Bipper Tepee

I fancy one of these vehicles, I have a partner escapade at present but
the bipper will give me an extra 10miles per gallon.They are smaller of
course but there's only two of us elderlies that would use it for 80%
short runs, occasional long runs to Spain and back for hols.
Anyone got any experience (good or bad) of these vehicles?
Don

 

I have no experience with Bipper other than having been in it in the
showroom. I found it too cramped for me, probably because I'm used to the
spacious interior of my Peugeot Partner.
I'm a happy owner of a Partner now for about 7 years, and I wouldn't want
any other car in future.


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Yes, you have a point, my partner escapade has only done 21000 miles and
I find it very convenient spacious and comfortable, unfortunately no
air con or cruise control :-( ,
I just hankered after a new car which might improve my MPG.
Having measured MPG over approx 2500 miles of driving on the continent
we averaged 48mpg (90BHP HdI 1.6), most of the milage was done on
motorways so considering the blunt van type frontage of the escapade and
the consequent lack of streamlining it's not bad I suppose.

I used to have a 2 litre 806 (Diesel) which was a superb vehicle for
long distance travel, checking MPG over a similar distance on similar
roads I measured 50MPG which is surprising in that it's a much bigger
vehicle than the escapade, however, I suppose it was a bit more
streamlined perhaps
..It had a very large fuel tank, We used to fill it up in Northern France
and wouldn't need to fill it again until we were in Northern Spain.
I've also have had an 807 which in my opinion wasn't a patch on the
806 and exchanged it for my present vehicle, the escapade.
Sorry about delay in responding.
Cheers
Don

 

As a comparison, my 2.0L HDi 406 is constant at 47mpg, never varies.
Coincidentally, I was in Staines this morning and saw an Expert Tepee in the
car park. Looked quite a nice and spacious motor and had been adapted with
a wheelchair lift at the back..

 

Personally I wouldn't want either of those. (Nor would I want automatic
gearbox.) As long as we have the choice...

I just did a search of entire harddisk, I was sure I'd saved consumption
measurement I'd done years ago. Afraid the text file seems to have
disappeared mysteriously :-(
But I think it was something around 1:17 (1 liter for 17 kilometers). Note
that fuel consumption is largely determined by driving style. I always use
accelerator pedal very cautiously and never go faster than up to about 90
kmh. That way the wind resistance isn't going to have big impact on fuel
consumption. (engine: old fashion 1.9D)
Also, many drivers forget to check tyre pressure regularly; low tyre
pressure also causes increased fuel consumption.



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Curiously, with my 1999 406 HDi that I have had as a company car, and then
my personal car, since new I have found that driving style makes absolutely
no difference to consumption. I was frequently on journeys when working
when I had to really hammer it and now that I am retired it is more usually
driven gently and sensibly but over the 11+ years and 130,000+ miles it has
never varied from 47mpg (I have the spreadsheets to prove it). Even the
air conditioning seems to have no effect. I can only assume that the
computer controlled common rail system somehow smooths it all out. I'd be
interested to know if that is likely to be the case.

 

I realy wouldn'n know, but it surprises me...



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Driving style doesn't make *that* much difference really[1]. Driving
like a complete loon, in my experience, uses about 10-15% more fuel than
driving like a granny, and driving "enthusiastically" makes very little
difference; something around 5%, so within the noise caused by different
journeys and weather.
In diesels particularly, how hard you accelerate seems to make very
little difference, assuming you reach the same cruising speed.

All that said, I have only had one non-turbo diesel[2], so I can't speak
with any authority on how they depend on driving style.

[1] I'm excluding variation in use of the brake pedal here - people who
don't anticipate and brake reactively a lot will undoubtedly use more fuel.

[2] Citroen AX 1.5D. Just too sloooooow for me. I sold it and moved on
to a 205TD as soon as I could.

 

It pleases me ;o)

 

To some extent that pretty well bears out my comments.