deano87
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Registered: 21st Oct 06
Location: Bedfordshire Drives: Ford Fiesta
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Originally posted by pow
You show that car a town and the MPG will drop like a stone  
It is VERY nice though 
Depends if it has DynamicEfficients or what ever it's called. The engine stop start ACTUALLY works.
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pow
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Registered: 11th Sep 06
Location: Hazlemere, Buckinghamshire
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Wish mine had that, was driving through London watching the MPG drop without moving on Tues 
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deano87
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You know there is like this key type thing near the steering wheel. Well, when you're in stand still traffic, turn it towards yourself 
Seriously though, the Efficient Dynamics works really well. You get a gear indicator for optimum MPG (dad was used to high powered petrol, so was always in the wrong gear to begin with) and when you stop in traffic, put it in neutral with handbrake on and take your foot off the clutch, the engine cuts out. By the time you've put your foot back on the clutch and moved the gear stick to 1st, the engine is ticking over. Very quick.
I can't help think though, if the car was used as a company car doing say 30,000/year or more, in the cars life time there would be more environmental impact on batteries, starter motors etc than the car just sitting there.
As a result, dad's tax on the 120d for 12 months is £120.
[Edited on 26-09-2008 by deano87]
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pow
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Sounds like a good system. If only they had this on the E46 cabriolet.
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Robin
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Yeah, it hasn't got that.
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