FIAT 500 (2007 - ) - eco:Drive

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Mon 27 Oct 2008 19:45
eco:Drive - Kevin
Over the weekend I noticed that Fiat are beta testing something called eco:Drive with the Fiat 500.

Apparently on some models you can plug a USB stick into the car and the ECU will record data to it.

You then transfer the stick to your PC and an application will analyse the data and highlight any areas where you could be driving more economically.

Has anyone seen it in action?

Kevin...
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Mon 27 Oct 2008 20:07
eco:Drive - PR {P}
Little sister has just down loaded it on her 500. She hasnt downloaded any data from the car yet though. Its available for free on any 500 or GPunto with Blue&Me
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Tue 28 Oct 2008 18:53
eco:Drive - P3t3r
I saw some adverts for it (on the Internet). It seems to encourage you to always drive in the highest gear to improve your fuel consumption.

One advert said that you get better fuel consumption and it's better for the engine if you go up hills in top gear with full throttle! It may give better consumption, but surely it's going to kill the engine if you labour it like that all the time? I would recommend driving relatively normal, but use a bit of common sense. If you crash because you were trying to drive safely then you'll loose far more (both environmentally and financially) than you saved by driving economically, so I always try to choose a flexible gear.
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