I got my car on the 1st of December, so I managed to get the 2.5% VAT change taken into account which saved me a bit of cash, and I drove it down to my parents (Black Country way) at Christmas.
The Aygo seems to be best at 0-30 mph acceleration, the acceleration does rather surprise me at times and I then realise I’m doing 40 in second gear and quickly change up. The 50-70 mph acceleration does take a while, but that’s life. At 70 mph, it is a bit noisey, but all cars like it are. I can get 60 quids worth of food shopping in the boot and wouldn’t want more. I find it difficult to park, but that’s just me being inexperienced. On the M62 summit I could get it to about 65 flat out.
There is a lack of a light in the boot and on the three door model, when you lift the seat it resets its position, which is a pain if you have abnormal leg length like me, thankfully I can use the passenger side to do most things. One thing I’d like is an instantanous mpg reading, especially as this car is billed as the most fuel economical petrol car currently on the market.
I sometimes feel I’m thrashing the engine, especially on the way home my mpg was only 50 mpg, I’m keeping a track for now to see what contributes to higher or lower fuel efficiency, I shall try to be more gentle in the future. In terms of cost it cost me £23.08 in fuel. The cost of a train would have been £47.30 (Crossflatts to Sandwell + Dudley) + £4.80 (S&D to Wolverhampton), plus if I was doing end to end by public transport an extra £6.00 for bus tickets (for two days): all total £58.10.
When I got home I unfortunatly found that there was a power cut and the RCU had cut off the fish tank. By the time I had got home the water was 10 degrees celsius and 75% of them had died.
