A little late in posting this thread, apathy and laziness 
The Hare...
A few months back I said farewell to BT57 WMM, my Cupra TDi.
I bought the car with nearly 65K on the clock and sold her after four and half years of motoring, with nearly 120K.
I do believe the car was mapped since it performed fantastically with plenty grunt I received a combined figure of 44 mpg and that contained mixed driving upon various roads. I really was pleased that this little car bridged the gap between performance and economy.
Overall, I found the Ibiza to maintain a decent level of reliability. One or two issues here and there but nothing to make me regret purchasing her. As such I do miss the car but I miles and age were creeping up and I figured it was time to move on.
The Tortoise...
Just as the sale proceeded with the Cupra TDi I bought something of a different ethos.
My Ibiza Ecomotive
Here the challenge is not how quickly one can drive it, but how many miles one can get from the tank
Yes, I did believe the 80 mpg hype that VAG published and sadly its no where near that, usually a combined figure of 63mpg. Although, that's with careful defensive driving on various roads. I do quite enjoy the game of seeing just how much it'll do on individual journeys, managed to get 73mpg a couple of times (cyclists overtaking me )
I will say I do find the chassis to be a little more fluid and malleable than that of MK4 Ibiza. Even though this zero performance model it's balance is a tad more confidence inspiring.
So, on that note I'd like to say thanks for all the advice and help provided to me by various MK4 owners over the period of owning the car. I wish you all the very best
The Hare...
A few months back I said farewell to BT57 WMM, my Cupra TDi.
I bought the car with nearly 65K on the clock and sold her after four and half years of motoring, with nearly 120K.
I do believe the car was mapped since it performed fantastically with plenty grunt
I received a combined figure of 44 mpg and that contained mixed driving upon various roads. I really was pleased that this little car bridged the gap between performance and economy. Overall, I found the Ibiza to maintain a decent level of reliability. One or two issues here and there but nothing to make me regret purchasing her. As such I do miss the car but I miles and age were creeping up and I figured it was time to move on.
The Tortoise...
Just as the sale proceeded with the Cupra TDi I bought something of a different ethos.
My Ibiza Ecomotive
Here the challenge is not how quickly one can drive it, but how many miles one can get from the tank
Yes, I did believe the 80 mpg hype that VAG published and sadly its no where near that, usually a combined figure of 63mpg. Although, that's with careful defensive driving on various roads. I do quite enjoy the game of seeing just how much it'll do on individual journeys, managed to get 73mpg a couple of times (cyclists overtaking me
) I will say I do find the chassis to be a little more fluid and malleable than that of MK4 Ibiza. Even though this zero performance model it's balance is a tad more confidence inspiring.
So, on that note I'd like to say thanks for all the advice and help provided to me by various MK4 owners over the period of owning the car. I wish you all the very best
