Hi There , first off I'm new here and a few months into owning my first ever Fiat Panda and its my first ever car as well . November just gone I bought a 56 plate fiat panda active 1.1 . So far ive enjoyed owning it and not had any real problems with it apart from the lack of cigarette lighter socket which I had an auto electrician I know fix at mates rates . Prior to this ive owned a few motorbikes and have done a fair few jobs on them so im not afraid to do little jobs here and there on the car .
The two things however I would like some advice on are fitting a thermometer with an inside and outside temperature display . And fuel economy .
Ive bought this thermometer and it has a probe that needs to go to an outside location .Its going to sit on the center console above the radio . My first thought was to route the cable in the radio opening , and then somehow round the back of the dashboard and through the cable run into the drivers door and then put it in the drivers mirror . Or I could route it the other way and put it in the passengers mirror . But does that sound like a sensible idea , and would that lead to a relatively accurate reading for the outside temperature ? .
The second thing is fuel economy . Since getting the car in November I am coming to the end of my third tank of fuel . Each time I fill up im putting 29 litres in. It seems my fuel light comes on when there is 6 litres left not 5 .And for that I am getting around 240 miles to the tank . That gives me 37mpg . Now most of my journieys are short urban ones . Does that sound right ?Especially given that the car is up for its service around the middle of next month
The two things however I would like some advice on are fitting a thermometer with an inside and outside temperature display . And fuel economy .
Ive bought this thermometer and it has a probe that needs to go to an outside location .Its going to sit on the center console above the radio . My first thought was to route the cable in the radio opening , and then somehow round the back of the dashboard and through the cable run into the drivers door and then put it in the drivers mirror . Or I could route it the other way and put it in the passengers mirror . But does that sound like a sensible idea , and would that lead to a relatively accurate reading for the outside temperature ? .
The second thing is fuel economy . Since getting the car in November I am coming to the end of my third tank of fuel . Each time I fill up im putting 29 litres in. It seems my fuel light comes on when there is 6 litres left not 5 .And for that I am getting around 240 miles to the tank . That gives me 37mpg . Now most of my journieys are short urban ones . Does that sound right ?Especially given that the car is up for its service around the middle of next month
