1.5 Sport

[guest4871]

I see they don't list Tread Wear Index:

https://www.tyreleader.co.uk/tyres-advices/utqg#:~:text=Treadwear%20%3A%20Tread%20wear%20index&text=The%20value%20of%20the%20index%20is%20included%20between%2060%20and%20620.&text=A%20tyre%20with%20an%20index,tyre%20with%20an%20index%20100.

[embee]

Yep but not  any worse than what we still work with

Reminds me of the first proper job I had at the end of the 1970s. I was tasked with calculating the moment of inertia of a complex structure which rotated about an axis. Having come straight from university using almost exclusively metric I was instructed that the units should be imperial. As everyone knows (?!) the imperial unit of moment of inertia is the "slug. feet squared". A "slug" is approx 32.2 lbs mass (the mass which one pound force accelerates at one foot per second squared). Absolute nightmare.

[springswood]

That's a new one on me, thanks.
Now I wonder what happens if you feed a slug to a perch, which is of course 5 1/2 yards.

[JimSh]

That's a new one on me, thanks.
Now I wonder what happens if you feed a slug to a perch, which is of course 5 1/2 yards.

You could catch the perch with your rod or pole which strangely are all names for the same unit of length as is a lug (as opposed to a slug.)

In the episode of The Simpsons entitled A Star is Burns, Grampa Simpson said "My car gets forty rods to the hogshead, and that's the way I likes it!" That's about 1.2 litres per metre, 12 feet per imperial gallon or 10 feet per U.S. gallon.

https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_(unit)#:~:text=A%20rod%2C%20a%20perch%20%5B1%5D%20or%20a%20pole,The%20rod%20was%20the%20length%20of%20this%20stick.

https://www.reddit.com/r/theydidthemath/comments/1y38bs/calculation_of_abe_simpsons_gas_mileage_a_star_is/

Edit added link to Abe's mileage

[Basil]

Going back to the Sport, I was a bit concerned with the possible carbon build up issues but most new cars now have direct injection so I've just bought one, 2019, 7k miles on the clock, in bright blue with satnav.

I took it for a test drive it was really nice, the performance was on a different level to my 1.2 mk2.

[JimSh]

Sorry for the digresssion.
Hope you enjoy your new car.

[Westy36]

Going back to the Sport, I was a bit concerned with the possible carbon build up issues but most new cars now have direct injection so I've just bought one, 2019, 7k miles on the clock, in bright blue with satnav.

I took it for a test drive it was really nice, the performance was on a different level to my 1.2 mk2.

Nice one Basil. Hope you enjoy the new motor. 

Feel free to post some pics of your new pride and joy and give us an update on your experince.

[Basil]

Picked up the car yesterday, well impressed so far, will post some pics later.

[TnTkr]

Going back to the Sport, I was a bit concerned with the possible carbon build up issues but most new cars now have direct injection so I've just bought one, 2019, 7k miles on the clock, in bright blue with satnav.

I took it for a test drive it was really nice, the performance was on a different level to my 1.2 mk2.

Congratulations! I'm sure you are going to enjoy it.

[Basil]

The car feels bigger inside and more comfortable than the Mk2 despite the low profile tyres, it also feels much more at home on the motorway. The engine is very flexible, it pulls from low revs in high gears and goes when you put your foot down, also well over 50mpg on a run yesterday.

[Westy36]

Nice car Basil, lovely colour. Enjoy. 

In my opinion, that is the best looking Jazz by a mile. I've yet to see one in the flesh, not many about.

[Hora]

I'm collecting my new to me 2018 Sport this week. Can't wait. Its a CVT though so slower off the mark- will it be slower in mid gears too than the manual box?

[Hora]

CVT gearbox - setting off there's a initial sluggishness/hesitance?

Could it be because the cars only done circa 3,000miles in the last year?

[madasafish]

Select S and put foot hard down on accelerator - how to win a traffic lights GP - if alert you'll be away at least 2 seconds faster than a manual gearbox. And 20 minutes faster than some drivers'  :Preactions.

[Hora]

I've found out you CAN map a 1.5 (non turbo).
Has anyone done this?