AlanG said:
Drove my 60HP move up with 2000 miles up a very steep hill and it nearly conked out it was crawling so slowly. My wife's diesel Juke whizzes up there so now very disappointed. Can i expect better with more miles on the clock or is this as good as it gets?
I'm surprised, I find the Up is actually very capable on steep hills, far more than many ~1.0l cars. In particular I find it has a relatively high torque output at lowish revs.
I usually have to tackle
this hillat least twice a day - a rise of 60m in about 800m, roughly 13%, so a fairly steep and long hill by most standards - and many other similar ones in this hilly corner of the Chilterns.
My last car, a 1.1, really needed to be given the beansin 1st & 2ndon the flattish bit at the bottomoff the roundaboutthen slotted into 3rd when you hit the redline just to maintain a steady pace up the rest of the hill. Get blocked off the roundabout and you'd have to sit at constant high revs in 2nd with your foot pushed through the floor.
In comparison the wee Up just flies up it, able to accelerate up in 3rd even if you don't get a clear run.
It's not fast, but it's far from the slowest car on the hills around here. If you followed the hopelessly optimistic (and hill-blind!) gear shift indicator then I can imagine you struggling though!
Edited by: juux