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Started this discussion. Last reply by Ian Pellant Jan 12.
BRAND NEW SMART FUEL EFFICIENCY
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Fuel tank is 33 litres capacity that includes the 28 litres "normal full" and the 5 litres reserve. Or to put it another way: after using 28 litres the gauge will flip into reserve display showing how the last 5 litres is being used. There is possib…
Y'all, what's the most number of litres (or gallons, please specify imperial or U.S.) you've ever put in your 451? I was reading 3.0L remaining when I added 29 gallons last week. I once added 29.87 in October. Had I already dipped into the 5L reserv…
My '09 fortwo PURE is now getting 49.6 UK MPG. That's with about 2400 kilometres on the odometer. My overall mileage for the 2 months I've had the car is over 45 UK MPG. This has been with air-conditioning on 75-90% of the time and a mix of highway…
excellent, balance review.
smart fuel consumption is more variable than expected.
From my own 2008 pulse 1.0 L with turbo; hot climate, aircon always on:
6.1 lhk is about the norm for city driving without idling at the lights too long
6.6 lhk is city tops when stuck at the…
My Canadian-model fortwo Pure with the 1.0L is getting 6.2L/100km. I'm detailing it at http://www.fuelthesmart.blogspot.com. they say it's gonna steadily improve, which i think it already has slightly. is it true, though?
Contrasting the old CDI model that was available in Canada with the newer and cheaper gas car apparently defeats the efficiency gains of the diesel because of its much higher maintenance requirements. So people had to pay more for it and pay more to…
the thing is, you can drive the smart with the throttle floored, never lift your foot and still shift, lifting the throttle tells the smart you aren't wanting to accelerate. also the smart has the stiffest suspension of any car i have driven in the…
The point wasn't suggesting the fortwo couldn't shift with the throttle floored but that manually tinkering your own style results in smoother operation. and centre of gravity or not, taller cars aren't supposed to be as stable cornering as shorter…
"Attention: shift into second when the time comes, lift off the throttle and get back on it as if you'd disengaged and engaged a clutch. Repeat for third gear; fourth; and fifth, although you'll be able to do so more quickly at higher speeds. "
WRO…
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- smart owner & smart enthusiast
- Do you own/will own a 451 smart fortwo? If yes, which model?
- YES: pure coupe
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- 451s.com
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- Link to your personal website.
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- More About Me:
- I'm a freelance writer who manages to find time to help manage a large residential high-rise in eastern Canada. Five years into marriage, we got our first car, the car we always wanted, a smart fortwo.
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- At 11:28pm on July 25, 2009,
Hazel E. Cain said…
- I'm impressed with this site - good job!
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smart USA Has a new President who has been on the job for all of a week,
She used to be the head of Saturn and made her relationship with Penskie during the failed Saturn negotiations
We should start to see some changes soon
AS to the closing de…
Julie,
I agree, they need to step up their advertising. I know the dealer here in San Antonio has about 2 dozen cars on the lot and I haven't noticed too many of them moving.
Also, they seem to lose a lot of repeat customers because of the cost of…
I"ve been hearing a lot about dealerships closing all across the USA, and I have to say I'm quite concerned. Sales are WAY down, to the point where dealers can't cover their overhead.
Why hasn't Smart USA launched an advertising campaign? Don't the…
I agree with you, Herb. At first I was gentle on my smartie and my mpg was mid-30's. After I got used to driving it, I started having fun and was hard on the gas pedal doing 70-80 mph, quick starts getting on to the freeway, flooring it to downshift…
L. R., See my comment to Walter. Also, start pushing the car a lot harder. Your engine needs to be worked hard to loosen up and give you better mileage. Never mind the "soft-pedal" approach in "D". Go for the gusto in Manual mode. Works great in the…
Walter, take the car back to the dealer and request that they perform an MPG check for you. There's no charge for cars still in warranty.
Herb
I bought my 2008 SMART used with 14,000 miles on the clock. At first, I got about 25 mpg, so I took it to Mercedes for a check-up. The results came back as 36.9 mpg! I have no idea if they did anything to the car or not, but I too suddenly got city…
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