMW and was getting an average 46 mpg out of a brick shaped Peugeot 806 HDi with a buggered injector, I can't convinced myself that it's my driving style.
Now, I'm not sure on this so maybe some of you can help, how noisy are these e-HDi engines? Mine sounds a tad harsh at times but the one thing I've noticed is a metallic rattle under acceleration. Seems to be worse under gentle acceleration but is present whenever the car is pulling. Some of the older viewers would liken the noise to "pinking", the pre detonation noise you used to get with petrol engines ran on low grade fuel or with the timing out.
Any views on this?
Other gremlins popping up are my auto wipers are deciding to wipe on really hot days at random times. First time it happened was on a dual carriageway, so I thought it may have been all the bugs committing suicide that was confusing the sensor. It's happened at a standstill since though, so I've ruled that one out.
Other one is the bluetooth, it's gone mental. Was working fine, in fact it was amazing. Would connect to my phone automatically as soon as I got in the car and connected calls no problem. All of a sudden, it's started locking up if I accept a call or make one. It shuts the radio down, puts up an error warning but when I check the log it's empty, and just sits there emitting loud beeps. You can try to end the call, you can try to switch everything off, you can take the keys out, lock the car and run a mile away, it still sits there with a locked up display and emitting more beeps than an episode of Jeremy Kyle. Only way I've found to stop it is to turn off the bluetooth on my phone which is a new Samsung Galaxy Ace if it makes a difference. Do you think it's the car, the phone or is Gordon Ramsey trapped in the electrics somewhere?
Other than that, I love it...
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