Another 197 review

[blink172]

Had it for about an hour. Very good all round package, brakes are immense and its does handle very well. Point to point, its going to be a quick car, but its lost some of the 'fun' the 172/182's have.

Performance wise, its similar to the meggy 225 in delivery, smooth all the way through the rev range and no bursting into life at 5.5k. MPG over the test was a horrific 20mpg, so they've either got the trip computer to count properly or its 12mpg worse than the 172/182 on equivolent roads.

Will be a worthy replacement for the 182 on the road, now to get one track.

 

[Fletcher]

How many miles did id have on the clock blink172?

 

[blink172]

1500, i'd imagine very very very hard driven miles

Forgot to mention the clutch is so light and the g'box is nice and clunky.

 

[Fletcher]

Thats better millage.

 

[Gareth]

i found it to give 20mpg as well! I was shocked.

 

[Fletcher]

Why the low mpg, is it due to all of weight?

 

[blink172]

Additional weight and extra HP i'd imagine.

 

[Bubbles]

Loved the clunky gear change... and agree the drive is good

What about the looks though Blinky

 

[Fletcher]

I must go for a test drive soon.

 

[blink172]

Loved the clunky gear change... and agree the drive is good

What about the looks though Blinky

I think its stunning in the flesh. Makes the 1*2 look old.

Its going to have its haters, just like the MK2 did when they released it, but its going to look amazing in white with black wheels in cup form.

 

[blink172]

I must go for a test drive soon.

Do it. Perfect weather today, not too hot or too cold. Should be the same tomorrow.

 

[tameracingdriver]

23 MPG is its urban figure so that sounds about right.

Its combined figure is about 31 MPG IIRC so its about 10 - 15% worse on the juice than a 182.

 

[Tom1600]

Really warming to it. Looking forward to a Cup or equivalent version. 2 years of fun left with the Trophy yet though!