First few days with the new car... what a difference.

"Tentacle, Dutchman, drives French" (Tentacle) 03/06/2014 at 14:49 • Filed to: None

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Going from a 2001 3-door coupe to a similar sized 2011 5-door hatchback. From 1.6 liter NA petrol (converted to run LPG) to 1.6 liter turbodiesel. 110 factory horsepower (with some having fled the barn due to age and running on LPG) against 92 hp now. And 140 Nm at 4000 rpm to 230 Nm at 1750 rpm now. Boy, that's a change in character!

But... I'm loving every moment of it so far. And the mileage seems pretty decent. A tank of 60 liters of diesel, an estimated 800 km left, and over 480 km done on first full fill.

Will I hit the 1200 km on a single tank? It would be nice, but assume that to be overly optimistic.

ZHP Sparky, the 5th > Tentacle, Dutchman, drives French 03/06/2014 at 14:50

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What car is this?!

Why can't we have cars with crazy ranges and fuel economy numbers like that?!

Hooker > Tentacle, Dutchman, drives French 03/06/2014 at 15:15

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Citroen DS4? So awesome. Congrats!

Can we get an Oppo Review?

Tentacle, Dutchman, drives French > Hooker 03/06/2014 at 16:24

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A DS4? I'd wish. No, we settled on a Citroën C4 instead.

And a review of sorts... We'll see in a few weeks.

Tentacle, Dutchman, drives French > ZHP Sparky, the 5th 03/06/2014 at 16:26

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As mentioned above, it's a Citroën C4. Just to be really clear, those are kilometers, not miles.

ZHP Sparky, the 5th > Tentacle, Dutchman, drives French 03/06/2014 at 16:28

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oh I know, still very good!

Hooker > Tentacle, Dutchman, drives French 03/06/2014 at 17:42

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Still, not bad indeed. Congrats!!! I would love to see more interior photos and such.

Jobjoris > Tentacle, Dutchman, drives French 03/07/2014 at 06:07

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1200kms on one tank can be done. I know people who did 20+ kms on one liter on average with that so 60 liter in your tank should make this possible. Not sure if I wanna be driving behind you when trying this though.

gabdere > Tentacle, Dutchman, drives French 03/08/2014 at 13:11

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1200 kms wow... I did 600 kms one time on a 2.0T petrol and that was the farthest i could stretch it.