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Has it always been this poor throughout the whole four years you've owned it or is it a problem which has developed recently? It doesnt sound like theres anything specifically wrong with the car but a small engine with an automatic gearbox generally will use more fuel than people usually expect. It has to work very hard (that 1.3 was replaced not soon after your car was made with a better 1.4) and the autobox only adds to the problem.
Its very low mileage as well for its age and that leads me to suggest its primarily been used as a retired persons runaround, trips of under 2 miles on a cold start being very common i would suspect which wouldnt of done it many favours. Im not surprised it doesnt improve that much on a long run, an underpowered car like that must be straining along at motorway speeds, i was in a 1.1 Fiesta automatic a few years ago which sounded like it was fuelled by sandpaper and gravel at 65 it was working so hard.
My 3.0litre S-Type automatic, much heavier, bigger and more powerful than the Getz can match that sort of fuel economy, or even better that at times. Im not sure what to recommend, a change of car could be a good idea if financially viable but then theres the costs of that to take into account and on your mileage it could be a long time before you get 'in the black' as it were following your investment.
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