Fuel Consumption 1.2 12V
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shall we get him? i'll hold, u punch
your just jealous as mixups 1.2 is better then yours
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Or low music, high revs, deep pocket
what else u done to get better performance out ur 1.2?
erm can we carry this discussion on my readers ride thread....just to keep this on topic....
and as for all those who want to fight
bring it on! but be warned im a strong lad 
and as for all those who want to fight
bring it on! but be warned im a strong lad and as for all those who want to fight
I'll give it a shot
not really I'm too lanky for anything
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Oi The Good ol' Robert Nesta Marley said ONE LOVE!
Us 1.2's need to stick together after all...if only two of us combine our engines we'd have more power than a cupra
think of it a twin engined 1.2 = 2.4 24v 6cyl
Oi The Good ol' Robert Nesta Marley said ONE LOVE!
Us 1.2's need to stick together after all...if only two of us combine our engines we'd have more power than a cupra
think of it a twin engined 1.2 = 2.4 24v 6cyl
With 130ish bhp! Err yeah still less power than a cupra and more wieght i bet
Think i need so save up LOTS of pennies get me one of those sciroccos.As for mpg i'm still at my magical 37.5 town or motorway. If i tried to keep revs below 3k and below 2.5k for anything less than 5th gear. i know i can do 40+ but when some shifts at work can last up to 14 hours you really do just want to get home.
woodyy2r
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Driving to London and back this weekend got 48mpg out of a tank!
However was driving like an old person all the way (chillin)
Normally average about 38ish as i want to actually get places.
Slow and low is the way, if you want good mpg!
However was driving like an old person all the way (chillin
) Normally average about 38ish as i want to actually get places.
Slow and low is the way, if you want good mpg!
sshhhhh, quiet you!
low (or standard ride height for those of us who are'nt low
) and slow all the way baby B)
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tbh, i drove a 1.2 SXi for 2 1/2 years and over 30k+ averaged 42mpg.
that was a mix of 60% driving sensibly
20% stop start in traffic
20% ragging the hell just to stay up with a 1.4
traded for a 1.9tdi 130 FR, and obviously the %mix changed, as i played a bit more, but the fuel consumption only went down a little bit to average about 48mpg.
then grew up and bought an audi!!!
i would recommend diesel anytime, means playtime and mpg in the same sentence
if i drove sensibly (like i did to brighton and back last week)
60+mpg and 865 miles to a tank!!!! (ok, i have a 70 litre tank in the A4)
Stu
that was a mix of 60% driving sensibly
20% stop start in traffic
20% ragging the hell just to stay up with a 1.4
traded for a 1.9tdi 130 FR, and obviously the %mix changed, as i played a bit more, but the fuel consumption only went down a little bit to average about 48mpg.
then grew up and bought an audi!!!
i would recommend diesel anytime, means playtime and mpg in the same sentence
if i drove sensibly (like i did to brighton and back last week)
60+mpg and 865 miles to a tank!!!! (ok, i have a 70 litre tank in the A4)
Stu
in the grand scheme of things we 1.2 owners don't have it too bad for petrol cars i dont suppose fuel economy wise, hey could always be worse, if we had 1.8 T's we'd all be moaning about that too, granted we would get to places a lot quicker lol, but i don't think we do too badly fuelwise
Are all the tanks the same size on the Mk 4 Ibizas or do the 1.8 T's have a bigger tank, because i cant imagine you would get very far in one with the same size tank as a 1.2!
DFMM
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Perhaps this very low mileage car has never been treated to a strip & clean of the brakes, resulting in a bit of rolling resistance.
Every year, at the annual service I request a proper strip and clean, drums off, dust removed ( air-line ), drum inner surface rubbed with emery-cloth, also the shoe surfaces; cylinder topped up with lithium grease: reassembled; hand-brake checked and adjusted. Front brakes similarly treated to pad removal, de-rust discs and edges of pad backing-plates, and the bearing surfaces the pads slide along. Re-fit the pads with application of copper-base grease at their edges and all sliding surfaces, including caliper-to-frame.
I have found this to be essential to combat the dreaded road-salt, after-all the front brake calipers and frames are usually made of aluminium, which gets very corroded by common salt, and the back brakes suffer from under-use.
This type of attention is just as important as your air pressure, in ensuring low rolling-resistance.
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