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[luposean]

Hi

I currently drive a vw lupo. I enter it in show and shine comps all over the country. I also use it for day to day driving. My girlfriend has also moved to essex and this is becoming a 450 mile round trip at times.

long story short I am looking for a new car to take the strain of my show lupo and I am strongly concidering the aygo. my only reservation is the 3 and a half hour drive to essex. is this going to put too much of a strain on the little 3 cylinder engine or does it hold its own on the motorway?

I will upload some pictures of my lupo shortly and should I get an aygo it will not be standard for long in sure.

Sean.

[Jan&tone]

Welcome to TOC, good luck in your choice

[DazIQ]

Honestly I would not recommend for motorways due to wind noise and buffeting. That is the only reason I am getting rid of my Aygo and buying an IQ instead. If you are going to upgrade the sounds and fit a sub etc it might be ok

[luposean]

I dont mind a bit of noise im used to the rattles and loud exhaust of mine.

Will the long motorway trips cause a noticable strain on the engine?

[igo-ugo-wego]

I dont mind a bit of noise im used to the rattles and loud exhaust of mine.

Will the long motorway trips cause a noticable strain on the engine?

i used to travel for 2 hours each way to and from work in my 1st aygo in 2005 and did that for 3and a half years :) no problems at all :D as long as u dont abuse the poor little engine it will respect u back

[Jan&tone]

Honestly I would not recommend for motorways due to wind noise and buffeting. That is the only reason I am getting rid of my Aygo and buying an IQ instead. If you are going to upgrade the sounds and fit a sub etc it might be ok

Our Aygo is a regular user of the a13, m25 and m20. No problem with wind, either buffeting or noise! (only the cabbage and baked bean type ) engine and road noise can be negated by turning up the stereo and at 65-70 it will go all day!

As someone else has said, look after the engine, don't thrash it and it will last!

[DazIQ]

Agreed engine will be fine at legal speeds.

[dwilson]

Not driven mine on a motorway yet so don't know!

But it is probably down to personal choice so why not hire one for a day or two and try it out for yourself? Could avoid an expensive mistake (I have made plenty mind)

David

[gordonD4D]

hi and welcome to TOC , if i was doing that sort of mileage on a regular basis i would sway for a diesel car

[dwilson]

Not driven mine on a motorway yet so don't know!

But it is probably down to personal choice so why not hire one for a day or two and try it out for yourself? Could avoid an expensive mistake (I have made plenty mind)

David

Off topic - but does anyone know why my Fuelly signature is showing 0mpg?

David

[gordonD4D]

Not driven mine on a motorway yet so don't know!

But it is probably down to personal choice so why not hire one for a day or two and try it out for yourself? Could avoid an expensive mistake (I have made plenty mind)

David

Off topic - but does anyone know why my Fuelly signature is showing 0mpg?

David

is it only your first fuelling ? mines the same it will recalculate it the next time you fillup , looks like you never completed the info for your first fuelling , should sort itself out the next time you update

[dwilson]

Not driven mine on a motorway yet so don't know!

But it is probably down to personal choice so why not hire one for a day or two and try it out for yourself? Could avoid an expensive mistake (I have made plenty mind)

David

Off topic - but does anyone know why my Fuelly signature is showing 0mpg?

David

is it only your first fuelling ? mines the same it will recalculate it the next time you fillup , looks like you never completed the info for your first fuelling , should sort itself out the next time you update

My second fill up - first one that gives mpg. Works ok on fuelly but doesn't link to this site. Strange because it worked fine for my Prius! ...and will add my wife's RAV

David

[luposean]

how well does the car behave mechanicly after a few usual performance mods are made eg. sports exaust, remap and air filter?

as promised a few recent pics of my lupo:

thanks for your help and advice, nice to find a reasonably polite forum.

[gordonD4D]

cracking pics of the lupo , not so sure about the handlebars though lol ~ different

[luposean]

ha ha they are for SHOW USE ONLY before anyone asks.

[Duce D]

That is a very shiny car! Would be interesting to see what you could do to an aygo!

[luposean]

I have a few plans ;) will have to wait and see tho ;)

It should be shiny the ammount of time i spend cleaning it.