Before I picked this one up, one of the lads said, "do you know these pool cars are restricted to 62mph" ?
There and then, my challenge there and then was of course to make it go faster than that, somehow.
Until I sat down in it and switched on the ignition.
There in the middle of the dash, the in car readout goaded me with the following declaration.
----51.1mpg average fuel consumption-----
Going faster than 62mph was no longer my quest.
In a journey that Dervy would have been proud of, which involved drafting everything larger than a bicycle, lifting off early, avoiding the brakes, driving on a whiff of throttle, never calling on the boost and changing up at slightly above tickeover, I managed to raise this somewhat.
70.5 mpg.Now, some of this journey was downhill, but I had to come back uphill to return to the starting point, so that evens out, I would suggest. At the end of the out leg, it was actually 95.5mpg. The overall journey also included a mix of traffic, dual carriageway and a modicum of manouvering as well, so I'm claiming this as fair too.
Other than that and in spite of what the motoring press say about it, I actually really liked it. Small cars can be good fun, even driving like a nun.
I would have one. I may even do so.
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