I did a test drive with the 200 model and was really disappointed. The car felt very lame.
When I started the first time, I thought that I accidentially had engaged in 3th gear instead of first. There just did not seem to be enough torque to get a decent pull-up. Even going to 6000 rpm did not improve the feeling. It really felt that there was not enough power available.
I normally drive a Ford Puma (125 horsepower) and the difference was unbelievable. When I got back in my own car after the test drive, I really burned rubber when I started it, as I was now used to the slow response. On paper, this should just be the opposite, certainly taking into account that the Puma is about half the price of the 171.
I told this to the salesman, as I suspected that the motor might be faulty and advised him to check this. Unfortunately, he never did bother to answer my call. Does anyone have the same feeling, or is it indeed possible that this was a faulty car ?
By the way, the next week I drove the Nissan 350Z, and the difference was incredible, a totaly different class from the Puma, and even more so from the Mercedes.
When I started the first time, I thought that I accidentially had engaged in 3th gear instead of first. There just did not seem to be enough torque to get a decent pull-up. Even going to 6000 rpm did not improve the feeling. It really felt that there was not enough power available.
I normally drive a Ford Puma (125 horsepower) and the difference was unbelievable. When I got back in my own car after the test drive, I really burned rubber when I started it, as I was now used to the slow response. On paper, this should just be the opposite, certainly taking into account that the Puma is about half the price of the 171.
I told this to the salesman, as I suspected that the motor might be faulty and advised him to check this. Unfortunately, he never did bother to answer my call. Does anyone have the same feeling, or is it indeed possible that this was a faulty car ?
By the way, the next week I drove the Nissan 350Z, and the difference was incredible, a totaly different class from the Puma, and even more so from the Mercedes.
] Once I start to move, it at first dips down very quickly, from 40 to 30, then to 33, then to 26, then to 22, 20, 19, 18, 18.5, etc... i.e. it gets slower and slower to display the actual amount you're using up in fuel because it's constantly taking an average, and leaving the car turned on for an hour, and then driving for an hour, would result in 40liters and 10liters being divided up, giving you 25 liters to a hundred. Even though you weren't really doing this. You had the engine on for 2 hours, you drove 100km's, and 'used' 50 liters of fuel (not really, but you see what I mean), and then the computer tells you that your ratio was 25liters to a hundred.
